Accessibility Review: A Complete Solution for Ensuring Web Compliance

The Accessibility Testing feature in ratl.ai offers an automated, comprehensive solution for assessing the accessibility of web applications and content. By allowing users to upload multiple URLs and select specific scan versions, this feature generates in-depth HTML reports that identify accessibility violations. Additionally, it provides visual evidence of issues with image highlights, enabling teams to quickly pinpoint areas needing improvement.

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Key Benefits

• Multi-URL Testing: Supports the submission of multiple URLs for simultaneous accessibility assessments.

• Customizable Scan Versions: Users can choose different scan versions to align with specific accessibility guidelines (e.g., WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.1).

• Detailed Reporting: Produces comprehensive HTML reports with categorized violations, severity levels, and actionable recommendations.

• Visual Violation Highlights: Provides images that pinpoint violations, making it easier to identify areas needing correction.

• Cookie Support for Authorized Pages: Allows users to include cookies for testing pages that require authentication, ensuring complete coverage.

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Preconditions

Before using the Accessibility Testing feature, ensure the following:

• URLs: Confirm the URLs are accessible and fully functional.

• Scan Versions: Select the correct scan version (e.g., WCAG 2.0 or 2.1) for your testing.

• Authentication: Have cookies or tokens ready for any authorized pages.

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How to Use the Accessibility Testing Feature

Step 1: Add Review and Enter URLs

• Navigate to Accessibility page.

• Click on Add Review.

• Enter one or more URLs (limited to 5 URLs) for testing.

• After adding the URLs, click Next to move to scan configurations.

Step 2: Add Scan Details:

• Enter the scan version (e.g., WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.1).

• Provide a review name for easy identification.

• If the URLs require authorization, add the optional cookies to access restricted pages.

• Once configured,click Execute to proceed.

Step 3: Execute Test and Track Results:

• Click Run Test to initiate the review.

• Monitor the execution status and outcomes for each URL directly in ratl.ai.

• Execution typically takes 1-2 minutes.

Step 4:Analyze Results:

• Users will receive a detailed HTML report of violations for each URL, categorized by the selected tags, along with recommended fixes.

• Images highlighting the specific violations will also be provided for easy identification.

Step 5:Re-run Tests:

• Users can re-run the entire suite or test individual URLs to validate if the issues have been resolved.

• ratl.ai will generate a new accessibility report, confirming the fixes or identifying any violations.

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Postconditions

• Your web pages are thoroughly evaluated for accessibility compliance based on selected standards (e.g., WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.1).

• All accessibility violations are identified, categorized, and documented.

• Detailed reports, including recommendations and visual highlights of violations, are generated for each URL.

• Any resolved issues are confirmed through re-running tests, ensuring full compliance.

• Reports can be exported for future reference and compliance tracking.