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client wants automated audit scores on a government contractors site. should i push back?

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Accepted solution by Vera Costa — overlay widgets cant fix inaccessible markup reliably. many screen reader users already have their own settings and tools, and overlays…
  1. Zora Reyes
    @zora_buffer

    accessibility discussion time. I keep seeing strong opinions about automated audit scores, and both sides sound very suree of themselves, for a government contractor's site, we want to do the right thing, not just teh thing that looks good on a checklist, how do you decide what actually improves life for people using keyboards, screen readers, magnifiers or voice control?? practical advice welcome, especially things a small team can actually keep doing. im about to throw this thing out the window lol

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  2. Nico Walsh
    @nwalsh_5

    Do u have anyone who uses assistive technology available to test my bank's dashboard?

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  3. Zora Reyes
    @zora_buffer
    in reply to @nwalsh_5

    no regular testers yet, but we could hire someone for a usability session on a government contractor's site. sorry for the wall of text lol

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  4. Chen B.
    @packet_ranger

    Auto-playing carousels move content before ppl can read it and are hard to control. If you must have one, don't autoplay, or provide a visible pause control, and make every slide reachable by keyboard.

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  5. Zora Alvarez
    @zalvarez
    in reply to @packet_ranger

    ahh classic infinite scroll makes footers unreachable and loses position when navigating back. offer a load more button or pagination, and move focus sensibly when new content apperas.

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  7. Theo
    @theog501

    ok but is audit even worth bothering with or should i just leave it

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  9. Arjun
    @arjun.adler

    Icon-only buttons need an accessible name, via visible text, aria-label, or visually hidden text. A visible label also helps sighted users who dont know what the icon means. hope that helps :)

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  10. Nina
    @nferreira

    dumb question but how do i even check the thermal paste. make a backup befroe u touch the cache, learned that teh hard way ?

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  11. Chen B.
    @packet_ranger
    in reply to @nferreira

    oh ive been there lol custom dropdowns are a common source of trouble. Native <select> elements come with keyboard support and screen reader semantics for free... if you need a custom one, follow the ARIA patterns closely and test with real assistive technology. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  12. Chen B.
    @packet_ranger

    hmmm automated tools catch only part of the issues. A perfect score can still mean a site that's unusable with a keyboard. Pair automated checks with manual testing: tab trhough every page, use a screen reader for key flows, zoom to 200% and 400%. fingers crossed 🤞

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  15. Vera Costa
    @vcosta
    Accepted solution

    overlay widgets cant fix inaccessible markup reliably. many screen reader users already have their own settings and tools, and overlays sometimes interfere with them :/ the money is usually better spent fixing the underlying HTML: headings, labels, focus order, alt text. hope that helps :)

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  16. Eamon Petrov
    @eamon.petrov4

    ok weird one spent all weekend on scores and im still not done. same issue here on my homelab box... glad im not the only one

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  17. Uma C.
    @umac409

    idk man that sounds like bad advice tbh but hey ymmv

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  18. Zora Reyes
    @zora_buffer
    in reply to @vcosta

    @vcosta omggg we're doing keyboard and screen reader testing on key flows before launch. Already found issues the automated tool missed. seriously made my day 😭🙏

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