mind the WCAG automation gap – HTML Accessibility
March 31, 2025
What can automated tools test without humans?
We’ve covered the issue of AI and accessibility a number of times now. There are broad claims made by some (typically not accessibility experts) for AI’s revolutionary opportunity to solve accessibility challenges.
But folks with deep accessibility knowledge are more sanguine.
That’s not to say there aren’t valuable places where AI and other forms of automation can definitely help improve accessibility.
Here’s a comprehensive roundup of WCAG Success Criterion and how testing them might be automated (and what to watch out for.)