About The Access Audit
I’m Aaron Siebold, and The Access Audit is just me: a sole proprietor in Los Angeles, California. Whoever answers your email is the person who tests your site.
Check the work before you pay
Read the sample report first. It’s a full report from the same tools a paid order gets, run on a demo store I built and broke on purpose, with nothing cut out.
Then test this site. Run a free checker such as WAVE on any page here. If it finds a WCAG 2.1 AA failure, email me and I’ll fix it.
You can also re-run any finding yourself. Both rule engines, axe-core and IBM Equal Access, are open source. Each finding names the page, the element and the WCAG success criterion, so your developer can run the same check and get the same result.
How I test a site
Two rule engines check every page, up to 100. A second, automated pass presses Tab through up to 12 key pages and records where a keyboard user gets stuck. On Audit and above, I also go through key pages myself with VoiceOver, the screen reader built into every Mac, and write down what it reads out and where it goes wrong.
What I haven’t done yet
I haven’t delivered a paid audit yet. So there are no client names, quotes or before-and-after results on this page. When there are, a client goes on it only if they say yes.
I’m not a lawyer. A report is a technical assessment, not legal advice, and it isn’t a certification either. The ADA has no official certification for websites.
For cities, counties and school districts
The Justice Department’s Title II rule says state and local government websites must meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA, the standard every report here tests against. Public entities with a population of 50,000 or more have to comply from April 26, 2027. Smaller ones, and special districts of any size, have until April 26, 2028 (28 CFR 35.200).
Need a written quote for your purchasing office? Email the site address to aaron@theaccessauditor.com. You’ll get a fixed price and scope within one business day, plus a W-9 if you need it. A report covers web pages only, not the PDFs or other documents they link to.