Gatsby: Accessibility audit of official starters and themes

[sidharthachatterjee]

We have several official starters and themes in this repository now and I think it's a good time to consider auditing them for accessibility.

We should audit the following

Starters

• [ ] blog
• [ ] default
• [ ] gatsby-starter-blog-theme
• [ ] gatsby-starter-blog-theme-core
• [ ] gatsby-starter-notes-theme
• [ ] gatsby-starter-theme
• [ ] gatsby-starter-theme-workspace
• [ ] hello-world

Themes

• [ ] gatsby-theme-blog
• [ ] gatsby-theme-blog-core
• [ ] gatsby-theme-notes

[sidharthachatterjee]

Tagging the core team accessibility expert @madalynrose 🎉

[harshil1712]

Hey :wave:,
Can I work on this too?
This is great opportunity to learn more about a11y and from the expert @madalynrose herself!

[madalynrose]

@harshil1712 yes please do! I'm so excited that people are interested!

[harshil1712]

Hey @madalynrose any suggestions you have that I should keep in mind?
I will soon be completing Marcy's FrontendMasters course on Accessibility. I am planning to first start working with the starters and then work with the themes.

[madalynrose]

Absolutely! I'm working on a checklist and a rich list of resources that will make it easier for people to do audits but it's not ready yet.

In the meantime, check out my posts on how to get set up to manually test accessibility and about keyboard navigation with screen readers.

There are a lot of ways to do an audit and you'll find one that feels best for you. Here are two that I really like:

• @marcysutton's method
• @lkopacz's method

Additionally, there are _tons_ of resources that might be helpful, but if we're keeping the scope to basics and auditing, I recommend looking at:

• A11y With Lindsey
• any resources on this page
• a11y.coffee

[shrthnd]

@sidharthachatterjee et al., I would also like to help but this issue hasn't been updated for a while.

Is there a backlog of outstanding a11y-related tasks you can share?