Automated web accessibility evaluation tools are hard to trust, understand and only provides feedback on a small amount of factors that influence accessibility. Also, a unified web evaluation methodology should be adopted to provide consistent results across tools. Automated tools are available which can identify some of the problems that are present. Depending on the tool the result may vary widely making it difficult. Automated tools can process many pages in a relatively short length of time, but can only identify some of the accessibility problems that might be present
Open source Website accessibility Evaluation tools A curated list of open source Website accessibility Evaluation tools that will enable automation of web accessibility testing more affordable & easier. IBM Equal Access Toolkit The IBM Equal Access Accessibility Checker is an open source tool for web developers and auditors that utilizes IBM’s accessibility rule engine, which…
These nifty accessibility bookmarklets perform various accessibility audit functions & will come in handy during an accessibility automation evaluation. They can also be deployed on mobile browsers to test responsive design. How to use an accessibility bookmarklet WAI-ARIA usageAdd the WAI-ARIA usage bookmarklet to evaluate document conformance requirements for use of ARIA attributes in HTML…
The following browser extensions will help evaluate various accessibility testing tasks. This list is continuously updating so please feel free to add more extensions in the comments or notify if any of the extensions are outdated. Related Accessibility Resources
According to W3C “Mobile accessibility” refers to making websites and applications more accessible to people with disabilities when they are using mobile phones and other devices. WAI’s work in this area addresses accessibility issues of people using a broad range of devices to interact with the web: phones, tablets, TVs, and more. Mobile Accessibility Testing…
