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World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 9, 2026 • Session details

Continuous Accessibility

Jörg Jakoby

Stop treating accessibility as an afterthought. Shift left with automated, scoped tests. You will catch fifty percent of violations early and block regressions right in your pipeline.

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#1 about 1 min

Defining the goals of continuous accessibility testing

The core objectives of integrating accessibility checks early into the development lifecycle.

#2 about 3 min

Root causes and costs of late accessibility testing

How manual testing and lacking definitions of done lead to expensive retrofits and delays.

#3 about 2 min

Implementing a shift-left accessibility testing strategy

Expanding layered testing from automated unit configurations to comprehensive cross-functional team responsibilities.

#4 about 3 min

Exploring the fundamentals of unit-based accessibility scans

Using component-level checks to catch missing labels, contrast issues, and structural flaws immediately.

#5 about 2 min

Configuring axe-core in unit testing frameworks

Formatting component states and filtering execution violations within frameworks like Vitest and Angular.

#6 about 4 min

Validating complex workflows with end-to-end scans

The advantages of scoping accessibility scans to specific interactions rather than validating full pages simultaneously.

#7 about 2 min

Setting up Playwright and axe-core for testing

Required dependency installations needed to merge Playwright test suites with detailed axe-core analysis plugins.

#8 about 3 min

Automating scoped accessibility tests with Playwright

Running structural analysis on interactive sub-components and exporting findings to viewable HTML testing reports.

#9 about 4 min

Synchronizing configurations and severity levels across layers

Defining constant WCAG targets to maintain standardized evaluation metrics across all code testing boundaries.

#10 about 2 min

Managing exceptions and enforcing CI/CD guardrails

Approaching legacy component failures through documented exceptions while aggressively failing pipelines on critical accessibility errors.

#11 about 2 min

Reviewing key learnings for continuous accessibility integration

Reinforcing integrated accessibility approaches via layered checks, uniform targets, and strictly documented exception deadlines.

#12 about 2 min

Handling screen reader simulations using AI agents

Exploring automated AI testers and potential future strategies for covering realistic acoustic screen reader scenarios.

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