Update on Open Source Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools from Illinois

This session will provide information on the updates and enhancements to the Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE) and AInspector for Firefox tools to help support the web accessibility initiatives at Illinois. The OpenA11y Evaluation Library has been rewritten and updated to support the latest HTML and Accessible Rich Internet Application (ARIA) technologies and the rules have been reviewed and extended to support the level A and AA requirements of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. AInspector for Firefox has new features to export report information and provides more details on element level results. The FAE is being updated to support the new evaluation library and support the export formats used by AInspector. In addition to updates to our traditional tools a new Page Structure browser extension provides a new way to identify and view accessibility information on the title, landmarks and headings on a web page.