Accessibility testers you can trust

With Fable, you get access to a diverse community of people with disabilities who use assistive technology in daily life. Our Community can provide valuable and actionable feedback at any step of your product lifecycle.

Interested in becoming a tester or survey respondent? Learn how to join Fable’s Community.

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Diverse perspectives

  • Balanced gender representation, including non-binary and transgender testers

  • Multiple ethnicities, including Caucasian, Black, Asian, Caribbean, East Indian, and more

  • Broad age range, from ages 20 to 74

  • Located in Canada and the United States across five time zones

Professional approach

  • Every applicant participates in an assistive technology and communication skills assessment

  • Testers complete paid training and have 1-on-1 time with trainers who are also assistive technology users

  • We ensure that testers have the skills needed to provide customers with the best and most actionable feedback

  • Many of our active testers have logged 100+ hours of testing with Fable over the last year
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Meet Martin, an Accessibility Tester at Fable

“As a blind person, I rely on screen reading technology. I can listen and navigate with a screen reader, but I also augment my experience with electronic braille, known as a braille display.

Working for Fable has given me the opportunity to interact with like-minded individuals from well-known businesses and organizations. It has also given me a way for me to actively participate in the accessibility field and have a positive and inclusive influence.”

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Illustration: various assistive technologies: screen readers, screen magnification, and alternative navigation

Real-world experience with assistive technology

  • All testers have at least 2 years of experience using their assistive technology, and most have been native assistive technology users for more than 10 years

  • We work with beginner, to intermediate, to advanced assistive technology users

  • Testers use different combinations of browser, assistive technology, and operating systems, offering 20+ unique tester configurations

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Screen readers

  • JAWS
  • NVDA
  • VoiceOver
  • TalkBack
  • Narrator
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Magnification

  • ZoomText
  • OS Magnification
  • iOS Zoom
  • Android Zoom
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Alternative navigation

  • Dragon NaturallySpeaking
  • Switch systems
  • Headmouse
Illustration: various assistive technologies: screen readers, screen magnification, and alternative navigation

Real-world experience with assistive technology

  • All testers have at least 2 years of experience using their assistive technology, and most have been native assistive technology users for more than 10 years

  • We work with beginner, to intermediate, to advanced assistive technology users

  • Testers use different combinations of browser, assistive technology, and operating systems, offering 20+ unique tester configurations

What assistive technologies do testers use?

Screen readers

  • JAWS
  • NVDA
  • VoiceOver
  • TalkBack
  • Narrator

Magnification

  • ZoomText
  • iOS Zoom
  • Android Zoom
  • Browser Zoom

Alternative navigation

  • Dragon NaturallySpeaking
  • Switch systems
  • Headmouse
Simple illustration of a speaker with sound waves coming out of it

Screen readers

  • JAWS
  • NVDA
  • VoiceOver
  • TalkBack
  • Narrator
Illustration of a magnifying glass

Magnification

  • ZoomText
  • OS Magnification
  • iOS Zoom
  • Android Zoom
Illustration of a computer joystick

Alternative navigation

  • Dragon NaturallySpeaking
  • Switch systems
  • Headmouse
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Hear from our Community

The Community Research Panel Report delves into our Community’s unique perspectives, challenges, and preferences in the digital realm. These valuable insights can help foster more inclusive digital environments.

How you’ll work with the Fable community

Fable Engage is our accessibility research and testing platform. Through Engage, customers select the browsers, assistive technologies and operating systems that they want to test their products with. Once a request has been booked, we connect with members of our Community who use those configurations to complete the test.

Safe and secure testing

All testers sign an agreement that covers confidential information and a community-sourced code of conduct. In some cases, testers may receive an additional Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) or direct authentication to private networks from our customers.

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Frequently asked questions

How does Fable recruit testers?

On an ongoing basis, Fable receives applications to join our Community. Current members of the Community and partner organizations refer people to Fable for flexible employment opportunities.

Can Fable recruit specifically for my company?

Yes. Fable grows its Community of testers based on the needs of our customers. If you have specific recruitment requirements, let us know.

Where are testers located?

Our Community members work remotely and live across the United States and Canada.

Who compensates the participant?

Each member of Fable’s Community is a contractor to Fable, with the flexibility to choose how much to work each month. Fable compensates testers for their time at the end of each month.

How does Fable recruit testers?

On an ongoing basis, Fable receives applications to join our Community. Current members of the Community and partner organizations refer people to Fable for flexible employment opportunities.

Can Fable recruit specifically for my company?

Yes. Fable grows its Community of testers based on the needs of our customers. If you have specific recruitment requirements, let us know.

Where are testers located?

Our Community members work remotely and live across the United States and Canada.

Who compensates the participant?

Each member of Fable’s Community is a contractor to Fable, with the flexibility to choose how much to work each month. Fable compensates testers for their time at the end of each month.

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