| Automated website accessibility testing
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| | represent your potential clients. These
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| can be a very useful process. It often
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| | will not be web experts - they will be
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| reveals many issues which would take a
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| | ordinary web users.
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| human tester many times longer to
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| | Conducting the Accessibility and
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| uncover. It's a bit like using a spell /
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| | Usability Tests
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| grammar checker on a long article. But,
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| | For most websites testing is conducted
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| just as a human editor is essential in
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| | over a one to two week period. However,
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| any serious writing, hands on testing
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| | we never test with multiple testers
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| essential in any serious usability
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| | concurrently so depending on a client's
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| testing effort for the handicapped. Below
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| | needs, the testing phase can be a bit
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| are the steps we take beyond automated
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| | shorter or significantly longer. After
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| accessibility tests.
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| | the data from each tester has been
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| Consultation - Understanding Your
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| | compiled and they have written their
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| Accessibility
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| | reports, all testers meet to discuss
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| Goals
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| | their findings.
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| What are your reasons for conducting
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| | Reporting
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| accessibility testing? What, exactly, do
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| | We provide reporting on each phase of the
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| you hope to achieve? Goals may range from
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| | project. There is a Goals report which
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| just making sure that the basics are
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| | the client signs off on before moving on
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| covered to wanting to win awards for
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| | to the Planning phase. The Test Plan and
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| accessible site design. We help you
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| | any Scripts are presented for sign-off
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| define your expectations and turn them
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| | prior to actual testing. There can, on
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| into our deliverables.
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| | client request, be a Recruiting report.
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| Planning and Scripting
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| | And of course, the final reports in which
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| To reach your goals you need a plan. This
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| | we detail the objective results of
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| includes both high level planning like
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| | testing, the subjective comments of the
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| which screen readers do you want used,
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| | testers, and any additional insights from
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| how many test experts do you want to run
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| | the final meeting. Both positive and
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| the scripts, and should all pages be
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| | negative issues are reported on. And
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| tested or just some representative ones?
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| | there is practical advice on how to
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| It also includes specific sets of steps
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| | improve any negative issues.
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| taken to test conduct tests, known as
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| | Re-Testing and Reporting
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| test scripts.
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| | Following any work on the website to
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| Recruiting
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| | resolve accessibility issues reported on,
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| We will test your web presence with
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| | we can retest the website. This is a
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| visually impaired specialists who are
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| | recommended but optional phase and can be
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| familiar with both good and bad web
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| | a re-running of all previous tests and
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| design from their own daily web use. They
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| | scripts or simply a verification test to
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| are also experts at using screen reader
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| | see that recommendations were implemented
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| technologies. If your test plan calls for
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| | successfully. Reporting on this phase
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| it we will also recruit visually impaired
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| | depends on the scope of testing.
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| target audience testers - people who
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