Accessibility Testing : A Nice Article to read

Accessibility Testing

According to WHO, there are more than 285 million people in world who are either blind or have low vision. To make internet accessible to people with such and other forms of disability, websites have to be designed according to Section 508 of the United States Rehabilitation Act guidelines. This ensures that information available on websites can be accessed by a disabled person almost as easily as by any other end user. If images and links on websites have meaningful names, it will help visually impaired users  access the application with help of software, like text-to-speech. If a link is underlined and coloured, it will help color-blind users to differentiate them from normal text. Also, if text is displayed within a video, it will help people with hearing disorders.

Accessibilitytesting is the process of making sure a product or website is accessible to people with disabilities. Websites or content are tested for ease of access by people who are blind or have low vision, who cannot use keyboard or mouse, people who are hard of hearing or are suffering from dyslexia (state where brain does not work properly to read content). Therefore, testers need to make sure that a product is accessibility compliant while performing functional testing. A checklist for accessibility testing should contain test cases like:

a.  Content on website is visible even in high contrast mode

b.  Screen reading tools should be able to read all the content and image text

c.   All functions on website are possible without using mouse (only via keyboard)

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Author : Knowledge Sharing Team

Knowledge Sharing Team at QA InfoTech is responsible for research on new tools & technologies for effective Software qa testing services across all industry verticals. QA InfoTech (an ISO 9001:2008 & CMMI III certified) is one of the leading Software Quality Testing Companies with five testing “Centers of Excellence” in the United States and India.  It offers end to end Accessibility testing services.