Re: [actf-dev] Development of a static accessibility analyser for Eclips

["Sarah O'Reilly" <SARAHORE@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi James,

Thank you for reply. I am actually both an occupational therapist as well
as a software engineer so I would be interested in hearing your
experiences.

Do you use JAWs when working in Eclipse or an open-source screen reader?
How does it render the code. I am hoping to look into a tool that when the
developer runs the code it will feed back to them accessibility violations
such as missing alt text/ incorrect aria roles. Some of the guidelines
would obviously be easier to implement then others. The end result I would
hope be that testers pick up less accessibility violations. Of course this
wouldn't take away from manual testing.

Also Just to let you know also I am on annual leave this Saturday for the
next 2 weeks

Sarah O'Reilly
Software Test Engineer - Accessibility
Dublin Software Laboratory
IBM Technology Campus, Building 6,
Damastown, Mulhuddart. Dublin 15, Ireland.
e: SARAHORE@xxxxxxxxxx
n: Sarah O'Reilly/Ireland/IBM

IBM Ireland Limited. Registered in Ireland with no.: 16226. Registered
Office: IBM House, Shelbourne Road , Ballsbridge, Dublin 4



From:	"Corbett, James" <James.Corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:	"'ACTF developers list'" <actf-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Cc:	Sarah O'Reilly/Ireland/IBM@IBMIE
Date:	09/12/2013 01:18 PM
Subject:	RE: [actf-dev] Development of a static accessibility analyser
            for	Eclipse



Hi:

...without getting into too much detail: I'm a blind user of adaptive
technologies, I'm a Java developer, I use Eclipse at least six days a week
perhaps 6 hours a day, I'm certified with the Treasury Board of Canada as a
WCAG 2.0 tester and have been involved with having Canada's government
sites made WCAG compliant.

I would be interested in sharing my experiences.

Jim Corbett

-----Original Message-----
From: actf-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:actf-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Sarah O'Reilly
Sent: September 12, 2013 3:45 AM
To: actf-dev
Subject: [actf-dev] Development of a static accessibility analyser for
Eclipse


Hi There,

I currently work as an Accessibility tester for IBM and presently doing
some research into the area of static analysis of code (I have recently
completed a Master's degree in the assistive technology including a
dissertation on website accessibility).

I am currently researching what's out there plugin-wise for analyzing code
for accessibility issues in Eclipse. I am also looking at worldwide
accessibility guidelines which incorporate WCAG 2.0 Guidelines and Section
508). The aim of looking at these guidelines would be to see which
accessibility components could be automated so that bugs can be picked up
quicker, and in the development phase rather then the testing phase.
Therefore I have put together a list of items for each principle that I
think could be automated into an analyzer.

I have also been looking at HTML parsers where simply you upload the HTML
file and search for accessible elements. This seems to work well for
simpler accessibility issues such as alt text in images. I am just
wondering if you have come up with any alternatives either in the beta or
development stage for this sort of analysis? Areas of accessibility code
that could be analyzed include JSF. JS, HTML and CSS.

Many thanks in advance for your response.

Sarah O'Reilly
Software Test Engineer - Accessibility
Dublin Software Laboratory
IBM Technology Campus, Building 6,
Damastown, Mulhuddart. Dublin 15, Ireland.
e: SARAHORE@xxxxxxxxxx
n: Sarah O'Reilly/Ireland/IBM

IBM Ireland Limited. Registered in Ireland with no.: 16226. Registered
Office: IBM House, Shelbourne Road , Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

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