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As a company committed to digital accessibility, QA Consultants is proud to participate in
Global Accessibility Awareness Day(GAAD). GAAD is an annual event that raises awareness about the importance of digital accessibility forpeople with disabilities. Here is the importance of prioritizing digital accessibility.
Out of 1,000,000 home pages,
there were 56,791,260 distinct accessibility errors detected.
95.9%
of home pages detected WCAG 2 failures.
The most common home page WCAG 2 failures
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Low contrast text (81% of home pages)
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Missing alternative text for images (54.5% of home pages)
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Missing input labels (48.6% of home pages)
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Empty links (44.6% of home pages)
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Empty buttons (28.2% of home pages)
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Missing document language (17.1% of home pages)
The top 8 categories of websites
with the highest average number of errors
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Sports (avg. # of errors: 84.9)
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Shopping (avg. # of errors: 83.3)
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Style & Fashion (avg. # of errors: 77.3)
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Real Estate (avg. # of errors: 75.1)
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Adult Content (avg. # of errors: 72.9)
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News/Weather/Information (avg. # of errors: 69.5)
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Home and Garden (avg. # of errors: 67.6)
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Automotive (avg. # of errors: 66.5)
Is your website WCAG compliant?
Chat with a QA Consultant Accessibility Specialist to find out.
You May Also Be Interested In
Design for Digital Accessibility
The State of Digital Accessibility
Other Resources
- Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)
- WebAIM
- WC3
- Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
- WCAG 2.0 Checklist
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), as amended
- Section 504 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended
- Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended
- Canadian Human Rights Act - Policy on Communications and Federal Identity
- Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005
- Web and Mobile Accessibility Directive (EN 301 549)
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QA Consultants (QAC) is North America's largest quality engineering firm and part of the ALTEN Group. For over 30 years, QAC has successfully delivered 12,000+ mission-critical projects across industries, including media, healthcare, government, insurance, energy, and more. QAC's award-winning services are sought after by quality, product development, and business application professionals who need to: improve the time to market of new and updated products or applications, reduce risk associated with software failures, and lower software product and/or app development costs. QAC's services, solutions, and products leverage current automation frameworks and tools to ensure your software applications: perform reliably under normal, unusual, and high-stress situations, conform to all security requirements, maintain data quality, comply with local or national accessibility standards, and utilize cost-efficient testing methods and tools.