A false sense of accessibility

What automated testing tools won't show you.

Presented on 11 July 2024

Webinar
November 28, 2024

Watch: A false sense of accessibility: What automated testing tools won’t show you, by Beau Vass, featuring Joe DiNero from UsableNet and Hellen Keller Services

A screenshot from the webinar with Beau and Joe on screen. Both are looking at the camera and Joe is talking.
Beau and Joe speaking during their webinar 'A False sense of Accessibility'.

In this session, Joe discusses his life and lived experience, and Beau looks at the role of automated tooling within the accessibility space, and limitations everyone needs to be aware of.

 Topics explored in this session include:

  • Interview with Joe: Joe discusses his life and career as a person who has experienced low vision and blindness, as well as being a digital accessibility professional and mentor.
  • Beau takes a look at automated accessibility tools and how they may lead to a false sense of accessibility.
    • How many issues are actually identified by automated tooling.
    • Accessibility defects automated testing cannot identify.
    • Guidance for how automated testing can be used within an accessibility practice.

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