Here are some steps for testing color use with a screen reader:

1. Turn off your computer display.
2. Perform functions of the application such as opening and closing files, selecting and editing text, printing, and finding items in the Help files.
   • Listen to determine whether the screen reader identifies all controls.
   • Listen to determine whether the screen reader identifies all error messages.
   • Listen to determine whether words or symbols are used to identify important cues such as required fields or emphasized information.

Pass/Fail

Use these criteria to make your evaluation of the related checkpoints:

PASS

Pass if all these criteria are met:

• Instructions for all controls can be identified by a method other than color.
• All error messages can be identified by a method other than color.
• Emphasis can be indicated by a method other than color.
• The selected state of an element can be indicated by a method other than color.

FAIL

Fail if any one of the above conditions is not met.

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