Accessibility finding
Items the scanners cannot decide and hand to a person
Accessibility Info Severity: Medium
Part of the audit Assisted review. Finding id: accessibility.scannerNeedsReview.
What it costs you
Until someone decides, you do not know whether this part of the page works for people who use assistive technology.
What to do
Look at the element and decide: pass or fail. The scanner's guidance explains what to look for: [help url]. If the element comes from a template, one decision covers every page that uses it.
What it checks
- Is the image description meaningful
- Are links and headings descriptive
- Is the reading order logical
- Is meaning given by colour alone
How to fix it
Decide once, then fix where the element is printed
- Open the page and find [selector].
- Read the scanner's guidance at [help url] and decide whether the element passes.
- If it fails, fix it in the template or component that prints it.
How to check: Record the decision. After a fix, run the scanners on the page again.
A real case
When the UK Government Digital Service planted 142 accessibility barriers on a test page, the best of 13 automated tools found 40% of them and the worst found 13%.