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,…

Testing is an important part of making your application accessible to users with varying abilities. Following design and development guidelines for accessibility are important steps toward that goal, but testing for accessibility can uncover problems with user interaction that are not obvious during design and development. To help people with disabilities access Android apps, developers…

Making your app accessible is all about making your app as user-friendly as possible to users that have different needs. The goal is to make an interface that is predictable and easy to navigate without depending on (at least not completely) visual queues. Before learning more about IOS accessibility testing tools, to get familiar with…

Users who use only keyboard and assistive technologies rely on visible focus outline of the page during navigation. Often developers use CSS to provide custom outline styling that is not visible or removed with outline: none. This accessibility bookmarklet Adds a 4 pixel solid orange outline around all focusable elements so that you can see…

Text spacing bookmarklet will help to check if there are any issues with the content or functionality of your website after increasing the line, paragraph, letter, and word spacing, according to the “Text Spacing” success criterion of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Text Spacing Bookmarklet Text spacing bookmarklet helps users and testers verify or achieve…