Abra Desktop

Abra Desktop enables you to test the accessibility of apps from your desktop. It detects connected Android and iOS devices. Next, you can scan for accessibility issues in any app.

Interface of Abra Desktop, showing testing results and a device dropdown

How does it work?

First, select your organisation, team and app. Then, connect one or more Android/iOS devices to your Mac and select a device to test with. Finally, hit the "Scan" button to perform accessibility scan.

Results are sent to the Abra Dashboard.

Abra Dashboard lists accessibility issues and shows app screenshotsSolutions are available in the Abra Academy.

Abra Academy displays a list of accessibility rules which have specific testing criteriaWhat can it test?

Abra Desktop uses the full power of the Abra Test Engine. It can find accessibility issues such as:

  • Text scaling problems

  • Insufficient color contrast

  • Missing name, role and value

  • Problems with touch target size

Frequently Asked Questions

Results are immediately available after finishing the scan. It usually takes less than 5 seconds to scan a screen.

Abra Desktop uses the Abra Test Engine to check for a range of accessibility issues. These include text scaling, screen orientation, contrast, and semantics such as labels, names, roles, and values.

Yes, it finds issues which are shown in Abra Dashboard and guides you to solutions from Abra Academy, making it easy to fix issues.

No, only macOS is supported. In the future we might support other platforms. Our focus is macOS, because it supports first-party tooling for both Android and iOS.

Try Abra Desktop