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From: Karl Groves
Date: Apr 25, 2014 9:10AM

Deborah,

The Chrome Accessibility tools are open source and available on github:
https://github.com/GoogleChrome/accessibility-developer-tools

There aren't many tests available right now, but what's there is well
written and robust. That's especially true for the utility code.


On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 10:37 AM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Do people have opinions about the Google Chrome accessibility
> developer tools?
>
> I have a developer who very specifically wants to build some
> tests using the Google Chrome accessibility developer tools. I
> haven't used any of the developer tools built into Google Chrome
> because -- surprise! Like many disabled devs, I can't use Chrome
> at all. Oh the irony. But the accessibility developer toolset
> Google has put up is a library which doesn't require the browser
> to run its audit rules, so we could possibly build it into our
> automated tests, which would be fabulous.
>
> My concern is that, given Google's history, it will be screen
> reader focused (e.g. ignoring the need to have keyboard actions
> on non-native elements), or worse, be written around the needs of
> Chromevox rather than around the needs of technologies people
> actually use. I'm looking through the code now but if anyone has
> actually used it I would love to hear your opinions.
>
> (Note I am not asking if people have opinions about Chrome,
> Chromevox, or the accessibility courses Google teaches. All of
> our opinions on those topics are archived in the WebAIM list
> archives. ;) )
>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Deborah Kaplan
> > > >



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