Website Accessibility Audit

How to make your website accessible

The first step in making your website accessible is understanding its current level of compliance.

An Accessibility Audit is a critical evaluation of how well your website supports the needs of users with diverse abilities, and is essential when assessing the accessibility of your site.

Auditing your website will also help you to identify usability issues and, ultimately, provide the best possible experience for your users.

Once an Accessibility Audit has been performed, issues requiring remediation can be prioritised and recommendations given on how to ensure your website is accessible.

Our Website Accessibility Audit service

We provide a Website Accessibility Audit service to help organisations ensure their website complies with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA as a minimum.

The service starts with an Accessibility Audit of your website, which will highlight non-compliances, browser-specific and W3C standards issues. You will receive a report that details the issues found, along with recommendations from our expert team on how to resolve them.

Your audit may be tailored to include specific device compatibility, usability testing, colour contrast and content testing.

We also offer a number of assistive technologies, including JAWS, NVDA, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Voiceover and ZoomText.

Our ISO 9001-accredited auditing process includes both automated and manual test methods, alongside a number of industry-leading assistive technologies and tools. A compliance statement can also be issued upon completion.

Upon delivery of the report, we will schedule a meeting with you to discuss the outcomes and how the recommended changes should be made to ensure your website is compliant.

Key benefits of our Website Accessibility Audit service

✔ Evidences compliance to accessibility standards

✔ Ensures everyone can access your website

✔ Testing to WCAG 2.1 Level AA as standard

✔ Detailed report with executive summary for leadership

✔ Structured recommendations, i.e. all priority issues detailed first

✔ Effective combination of manual and automated checks

✔ Balanced and solution-orientated feedback

✔ Option for retest once initial issues are addressed

Case study

Skills Funding Agency appointed us to perform an Accessibility Audit of a beta website to evaluate how well the site supports diverse user need.

The agency required a number of disabilities to be included in the checks, including visual impairments, high contrast users, those with motor limitations and magnification software users.

We delivered a detailed accessibility report to the agency, with face-to-face technical consultancy and a retest performed prior to deployment.

Public sector organisation?

On September 23^rd 2019, new regulations came into force to ensure public sector websites meet certain accessibility standards and publish a statement explaining how they have been met.

All public sector websites must now comply with the new regulations; public sector apps have until June 23rd 2021 to comply.

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Available on G-Cloud

Our Website Accessibility Audit service is also available on the government’s Digital Marketplace under the G-Cloud 11 framework.

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