Ensuring Accessibility with Tools

A comparison of a few tools to reveal their capability in accessibility testing.

Issue	AInspector	aXe	Google	HTML CodeSniffer	Siteimprove	Tenon	WAVE
1. No Headings	Yes	No	No	Partial	Yes	No	Yes
2. No alt text	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
3. Bad alt text (decorative)	No	No	No	Sort of	No	No	Yes
4. Insufficient color contrast	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
5. Inaccessible dropdown menu	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
6. Insufficient visible focus	Sort of	No	No	No	No	No	No
7. Redundant, uninformative link text	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
8. Color used to communicate information	Sort of	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
9. Language not specified	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
10. Missing accessible form markup	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
11. Inaccessible CAPTCHA	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
12. Inaccessible form validation	Sort of	No	No	No	No	No	No
13. Missing ARIA Landmarks	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
14. Inaccessible modal dialog	Sort of	No	No	No	No	No	No
15. Inaccessible carousel	Sort of	No	No	No	No	No	No
16. Missing accessible table markup	Sort of	Yes	No	Sort of	No	Yes	Sort of
17. Missing abbreviation tags	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

A comparison of a few tools to reveal their capability in accessibility testing.

Issue	AInspector	aXe	Google	HTML CodeSniffer	Siteimprove	Tenon	WAVE
1. No Headings	Yes	No	No	Partial	Yes	No	Yes
2. No alt text	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
3. Bad alt text (decorative)	No	No	No	Sort of	No	No	Yes
4. Insufficient color contrast	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
5. Inaccessible dropdown menu	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
6. Insufficient visible focus	Sort of	No	No	No	No	No	No
7. Redundant, uninformative link text	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
8. Color used to communicate information	Sort of	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
9. Language not specified	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
10. Missing accessible form markup	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
11. Inaccessible CAPTCHA	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
12. Inaccessible form validation	Sort of	No	No	No	No	No	No
13. Missing ARIA Landmarks	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
14. Inaccessible modal dialog	Sort of	No	No	No	No	No	No
15. Inaccessible carousel	Sort of	No	No	No	No	No	No
16. Missing accessible table markup	Sort of	Yes	No	Sort of	No	Yes	Sort of
17. Missing abbreviation tags	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

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Accessibility Audit
by giridharp2, about 7 years ago
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How often should we run this?

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Accessibility is King!
by Frank, about 7 years ago
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how important is accessibility on your website.

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Managing expectations across various accessibility tools
about 8 years ago
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How do you manage client expectations across various accessibility tools? Share your thoughts on how we can overcome the subjective nature of accessibility and work together with our clients to ensure 100% accessibility.
How do you manage client expectations across various accessibility tools? Share your thoughts on how we can overcome the subjective nature of accessibility and work together with our clients to ensure 100% accessibility.
How do you manage client expectations across various accessibility tools? Share your thoughts on how we can overcome the subjective nature of accessibility and work together with our clients to ensure 100% accessibility.
How do you manage client expectations across various accessibility tools? Share your thoughts on how we can overcome the subjective nature of accessibility and work together with our clients to ensure 100% accessibility.
How do you manage client expectations across various accessibility tools? Share your thoughts on how we can overcome the subjective nature of accessibility and work together with our clients to ensure 100% accessibility.

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