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Phill Jenkins edited this page Sep 6, 2024 · 16 revisions

Welcome to the equal-access Wiki

About

The IBM Equal Access Accessibility Checker is a set of automated test tools that check web code for accessibility issues.

It's an open-source freely available set of tools for web developers and accessibility auditors. It utilizes a set of rules and the accessibility-checker-engine, which detects accessibility issues on web pages and web applications. The accessibility-checker-extension integrates into the browser development tools (DevTools), providing an integrated checking experience, a keyboard checker mode visualization, and helps users quickly identify the source of accessibility issues and try fixes.

The Checker does not collect or send your web data to any servers:

  • all your web data is kept local
  • the rules and engine are downloaded and run locally
  • no data is being used, sold, or transferred to 3rd parties

Extensions and packages

The Checker is available as a DevTools extension and NPM package from the following stores:

Videos

  • Intro video - An introduction to the browser web developer tools extension and how to install it
  • Focus view video - A demo of the ‘Focus view’ feature for unit testing
  • Create reports video - A demo of how to create reports and scan multiple pages

Resources

Support