Introduction A CAPTCHA (“Completely Automated Public Turing-test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”) is an automated test aimed at telling apart a human user from a software program. It is often used on forms to prevent spam.There are several types of CAPTCHAs, most of them are visual tests that ask the user to type a…

Lang attribute makes sure that screen readers automatically use the correct speech libraries for accent and pronunciation.When listening, correct pronunciation helps understanding. For users of assistive technologies such as screen readers it is particularly important, as some have different speech synthesizers for different languages. For example, “chat” means something different when using English pronunciation rather…

Landmark roles (or “landmarks”) programmatically identify sections of a page. Landmarks help assistive technology (AT) users orient themselves to a page and help them navigate easily to various sections of a page.They also provide an easy way for users of assistive technology to skip over blocks of content that are repeated on multiple pages and…

This checklist uses The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) as a reference point. The WCAG is a shared standard for web content accessibility for individuals, organizations, and governments. A: Essential If this isn’t met, assistive technology may not be able to read, understand, or fully operate the page or view. AA: Ideal Support Required for multiple government and…

Aria-label is used to provide accessible name for the interactive elements, when aria-label or aria-labelledby is used extensively on a web page the aria-label bookmarklet will come in handy to check if the accessible name provided for the interactive elements is descriptive and sufficient. ARIA-Label Bookmarklet for Accessibility Testing If an element has an aria-label,…