Direct answer
What is the direct answer?
A website accessibility audit in Sri Lanka should combine automated scans, expert manual review, keyboard testing, assistive-technology checks, content review, and representative user journeys. The result should map reproducible issues to WCAG 2.2, explain user impact, prioritise remediation, assign owners, and retest fixes instead of delivering an unverified score alone.
What should you know first?
- Audit representative templates, components, states, and complete user journeys.
- Use automation for breadth and manual testing for behaviour and meaning.
- Prioritise issues by user impact, frequency, reach, and remediation dependency.
- Retest fixes and add accessibility checks to design, content, and release work.
Why is an automated accessibility score insufficient?
Automated tools can find certain code patterns, but they cannot reliably judge whether alternative text is useful, focus order makes sense, instructions are clear, or a complete task works with assistive technology.
Use automation early and repeatedly, then test keyboard navigation, zoom, focus, screen-reader names, landmarks, errors, dynamic updates, motion, contrast, and responsive behaviour manually.
Select pages by template and risk rather than auditing only the homepage. Include forms, search, authentication, checkout, media, documents, and error states where they exist.
What should an accessibility audit deliver?
| Deliverable | Purpose | Required detail | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issue log | Make failures reproducible | Location, steps, evidence, criterion | Audit team |
| Impact priority | Sequence remediation | Affected users and task risk | Shared |
| Fix guidance | Support implementation | Expected behaviour and examples | Design and engineering |
| Content actions | Correct language and media | Copy, alternatives, captions, documents | Content owner |
| Retest record | Verify resolution | Pass, fail, regression, remaining risk | Independent reviewer |
How should accessibility issues be prioritised?
Prioritise blockers in critical journeys first, then widespread component failures, serious content barriers, and lower-impact defects. Consider how often the issue appears and whether fixing a shared component resolves many instances.
Do not postpone every issue until a redesign. Many barriers can be removed through component, content, and process changes now. Larger architectural work can be scheduled with an accountable interim plan.
How can accessibility become part of normal delivery?
- →Add accessible acceptance criteria to design and development tasks
- →Test component states before assembling full pages
- →Train content owners on headings, links, alternatives, and documents
- →Include keyboard and assistive-technology checks in release testing
- →Monitor regressions and invite feedback through an accessible contact route
FAQ
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How long does a website accessibility audit take?
Timing depends on templates, components, journeys, technologies, documents, and required assistive-technology coverage. A defined representative sample makes scope clear.
Does passing an automated test mean a website is accessible?
No. Automated checks cover only part of WCAG and cannot fully assess meaning, usability, content quality, or complete assistive-technology journeys.
Should accessibility wait for the next redesign?
No. Fix critical and shared barriers now where possible, then include remaining structural improvements in the redesign with continued regression testing.
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