Interpreting accessibility testing results
After conducting accessibility testing, you need to interpret the results and make recommendations for improvements. Accessibility testing results help you identify the accessibility issues and barriers that affect the user experience for people with disabilities and provide options for how to address them. The results also help measure your product or service's accessibility level and compliance and tell you how to enhance them.
When interpreting accessibility testing results, you should consider the following factors:
Type and severity: Some issues and errors might have a higher impact and priority than others, depending on how they affect the product or service's functionality, usability, and accessibility. For example, missing alternative text on all images might have a higher impact than an individual icon's low color contrast.
Number and frequency: Some issues and errors might occur more often and consistently than others, depending on how they relate to the product or service's design and development. For example, a missing or invalid HTML attribute might occur more frequently than a broken link.
Source and cause: Some issues and errors might originate from different sources and causes, depending on how they relate to the product or service's content, code, and technology. For example, incorrect use of color might be caused by a design choice, a coding error, or a browser setting.
Solution and recommendation: Some issues and errors might have different solutions and recommendations, depending on how they relate to the accessibility guidelines, standards, and best practices. For example, you might solve a missing alternative text for an image by adding a descriptive and meaningful text, or by removing the image if it's decorative.