Over the last few weeks I have written about automated scanning tools from a few different angles. We looked at why a scan is the wrong way to start, how a crawl reaches the content a sample cannot, and how…
When Scan Results Become a Legal Risk (Part 3)
The first two posts in this series of articles were about using scanning tools to make a site better, watching the framework over time, and crawling the site to find unique content the test sample misses. This post is about…
Crawling Your Site for the Content a Sample Misses (Part 2)
In the first post of this series, I talked about why a scanning tool is the wrong first step and what tends to work better. The short version is that we start with manual testing on a sample of pages…
Where Automated Scanning Fits in Your Accessibility Effort (Part 1: Getting Started)
One of the things I have noticed over the years is that many organizations begin their digital accessibility effort by buying a scanning tool. It makes sense on the surface. A tool is something we can purchase, install, and point…