Accessibility BOT

Most of the global corporations are putting huge efforts in making their products Accessibility complaint. But real challenge lies in getting the correct information and latest guidelines which they need to follow to achieve the complaint certificates. This BOT is one stop solution which caters all Accessibility related queries for an Developer, Tester or Product owner about the activities they need to perform and criteria to match for different certification levels.

Business Problem

Lack of Accessibility domain understanding in stakeholders at different levels which introduces more follow up cycles with Accessibility SMEs and cost to address Accessibility scenarios once the feature or application is been developed.

Solution

Accessibility Bot Solution integrated with Microsoft’s Teams will enable the users to get their Accessibility related queries and blocking issues clarified from reliable sources of information which industry follows. This is an automated response system that will answer the user queries and narrow down the result as per the specific requirement of the users.

Why is the solution unique

Accessibility Bot is an automated response agent that interacts with users using natural language.
It recognizes the cue words from user and responds with pre-stored answers and performs an automated accessibility test pass for web pages.
It provides updated information around
- MAS Rules
- Accessibility compliance process guidance
- Accessible control/design guidance
- ARIA Rules
- Generate reports for automated Accessibility test passes.

Features/BP diagram of the solution

It user MS Bot Framework.
AXE API to run the Accessibility test passes.
Interact with user using Microsoft Cognitive services.
BOT is integrated with MS Teams.
Bing Spell Checker is implemented to correct user input.