Review of Google Calendar

Summary

An error seemed to appear when this service was used in the text browser Webbie but most areas appeared to be keyboard accessible except for the centre of the calendar! Sadly the create an appointment link was missing when viewed in text in WebbIE but it was possible to jump to the entry fields if the site was viewed in text only in Mozilla Firefox. Part of the site could be read with a screen reader but the order was poor. It does work with text to speech when text is highlighted and colour settings help show up appointments etc. The calendar is easy to use with a mouse and zooms well.

Detailed Results

#	Test	Outcome	Notes
1	Login, Signup and Other Forms Accessible	67%	Standard Google signin and signup form, which lacks some form labels. A Captcha is used, which provides an audio alternative for screenreader users. However, it may be difficult to interpret both the audio and visual forms.
2	Image ALT Attributes	100%	Alternative text is offered for all critical images on the site - screenreader users will be able to understand the content as clearly as others.
3	Link Target Definitions	67%	Some non-critical links may seem ambiguous.
4	Frame Titles and Layout	100%	No frames or iframes, which can be disorientating for screen-readers, are used in the design.
5	Removal of Stylesheet	0%	The site is unusable without the stylesheet.
6	Audio/Video Features	100%	N/A - This site does not deal with multimedia content.
7	Video/animations - audio descriptions	100%	N/A - This site does not deal with multimedia content.
8	Appropriate use of Tables	0%	Tables are used to construct this site - this may cause some screenreaders to read the content in the wrong order.
9	Tab Orderings Correct and Logical	0%	Cannot tab into the calendar itself.
10	Page Functionality with Keyboard	0%	The actual calendar cannot be accessed with a keyboard - events cannot be opened or viewed unless the user has a pointing device.
11	Accessibility of Text Editors	67%	This site has no rich text editor.
12	Appropriate Feedback with Forms	67%	This site often provides suitable feedback.
13	Contrast and Colour Check	67%	Contrast depends upon the theme used, but adequate contrast can be easily achieved.
14	Page Integrity when Zooming	100%	Zoom works very very well with the calendar!.
15	Text size, style, blinking elements and Readability	33%	Particularly small text prevalent throughout the site, which may be difficult to view without zooming the page.