This one-day course teaches you how to test websites and documents with desktop screen readers on Windows. You will use tools such as JAWS and NVDA to check content clarity and reading order and report accessibility issues. You will learn what to look and listen for, keyboard shortcuts for testing, how to emulate common user settings, and how to build a repeatable testing and reporting method.
Who Should Attend
Accessibility testers, QA professionals, web and content teams, and developers who support desktop accessibility.
Prerequisites
- WCAG 2.2: Understanding the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or equivalent knowledge
Course Objectives
- Describe screen reading technologies and who uses them
- Test websites and documents with JAWS
- Test websites and documents with other Windows screen readers such as NVDA
- Change preferences to emulate common user settings
- Document findings and issues
