Accessibility Test Cases

A11Y-VOI-001

VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure

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MethodMobile screen-reader journey
TesterExperienced mobile screen-reader tester
Indicative effort74–107 min small scope

Checks page orientation and structure using VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS in the recorded ios-voiceover-safari environment.

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Purpose

What this test checks

Checks page orientation and structure using VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS in the recorded ios-voiceover-safari environment.

What this result means: This procedure records how VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure behaves on ios-voiceover-safari. It can expose evidence relevant to WCAG 1.3.1, 2.4.1 and 2.4.6 for the tested task and environment. Use the linked conformance procedures for WCAG 1.3.1, 2.4.1 and 2.4.6 to assess the complete requirements across the declared conformance scope.

Why it matters

Checks page orientation and structure using VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS in the recorded ios-voiceover-safari environment. People most likely affected: blind people and others who use mobile speech output, touch exploration or sequential swipe navigation. A mobile screen-reader user may receive incomplete output, lose focus or be unable to complete the task. In the recorded ios-voiceover-safari environment, check explore-by-touch, sequential swipes, rotor or local-context navigation, gestures and focus recovery; a gesture conflict or lost virtual focus can make the current screen unusable.

When to use it

Apply VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure when a frozen critical task executed with the named mobile screen reader on physical hardware. The selected focus is Page orientation and structure.

Confirm before starting

Mark it not applicable only when

Exceptions

This platform, journey, usability or quality procedure creates no additional normative exception. Apply exceptions only in the linked atomic or criterion-level conformance procedure and preserve that separate decision.

Prepare

What you need

  • A physical supported phone or tablet is available; browser device emulation is prohibited for real mobile coverage.
  • The built-in screen reader and browser are updated to the recorded versions.
  • The tester has completed the vendor tutorial and is proficient with the configured gestures/rotor or reading controls.
  • The journey uses authorised synthetic or controlled client data.

Targets and required variations

  • The selected task, content and controls relevant to Page orientation and structure on the exact recorded physical device.
  • Default, revealed, loading, empty, validation error, interruption, recovery and confirmation where meaningful.
  • Every required environment, viewport, orientation, language and authenticated state recorded in the frozen scope.

Clean state

  • Complete a known-good calibration in the same environment before product testing.
  • Start from a recorded clean or known state and preserve any prior preferences, extensions, cache or profile settings that can affect output.

Effort estimate

Setup
25 min
Per target
25 min
Evidence
12 min
Technical review
12 min

Assumptions: one short journey on one physical device and orientation; repeat supported orientations and materially different gesture paths

Variation: Add a new per-target execution and evidence allowance for each additional target class or state that could produce a different result. Add setup time for each distinct environment.

Excluded: Client coordination, inaccessible-environment recovery, recruitment, legal review, remediation implementation and waiting time unless the procedure states otherwise.

Execute

Test steps

Follow each action in order. The expected result is always visible; open the guidance when you need setup, tool, evidence, decision or repeat details. Step-level recording is optional while work is in progress and required only to export a completed execution.

Step 1

Prepare the scope, target and environment

Purpose: For VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure, prepare the named scenario: Prepare the scope, target and environment. Target: The selected task, content and controls relevant to Page orientation and structure on the exact recorded physical device. The preparation must establish this result: The selected targets, states, test data, environment and any scope limitations are complete enough for another qualified tester to reproduce the setup.

User impact: A mobile screen-reader user may receive incomplete output, lose focus or be unable to complete the task. This scenario isolates that risk in the action named Prepare the scope, target and environment.

Before executing VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure, freeze the product version and scope. Inventory each applicable target, select the required starting states, prepare safe test data and record every required environment value. Complete any named known-good calibration before attributing an observation to the product.

Expected result

The selected targets, states, test data, environment and any scope limitations are complete enough for another qualified tester to reproduce the setup.

Failure observation

During VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure, the target, starting state, environment or scope record remains ambiguous for the scenario named Prepare the scope, target and environment. The preparation result cannot be demonstrated: The selected targets, states, test data, environment and any scope limitations are complete enough for another qualified tester to reproduce the setup.

