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I was answering a question for someone on automated accessibility testing and I ended up wandering off the subject a little and just basically talking about how I would test for accessibility.
So I wrote it up as an article.
Would appreciate any feedback on the content of the article. I am not, repeat not asking for a site critique. Okay?
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Jack Pickard The Pickards Information Services| Blog | Twit
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Hi JackP
As an Introduction, I think it's really good, you already answered the 'logo' question from my other post.
I think it would be worth following up with some more 'in depth' articles but written plainly as you have in this one - its far easier to read than the WCAG checkpoints
webecho
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I think you explain very clearly any step you have to do for a good web accessibility. But no need to tell a lot like that, you should make your text smaller and compacted if you see what i mean 
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One thing i've noticed Jack, is that you don't mention downloading any actual screen-readers.
You can get trial versions of some of them, including IBM Home Page Reader, and Window Eyes. Unfortunately, last time I checked, JAWS was only available as a 40-minute trial !
Otherwise a good introduction to testing for accessibility.
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yeah, that was kind of deliberate. I've noticed when talking about accessibility testing that if you start asking people with good vision to use a screenreader they tend to freeze, switch off and tune you out. It may be just my experience but people think they sound really complicated and scary.
So I deliberately wanted to keep the article to a kind of "you're new to this? that's okay, just hold my hand and I'll walk you along the way a little bit". In probably a less creepy way than that sounded.
Plus I think you need decent experience with a screenreader before you're approaching the way a standard screenreader user would use it, so it's not necessarily of that much benefit.
I should maybe add a footnote about them though, indicating that if you want to improve on the way you do this testing etc etc etc.
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| JackP wrote: |
| you're new to this? that's okay, just hold my hand and I'll walk you along the way a little bit |
Run - It's the Stephen King of Website Accessibility
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ooh good one. that's a glaring miss. thanks.
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