This statement seemed like it needs some smoothing out "Some tools do not declare that they only perform automatic testing. Since it is a known fact that automatic tests only cover a small set of accessibility issues, full accessibility conformance can only be ensured by supporting developers and accessibility experts while testing in manual and semiautomatic mode." In particular:
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http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-ert-tools/2014Aug/0000
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