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Manuals / Accessibility Testing / Chapter 3

A · Core audits · intermediate · ~40 min · Chapter 3 of 6

Screen reader pass

One structured pass beats endless tooling. Learn landmarks, names, and announcements.

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Headings as map

Navigate by heading. If the outline is chaos, content is chaos for SR users.

Headings as mapDrag stickies · tap for tips
Study mapDrag stickies · tap for tipsKeep it shortdrag · tap →Name the waitdrag · tap →Scope locatorsdrag · tap →Trace when stuckdrag · tap →One browser firstdrag · tap →Isolate statedrag · tap →Assert the UIdrag · tap →Retry wiselydrag · tap →Seed datadrag · tap →Close the loopdrag · tap →Keep it shortdrag · tap →Name the waitdrag · tap →Scope locatorsdrag · tap →Trace when stuckdrag · tap →One browser firstdrag · tap →Isolate statedrag · tap →Pathwise hackdrag · tap →Headings as mapdrag · tap →Try thisdrag · tap →Follow the dashed drag · tap →

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Dump the heading outline. Fix or file the worst gap.

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Chapter learning outcomes
  • Landmarks & headings
  • Accessible names
  • Live regions

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