Setup, evidence and decision guidance
Target
The selected task, content and controls relevant to Page orientation and structure on the exact recorded physical device.
Required state
For VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure, the product version and scope are frozen; every selected target and material starting state is uniquely identified.
Tool or command
Use the scope record and worksheet environment fields for VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure: operating_system, operating_system_version, browser, browser_version, viewport_css_pixels, input_method, assistive_technology, assistive_technology_version, device_model, orientation.
Record
Scope/version reference; target inventory; starting states; safe-data reference; every required environment value; calibration result or reason it is not required.
Pass
Record passed for the VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure scenario named Prepare the scope, target and environment only when the evidence (Scope/version reference; target inventory; starting states; safe-data reference; every required environment value; calibration result or reason it is not required.) supports: The selected targets, states, test data, environment and any scope limitations are complete enough for another qualified tester to reproduce the setup.
Fail
Record failed when the action is completed and this failure observation is reproduced: During VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure, the target, starting state, environment or scope record remains ambiguous for the scenario named Prepare the scope, target and environment. The preparation result cannot be demonstrated: The selected targets, states, test data, environment and any scope limitations are complete enough for another qualified tester to reproduce the setup.
Not applicable
The frozen mobile scope contains no content, control or task relevant to Page orientation and structure.
Blocked
Record blocked, not passed, when An applicable target, required state, complete process or named real environment was not executed.
Repeat or recover
For VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure, correct the setup gap, preserve the original blocked record and start a new execution observation before proceeding.
Limitations
This scenario records the action named Prepare the scope, target and environment for VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure in ios-voiceover-safari. It does not establish behaviour for another target, state or environment and does not set a WCAG conformance decision.
If you are new to this test
For VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure, do not begin from an undocumented browser tab, document copy, device state, participant plan or evidence set. Record the exact item you will test first.
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Step 2

Use continuous reading, headings and landmark navigation to understand the page and reach main content

Purpose: For VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure, execute the named scenario: Use continuous reading, headings and landmark navigation to understand the page and reach main content. Target: The selected task, content and controls relevant to Page orientation and structure on the exact recorded physical device. Compare the observation with this result: Title, language, headings, landmarks and reading sequence provide an accurate mental model.

User impact: A mobile screen-reader user may receive incomplete output, lose focus or be unable to complete the task. This scenario isolates that risk in the action named Use continuous reading, headings and landmark navigation to understand the page and reach main content.

Use continuous reading, headings and landmark navigation to understand the page and reach main content.

Expected result

Title, language, headings, landmarks and reading sequence provide an accurate mental model.

Failure observation

After the tester completes the VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure scenario named Use continuous reading, headings and landmark navigation to understand the page and reach main content, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: Title, language, headings, landmarks and reading sequence provide an accurate mental model.

Setup, evidence and decision guidance
Target
The selected task, content and controls relevant to Page orientation and structure on the exact recorded physical device.
Required state
For VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure, begin in the recorded default state for the selected Page orientation and structure target before this action; preserve the exact content, account, platform and configuration used.
Tool or command
In ios-voiceover-safari, Use swipe-right/left linear navigation, explore by touch, rotor headings/links/form controls, three-finger scrolling and double-tap activation.
Record
Exact displayed speech or contemporaneous transcript with gesture, focus and state.
Pass
Record passed for the VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure scenario named Use continuous reading, headings and landmark navigation to understand the page and reach main content only when the evidence (Exact displayed speech or contemporaneous transcript with gesture, focus and state.) supports: Title, language, headings, landmarks and reading sequence provide an accurate mental model.
Fail
Record failed when the action is completed and this failure observation is reproduced: After the tester completes the VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure scenario named Use continuous reading, headings and landmark navigation to understand the page and reach main content, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: Title, language, headings, landmarks and reading sequence provide an accurate mental model.
Not applicable
The frozen mobile scope contains no content, control or task relevant to Page orientation and structure.
Blocked
Record blocked, not passed, when An applicable target, required state, complete process or named real environment was not executed.
Repeat or recover
Repeat in portrait and landscape where supported, capture displayed speech output or a contemporaneous transcript, and record every unreachable or misleading element. Repeat with touch exploration and sequential navigation in each required orientation, including validation, interruption and recovery states. Preserve the first VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure observation when repeating.
Limitations
This scenario records the action named Use continuous reading, headings and landmark navigation to understand the page and reach main content for VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure in ios-voiceover-safari. It does not establish behaviour for another target, state or environment and does not set a WCAG conformance decision.
If you are new to this test
For VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure: Use the platform gesture-practice area before testing. Keep one finger clear of unintended targets and record the focused item before and after every gesture.
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Step 3

Repeat material variations and recovery

Purpose: For VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure, execute the named scenario: Repeat material variations and recovery. Target: The selected task, content and controls relevant to Page orientation and structure on the exact recorded physical device. Compare the observation with this result: Every material variation and required recovery path has its own reproducible observation; no unexecuted state is merged into a passing result.

