Accessibility Inspector for WCAG Evaluation

About

AInspector for WCAG Evaluation is a project of the Disability Resources and Education Services unit at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. The project was started by members of the of the DRES Accessible IT Group. While the members of group have moved on to other endeavors, Jon Gunderson continues to support and develop AInspector for WCAG Evaluation.

Original Developers

  • Nicholas Hoyt: User experience design and software development
  • Jon Gunderson: Project management and software development

Source Code

Version History

Version 4.1

  • Added page title information to rule view results for title rules
  • Fixed layout issues with Edge version

Version 4.0

  • Support for Chrome web browser in addition to Firefox
  • Updated JSON and CSV export formats to improve consistency
  • Update to Opena11y Evaluation Library 2.0.6 fixing bugs in several rules

Version 3.1

  • Fixed bug with element result details showing another result for the same element
  • Updated evaluation library to version 2.05
  • Added option to use ARIA 1.3 requirements for ARIA validation

Version 3.0

  • Updated video and audio rules
  • Fixed some bugs in table rules
  • Added additional rules for WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 requirements
  • Updated preferences and added help icon

Version 2.99

  • Using new OpenA11y Evaluation Library 2.0
  • Includes rules for WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.1 and WCAG 2.2
  • Ruleset feature to choose evaluation based on WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.1, WCAG 2.2 or “First Step” rules.

Version 2.2.1

  • Updated info icon and dialog labeling
  • Added information icon activation animation

Version 2.2.0

  • Added information button to rule summary and element summary grids to provide documentation on the meaning of the symbols
  • Updating labeling of views to improve orientation to information in each view

Version 2.1.2

  • Updated evaluation library to fix the ccr calculation bug for rgba values
  • Updated CCR details to include computed hex colors for foreground and background

Version 2.1.1

  • Fixed bug rerunning evaluations
  • Rerun evaluation is now initialized with delay option enabled
  • Added home page link to manifest file

Version 2.1

  • Updated Summary tabpanel labeling to improve consistency (Rule Categories/WCAG Guidelines)
  • Updated position and labeling of “Export Data” button
  • Fixed bug in highlighting module that prevented some evaluations from being completed

Version 2.0.1

  • Provides a message in the title and location information for pages that do not allow evaluation

Version 2.0

  • Renamed extension from “AInspector WCAG” to “AInspector”, since most people just call it AInspector.
  • Rewrote the entire code base to use web components for creating user interface controls.
  • Removed ARIA Transitional ruleset from the options, since the reduced requirement are no relevant to modern web design. This change simplifies the user interface.
  • Export evaluation result in either CSV or JSON file formats
  • Added element results details view in Rule Result view to provide more information on a particular element result
  • Removed the “Details/Action” tab from the element results view
  • Enabled text in the selected rule or element information areas “selectable” for copying to the clipboard
  • Added copy rule information button to copy information to the clipboard
  • Added copy element information button to copy information to the clipboard
  • Added user keyboard shortcuts for Back, View, Export, Rerun and Copy buttons, and the shortcuts are configurable by the user.
  • Updated to A11y Evaluation Library 1.3 to support custom elements and provide additional element result information.
  • Improved element highlight feature in rule result view
  • Improved keyboard focus styling indicator to support high contrast modes
  • The header section with the title, back and view buttons is now sticky, so always visible as browser height changes