Services
Accessibility Audit
A free scan tells you what an automated tool can catch.
An audit tells you what matters.
I run a WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility audit on your site: every significant page, checked through automated scanning, code-level detection, and my own review, then written up in plain language you can act on or hand to a developer. No 200-page compliance dump, no overlay widget, no jargon you have to decode.
What you get
- A plain-language findings report. What’s wrong, where it is, who it affects, and why it matters. Written so you can understand it, not just forward it.
- A prioritized fix list. Ordered by what matters most, not dumped alphabetically. The barriers that block people come first.
- “Fix once in the template” grouping. Most issues repeat across every page because they live in the theme or the top nav. I group those so one fix clears them everywhere, instead of inflating the report or the remediation.
- A clear line between what I do and what you approve. Some fixes are code; some are content or brand decisions that are yours to make. I tell you which is which.
- Before-and-after previews for judgment calls (like color contrast), so you can see a fix before you commit.
How the audit works
Every page goes through more than one pass, because no single method catches everything.
- Automated scanning (axe-core) reliably catches mechanical issues: missing alt text, empty links, contrast failures, and missing labels.
- Code-level detection I built catches quality problems automated tools miss, like alt text that’s technically present but useless (a filename, a camera string, “image123”).
- AI-assisted review reads the parts that take comprehension, not just pattern-matching: whether a link’s text is meaningful in context, whether your headings describe their sections, whether your page titles are clear and distinct across the site. Every AI finding gets flagged for my confirmation, so nothing lands in your report on a machine’s say-so alone.
- My review ties it together: I confirm the judgment calls, sort real barriers from deliberate choices, and decide what goes in the report.
The free scan you may have run is only the first pass. The audit is all of it.
What I don’t claim
I’d rather be straight with you than oversell this.
No audit by anyone can certify your site as 100% accessible. Anyone who says differently is selling something (usually an overlay widget, which doesn’t satisfy WCAG and can raise your lawsuit risk rather than lower it).
This audit also doesn’t include live testing with people who use assistive technology day-to-day (screen readers, voice control, switch devices). That’s a separate specialty, and if your situation calls for it, you’d bring in someone who specializes in that work. This audit gives you an honest, defensible read of where your site stands against WCAG 2.1 AA and a clear path to fixing what it finds.
What it costs
My accessibility audit starts at $1,500. The final number depends on how many pages your site has and how complex it is, so I’ll give you an accurate quote once I’ve seen what we’re working with.
Want to know where your site stands?
If you haven’t yet, run the free scan first; it’ll give you the automated first pass in a few minutes. If you’re ready for the full picture, get in touch, and we’ll talk about what your site needs.