Accessibility
Oobee: Enabling the development of more inclusive government digital services
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Open-source automated testing tool that scans and analyses websites to identify code-level accessibility issues.
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Pinpoints specific lines of codes with accessibility issues and provides suggested fixes.
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Aims to improve accessibility of websites for people with disabilities (PWD).
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Scanned over 500,000 pages and identified over 7.5 million accessibility issues.
At GovTech, we champion the need to increase digital inclusion. A huge part of that begins with helping our fellow developers ensure that their websites and digital products meet accessibility standards, and thus can be used easily by persons with disabilities (PWD).
GovTech's Accessibility Enabling Team (A11y Team) hence created Oobee (formerly known as Purple A11y), an open-source, customisable, and automated web accessibility testing tool that allows software development teams to find accessibility issues speedily.
The tool runs a crawler that scans and analyses web pages for issues such as an improper labeling of images or buttons. After a scan, the crawler assesses the impact rating of the accessibility issues to help software development teams decide on the next steps.
To date, Oobee has scanned over 500,000 pages and identified over 7.5 million accessibility issues.
Why use Oobee?
The tool allows developers to improve the accessibility of their websites, as well as streamline web management. Here's how:
How to use Oobee?
Start using Oobee in just three easy steps!
