nixonlibrary.gov

What we found

What is wrong and who it affects, most serious first.

• 20

  20 form buttons have no name, so a blind visitor’s screen reader can’t say what pressing them will do.

  Critical barrier

  • Screen readers
  • Voice control
• 240

  240 list items sit outside a list, so screen readers may not announce them as part of one.

  • Screen readers
• 180

  180 links have no name, so a blind visitor’s screen reader says just “link”, with no clue to where they go.

  • Screen readers
  • Voice control
• 118

  118 parts of the page carry screen-reader details that don’t apply to them, so screen readers may describe them wrongly.

  • Screen readers
• 25

  25 buttons or links are so small, or so close to others, that people with shaky hands may tap the wrong thing.

  Not in the score

  • Limited hand movement
• 4

  4 controls show no sign when a keyboard user moves to them, so they can’t tell where they are on the page.

  Not in the score

  • Keyboard users
  • Low vision
• 2

  2 pages have to be scrolled sideways on a narrow phone screen, so people who enlarge text must scroll back and forth to read each line.

  • Low vision
• 1

  1 part of the page is hidden from screen readers but can still be reached with the Tab key, so a blind visitor lands on something their screen reader won’t describe.

  • Screen readers
  • Keyboard users
• 1

  1 embedded section, such as a map, video or form from another site, has no title, so a blind visitor’s screen reader can’t say what it is.

  • Screen readers

The keyboard test

We pressed Tab 105 times through the homepage, as someone who can’t use a mouse would. What it found is shown here and is not yet counted in the score.

• Passed: “Skip to content” works. Keyboard users can jump past the menu.
• Problem: 4 controls show no sign of focus. Keyboard users may not be able to tell where they are.

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