Ensuring your website is accessible to everyone, including individuals with disabilities, is not just ethical—it’s essential for reaching a broader audience. WAVE®, a comprehensive suite of Website Scanning Tools, is designed to empower content creators in making their web content more accessible. WAVE excels at identifying numerous accessibility errors and Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG) violations, while also promoting human evaluation to refine web accessibility. Our core philosophy centers on addressing issues that directly impact end-users, facilitating thorough human assessment, and fostering education about web accessibility best practices.
Enhance Accessibility Directly in Your Browser with WAVE Extensions
For immediate and convenient website accessibility checks, the online WAVE tool is readily available – simply input a web page URL into the provided field. However, for a more integrated experience, especially when assessing password-protected, locally hosted, or highly dynamic content, the WAVE Chrome, Firefox, and Edge browser extensions are invaluable. These extensions allow you to perform accessibility testing directly within your web browser, streamlining your workflow and providing instant feedback as you build and update your website.
Unleash Robust Testing with WAVE API and Testing Engine
For users requiring extensive and automated accessibility evaluations, the WAVE subscription API and Stand-alone WAVE API and Testing Engine offer powerful solutions. These website scanning tools are engineered for efficiently gathering accessibility test data across numerous pages. The stand-alone API and Testing Engine are particularly beneficial as they can be seamlessly integrated into your existing infrastructure. This integration is crucial for testing intranet sites, non-public facing content, and secure pages, including incorporation into continuous integration processes to maintain ongoing accessibility compliance.
Gain Actionable Insights with the Accessibility IMpact (AIM) Report
Your personalized Accessibility IMpact (AIM) assessment report transforms raw data into understanding. This report provides detailed WAVE test data, alongside your site’s unique AIM score. The AIM score is a critical metric, quantifying end-user impact relative to general web pages, refined by insights from human testers. Furthermore, expert manual test results are incorporated to furnish you with comprehensive insights into your website’s accessibility performance for users with disabilities, allowing for targeted improvements.
Need to evaluate accessibility across your entire website over time? Our partners at Pope Tech offer an enterprise-grade web accessibility evaluation system built upon WAVE. Pope Tech delivers site-wide monitoring and longitudinal reporting, ensuring sustained accessibility and providing a holistic view of your website’s accessibility posture. Discover more about their comprehensive solutions at pope.tech.
