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Accessibility testing

For QA leads, testers and compliance2 min readUpdated for v4.0

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The agent checks your pages against an accessibility standard: contrast, labels, keyboard use and screen readers. Each finding comes with its clause, where it is, and how to fix it.

1. Check a page

Section titled “1. Check a page”
In the sidebar, open Quality Engineering › Accessibility Testing. Press Ctrl K (Windows) or ⌘ K (Mac), type Accessibility, and press Enter.
The Accessibility page: check a page, and the list of checks with their results (Manage view)
The Accessibility page: check a page, and the list of checks with their results (Manage view)

Manage view

The Accessibility page: check a page, and the list of checks with their results (Hands-on view)
The Accessibility page: check a page, and the list of checks with their results (Hands-on view)

Hands-on view

  1. Type the 1 Page address.
  2. Pick the 2 Standard. The default is WCAG 2.2.
  3. Under Screens, tick Desktop, Phone or both.
  4. Choose 3 Run check. Options sets the level and other details.

Standards include WCAG 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2, Section 508, EN 301 549, the European Accessibility Act, ADA Title II and III, GIGW 3.0, IS 17802, BITV 2.0, RGAA 4.1, AODA, JIS X 8341-3 and more.

2. Read the results

Section titled “2. Read the results”

Each check in the list shows its result. 4 Click a check to open it.

Result What it means
Conforms No serious or minor issues found.
Does not conform At least one issue fails the standard.
Not evaluated The page could not be judged automatically. Something needs checking by hand.

The counts say how many issues are serious, minor, and to check by hand. Some rules, like whether a caption makes sense, need a person.

3. Open a check

Section titled “3. Open a check”
One check: the standard, score and issues, the tabs, and each finding with its WCAG clause (Manage view)
One check: the standard, score and issues, the tabs, and each finding with its WCAG clause (Manage view)

Manage view

One check: the standard, score and issues, the tabs, and each finding with its WCAG clause (Hands-on view)
One check: the standard, score and issues, the tabs, and each finding with its WCAG clause (Hands-on view)

Hands-on view

  • 1 Standard, Score out of 100 with a grade, and the Issues by severity.
  • 2 Results, Confidence (how sure each rule is) and Report preview.
  • 3 Each finding, with its WCAG clause. Open it to see where it is and how to fix it.
  • 4 Conformance report (ACR) and Audit report (PDF).

4. Share a conformance report

Section titled “4. Share a conformance report”

On the check’s page, Conformance report (ACR) downloads a VPAT-style report for the latest full check, as a PDF. Send it to customers or auditors who ask for an ACR or VPAT.

What’s next

Section titled “What’s next”
BugsAccessibility issues become bugs you can assign.
ReportsDownload PDF and ACR/VPAT reports to forward.
Performance and other testsLoad, security, compatibility and more.