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Site Accessibility Testing Methods and Best Practices

2 pointsby the_unknownover 4 years ago
I&#x27;ve done my best to make my site accessible using the WCAG guidelines and some validation tools such as axe, achecker.ca but I feel like I&#x27;m lost in a sea of thousands of &#x27;suggestions&#x27; but few hard and fast rules to follow to guarantee the widest reach possible.<p>I don&#x27;t really know anybody using accessible browsers so it is hard to get real-world knowledge. What is the most popular browesr at this point - is it a full on browser or just a plugin for FireFox (or Chrome). Do they react different between Windows and Mac?<p>Are there any mobile accessibility options? What about for iPads&#x2F;tablets?

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darekkayover 4 years ago
Visually impaired people are using a combination of regular browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, IE11) and screen readers (NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver) [1]. There are differences in the output, but you can pretty much ignore them for the high level knowledge that you are looking for.<p>You could check some articles [2], talks [3] or courses [4] to get the basic understanding of accessible development.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;webaim.org&#x2F;projects&#x2F;screenreadersurvey8&#x2F;#browsercombos" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;webaim.org&#x2F;projects&#x2F;screenreadersurvey8&#x2F;#browsercomb...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;brunopulis&#x2F;awesome-a11y&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;topics&#x2F;articles-and-videos.md" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;brunopulis&#x2F;awesome-a11y&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;topic...</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;brunopulis&#x2F;awesome-a11y&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;topics&#x2F;talks.md" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;brunopulis&#x2F;awesome-a11y&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;topic...</a><p>[4] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;brunopulis&#x2F;awesome-a11y&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;topics&#x2F;courses.md" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;brunopulis&#x2F;awesome-a11y&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;topic...</a>