Re: Testing A11y

[Brian Nitz <brian nitz oracle com>]

 Hi Penelope,

I'm working on the AEGIS accessibility testing framework which will add 
some accessibility tests to the mago framework and execute these tests 
in a tinderbox (e.g. build.gnome.org or we will have a Solaris 
tinderbox).  The tests are designed to be cross platform and rely on 
correct implementation of atspi/pyatspi interface rather than on distro 
specific high level interface testing.  I've just pushed an update which 
adds event driven testing using mago XML file such as:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<suite name="a11y generic application">
<classpath>a11y</classpath>
<class>a11yGenericTestSuite.A11yGenericApplicationTestSuite</class>
<description>
    Registers test functions which will be invoked when certain events 
occur
</description>
<case name="Register Listener">
<method>register_event_listener</method>
<description>Register for window create events</description>
<args>
<event_name>window:activate</event_name>
<function>cb_check_labels</function>
</args>
</case>
</suite>

It's at an early stage of development and so far I'm the only one 
working on it but its getting to a point where I'd like more people to 
use it, log bugs, contribute, critique...

You can find the current code here:
https://code.launchpad.net/~brian-nitz/+junk/a11ytesting


On 01/25/11 12:14 AM, Penelope Stowe wrote:
> Rather than continue to take over Bill's thread, I figured I'd start a new one.
>
> I'm interested in what works for Gnome and distros other than Ubuntu
> for testing a11y.
>
> We're really trying to figure out how to make it work, especially with
> all the new changes coming in, but many of us can't break our systems
> for a11y-related reasons (and don't have an extra machine) and we've
> had trouble getting people without impairments to do testing because
> they're worried they don't really understand what they're doing. I
> figure we can't be the only distro where this issue comes up and I'm
> curious how other distros and a11y groups deal with it.
>
> Thanks!
> Penelope
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