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a repository to track PhETs research into accessibility, or "a11y" for short

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a11y testing tools #24

Open jessegreenberg opened 7 years ago

jessegreenberg commented 7 years ago

There are some pretty good a11y testing tools out there, it would be nice to try running them with our sims. Testing could flag issues well before we go through user tesitng and save a significant amount of time. Here are a few notable ones:

https://achecker.ca/checker/index.php

Created by the IDRC!
Checks single HTML pages for conformance to accessibility standards.

http://wave.webaim.org/

Created by Web AIM
Is a visual tool that puts icons on the visual page
Checks single page HTML pages, and has an API
@terracoda has only ever used the single page

http://www.deque.com/products/axe/

aXe: A free, open source, accessibility testing tool that runs right in the browser.
https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-webdriverjs: Has an API for automated testing of accessibility features through Selenium.

https://tenon.io/

Lead by a developer from the Paciello group
@terracoda said this tool catches the most in her experience
Has API for automated testing and continuous integration
Very highly regarded
Offers consulting and support
Not a free service, but has a free trial

@jessegreenberg, I added WAVE to the list above.

terracoda commented 7 years ago

And for any future reference, lets keep the link to this recent examination/study of testing tools handy.

Blog Post: What we found when we tested tools on the world’s least-accessible webpage
Published findings: How do automated accessibility checkers compare?
Contributions to project welcome: GitHub repo