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Tactual MCP server

Check how hard your web pages are for screen-reader users to navigate, with your AI doing the checking.

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Tactual is a tool that measures how much work a screen-reader user has to do to find and use the buttons, links, and menus on a web page. It counts the keystrokes needed to reach each important spot and points out the ones that are hard to get to. It is handy if you build or test websites and want to know how they feel for people using NVDA, JAWS, or VoiceOver.

What is an MCP server? The 30-second version

On its own, your AI can only chat. An MCP server is a small helper program that gives your AI a new skill or a connection to another tool. This one connects your AI to Tactual, a screen-reader navigation checker, so your AI can run a check on a web page and bring back the results for you. You ask in plain words, and the helper does the technical work behind the scenes.

What this MCP server does

You give your AI a web address and ask it to check how a screen-reader user would move around that page. Your AI passes the address to this helper, which opens the page in a hidden browser and watches how a screen reader would announce each thing on it. The helper counts the steps needed to reach each button, link, and menu, and flags the ones that take too many. It then hands the results back to your AI, which explains them to you in the chat.

Flow diagram: you ask your AI “Check how hard it is to reach the checkout button”, on your own computer the Tactual MCP server works with your web browser, and you get back A list of findings.

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What you can do with it

Check a single web page and see how many keystrokes each target needs
Compare how a page scores for NVDA, JAWS, or VoiceOver
Find buttons and links that are hard for screen-reader users to reach
See what a screen reader would say as someone tabs through the page
Explore hidden menus, dialogs, and tabs to test them too
Compare two checks to see if a change made things better or worse

Try asking your AI

“Check how hard it is for a screen-reader user to reach the checkout button on https://shop.example.com”
“Run a Tactual check on our docs page and tell me which links take the most steps to reach”
“Show me what NVDA would announce as someone tabs through https://example.com”
“Compare the before and after checks of our settings page and tell me if navigation got easier”

What it gives back to you

You get back a list of findings, one for each target on the page, with a score and a short note about how a screen-reader user reaches it. Each finding shows the steps taken, like how many times to press Tab, and whether the target is easy or awkward to find. Your AI can summarize the worst ones for you or show the full details. It can also give you a plain transcript of what a screen reader would say.

Before you start

What you need

Node.js version 20 or newer installed on your computer
The Tactual package installed (your AI helper can set this up)
A web address you are allowed to check, such as your own site or a test page

Good to know

This tool opens web pages in a hidden browser and can explore menus and dialogs, so only point it at sites you own or are allowed to test.

Install it with your AI

Add Tactual MCP server to your AI, no technical skills needed

You don't install anything by hand. You copy one prompt, paste it into an AI that can work on your computer, and it checks, installs and connects the server for you, asking you when it needs something.

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Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check Tactual MCP server, install it and connect it for them, step by step. You don't need any technical skills: you copy, paste and answer a few questions. Your connected AI can also find and install any of the 4,066 MCP servers here for you.