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Accessibility Audit Report

Document accessibility findings with severity ratings, WCAG mappings, and remediation guidance.

Use Case

Documenting accessibility audit findings, creating remediation plans, communicating issues to stakeholders, or meeting compliance requirements.

Prompt

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 monitoring

How to use

  1. 1Complete your accessibility testing (automated + manual + assistive tech)
  2. 2Gather all findings, screenshots, and evidence
  3. 3Replace placeholders with your audit context
  4. 4Paste raw findings and let AI help structure them
  5. 5Review severity ratings and WCAG mappings for accuracy
  6. 6Add remediation recommendations for each issue
  7. 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

Tags

accessibilitya11ywcagauditcomplianceinclusive-design

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