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Smashing Magazine TV EventMay 19, 2020

Expand your test coverage: Manual and automated accessibility testing unite

Combining automated, guided, and manual accessibility testing approaches to achieve broader, more dependable accessibility coverage.

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Learn how to expand accessibility test coverage beyond automation with basics of automated testing, guided testing, and practical manual tests.

In this session, Carie Fisher and Harris Schneiderman demonstrate ways to expand accessibility test coverage beyond automation. With very little resources, teams can still make a meaningful difference by combining automated tools, guided tests, and manual testing practices.

Key lessons

  • Catch many common accessibility issues with automated tools.
  • Expand testing coverage with guided tests for keyboard and modal issues.
  • Make a bigger impact by performing best-practice manual tests.