Automated Detection of TalkBack Interactive Accessibility Failures in Android Applications (ICST 2022 - Research Papers)

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Ali S. Alotaibi, Paul T. Chiou, William G.J. Halfond

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ICST 2022 Research Papers

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Tue 5 Apr 2022 20:15 - 20:30 at Margaret Hamilton - ICST GUI Testing and Fuzzing Chair(s): Andrea Stocco

Abstract

TalkBack is one of the most popular screen readers for the 304 million visually impaired users worldwide to access Android devices. Yet, many popular Android applications (apps) lack a proper TalkBack accessible mechanism, which could cause failures that make the app unusable. Existing accessibility related techniques are limited in terms of detecting these issues. In this paper, we present a novel approach for automatically detecting TalkBack interactive accessibility failures that prevent TalkBack users from interacting with core functionalities in Android apps. Our evaluation of our technique on real-world Android apps showed that it is able to detect these TalkBack accessibility failures with high precision and recall.

Ali S. Alotaibi

University of Southern California

United States

Paul T. Chiou

University of Southern California

United States

William G.J. Halfond

University of Southern California

United States

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19:30 - 20:45	ICST GUI Testing and FuzzingResearch Papers / Tool Demos at Margaret Hamilton Chair(s): Andrea Stocco Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)

19:30 15m Talk		A Framework for Automated API Fuzzing at Enterprise Scale Research Papers Riyadh Mahmood The Aerospace Corporation, Jay Pennington The Aerospace Corporation, Danny Tsang The Aerospace Corporation, Tan Tran The Aerospace Corporation, Andrea Bogle The Aerospace Corporation
19:45 15m Talk		GUI Test Transfer from Web to Android Research Papers Jun-Wei Lin University of California, Irvine, Sam Malek University of California at Irvine, USA
20:00 15m Talk		DTLS-Fuzzer: A DTLS Protocol State Fuzzer Tool Demos Paul Fiterau-Brostean Uppsala University, Bengt Jonsson Uppsala University, Sweden, Konstantinos (Kostis) Sagonas Uppsala University, Sweden, Fredrik Tåkvist Uppsala University Pre-print Media Attached
20:15 15m Talk		Automated Detection of TalkBack Interactive Accessibility Failures in Android Applications Research Papers Ali S. Alotaibi University of Southern California, Paul T. Chiou University of Southern California, William G.J. Halfond University of Southern California
20:30 15m Live Q&A		Discussion and Q&A Research Papers