User impact: A mobile screen-reader user may receive incomplete output, lose focus or be unable to complete the task. This scenario isolates that risk in the action named Repeat material variations and recovery.

Repeat the VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure action for each inventoried variation that can change the outcome. Include relevant default, revealed, error, interruption, recovery and confirmation states and complete the selected process from start to finish where this test can affect task completion.

Expected result

Every material variation and required recovery path has its own reproducible observation; no unexecuted state is merged into a passing result.

Failure observation

After the tester completes the VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure scenario named Repeat material variations and recovery, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: Every material variation and required recovery path has its own reproducible observation; no unexecuted state is merged into a passing result.

Setup, evidence and decision guidance
Target
The selected task, content and controls relevant to Page orientation and structure on the exact recorded physical device.
Required state
For VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure: Default, revealed, loading, empty, validation error, interruption, recovery and confirmation where meaningful. Every required environment, viewport, orientation, language and authenticated state recorded in the frozen scope.
Tool or command
For VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure, use the same recorded method, then change only the state, environment or recovery condition being compared.
Record
Variation identifier; changed state or environment; start and end points; actual observation; recovery result; intervention; evidence reference and target outcome.
Pass
Record passed for the VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure scenario named Repeat material variations and recovery only when the evidence (Variation identifier; changed state or environment; start and end points; actual observation; recovery result; intervention; evidence reference and target outcome.) supports: Every material variation and required recovery path has its own reproducible observation; no unexecuted state is merged into a passing result.
Fail
Record failed when the action is completed and this failure observation is reproduced: After the tester completes the VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure scenario named Repeat material variations and recovery, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: Every material variation and required recovery path has its own reproducible observation; no unexecuted state is merged into a passing result.
Not applicable
The frozen mobile scope contains no content, control or task relevant to Page orientation and structure.
Blocked
Record blocked, not passed, when An applicable target, required state, complete process or named real environment was not executed.
Repeat or recover
Repeat this action for every required variation of VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure and after a material target, content, state, environment or configuration change. Preserve the original observation.
Limitations
This scenario records the action named Repeat material variations and recovery for VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure in ios-voiceover-safari. It does not establish behaviour for another target, state or environment and does not set a WCAG conformance decision.
If you are new to this test
For VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure, change one material condition at a time where practical. Do not assume that a passing default state covers errors, overlays, orientation changes, interruptions or recovery.
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Decide

How to decide

Passed

Title, language, headings, landmarks and reading sequence provide an accurate mental model.

Failed

An applicable Page orientation and structure target has a reproducible material barrier against one or more stated expectations; identify the exact expectation, state and evidence.

Not applicable
The frozen mobile scope contains no content, control or task relevant to Page orientation and structure.
Cannot tell
The target is applicable, but conflicting evidence or unresolved responsibility prevents a defensible expectation decision after recorded comparison.
Not tested
An applicable target, required state, complete process or named real environment was not executed.
Aggregation and reporting boundaries

Aggregation: Preserve every target/environment outcome. Any failed target prevents an overall passed procedure result. cantTell and untested remain unresolved; inapplicable is valid only when the completed inventory contains no applicable target.

WCAG decision: This specialist, platform, document, usability or quality result does not set a WCAG success criterion to satisfied or not_satisfied automatically. Use linked atomic and criterion-level procedures for that separate decision.

Automation: A checker, accessibility-tree inspection, emulator or simulated assistive technology is diagnostic evidence only. Complete every required manual, real-platform, contextual and exception check.

Record

Record the result

Record the target, state and observed behaviour. Add evidence or technical details only when needed.

Choose the option that best matches what happened to this target.

Describe the actual behaviour and why it supports the selected result.

When more than one target is recorded, the overall procedure result is calculated from all target results.

Environment: Not set.
Add evidence or details

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Evidence references

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Test environment

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Engagement and tester identifiers

Assistive-technology execution confirmation

Use these statements only for work actually performed. Simulation or accessibility-tree inspection does not count as real assistive-technology coverage.

