Best way to create a punchlist of Accessibilty Issues

  • Steve-CC

    (@steve-cc)


    4 years, 9 months ago

    I need to make some inventories or punch-lists of Accessibility Issues so I can fix them.
    I have several sites I need to work on – some standalone, some multi site and some using Elegant Themes Divi.
    I have been searching like crazy and have not yet found anyplace where the alternatives are thoroughly discussed.
    I would love to either be directed to such place/s or have this forum post become one.
    Thanks

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  • Joy

    (@joyously)

    4 years, 9 months ago

    There is the Accessibility team’s handbook:
    https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/handbook/get-involved/audits-and-testing/
    and the Theme Review handbook for accessibility-ready tag:
    https://make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook/review/accessibility/

    There was a recent audit done on Gutenberg. It has a write-up and lots of issues opened on GitHub.
    search on Make blog

    Thread Starter Steve-CC

    (@steve-cc)

    4 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks for responding Joy
    It seems that those links provide great info on auditing WordPress, WP themes and Gutenberg.
    Do you – or anyone else have any leads on how a web developer – like me – can test specific production websites to see what needs to be fixed on those sites?

    Joy

    (@joyously)

    4 years, 9 months ago

    The Accessibility handbook says how; that’s why I listed it first. And the theme review handbook is about checking themes, which is the site, so that is very useful.

    There are several aspects to consider: visual deficits could affect font size, color contrast, color choice (color blindness), screen reader tools; hearing deficits could affect audios and videos (closed captions); motor impairment could affect the size of clickable areas, moving text; flashing something too fast can cause seizures. Even making pages responsive to the device used (big or small, touch or mouse or keyboard), and considering bandwidth quota or speed is geared toward making sites accessible to the biggest audience possible.
    You have to decide what focus you want to have and use the tool that your audience will use to see where the problems are.

    Thread Starter Steve-CC

    (@steve-cc)

    4 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks – it is certainly a big and complicated subject.

    From what I am seeing there are some tools that help point out issues and educate and seem to be good and free. Some of the best that I have found so far:

    https://fae.disability.illinois.edu/
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ainspector-wcag/

    Browser add-ons seem really helpful to me – at this early stage. Waves is another browser add-on I found.

    Hope this is helpful for others who are new to this.

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