Defining the scope of an accessibility audit is a critical first step. It involves clearly identifying which parts of the digital content will be evaluated and understanding the goals and constraints of the audit. Once defined we can move to the assessment phase.
The assessment is often referred to as the audit. This is the testing phase where our experts locate WCAG violations using screen readers or other forms of Assistive Technology. This work is critical because it defines the current state of compliance and identifies the areas that need to be remediated. This phase is always performed by our team.
Once the audit is complete we will provide the audit report. This is a detailed document that includes all of the WCAG violations discovered, the location of violations, links to the standards in question, and notes from the tester performing the audit. These reports are designed to support the dev team tasked with remediating the HTML and bringing the site into compliance. We frequently work with skilled developers who have no experience with WCAG but have proficiency with programming languages. Our reports are designed to make the remediation phase as efficient as possible, while also educating developers on accessibility and familiarizing them with the success criteria of the WCAG standards.