Formal completion and limitations

Identify the frozen list or sampling record used to select every target represented by this execution.

Choose a final result before marking the execution complete. Completed records require the full environment, step, evidence and method-specific information.

Data management

Export before clearing if the record must be retained. Apply the engagement retention schedule and delete browser data when it is no longer needed.

Saved drafts stay in this browser and are not uploaded. Do not enter credentials, secrets or unnecessary personal data.

Reference

Supporting information

Standards and requirement mappings
  • W3C-WCAG22 · 1.3.1 secondary · partial

    This Mobile screen-reader journey observes VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure in the recorded ios-voiceover-safari environment. Use the linked WCAG 1.3.1 conformance procedure to evaluate all normative parts of WCAG 1.3.1 across the declared scope.

  • W3C-WCAG22 · 2.4.1 secondary · partial

    This Mobile screen-reader journey observes VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure in the recorded ios-voiceover-safari environment. Use the linked WCAG 2.4.1 conformance procedure to evaluate all normative parts of WCAG 2.4.1 across the declared scope.

  • W3C-WCAG22 · 2.4.6 secondary · partial

    This Mobile screen-reader journey observes VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure in the recorded ios-voiceover-safari environment. Use the linked WCAG 2.4.6 conformance procedure to evaluate all normative parts of WCAG 2.4.6 across the declared scope.

  • W3C-MOBILE · W3C-MOBILE platform · supporting

    This source does not override WCAG or create an additional WCAG conformance requirement.

  • APPLE-VOICEOVER-IOS · APPLE-VOICEOVER-IOS platform · supporting

    This source does not override WCAG or create an additional WCAG conformance requirement.

  • APPLE-A11Y-TESTING · APPLE-A11Y-TESTING platform · supporting

    This source does not override WCAG or create an additional WCAG conformance requirement.

  • W3C-WCAG22-TECHNIQUES · W3C-WCAG22-TECHNIQUES platform · supporting

    This source does not override WCAG or create an additional WCAG conformance requirement.

  • APPLE-VOICEOVER-IOS-ROTOR · APPLE-VOICEOVER-IOS-ROTOR platform · supporting

    Vendor documentation defines product operation only. It does not override WCAG or prove product accessibility.

Supporting and advisory guidance

Supporting sources are identified in the mappings and source register. They do not add conformance requirements.

Evidence specification
  • Physical device record

    Physical device model, operating system, browser, screen reader, orientation, settings and clean-state declaration.

    Reference or redact sensitive material. Do not store credentials, secrets, unnecessary personal data or unconsented participant data.

  • Assistive technology output

    Exact displayed speech or contemporaneous transcript with gesture, focus and state.

    Reference or redact sensitive material. Do not store credentials, secrets, unnecessary personal data or unconsented participant data.

  • Journey record

    Success, validation error, interruption, recovery and confirmation results in every required orientation.

    Reference or redact sensitive material. Do not store credentials, secrets, unnecessary personal data or unconsented participant data.

  • Responsibility record

    Product, browser, operating-system, screen-reader and configuration comparisons supporting attribution or cantTell.

    Reference or redact sensitive material. Do not store credentials, secrets, unnecessary personal data or unconsented participant data.

Worked example and outcome calibration

A11Y-VOI-001-WORKED-001: representative worked example

Context: Representative synthetic example for VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure on a fictional, version-frozen product target; no client or participant execution occurred.

Inspected: The tester follows S2 (Use continuous reading, headings and landmark navigation to understand the page and reach main content) using the target, required state, tool and repeat rule stated in this procedure.

Observed output: After the tester completes the VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure scenario named Use continuous reading, headings and landmark navigation to understand the page and reach main content, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: Title, language, headings, landmarks and reading sequence provide an accurate mental model.

Evidence:

  • example-evidence-001: target and state record for The selected task, content and controls relevant to Page orientation and structure on the exact recorded physical device.
  • example-evidence-002: contemporaneous observation from the named method — Exact displayed speech or contemporaneous transcript with gesture, focus and state.
  • example-evidence-003: comparison note linking the actual observation to the expected result and claim boundary

Tester reasoning: The recorded observation does not demonstrate the expected result: Title, language, headings, landmarks and reading sequence provide an accurate mental model. The failed decision is limited to this synthetic target and state; unexecuted coverage is not inferred.

