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Initiate Inclusivity: Comprehensive Accessibility Testing
With Userlytics Accessibility Testing you can see how usable your interfaces are for consumers with visual impairments, low vision, or partial blindness. Utilize this feature to ensure your app or website is accessible to everyone in (and outside of) your target audience, no downloads needed!
Demonstrate Customer Care with Accessibility Testing
When you use Accessibility Testing you are opening your interface to a more comprehensive study while building your platform to be more inclusive. Accessibility Testing also helps to ensure that your interfaces are user-centric and shows that all users are of equal importance and that their needs are prioritized when developing new sites or apps.
Why Should You Implement Accessibility Testing?
Promotes
Inclusivity:
Accessibility testing promotes inclusivity by ensuring that your studies and platform are accessible to a wider range of users. By considering the needs of individuals with disabilities, you create a more inclusive environment for all users.
Encourages
Equity:
Incorporating accessibility testing into your user experience research tools helps uncover potential inequalities and biases in your design. By actively engaging with all segments of your target audience, you contribute to providing an equitable experience for everyone.
Expands Global
Reach:
Ensuring Accessibility Testing in your product or service for users from diverse backgrounds, languages, and with different accessibility requirements is imperative if your target is a global audience. This approach enables you to reach and engage with a broader range of users worldwide.
Builds User-
Friendliness:
By prioritizing Accessibility Testing in your design, you guarantee that all members of your target audience have equal access to your product or service. This fosters a user-friendly experience that can be enjoyed and utilized in various settings, catering to the diverse needs of your users.
Need Special Accommodations for Your Accessibility Testing Study?
We know that every business has a unique customer base – some that may require specially designed accommodations. We want to ensure that every customer’s needs are heard, and that your digital product’s user experience is excellent for everyone, especially through Accessibility Testing.
Ask us how we help you design and conduct a specialized usability study with your users’ accessibility needs top of mind.
Q&A
Accessibility Testing determines how accessible a digital product—such as a website, mobile app, or software—is for people with disabilities. This process includes gathering feedback from users with disabilities to understand the challenges they face when using the product. The primary goal is to identify and resolve Accessibility obstacles, ensuring the product meets legal standards like the ADA and WCAG and is usable for all users. This approach improves the overall user experience.
Accessibility Testing is vital for your product as it ensures that all your content is usable and accessible to everyone. An accessible product reaches a broader audience, boosts your brand’s reputation, and increases customer loyalty by showing a commitment to inclusivity.
You should start Accessibility Testing as early as possible in the development process of your product. Initiating early helps you identify and address Accessibility obstacles before they become deeply integrated into the design. This proactive approach not only saves time and resources but also ensures that Accessibility is a core aspect of your product development, rather than an afterthought. Ideally, Accessibility Testing should be a continuous part of your development cycle, integrated at multiple stages—from initial design through development, and into ongoing maintenance—to ensure complete and consistent Accessibility for all users.
Accessibility Testing can be conducted using a combination of automated tools and manual testing by real users. Here’s how we approach it:
- Automated Testing: Use software tools like Axe, WAVE, or Google Lighthouse to scan your website for common Accessibility issues. These tools can quickly identify problems such as missing alt text, poor color contrast, and improper ARIA attributes.
- Manual Testing: Supplement automated tests with manual checks to ensure compliance with standards like WCAG. This involves navigating your site using keyboard-only controls, screen readers, and other assistive technologies to mimic the user experience of people with disabilities.
- User Testing: Involve real users with disabilities in the testing process to gain firsthand insights into the usability of your website, a step that automated tools cannot fully capture.
- Remediation and Re-testing: Address the identified issues and then re-test to ensure all problems have been resolved. Continue this process iteratively to enhance the Accessibility of your site.
We are working on making the platform 100% accessible for testing of participants with disabilities. If you are thinking of launching this type of study, please consult us first at operations@userlytics.com so we can assist you.
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