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