The Editoria11y accessibility checker helps content editors ensure that their content is accessible to users with disabilities. This checker provides a set of tools that can be used to check the accessibility of the content they are creating or editing.
Content editors can use the accessibility checker to identify and fix issues with their content. The checker provides a user-friendly interface that highlights the issues found in the content and provides suggestions for how to fix them. The accessibility check is set to run automatically as they edit the content.
Overall, the Editoria11y accessibility checker module can help content editors to create content that is more inclusive and accessible to all users, including those with disabilities. This can improve the user experience for everyone who visits the website, regardless of their abilities.
Editoria11y’s automated tests focus on issues it is confident need addressing, explaining the issues and how to correct them.
- Headings
- Skipped heading levels
- Empty headings
- Text alternatives
- Images without an alt element
- Images with an empty alt element
- Images with a filename as alt text
- Alt text that contains redundant text like “image of” or “photo of”
- Images in links with alt text that appears to describe the image instead of the link destination
- Meaningful links
- Links with no text
- Links titled with a file name
- Links titled with only generic text (e.g. “click here,” “learn more,” etc.)
- Links that open in a new window without an external link icon
- Lists made with asterisks or numbers instead of letters rather than list elements (e.g. bullets, letters)
- LARGE QUANTITIES OF CAPS LOCK TEXT
- Tables without headers
- Short block quotes that may not be block quotes
- Embedded videos that need closed captions
- PDFs and other documents that need an alternative accessible format
- Avoid using images of text. They are unreadable by screen readers and scale poorly on mobile and screen magnification.
- Do not use sensory characteristics that disappear when layout changes. For example, the sentence "the items in the right-hand column are required" won't make sense to a user hearing it read. It also loses meaning when the page becomes a single column on a mobile device.
- Avoid using color alone to give meaning, especially in charts or graphs. Color contrast needs to be strong enough for users with low vision or colorblindness.