Manual Tester Playbook
Overview
Be a digital ally: create accessible content
We can all create accessible digital content by using plain language, readable fonts and colors, and using tools like accessibility checkers to proof our content before sharing it. In the same way that we use spell check features so our email and documents are free from spelling errors, we can use accessibility checkers to minimize accessibility errors in our content. Learn the plays below and commit to making content that is accessible to everyone.
Review quarterly
Just like security, digital accessibility requirements will evolve as software and technology develop.
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Digital Accessibility Plays: Instructions for all roles
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Best practices
Use clear, plain language
Define abbreviations and acronyms
Headings should convey meaning
Ensure fonts and text are readable
Indicate meaning using more than just color
Ensure text and background have clear contrast
Lists are used correctly
Links are accessible
Write hashtags in Title Case
Use the most accessible mail format
Images have alternative text
Most text is left-justified
Power Plays
Manually test these items. More information coming as the program develops!
Manual testing
Alternate pages
Audio transcripts
Built-in accessibility features
Color (contrast)
Color (meaning)
Data Tables (cell-header association)
Data Tables (headers)
Flashing
Focus (order)
Focus (Revealing hidden content)
Focus (visible)
Forms (associated instructions)
Frames
Headings
Image maps
Images
Keyboard navigation
Language
Links
Multi-state components
Page Titles
Plug-in links
Skip links
Style-sheet non-dependence
Synchronized media (captions)
Synchronized media (descriptions)
Time outs
Video (descriptions)