Blog
Welcome to our blog, we share insights and tips to create accessible apps.
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Your app has cavities: what toothbrushing can teach you about accessibility
What if I told you that brushing your teeth once a year is enough to keep them healthy? You’d laugh - because it’s ridiculous. Yet this is how many organisations treat accessibility. They run one audit, fix a few things, check the compliance box, and forget about it until the next deadline. But just like dental care, accessibility doesn’t work that way. Read more »
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What are Accessibility Design Annotations and why do they matter?
A designer creates a beautiful interface with accessibility in mind. The designer considered different important aspects like: color contrast, touch target size and a logical focus order. The design gets handed off to development, and weeks later, the finished product launches... only to fail basic accessibility tests. What went wrong? Read more »
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Abra automated rules for accessible name, role, value and state
We have added 4 new automated rules to Abra Desktop and the Abra SDK: Read more »
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Capture Android and iOS accessibility hierarchy using Abra snapshots
Browser DevTools make web accessibility inspection easy. Chrome, Firefox, and Safari all let you inspect the accessibility tree of any website. With mobile apps, we don't have that luxury. Read more »
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Free training Testing Accessibility of Apps - 4th December 9:00 CET
Testing mobile apps for accessibility requires a slightly different approach than testing websites. In this free live session, you’ll learn how to test mobile apps with assistive technologies such as screen readers, external keyboards, and text-scaling — the same tools real users rely on every day. Read more »
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Who gets left behind when apps ignore accessibility?
We often think of disability as something fixed and distant. But the truth is: we all face limitations, sometimes lifelong, sometimes for a short period, sometimes simply because of the situation we are in. If your mobile app works only for “ideal” users in “ideal” conditions, you will leave many people behind. Read more »
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EAA compliance: how to write an Accessibility Statement for your app
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is EU-wide legislation designed to make digital products and services accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. If you provide digital products or services through a mobile app, you need processes and documentation that demonstrate how accessibility is managed and maintained. You can do this with an Accessibility Statement. Read more »
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Strengthening the Abra® brand across Europe
Since Abra® was founded our team of experts have earned a reputation for delivering high quality and driving meaningful impact in the app accessibility space. Now, with our trademark protection extended EU‑wide, Abra® has secured exclusive rights to its name through the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). Read more »
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WCAG2Mobile explained: what the new W3C draft means for mobile accessibility
The Mobile Accessibility Task Force (MATF) of the W3C has published a First Draft Note titled “Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.2 to Mobile Applications (WCAG2Mobile)” on 6 May 2025. This draft provides practical, mobile-specific guidance for interpreting WCAG 2.2 in the context of mobile applications, including native mobile apps, mobile web apps and hybrid apps using web components inside native mobile apps. Read more »
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Automated Abra rules to detect target size have been released
We’ve added two new automated Abra rules to Abra Desktop: Read more »
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Introducing semi-automated testing in Abra: combine smart automation with expert knowledge
At Abra, we believe real progress comes from combining smart automation with in-depth knowledge. That’s why we’ve introduced a powerful new feature in our desktop tool and dashboard: semi-automated testing. Read more »
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GAAD Meetup recap: how we shape accessibility together
On 14 May 2025, over 100 professionals gathered in our office in Utrecht for the GAAD Meetup 2025. The event, organised by Abra together with Accessibility Foundation, AccessibleEU, CharissaCheckt, Polteq, Q42 and Swink, marked Global Accessibility Awareness Day with one goal: to share knowledge, inspire action, and prepare for the upcoming European Accessibility Act (EAA). Read more »
