Deque

Deque is a suite of accessibility testing tools offered by Deque Systems, Inc. According to the vendor, these tools are designed to help make websites, mobile apps, and digital content accessible. Deque's solutions are targeted towards government and enterprise organizations. The product is used by web and mobile developers, digital experience professionals, accessibility product managers, functional testers, and government organizations.

Key Features

Automated testing: According to the vendor, Deque's suite of accessibility testing tools offers automated testing capabilities using the popular axe-core library. This is said to help catch accessibility errors during development, potentially saving time and cost.

Intelligent Guided Testing: The axe DevTools toolkit, as claimed by the vendor, includes Intelligent Guided Testing functionality. It is said to provide guidance and suggestions for developers to fix accessibility issues and potentially achieve high coverage during development.

Linting: Deque's axe DevTools toolkit is said to include linting functionality, allowing developers to identify and potentially fix accessibility issues directly in their code with real-time feedback and suggestions.

CI/CD integrations: According to the vendor, the axe DevTools toolkit offers integrations with CI/CD pipelines, potentially allowing for seamless incorporation of accessibility testing into the development workflow and providing accessibility feedback and reports.

Command-line interface (CLI): Deque's axe DevTools toolkit, as claimed by the vendor, provides a CLI for automating accessibility testing in build processes. This is said to offer flexibility and scalability for integrating accessibility testing into different environments.

Comprehensive manual testing methodology: According to the vendor, Deque's axe Auditor tool enables thorough manual testing of web content and applications. It is claimed to follow WCAG guidelines and provide step-by-step testing guidance.

Predefined issues for all content: Deque's axe Auditor tool, as stated by the vendor, includes predefined accessibility issues for all types of web content. This is said to make it easier for testers to identify and communicate issues to developers.

Web pages and PDFs: According to the vendor, Deque's axe Monitor tool allows scanning and monitoring of both web pages and PDF documents. This is claimed to ensure comprehensive coverage of accessibility across different types of digital content.

Scan whole sites: The vendor states that Deque's axe Monitor tool can scan and monitor the accessibility status of entire websites. This is said to enable ongoing compliance with accessibility standards.

Scan behind authentication and firewalls: According to the vendor, Deque's axe Monitor tool can scan web pages behind authentication and firewalls, potentially assessing the accessibility of restricted content even for authenticated users.