Opal Accessibility Assistant
The Opal Accessibility Assistant helps users run real-time accessibility scans without leaving their CMS. By chatting with Opal, editors and QA teams can submit a page URL and instantly receive a detailed report. This makes accessibility checks simple, on-demand, and easy to share or track across teams.
Build a More Inclusive Web: Introducing Optimizely Opal Accessibility Assistant
Making digital experiences inclusive & compliant.
In today's digital world, 1 in 6 people live with some form of disability. Yet, accessibility testing is often complex, fragmented, and technical, leaving non-technical users struggling to ensure compliance before publishing.
The Optimizely Opal Accessibility Assistant changes this. Seamlessly integrated into your content creation workflow, it provides a powerful, intuitive way to test and fix accessibility issues directly within Opal, before your content goes live.
Empowering Accessible Content Creation:
The Opal Accessibility Assistant is designed to make digital inclusion effortless for every content author, ensuring your content meets WCAG 2.1 AA standards with ease.
- Automated WCAG 2.1 AA Checks: Instantly scan for critical issues like contrast, ARIA roles, heading structure, and labels as you create.
- Seamless Editor Integration: Runs directly within Opal's content editor, providing real-time validation and instant results while you edit.
- Prioritized Insights & Fixes: Get real-time insights, severity levels, and guided recommendations to address issues effectively.
- Detailed & Shareable Reports: Generate comprehensive reports with issue summaries, severity, and recommended fixes. Export email-ready reports for QA teams and stakeholders.
- Next Steps Guidance: Prioritize critical issues before publishing with clear, actionable guidance.
Your Workflow, Simplified:
Experience a streamlined journey to accessible content:
- Open your page in the Opal Chat.
- Prompt the Accessibility Assistant: Can you run the accessibility report for [URL]
- Run Scan to identify issues flagged by severity.
- Get Guided Recommendations for fixes.
- Email Report or re-run the scan after applying fixes: Send this report via email to [email]
- Confidently Publish accessible content.
Built for Reliability & Ease:
The Opal Accessibility Assistant integrates via the Opal Tools SDK, requiring no external installation—it runs entirely within your Opal environment. It leverages the industry-standard axe-core engine for robust accessibility testing, ensuring credible and accurate results.
Benefits Across Your Organization:
- For Content Authors: Easy validation of accessibility while creating content.
- For QA Teams: Exportable, email-ready reports for efficient testing.
- For Organizations: Ensures compliance with WCAG, ADA, and Section 508 standards.
- For Users: Delivers truly inclusive digital experiences for everyone.
What's Next? Our Roadmap for Enhanced Accessibility:
We're continuously evolving the Opal Accessibility Assistant with future enhancements including:
- AI-powered auto-fix suggestions
- Seamless integration with ticketing systems for issue logging
- Integration with CI/CD pipelines for pre-release testing
- A comprehensive dashboard for organization-wide accessibility health tracking
Accessibility is not optional—it's essential. The Opal Accessibility Assistant makes accessibility easy, integrated, and actionable.
Let's make the web accessible for everyone.