Indeed, manual testing as I've always understood it means testing by
accessibility experts with the use of tools. That's also pretty much what
the Understanding Conformance documents puts it:
All WCAG 2.0 Success Criteria are written as testable criteria for
objectively determining if content satisfies them. Testing the Success
Criteria would involve a combination of automated testing and human
evaluation. The content should be tested by those who understand how people
with different types of disabilities use the Web.
Testing and testable in the context refer to functional testing, that is
verifying that the content functions as expected, or in this case, that it
satisfies the Success Criteria. Although content may satisfy all Success
Criteria, the content may not always be usable by people with a wide
variety of disabilities. Therefore, usability testing is recommended, in
addition to the required functional testing. Usability testing aims to
determine how well people can use the content for its intended purpose. It
is recommended that users with disabilities be included in test groups when
performing usability testing.
It also draws a clear line between the type of testing that's done to
determine if success criteria are satisfied, and the benefits gained
through usability testing.
Wilco
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 7:24 PM, Michael Pluke <
Mike.Pluke@castle-consult.com> wrote:
> +1
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> *From:* Alastair Campbell [mailto:acampbell@nomensa.com]
> *Sent:* 30 January 2017 18:13
> *To:* Gregg C Vanderheiden <greggvan@umd.edu>; GLWAI Guidelines WG org <
> w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Automated and manual testing process
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> Gregg wrote:
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> > Expert testing is a much better term. You need to understand what you
> are doing to get reliable test results.
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> So long as we draw out the assumption of domain: an expert in *
> *accessibility**.
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> That is different to being an expert in a particular user-group, or
> user-experience, or user-centred design.
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> Cheers,
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> -Alastair
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*Wilco Fiers*
Senior Accessibility Engineer - Co-facilitator WCAG-ACT - Chair Auto-WCAG
