WebAIM's accessibility evaluation tool, shown as an overlay on the live page.
Why we recommend it
Errors are annotated directly on the page, which makes accessibility problems legible to designers rather than buried in a report.
Strengths
- Errors annotated visually on the page
- Free browser extension
- Backed by WebAIM's expertise
Drawbacks
- Automated checks only cover part of WCAG
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