What Is Accessibility Testing?

Accessibility testing is the practice of making your web and mobile apps usable to as many people as possible. It makes apps accessible to those with disabilities, such as vision impairment, hearing disabilities, and other physical or cognitive conditions.

Accessibility testing works best when incorporated into your testing strategies — don’t let it be an afterthought. Align it with your test cycle and sync your results all in one place with Perfecto’s test reporting.

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Ensures usability

Makes content accessible to all

Meets legal requirements

Improves overall experience

Why Accessibility Testing Is a Necessity

You need accessibility testing to meet the needs of all users. It’s also the law. Between the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), Section 508, and the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), you have plenty of regulations to meet. Failure to do so could result in fines of $75,000-$150,000.

With Perfecto, you can automate a large portion of accessibility tests for web and mobile, and reduce the overall time it takes to run them. In addition, Perfecto will generate an accessibility test report that can help your developers find and fix accessibility issues in advance.

Accessibility Testing Use Cases

You need to ensure that your apps work with screen readers, speech recognition software, screen magnification, and more. Perfecto can help you eliminate manual non functional testing and accelerate automated accessibility testing.

You need to test:

  • Labels — Used by assistive technologies, like VoiceOver or TalkBack.
  • Text contrast — Ratio between text or images and background color.
  • Hit area size — Area designated for user interaction.
  • View hierarchy of UI — Determines how easy the Android app is to navigate.
  • Dynamic font size — Option for users to increase font size to fit their needs.
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Increase Accessibility Testing With Automation

Most accessibility tests are done manually or not at all. Many teams outsource accessibility testing to third party services. When it is done, it’s usually not part of the cycle. Accessibility testing is not executed as frequently as it needs to be. This leaves risk for expensive fees and escaped defects.

Fortunately, with Perfecto, accessibility testing is a seamless and free add-on to existing test automation cycles — for both web and mobile apps.

Accessibility Testing for Native Mobile & Hybrid Apps

Unlock the potential of automated accessibility testing for your native mobile apps with Perfecto. Perfecto is built on top of Appium, allowing you to add accessibility scenarios for both iOS and Android functional tests. With that, you can ensure your apps meet both Apple and Google human interface guidelines

Accessibility Testing for Web Apps

We integrate with axe and other solutions to help you incorporate accessibility testing into your web app testing to ensure your apps are accessible.

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Accessibility Testing Automation With Perfecto

Unified Testing

Test web and mobile apps all in one unified platform.

Advanced Automation

Automate accessibility tests and other complex scenarios.

Full Toolchain Integration

Sync with accessibility tools and everything else in your toolchain.

All Results in One Place

Sync results from accessibility tools with Perfecto’s test reporting dashboard.

Accelerate Testing

Spend less time manually testing with more automation capabilities.

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Shift Testing Left

Align your accessibility tests with dev and existing test cyles.

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