Accessibility Testing. Why it is required ? How to achieve ?

Accessibility testing is the usable testing of any software , web page , web application, mobile application for all the possible users.
The users can be with all the abilities or with disabilities.

WHY IT IS REQUIRED ?

Accessibility is must for any service to survive for longer period in the market with increased competition within same field.
Today every profession includes competition among firms present. It becomes quiet difficult for a new company to become one of the established firms. To reach their not only your product should be of superior quality. You should also make that easily available to all the users at their ease. Proper marketing should be done.

To see if your application / web page / software is easily accessible to all the users proper accessibility should be done either by the trained professionals or under their guidance by the developers.

Various companies provide Testing As A Service to its customers which includes security testing as well as accessibility testing. They charge amount according to the resources utilized by them for testing and varying demands of the customer.

HOW TO ACHIEVE ?

Various companies provide Testing As A Service to its customers which includes security testing as well as accessibility testing. They charge amount according to the resources utilized by them for testing and varying demands of the customer.
You can also check the usability of your web page by using some open source tools which are easy to use and are free of cost.
Their are various aspect which you should check of your web page depending on its usage.
Some of them are:

• Images (Decorative/Informative)
• Tables(Layout only/Informative)
• Web Page Experience by Visually Impaired
• With or without CSS/Javascript
• Using Screen Reader
• WAP Tools
• NVDA