Assistive Technologies as Tools for Accessibility Testing
summary
Presents evidence that automated accessibility checks find only about 55–60% of issues and argues that real testing must use assistive technologies like screen readers and browser zoom. Demonstrates concrete problems found on real sites (Ryanair: uncontrollable pop-up and unlabeled fields; Museo Omero: good semantic practices; Trenitalia: accessible search) and shows Designers Italia’s working pattern for mega menus and modals, with audible commands and step‑by‑step results.
AI-written summary · about
chapters (12)
- 0:00Assistive tech for accessibility
- 3:40Low vision challenges
- 7:29Text resize testing
- 11:04Text magnification tools
- 12:30Screen reader demo
- 19:01Menu accessibility errors
- 24:43Accessible modals
- 27:19WAI-ARIA misuse
- 28:00Text resize on mobile
- 30:07Inaccessible search fields
- 32:14Accessible booking example
- 36:06Accessibility laws
related talks
56mAccessibility Testing 101
37mAccessibility Testing Techniques, Issues and Tricks
01h 05mAccessibility Testing 101
44mTesting Web Accessibility
31mDecoding web accessibility through testing
30mTesting Web Accessibility
01h 03mAccessibility Testing: The Manual Parts
59mAccessibility in UX: A panel discussion