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When it comes to providing handicapped individuals with access, each nation has its own set of legislation. Accessibility testing guarantees that the website is accessible to impaired individuals, allowing them to readily access and obtain important information. Websites and mobile applications that undergo accessibility testing have the opportunity to overcome more issues and assist more users than it has ever been.
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Why accessibility testing is important? Accessibility testing has an emotional connect to it because it directly caters to the needs of disabled people. It is a testing method that ensures websites and certain specific appli- cations can be accessed by people with disabilities as well. This actually creates a win-win situation, because the scope of expansion only gets bigger and better by serving a larger section of people across various demographics. In this article, you will get to know about the prominence of accessibility testing. 02 01 Capture the unknown markets The government conundrum The Legal hassles can be avoided relevance of WCAG guidelines 04 03 What is accessibility testing? It is a testing method that ensures a specific web or mobile application can be easily accessed by people with disabilities. Following are four important reasons that justify the importance of accessibility testing: 1. The government conundrum: Government wants organizations to follow certain rules when it comes to accessing websites. There should be no bias towards the differently-abled community while developing a corporate website. As per the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), a business website can capitalize on accessibility testing in the following ways: • Those users with disability issues must be able to easily access the website and thus more traffic is driven to the website • More users who were once ignored can now easily use the website. This will see a rise of business opportunities in the untouched market • Users located at such segments where there is a low-bandwidth internet connection must also be duly considered • Users from all the regions should be able to access the website 2. Capture the unknown markets: There are a huge number of websites that are inaccessible to people with disabilities. This in turn means there is a huge lot of population that has not been captured. If the necessary positioning is done, then this specific population can not only take advantage of the products and services offered, but also can prove to be an effective resource to businesses. There will be a direct revenue impact for the website owner if the ignored population is not taken into accountability. In fact, certain demographics can also get ignored if people with disabilities are not taken into consideration. 3. Legal hassles can be avoided: No business owner wants to get captured in the web of a lawsuit. Every country has its specific lawsuits when it comes to providing accessibility to websites for differently-abled people. Countries like the US have section 508, which is specifically applied for federal and government websites that offer service and information to the general public. If a website is in compliance with section 508, this means that it is highly accessible to all of the users. There are certain important rules that need to be incorporated when accessibility testing is performed on websites. 4. The relevance of WCAG guidelines: Following are the four important principles of WCAG: • Perceivable: There should be an audio description of the visual content in the website so that the content can be perceived by all the users • Operable: Developers need to provide mouse movements through which a website can be easily operable • Understandable: People with disabilities should be able to easily understand the content and features of a website • Robust: A website should be robust enough to work across a wide range of mobile and web devices. CONCLUSION The above mentioned four reasons clearly depict the importance of conducting accessibility testing. If you are looking for strategic and professional advice on accessibility testing, that can benefit your business requirements, then do get connected with a software testing services company that is committed to solving all your testing related queries in a simple and easy-to- understand manner. www.TestingXperts.com To know more about our services please email us at info@testingxperts.com Scan the QR Code USA | CANADA | UK | NETHERLANDS | INDIA | SINGAPORE | SOUTH AFRICA © 2022 TestingXperts, All Rights Reserved to contact us © www.testingxperts.com
