Acceptance Testing

A form of software testing that validates whether a system meets its specified requirements from the end user's perspective. In accessibility, acceptance tests simulate real user interaction scenarios — such as navigating a web page using only the keyboard or activating interactive elements — to verify that accessibility requirements are met across all layers of the application, including dynamically generated content. Unlike static HTML evaluation tools that analyze source code markup, acceptance tests operate on the rendered page and can assess JavaScript-driven interactions, focus management, and DOM updates in modern web applications. When integrated into Continuous Integration pipelines, accessibility acceptance tests help catch regressions automatically with each build.