Accessibility Testing 101 - Crystal Preston

6th November 2019
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Crystal Preston-Watson

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Talk Description

As more companies come to understand the importance and necessity of building accessibility into their applications, it’s critical for testers to implement testing that truly captures issues that can inhibit access and usability for users with disabilities and those without. This session is for those new to accessibility testing and will cover basic testing techniques that can be applied to most applications. It will also help attendees to understand the basics of web/mobile accessibility and discover tools and features to help them in their testing.

Takeaways:

  • Learn the basics of digital accessibility
  • Explore techniques and best practices for accessibility testing
  • Overview of manual and automated accessibility testing tools

By the end of this session, you'll be able to:

  • TBA

Crystal Preston-Watson is a QA Engineer at Spruce Labs in Denver, Colorado. With a decade working with tech companies in U.S and Canada, she has developed a passion for building quality and inclusive products. Over the years Crystal has worked as an accessibility engineer supporting and advising engineer teams, front-end developer in fintech, and interactive producer at a daily newspaper. Outside of work, you can find her playing backseat detective while watching old episodes of Forensic Files, photographing her two cats, Shadowmere and Ms. Etta James and getting really weird with life.

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