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Hi, I'm Deborah Reid, I've been testing for about 12 years now. I am a Lead Test Engineer at Bloom and Wild group currently. Specialising in exploratory and risk based testing with a passion for accessibility. I've written a course for MoT on an Introduction to Accessibility Testing (my maiden name is Lee, so it might look like someone else wrote this course but I promise it was me!)
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Thanks for spotting a typo in an article and reporting it so quickly 😊
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Previously known as TestBash, MoTaCon is the new name for our annual conference. It's where quality people gather.
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Scott Kenyon and I are bringing colour to TestBash in our brand new, TestBash jackets. But you will have to wait to see the front.
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I mean technically you can sit on any of these, but likely wouldn't be your first choice, or comfortable to sit on the apples, hot drinks or microchips. Perhaps the question is actually "which of t... image
I mean technically you can sit on any of these, but likely wouldn't be your first choice, or comfortable to sit on the apples, hot drinks or microchips. Perhaps the question is actually "which of t...
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Thank you for sharing your experience of not being able to skip an optional course activity... your feedback is always helpful and thoughtful.
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Use this simple, creative technique to break down acceptance criteria and reveal missed scenarios
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Introduction To Accessibility Testing
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WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines)
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<div>The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, commonly known as WCAG, are a set of international standards that have been developed as a universal set of web accessibility guidelines recognised around the world. <br><br>These guidelines have been developed around four principles:</div><ul>
<li>Perceivable, helping users to recognise and use digital content with the senses available to them. These include Alt text, subtitles and responsiveness. </li>
<li>Operable, helping users to find and use the content regardless of how they choose to access it. Examples include keyboard navigation, no blinking or flashing content and using descriptive links.</li>
<li>Understandable is helping people to understand the content or service. For example, using plain English, explaining acronyms and having predictable behaviours.</li>
<li>Robust, helping users interpret content by a wide variety of user agents. This could include compatible and interacting in informative ways with assistive technologies.</li>
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<br>You could say that a good website is a POUR website, P-O-U-R. <br><br>There were three levels of WCAG, A, AA, and AAA: </div><ul>
<li>Level A is the minimum level, which all digital content should adhere to. It has 25 success criteria and covers areas such as colour not being used as the only visual means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element, such as pressing the green button to proceed.</li>
<li>Level AA is an acceptable level for online services, which should work with assistive technologies for both desktop and mobile. It has 13 success criteria and addresses the biggest barriers for users with disabilities. By conforming to AA, a webpage meets both the A and AA performance levels. It covers areas such as ensuring that all the texts meets the colour contrast requirements. Their requirement differ somewhat based upon the size of the text, but it's actually pretty strict. Government websites in the UK have to meet AA standards. It's legally required for certain websites and it's the one that is typically referred to when you're tasked with making a website accessible. </li>
<li>Level AAA is the gold standard level, providing complete digital accessibility, enabling users to have an excellent online experience.</li>
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Definitions of WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines)
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Watch "Dark Patterns – A Testers Quandary" with Emma Keaveny from TestBash Brighton 2015
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Discover strategies behind maintaining software quality in teams without designated testers
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Discover how to apply the benefits of full stack testing with this Masterclass webinar led by Ben Dowen. Discover a new model to identify gaps in your system knowledge.
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Join Shweta on her journey into leadership and how she has developed people-first leadership skills to build thriving QA/Testing teams.
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Join Janet Gregory for a deep dive into Holistic Testing, where every phase is a pivotal piece of the quality puzzle. image
Join Janet Gregory for a deep dive into Holistic Testing, where every phase is a pivotal piece of the quality puzzle.
Strategies to understand the context and scope of your work and team. image
Strategies to understand the context and scope of your work and team.
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Join other community members in reflecting about all the topics covered at TestBash UK 2023
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Ever wondered how you can level up your career beyond mastering technical skills? Join us in our upcoming Testing Ask Me Anything webinar, where we focus on Learning Soft Skills image
Ever wondered how you can level up your career beyond mastering technical skills? Join us in our upcoming Testing Ask Me Anything webinar, where we focus on Learning Soft Skills
How do you connect with the testing community? Plus many helpful business posts, lots of new testing events and questions for you to answer. All in this week's newsletter. image
How do you connect with the testing community? Plus many helpful business posts, lots of new testing events and questions for you to answer. All in this week's newsletter.
Catch up on what the software testing community is talking about.  Testing articles, podcasts, events and videos!  image
Catch up on what the software testing community is talking about. Testing articles, podcasts, events and videos!
Learn about Aaron Flynn's experiences of carrying out Accessibility Testing for Government Websites on the Testing Planet image
Learn about Aaron Flynn's experiences of carrying out Accessibility Testing for Government Websites on the Testing Planet
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Experiment with products using different accessibility tools
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Unpack the pivotal role of soft skills in testing
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Unpack the pivotal role of soft skills in testing
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Harvest your testing skills at TestBash Autumn, a Ministry of Testing software testing conference happening on the 22nd and 23rd of March 2023
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Ever wondered how you can level up your career beyond mastering technical skills? Join us in our upcoming "Testing, Ask Me Anything" webinar, where we focus on Learning Soft Skills
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Have you ever heard yourself saying “I’m not technical” or looked at code and felt immediately overwhelmed? In this Masterclass, Lisi will help grow your technical confidence together. image
Have you ever heard yourself saying “I’m not technical” or looked at code and felt immediately overwhelmed? In this Masterclass, Lisi will help grow your technical confidence together.
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How do you lead people before becoming a people leader? Let Lewis help you solve this conundrum. Join his Masterclass to level up your people management skills before you start leading people. image
How do you lead people before becoming a people leader? Let Lewis help you solve this conundrum. Join his Masterclass to level up your people management skills before you start leading people.
Thinking about public speaking? Or is your first speaking gig just around the corner? This article shares Deborah's experience of speaking at a conference for the first time and how it might help you. image
Thinking about public speaking? Or is your first speaking gig just around the corner? This article shares Deborah's experience of speaking at a conference for the first time and how it might help you.
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Thinking about public speaking? Or is your first speaking gig just around the corner? This article shares Deborah's experience of speaking at a conference for the first time and how it might help you. image
Thinking about public speaking? Or is your first speaking gig just around the corner? This article shares Deborah's experience of speaking at a conference for the first time and how it might help you.
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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. Yet where do you start? Join Ady's Masterclass to find out. image
Digital accessibility works when we ensure that as many people can use and interact with the web using whichever method they choose. Yet where do you start? Join Ady's Masterclass to find out.
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