The document outlines the agenda for an evening event on accessibility testing hosted by Corecom Consulting. The schedule includes an introduction, presentation on accessibility by Adrian Stokes, an accessibility quiz, and discussions. Stokes will discuss his background in accessibility auditing and testing. In his presentation, he covers common accessibility issues, tools for testing, and how to start conversations around accessibility. The document provides resources for learning more about inclusive design and accessibility testing.

1. Welcome
#TestBoss
@CorecomIT
www.corecomconsulting.co.uk

2. Schedule for this evening
● 6.00pm - Networking
● 6.30pm - Welcome and Introduction: George Lund, Head of Testing, Corecom
Consulting
● 6.40pm – Adrian Stokes, Senior Test Analyst, Computershare: ‘What is wrong
with accessibility?’
● 7.30pm - Buffet and Refreshments
● 8.00pm - Group Discussions
● 8.30pm - Event close: Refreshments and Networking
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3. Interactive
Accessibility Quiz
Adrian ‘Ady’ Stokes
@CricketRulz
Corecom Consulting, Manchester 2019
linkedin.com/in/adystokes/
thebigtesttheory.com

4. Agenda
• Me
• Quiz
• What you can do tomorrow
Takeaways –
• Understanding that accessibility helps everyone
• Is more than compliance (which is important on its own)
• Grows your reputation
• Earns and saves you money
• Makes your customers/users like your application

5. Me – Adrian ‘Ady’ Stokes
• Auditor
• Tester since 2004
• Accessibility interest and research since 2015
• Leeds Ministry of Testing Meetup organiser -
@LeedsMoTMeetup
• Power Hour on Accessibility – Club Ministry of Testing
• International speaker on Accessibility

6. Accessibility Quiz
What’s wrong with these in terms of accessibility?
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variety of colours from 18 shades of green to
yellows, reds and amber. Grass is green and the
sky is blue. The season is early summer and it is
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Formatting your paper (University guidance)
All printed material, including text, illustrations, and
charts, must be kept within a print area of an A4 page
leaving the margins of 2.54com from each side. Do
not write or print anything outside the print area. All
text must be fully justified and no colour printing
should be used anywhere in the document.
Name
Click here to read my article

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Accessibility Quadrants

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What you can do tomorrow – Tests
Keyboard only use
Screen reader use
Skip to main content link
Alternative text present (where appropriate)
Contrast (number one WCAG issue)

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What you can do tomorrow – Tools
Must have;
WAVE web and extension *(Chrome / Firefox)
Nice to have;
Developer Tools
WebAxe
Readability
Funkify extension

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What you can do tomorrow – Advocacy
Start a conversation
Understand where you are starting your journey
Start building an accessibility test strategy

11. Interactive
Accessibility Quiz
Adrian ‘Ady’ Stokes
@CricketRulz
Corecom, Manchester 2019
linkedin.com/in/adystokes/
thebigtesttheory.com
Thank you for listening

12. Resources
• https://inclusivedesignprinciples.org/
• https://www.microsoft.com/design/inclusive/
• http://www.karlgroves.com/2013/09/05/the-6-simplest-web-
accessibility-tests-anyone-can-do/
• https://the-pastry-box-project.net/anne-gibson/2014-july-31
accessible personas
• http://www.webaxe.org/
• https://wave.webaim.org/ testing tool, also as browser extensions
• https://w3c.github.io/wcag21/guidelines/ web content accessibility
guidelines
• https://accessuse.eu/en/ dynamic web element descriptions
Ady Stokes @CricketRulz thebigtesttheory.com

13. Resources
• http://www.see-a-voice.org/marketing-ad/effective-
communication/readability/
• https://readable.io/
• https://www.accessibilityoz.com/about/presentations/ (mobile
website and apps testing videos)
• http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/tools.html
(big list of tools)
• https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/06/how-accessibility-trees-inform-
assistive-tech/
• http://pauljadam.com/demos.html (checklists and much more)
• Many, many more resources available, you just have to go looking
Ady Stokes @CricketRulz thebigtesttheory.com

14. Buffet and Refreshments
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15. Group Discussions
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Discussion 1:
“How do you get the best out of a
contract test team whilst maintaining
knowledge when they leave?”

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Discussion 2:
“How do Agile working practices
affect the role of a Test Manager?”

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Discussion 3:
“In a business that requires fast
delivery to market and often views
testing as slowing things down; how
should a Test Manager approach
delivering a quality testing process?”

22. Thank you
#TestBoss
@CorecomIT
www.corecomconsulting.co.uk