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Accessible by Design: A Practical Guide to WCAG 2.2 AA
Keyboard navigation, focus rings, ARIA live regions, and semantic landmark roles: how we guarantee zero critical accessibility flaws.
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Yuki TanakaQA Lead
Web accessibility is frequently treated as an afterthought or a series of cosmetic aria tags sprinkled on div elements. In reality, true accessibility is built on structural semantic HTML, intentional keyboard focus management, and rigorous automated testing.
The Zero-Tolerance A11y Suite In our CI pipelines, any axe-core violation or keyboard trap immediately blocks deployment. Interactive custom widgets (carousels, tabs, accordions) must provide full arrow-key and Home/End support.
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Yuki Tanaka
QA Lead
Specializes in Automation + a11y. Part of the senior core team delivering high-leverage software at DosVectis.