Automated and manual testing process

AGWGer’s,
I’d like to get the thoughts from the group on what constitutes “manual testing” (I’m more comfortable with what counts as automated testing).

Testing the presence of alternative text on an image in HTML or other formats can be done with automated testing, but testing for the presence of good alternative text requires (at least for now) human involvement in the test process (manual testing).

What if testing cannot be done by a single person and requires user testing – does that count as manual testing, or is that something different?

Thanks,
AWK

Andrew Kirkpatrick
Group Product Manager, Standards and Accessibility
Adobe

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