The SharePoint Pages Authoring Accessibility Assistant is a tool designed to help content creators ensure that their SharePoint pages meet accessibility standards. This tool provides checks and brief guidance to ensure pages are inclusive and accessible to a broad audience.
Activating the Accessibility Assistant
To activate the Accessibility Assistant:
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While in Edit mode, open the right toolbar.
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Click on Accessibility Assistant to initiate the scan.
Performing the Accessibility Checks
Checkmarks show where the content passed all checks where numbers show where you have an opportunity to improve the accessibility of your page.
Accessibility Assistant works today on the following page elements:
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Text web part
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Image web part
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Quick links web part
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Hero web part
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Banner web part
Accessibility Assistant performs below checks:
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Page structure (e.g. inconsistent heading order)
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Missing alt-text
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Blank links
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Tables (e.g. missing table header)
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Color and contrast (hard-to-read text contrast)
Resolving Accessibility Issues
To resolve an issue:
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Click on the issue card to open the content pane or locate to the issue area on canvas for that specific web part content.
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Follow the recommendations or use the provided options to fix the accessibility issue.
Note: Clicking 'I fixed it' means the color contrast issue has been marked as resolved and will not be detected again during this session. Clicking 'Ignore' skips the issue and returns to the previous state.
3. Once the issue is resolved, the counter for remaining issues will update, and the focus will move to the next instance of violation.
4. When there’s no issue detected or all issues have been fixed, the ‘Looks good’ messaging will show up.
