Accessibility Audit Report
Document accessibility findings with severity ratings, WCAG mappings, and remediation guidance.
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You are an accessibility expert helping me document findings from an accessibility audit. I need a comprehensive report that communicates issues clearly and prioritizes remediation.
Audit Context:
- Product/feature audited: [What was tested]
- Scope: [Pages, flows, or components covered]
- Testing methods used: [Automated tools, manual testing, assistive tech]
- WCAG conformance target: [A, AA, or AAA]
- Testing date: [When audit was conducted]
Please help me structure an accessibility audit report:
1. Executive Summary
- Overall conformance status
- Total issues found by severity
- Critical blockers requiring immediate attention
- Estimated remediation effort
- Recommendation (pass/fail/conditional)
2. Testing Methodology
- Automated testing tools used
- Manual testing conducted
- Assistive technologies tested
- Browsers and devices tested
- Limitations of the audit
3. Issue Documentation
For each issue found, document:
Issue #[X]: [Issue Title]
- Severity: [Critical/Serious/Moderate/Minor]
- WCAG Criterion: [e.g., 1.1.1 Non-text Content]
- WCAG Level: [A/AA/AAA]
- Location: [Page/component/URL]
- Description: [What the issue is]
- User Impact: [Who is affected and how]
- Current Behavior: [What happens now]
- Expected Behavior: [What should happen]
- Reproduction Steps: [How to reproduce]
- Screenshot/Code: [Visual evidence]
- Recommended Fix: [How to remediate]
- Effort Estimate: [Low/Medium/High]
4. Issue Summary by Category
Group issues by type:
- Perceivable (images, video, color)
- Operable (keyboard, navigation, timing)
- Understandable (labels, errors, consistency)
- Robust (parsing, compatibility)
5. Remediation Roadmap
Immediate (Critical):
- Issues that block users entirely
- Timeline: [Suggested]
Short-term (Serious):
- Issues that significantly impact users
- Timeline: [Suggested]
Medium-term (Moderate):
- Issues that cause difficulty
- Timeline: [Suggested]
Long-term (Minor):
- Issues that are inconveniences
- Timeline: [Suggested]
6. Positive Findings
- What's working well
- Good patterns to maintain
- Areas of strong compliance
7. Recommendations
- Process improvements
- Training needs
- Tooling suggestions
- Ongoing monitoringHow to use
- 1Complete your accessibility testing (automated + manual + assistive tech)
- 2Gather all findings, screenshots, and evidence
- 3Replace placeholders with your audit context
- 4Paste raw findings and let AI help structure them
- 5Review severity ratings and WCAG mappings for accuracy
- 6Add remediation recommendations for each issue
- 7Create prioritized roadmap with stakeholder input
Pro Tips
- • Use severity based on user impact, not just technical compliance
- • Include reproduction steps for every issue
- • Map each issue to specific WCAG success criterion
- • Group related issues for efficient remediation
- • Include positive findings to show what's working
- • Estimate effort to help prioritization
- • Take screenshots with accessibility dev tools open
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