Simple Tests for Accessibility

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Digital accessibility works when we ensure that as many people can use and interact with the web using whichever method they choose. Since disability can manifest in many areas of life, so too do accessibility needs. At a minimum, we look to ensure that our site works for those who cannot see or hear, those who cannot use a mouse, or those who need specialised assistive technology such as a braille keyboard to interact with the web.

In this session, you will learn that, although accessibility is a testing speciality, that doesn’t mean that all testers need to become experts to do some accessibility testing. Just as anyone can check for SQL injection or URL manipulation for security, this session will show you accessibility tests that all testers can execute and add to their toolbox. Some can even be combined with other forms of testing simply by doing them slightly differently.

In this live demo of accessibility testing, Ady Stokes will walk through simple tests for accessibility while you follow along and give your feedback on the chat. Once you have seen these tests live and had a go yourself you can look to see how you can incorporate them into your testing going forward.
 

What's Being Covered

After this event you should be able to do the following:

  • List some of the basics of digital accessibility
  • Execute simple accessibility tests
  • Recognise the importance of adding some specialist testing to your toolkit
  • Plan how to add these tests to your daily work
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This session will show you accessibility tests that all testers can execute and add to their toolbox.

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Ady Stokes
Ady Stokes
Quality Engineering Architect

Ady Stokes

Ady Stokes
Ady Stokes
Quality Engineering Architect
@A11y_Ady on Twitter. Passionate about accessibility, exploring and testing as part of the creation and development of software. I help teams build better software and I strongly believe in collaborative methods and using different thought techniques and people perspectives to look at things from many angles. Accessibility is about inclusion, not just disability. In my career I’ve been a Director. Test, BI and Logistics Manager. Tester, Test Engineer, QA and Site Lead Tester and any other value adding role required at the time. I have also taught, coached and mentored people throughout my career. My career highlight is creating the Software Tester Apprenticeship for the Coders Guild and training people to get their first role in IT through government sponsored free training courses based on my apprenticeship. I now have my own blog at The Big Test Theory.com sharing my thoughts, occasional poetry and my Periodic Table of Testing, a visual heuristic showing the breadth of the testing universe.

Simple Tests for Accessibility

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    Digital accessibility works when we ensure that as many people can use and interact with the web using whichever method they choose. Since disability can manifest in many areas of life, so too do accessibility needs. At a minimum, we look to ensure that our site works for those who cannot see or hear, those who cannot use a mouse, or those who need specialised assistive technology such as a braille keyboard to interact with the web.

    In this session, you will learn that, although accessibility is a testing speciality, that doesn’t mean that all testers need to become experts to do some accessibility testing. Just as anyone can check for SQL injection or URL manipulation for security, this session will show you accessibility tests that all testers can execute and add to their toolbox. Some can even be combined with other forms of testing simply by doing them slightly differently.

    In this live demo of accessibility testing, Ady will walk through simple tests for accessibility while you follow along and give your feedback on the chat. Once you have seen these tests live and had a go yourself you can look to see how you can incorporate them into your testing going forward.

    Takeaways

    • List some of the basics of digital accessibility
    • Execute simple accessibility tests
    • Recognise the importance of adding some specialist testing to your toolkit
    • Plan how to add these tests to your daily work

    Speaker

    Ady Stokes
    Ady Stokes
    Quality Engineering Architect
    @A11y_Ady on Twitter. Passionate about accessibility, exploring and testing as part of the creation and development of software. I help teams build better software and I strongly believe in collaborative methods and using different thought techniques and people perspectives to look at things from many angles. Accessibility is about inclusion, not just disability. In my career I’ve been a Director. Test, BI and Logistics Manager. Tester, Test Engineer, QA and Site Lead Tester and any other value adding role required at the time. I have also taught, coached and mentored people throughout my career. My career highlight is creating the Software Tester Apprenticeship for the Coders Guild and training people to get their first role in IT through government sponsored free training courses based on my apprenticeship. I now have my own blog at The Big Test Theory.com sharing my thoughts, occasional poetry and my Periodic Table of Testing, a visual heuristic showing the breadth of the testing universe.

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