Abra B.V.

Yesterday in Berlin: Paul van Workum CPACC and Mike Slinkman from our team spoke at "Build for Everyone — Accessibility for Mobile", a meetup organized by The Mobile Collective Berlin together with Flutter Berlin Meetup, Kotlin User Group Berlin, and CocoaHeads Berlin. Paul talked about what we see when we audit apps — the patterns, the recurring issues, and how to catch them earlier in the development process. Mike showed a live demo of the Abra SDK: automated accessibility checks running directly from a test pipeline. Real app, real issues, detected in seconds. Thanks to Manuela Sakura Rommel and Matthias Geisler for bringing the mobile community together around accessibility. Want us to speak at your event or meetup? We'd love to — reach out at info@abra.ai. #MobileAccessibility #a11y #Abra #AccessibilityTesting #Berlin #Flutter #Kotlin #iOS #DigitalAccessibility

Excited to share! In June, we're releasing 4 new automated rules in Abra Desktop and Abra SDK — one per week. Available for both Android and iOS. Every rule targets issues we encounter in every audit we perform. Curious? Stay tuned — one new rule and one blog post per week throughout June. #MobileAccessibility #MobileAccessibilityTesting #a11y #Abra #AndroidAccessibility #iOSAccessibility #DigitalAccessibility

Today — 21st of May — it is Global Accessibility Awareness Day! 🌍 1 billion people worldwide live with a disability. Today is the day to talk about it, learn about it, and act on it. Accessibility knowledge should be accessible to everyone. So today, we're opening the doors: 🎓 Abra Academy — free for 24 hours. All courses, all content. Use coupon code GAAD2026 at checkout. Today only: https://academy.abra.ai/ 🛠️ Abra SDK — free access for a limited time. 9 automated rules for Android and iOS. Test your app's accessibility straight from your pipeline. Send us an email to get started: info@abra.ai. Accessibility isn't a feature. It's a right. What are you doing for hashtag #GAAD today? 👇 #GAAD #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #MobileAccessibility #a11y #DigitalAccessibility #MobileAccessibilityTesting #MobileAccessibilityAutomation #iOSAccessibility #AndroidAccessibility #Abra [Text alternative for the slides: Page 1: 21 May. GAAD. Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Page 2: Today only: Abra Academy. All courses for free with coupon GAAD2026. Page 3: Today only: Abra SDK. Free access for a limited time. Request license code via info@abra.ai. Page 4: Abra. Accessibility knowledge should be accessible to everyone. Start learning. Start testing.]

You wouldn't let someone perform surgery after only reading a textbook. So why do we expect teams to test accessibility after a one-hour webinar? Testing mobile apps for accessibility is a skill. It takes practice, repetition, and real-world examples. That's why we created our App Testing Training — a structured 2-month program designed to build real testing skills. 14 hours across 5 live sessions, hands-on testing with TalkBack, VoiceOver, external keyboards, and text scaling. For professionals, freelancers, or entire teams. Full access to the Abra ecosystem included — for free. #MobileAccessibility #MobileAccessibilityTesting #AccessibilityTraining #a11y #iOSAccessibility #AndroidAccessibility #Abra #DigitalAccessibility [On this video: Jan Jaap de Groot, Paul van Workum CPACC, Tanya van Workum, CPACC and Mike Slinkman from the Abra team tell: "Want to learn how to test mobile apps for accessibility? Not just theory. A structured, hands-on training program for professionals and teams. Over two months, you'll learn to test apps with assistive technologies and document issues in a clear, consistent way. After the program, you can perform accessibility testing independently. Join the program or request an in-company training!" At the end, the text "Visit abra.id/learning" appears on screen.]

Just got your accessibility audit back? 😩 You're not alone. Most apps we audit have 100+ issues. And the worst part? Many could have been caught way earlier. That's why we've been shipping — 3 releases in one month: ✅ Name, role, state & value checks — the #1 issues we find in audits, now detected automatically ✅ Language detection — no more screen readers guessing (and butchering) your app's language ✅ Abra SDK — run accessibility checks straight from Espresso, UiAutomator or XCUITest. Native Swift + Kotlin. No wrappers. In total, Abra's automated tooling now has 9 rules on both Android and iOS — finding up to 40% of all accessibility issues. What sets Abra apart: precision. We optimise for as few false positives and false negatives as possible. When Abra flags something, it matters. Stop fixing accessibility after the fact. Start catching it in your build. 👇 What's the biggest accessibility issue you keep running into? #MobileAccessibility #MobileAccessibilityTesting #MobileAccessibilityAutomation #iOSAccessibility #AndroidAccessibility #Abra #DigitalAccessibility #a11y #WCAG