Decision: failed

Finding: A11Y-VOI-001-example-finding-001 — VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure: expected result is not demonstrated. The represented barrier may affect Blind people and others who use mobile speech output, touch exploration or sequential swipe navigation.

Remediation: Change the represented target or process so it demonstrates this result: Title, language, headings, landmarks and reading sequence provide an accurate mental model. Then rerun the affected step and every dependent variation.

Reviewer feedback: The reviewer confirms applicability, environment, actual-versus-expected comparison, evidence references and bounded wording; unsupported product-wide or conformance language is removed.

Final client wording: Synthetic training finding: the sampled VoiceOver with Safari on physical iOS/iPadOS: Page orientation and structure target does not meet the procedure expectation in the recorded state. User impact and broader scope require evidence from the buyer's real execution.

Retest: Synthetic retest example: after the represented change, repeat the failed step plus material error and recovery states. Close the finding only when new evidence demonstrates the expected result; otherwise retain the non-pass outcome.

Boundary: This is a representative, synthetic worked example for training and calibration. It is not evidence from a client product, participant or real assistive-technology execution.

Outcome calibration

Passed
In ios-voiceover-safari, the selected Page orientation and structure target completes the recorded action and meets this expectation: Title, language, headings, landmarks and reading sequence provide an accurate mental model.

The example is a calibration scenario, not an execution or approval.

Failed
An applicable Page orientation and structure target produces a reproducible barrier during the named action, with the exact state and affected user task recorded.

A failed target remains failed even if another environment or target passes.

Not applicable
The frozen mobile scope contains no content, control or task relevant to Page orientation and structure.

Inapplicable requires a completed inventory showing that no target matches applicability; a missing environment is not inapplicable.

Cannot tell
The Page orientation and structure target is applicable, but conflicting product/platform evidence or missing authoritative information prevents a defensible responsibility or expectation decision.

Record the conflict, comparisons attempted and person or evidence needed to resolve it.

Not tested
The Page orientation and structure target is applicable, but a required state, complete process or real environment was not executed.

Untested remains incomplete and cannot be converted to passed or inapplicable.

Sampling, complete processes and platform limitations

Run each selected critical journey from start to finish, including its main error and recovery paths. Record which journeys and states were included.

If this check is part of a user journey, test the selected journey from start to finish, including relevant errors and recovery. Record any path that was not tested.

  • Physical-device evidence applies only to the recorded device, operating system, browser, screen-reader version and settings.
  • Check relevant browser, tool or assistive-technology release notes before assigning unexpected behaviour to the product.
  • If responsibility is unclear, record the reproducible behaviour and use cannot tell until it is resolved.
Related procedures
  • A11Y-WCAG-007
  • A11Y-WCAG-027
  • A11Y-WCAG-032
ACT rules and WCAG technique traceability

This is a project-authored manual procedure, not a W3C Approved ACT Rule. An ACT result can support only the part of this procedure covered by that rule. It does not replace the remaining manual or assistive-technology checks.

No supporting W3C Approved ACT Rule is selected for this procedure.

  • Understanding SC 1.3.1. Techniques are examples, not extra requirements. Record any technique or common failure used, but decide the result against the success criterion.
  • Understanding SC 2.4.1. Techniques are examples, not extra requirements. Record any technique or common failure used, but decide the result against the success criterion.
  • Understanding SC 2.4.6. Techniques are examples, not extra requirements. Record any technique or common failure used, but decide the result against the success criterion.
Review history and source register
  1. 2026.08.27-rc.9 — Reworked for plain language, case-focused steps, scoped evidence and transparent draft review status.
  2. 2026.08.27-rc.9 — Migrated to professional catalogue schema v3 with separated outcomes, structured authority, applicability, evidence, decision and review records.
  3. 2026.08.27-rc.9 — Specialist procedure mapped to its task family and current first-party platform guidance and checked for internal consistency; competent review and real execution remain separate.
  4. 2026.08.27-rc.9 — Added explicit preparation and variation/recovery steps plus a bounded representative worked example for paid-template use.
  5. 2026.08.27-rc.9 — Procedure guidance and presentation simplified without changing draft governance status.

Review decision: pending. Open issues: Execute all required real environments and calibration cases.; Complete a distinct competent review and retain any unresolved material finding as blocked or cantTell.

Source historyReport an accuracy issue
WCAG
SC 1.3.1, SC 2.4.1, SC 2.4.6
Execution
Real device and assistive technology
Catalogue version
2026.08.27-rc.9