Under QA InfoTech’s Professional Development Program (PDP) that aims to upskill and reskill its software testing workforce, an important session on Accessibility Testing was recently organized.
Satendra Singh, Assistant Manager - Accessibility Testing along with Rajesh Sharma, Chief Information Officer, conducted the session for QA InfoTech’s test engineers.
A Brief On This Session
The differently-abled population is increasing every day, globally. As technology evolves and makes inroads into newer domains and applications, making products accessible for one and all has become a necessity. Section 508 testing, more specifically WCAG2.1 compliance testing is extremely important to standardize accessibility engineering in the product development lifecycle.
In the latest report, according to the World Health Organisation, fifteen percent of the world's population experience some form of disability, at a rapidly increasing rate every day. Government agencies globally have been releasing mandates requiring IT products to be accessible by differently-abled people.
Apart from legal requirements, as responsible IT professionals, we must be sensitive to fellow human beings to make the world accessible for all. Product innovations must be delivered to people with special needs, enabling them to use an application like any other user. Some of these technologies include screen magnification software, screen readers, speech recognition software, and special keyboards.
In this accessibility testing training session, Satendra talked about the importance and types of accessibility testing, compliance, guidelines and how to plan and execute the test effort. He also emphasised that Accessibility Testing not only focuses on verifying usability, but it ensures that an application can be used by people with many disabilities, including visual, auditory, physical, speech defects, cognitive, language, learning, and neurological impairments.
With a team of real-time differently-abled users, the session helped test engineers understand the value of accessibility testing and the growing demand for the same. This not just brought in the required sensitization but also gave insights on a niche career path for professionals.
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