How does it work?
First, select the team to send the results to. Next, choose the app you are going to test. Then, connect one or more Android/iOS devices to your Mac and select a device for testing. Finally, hit the run button to perform an automated accessibility analysis.
Abra Desktop
Abra Desktop enables you to test the accessibility of apps from your desktop. It detects connected Android and iOS devices and shows apps available for testing. You can then scan for accessibility issues in any available app.
![Interface of Abra Desktop, you can select devices and apps and run tests; the results are shown visually and in text](/storage/abra-desktop.png)
Detected accessibility issues are sent to the Abra Dashboard.
Solutions for the issues are provided in the Abra Academy.
What 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
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Results are immediately available after finishing the scan. It usually takes less than 5 seconds to scan a screen.
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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.
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Yes, it finds issues which are shown in Abra Dashboard and guides you to solutions from Abra Academy, making it easy to fix issues.
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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.