Manual Accessibility Audits vs Accessibility Testing

Developers should learn manual accessibility audits to ensure their products are usable by people with disabilities, which is often a legal requirement (e meets developers should learn and use accessibility testing to build products that are legally compliant (e. Here's our take.

Manual Accessibility Audits

Nice Pick

Developers should learn manual accessibility audits to ensure their products are usable by people with disabilities, which is often a legal requirement (e

Pros

• g
• Related to: web-accessibility, wcag-guidelines

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Accessibility Testing

Developers should learn and use accessibility testing to build products that are legally compliant (e

Pros

• g
• Related to: web-accessibility, assistive-technologies

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Manual Accessibility Audits if: You want g and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Accessibility Testing if: You prioritize g over what Manual Accessibility Audits offers.

The Bottom Line

Manual Accessibility Audits wins

Developers should learn manual accessibility audits to ensure their products are usable by people with disabilities, which is often a legal requirement (e