Lesson 13How to evaluate the accessibility of your web content?
- Notion 90 - Evaluating your digital project's accessibility with the use of automated testing tools
- Notion 91 - Tools for evaluating colour choices and contrast
- Notion 92 - Tools for evaluating your digital project’s readability
- Notion 93 - Tools for inspecting your digital project's code
- Notion 94 - Tools for testing for any other accessibility violations
- Notion 95 - Tools for evaluating overall compliance with WCAG standards
- Notion 96 - Test the accessibility of web pages yourself with automated tools
Notion 95
Tools for evaluating overall compliance with WCAG standards
Target skills
The importance of automated testing for overall compliance with WCAG standards
Some requirements of the WCAG need to be manually evaluated, such as checking the keyboard accessibility of your digital project and whether videos have captions. Nevertheless, evaluations of other WCAG success criteria fare better if they undergo automated testing. Certain automated testing tools check for WCAG compliance by running an audit. As a result, they can quickly spot all issues that may evade the naked eye.
External links to test your digital project for overall WCAG compliance
These tools target all conformance levels, highlight problematic areas and offer suggestions on corrections that comply with WCAG. They do this by specifically scanning for the presence of the most common errors in web accessibility, such as missing alt-text, improper navigational elements, and many more.
aCe by Accessibe: https://accessibe.com/ace
A11yWatch: https://a11ywatch.com/
WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool: https://wave.webaim.org/
Accessibility Checker: https://www.accessibilitychecker.org/
You can use a tool like the Accessibility Checker to scan your digital project and give you a WCAG compliance score. It also provides suggestions on aspects to improve on:
In addition, we’ve included a checklist tool below for you to go over the identified problem areas and determine which elements should be further assessed.
Elsevier Accessibility Checklist: https://romeo.elsevier.com/accessibility_checklist/