Introduction

Accessibility audits are a great way to measure the level of accessibility of your website. An accessibility audit is often performed by an expert that analyzes the site in order to identify any issues and propose solutions. In this way, you can fix any problems before they become a problem for your users or customers.

An Accessibility Audit allows you to understand how accessible your website is

An Accessibility Audit is a review of your website’s accessibility. A professional will go through every page, looking at how well they are meeting the requirements of WCAG 2.0, and then make suggestions for improvement based on their findings.

An Accessibility Audit should be performed by a qualified individual using tools that produce verifiable results. The audit itself should also be documented with recommendations for improving accessibility on your site going forward.

An accessibility audit can be performed using automated tools

You can perform an accessibility audit using automated tools. These tools check for issues such as alt text and alt tags, color contrast, keyboard navigation and screen reader navigation.

This is a good place to start if you’re new to accessibility or want to get a high-level overview of the state of your website’s accessibility before diving into more complex audits.

To conduct a 100% effective accessibility audit, you must also test manually for keyboard navigation, screen reader navigation and screenreader issues

In order to conduct a 100% effective accessibility audit, you must also test manually for keyboard navigation, screen reader navigation and screenreader issues. This is because automated tools can't test for all possible combinations of assistive technology and browsers/OSs.

You must be sure to check on different browsers and operating systems in order to make sure that your website works with all possible combinations of assistive technologies. It is also vital that you test on different devices, such as smartphones and tablets if applicable (or even desktop computers).

Accessibility audits should always be conducted by a professional that understands how to use the tools, how to interpret the results and how to create solutions for the issues

• You need someone who understands how to use the tools, how to interpret the results, and how to create solutions for issues identified in an audit.
• Accessibility audits should always be conducted by a professional that understands how to use the tools, how to interpret the results and how to create solutions for the issues.
• If you're not qualified or experienced enough in this area, it's best that you hire someone who is.

Web accessibility does not guarantee that people with disabilities can use websites; it just guarantees their ability to use them independently

Web accessibility does not guarantee that people with disabilities can use websites; it just guarantees their ability to use them independently.

It is not the responsibility of a website to ensure that people with disabilities can use their site. This is what web accessibility is about. Web accessibility is a legal requirement in many countries and jurisdictions around the world (including Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa).

An accessibility audit will provide you with a report of your site's level of accessibility

The audit report is a complete assessment of your website's level of accessibility. It provides a detailed analysis of the errors and issues identified during the audit along with recommendations for how to fix them. An accessibility audit is conducted manually by a qualified user testing expert, therefore it is not 100% accurate as automated tools are not as reliable as manual tests. The purpose of an audit report is to provide you with actionable information that will allow you to improve your site’s level of accessibility.

An accessibility audit should be performed before any improvements are made to your website so that they can be done correctly from the start instead of fixing things later on (which can be costly).

Who should perform an accessibility audit?

A good question! We recommend an external consultant who has experience doing this kind of work, usually within one week after receiving their first payment in exchange for agreeing upon specific terms such as scope/budget requirements etc...

Conclusion

We hope that this blog post has helped you understand how to conduct an accessibility audit on your website. If you want more information on how we can help with your accessibility needs, please contact us today!