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Manual testing in Access Assistant

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Note to Assistive Technology Users: Access Assistant can be opened with the hotkey combination Ctr+Shift+Space.

Perform manual accessibility testing with Access Assistant, so you can test pages and components in context. Access Assistant has a Manual Testing Wizard that guides you through a baseline set of tests to help you achieve the maximum amount of coverage with minimal effort.

On this page:

Open the Manual Testing Wizard

To perform manual testing:

  1. Go to the page you want to test.
  2. Open Access Assistant.
  3. Select the asset name.
  4. Choose the report.
  5. Select an existing module or add a module of the current page.
  6. Select the Manual Test.
  7. Choose WCAG Baseline. The Manual Testing Wizard will open.

Test with the Manual Testing Wizard

The Manual Testing Wizard automatically displays the first manual test. Each test displays:

  • A list of testing steps.
  • The testing tools for the testing. For example, keyboard and mouse.
  • The relevant WCAG 2.0 or 2.1 rules. 
  • The total number of violations of any type that have already been raised for the Best Practice.

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To test with the Manual Testing Wizard:

  1. Test the webpage or component using the Test Instructions.
  2. Add any violation instances.
  3. Select the Next icon to go to the next manual testing step.
  4. Repeat steps 1-3 until you've completed all manual testing steps. 
  5. Once all steps and tests are complete, review all violation instances on the Validate Manual Testing results page.
  6. If the violation instances are correct, select Mark Testing Complete. 

Add a violation instance

To add a violation instance:

  1. Select Add.
  2. Upload a thumbnail image with alt-text.
  3. To select the component with the violation:
    1. Select Inspect. Screenshot 2023-07-20 at 4.19.27 PM.png
    2. Go to the page you're testing.
    3. Select the component with the violation. The details of the component will populate in the Description field. 
    4. Mouse Users: Confirm the node selection or refine the selection by selecting the appropriate node in the window.
    5. Keyboard-only Users: Scroll through the source code on the subsequent screen and select the opening tag for the component. 
  4. Enter details about the instance in the Note field.
  5. Select Add.

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