Overview
Technological innovation is transforming business websites & applications. However, these business-driven web platforms are posing accessibility challenges to differently-abled sections of the population; such platforms must be accessible for one and all as it has become the need of the day. Besides the business and ethical requirement, ‘Accessibility to All’ is a statutory regulation in many countries, and to comply with such statutory regulation, web accessibility testing is a must.
Cybage offers extensive web accessibility testing services and ADA compliance testing to clients, identifying accessibility barriers on their web platforms by performing accessibility testing against accessibility compliance standards like W3C’s WCAG Compliance, Section 508, and ADA Compliance. Cybage accessibility testing service is enabled by an extensive web accessibility testing process based on W3C’s WCAG, ADA, and Section 508. Our accessibility testing services cover accessibility concepts, accessibility testing processes, accessibility testing tools, and guidance for accessibility testing aimed at web and mobile applications.
As your accessibility testing services expert, we check multiple techniques, look for benefits, and make the right choices based on the success criteria and requirements for conformance.’
If you want to achieve A11y compliance, enhance the branding, or broaden the target audience, check out our web and mobile accessibility testing services.
What We Do
· Assessment and audit
· Accessibility testing
Section 508 compliance
· WCAG accessibility testing – Web content accessibility guidelines 2.0 (Level AA)
· Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Standards for Accessible Design
· ATAG – Authoring tool accessibility guidelines
· UAAG - User agent accessibility guidelines
· XAG - XML accessibility guidelines
· WAI-ARAI - Web Accessibility Initiative - Accessible Rich Internet Applications
· Web applications
· Mobile applications (iOS, Android)
· Windows, MacOS
Our accessibility testing consultants,
· Provide detailed coverage from accessibility requirement understanding to final delivery of accessibility test results.
· Deliver accessibility assessment reports highlighting the various accessibility violations and recommendations, which helps the developers understand with ease and make the application compliant with accessibility standards.
· Evaluate the application against some key areas for A11y assessments, like Keyboard navigation, Color Contrast, High Contrast, Zoom, On-screen Readers, and Focus.
· We bring a unique mix of manual and automated techniques to assess the application for A11y compliance. Manual Testing: Test WA-compliant websites with major screen readers and popular browsers on Windows, iOS, and Android (devices).
· Automation Testing: Our teams use online and offline tools to check the accessibility implementation.
We are well versed in industry-leading tools for accessibility testing, such as JAWS
· AXE
· LightHouse
· NVDA
· Voice Over
· Wave
· AChecker
Our test labs are built with a hardware, software, and documentation suite for accessibility resources. These can be leveraged to broaden the test coverage from the accessibility standpoint.
- Training and awareness: basics of web accessibility are learned from W3C websites or YouTube videos. Learn how 508 compliant websites are developed.
- Checklist: In the initial phases, follow a checklist defined by SMEs/508.
- Tools: IDEs available in the market use plugins for accessibility guidelines validation and suggestions. Like code hints for Java/.Net in their respective libraries, communities have developed extensions for text editors—AriaLinter is one of them.
- Testing: Code/websites can be tested with online validators or offline tools. These tools are based on W3C standards where you have to select the level of validation: A, AA, or AAA. The general validation is AA.
Once a team is ready, guidelines can be followed per the requirements of 508 compliance and customer certification.