"Seen een to con-teen-oo-eh." That's how a screen reader announces "Sign in to continue" in an English app — when your device is set to French and the app language isn't programmatically defined in the code. The screen reader doesn't know what language it's reading. So it falls back to the device language. And it's one of the most common accessibility issues we find. One missing setting. Completely broken experience. Today we're launching a new rule in Abra that catches this automatically — on both Android and iOS. Read the full blog post: https://abra.id/lang Want to see what Abra finds in your app? Book a demo: https://abra.id/demo #MobileAccessibility #A11y #AccessibilityTesting #Abra #AbraSDK #AbraDesktop

🚀 Excited to share an amazing upcoming event in Berlin! On May 27th, both Mike Slinkman and me will give a presentation at "Build for Everyone, Accessibility for Mobile," a collaborative meetup bringing together Flutter Berlin, Kotlin User Group Berlin, and CocoaHeads Berlin. This event goes beyond compliance, it's about accessibility as a competitive advantage. You'll learn: 💡 I will share the strategic foundations: why iOS, Android, and web accessibility require different approaches, and why a maturity model matters. ⚙️ Mike Slinkman from Abra B.V. will show the technical implementation: how accessibility bridges work, common pitfalls, and how to integrate accessibility testing into your CI/CD pipeline. Whether you are building native or cross-platform apps, this is your chance to learn how automated testing catches only 30% of issues — but real users with screen readers reveal what truly matters. Location: Hedwig-Dohm-Haus, Berlin Date: May 27th, 2026 Register at https://luma.com/xo7d3vb4 If you are in Berlin and passionate about building inclusive apps, let's meet there! 🙌 Thanks for hosting us Matthias Geisler and Manuela Sakura Rommel

100+ accessibility issues in a newly released app. We see it more often than you'd think. The app was designed, built and tested. Surely it's accessible, right? Then the audit happened. Why? Because accessibility was treated as a final checkpoint — not as part of the process. The fix? Shift left. Validate accessibility during design, development and testing — not after. Catch issues when they're small. Fix them before they reach users. At Abra, we help teams make this shift. With training, tooling and structured audits across every stage — so accessibility becomes part of how you build, not a last-minute fix. Read the full blog post: https://lnkd.in/ebhcg9XN #MobileAccessibility #ShiftLeft #a11y #AccessibilityTesting #Abra [In this video, Abra team members explain: "Most teams test accessibility at the end of development. That means you find issues when the app is already live. Fixing them now is slow and expensive. It makes accessibility feel like a burden instead of part of the process. There is a better way. Shift accessibility left. Validate accessibility during design, development, and testing. Catch issues early, before they reach users. Want to shift accessibility left? Let's talk." The video ends with a call to action on screen: "Visit abra.id/shift-left"]

Today, the Netherlands turns orange for King's Day — the celebration of King Willem-Alexander's birthday 🧡 Streets fill with flea markets, live music, and entire neighbourhoods trading goods on blankets. To celebrate, we offer 30% off all our online mobile accessibility trainings with the code spring2026. Valid through 31 May 2026. Available courses: 📱 App accessibility issues: https://lnkd.in/eK4R4pUg 📱 Testing accessibility of apps: https://lnkd.in/e22VKr9u 📱 Accessibility of Android apps: https://lnkd.in/eThSMxMq 📱 Accessibility of iOS apps: https://lnkd.in/e_i6PZBf 📱 Full access package: https://lnkd.in/edRqnF4v By completing five courses, you can earn 4.75 IAAP education credits. Start learning at Abra Academy: https://academy.abra.ai/ #KingsDay #Koningsdag #Accessibility #MobileAccessibility #a11y #AppAccessibility #Abra

Our free online training "Testing Accessibility of Apps" keeps growing. In the past months, we welcomed participants from across Europe — and held guest sessions together with Eye-Able and OZeWAI. In 1.5 hours, you will learn how to test mobile apps using screen readers, external keyboards, and text scaling — the same tools real users rely on every day. New dates: 📅 May 7th (19:00–20:30 CEST) 📅 June 9th (12:30–14:00 CEST) 📅 July 6th (15:00–16:30 CEST) Free. Online. Register at abra.ai/free-training #Accessibility #MobileAccessibility #a11y #AppAccessibility #Abra