One of the most frequently asked questions is: how do I ensure compliance? 

Okay, maybe it’s one of the most-asked questions I hear given what I do, but regardless, ensuring your organisation meets mandatory requirements is a topic everyone should be concerned about. The consequences of not meeting your legal obligations can be costly and damaging to your brand. The European Accessibility Act (EAA) requires that, as of June 2025, organisations must ensure that their digital products and services are accessible to everyone regardless of age or ability. Failure to do so can result in fines or imprisonment; apart from the fact that excluding some of your audience isn’t sound business practice, there are very real and significant consequences for non-compliance. 

In speaking with clients, I often notice a lot of confusion and apprehension about compliance. Far too often, it’s seen as either a behemoth project or a tedious check-box exercise that incurs costs that never translate into revenue. And honestly, sometimes the way accessibility audits and processes are promoted doesn’t help. I’ve heard of people being presented with a list of hundreds of violations, leading to overwhelmed development teams, a lack of clarity around priorities, and compliance feels further away than ever.

Our accessibility framework brings together deep human expertise and intelligent automation. At its core is the All human accessibility agent, a set of purpose-built AI skills that runs the audit end-to-end, from scanning and issue detection through to mapping and prioritisation, so our specialists can focus on the decisions that really need a human.

Over the many years we’ve been working in accessibility, we’ve come to recognise that every organisation is at a different stage on their compliance journey. Some are at the very beginning and need to know where they stand. Others need help fixing what's broken. Some are building something new and want to get it right from the start.

We offer three distinct options for clients:

#1 Accessibility audit only

This is a comprehensive audit tailored to your requirements. It covers EAA compliance, WCAG 2.1 or 2.2 guidelines (at A, AA, or AAA level), and your specific device and browser coverage. We will also conduct screen reader testing, keyboard-only navigation testing, and PDF/document accessibility testing on request.

#2 Accessibility audit + remediation 

We don't just surface the issues; we fix them. After we’ve conducted a full audit, our team works through and corrects the identified problems so your teams can focus on building and moving forward.

#3 Accessibility by design 

We know some organisations want to build or enhance a website and embed accessibility into the design and development process from day one. This means no surprises at the end, no costly retrofitting, and no need for a separate audit later.

If an audit is part of your plan, one of your biggest decisions will be to whom do you trust to execute it? 

There are plenty of vendors and AI tools on the market, but here’s why you should choose All human.

#1 AI agent runs your audit, end to end

At the heart of our framework is the All human accessibility agent, a set of purpose-built AI skills that carries out the audit itself. Rather than stitching together disconnected tools, the agent orchestrates the entire process: it crawls and scans your pages, runs the functional accessibility checks, interprets every result against the relevant WCAG success criteria, maps issues back to the shared components that cause them, and assembles the findings into a structured, prioritised report.

​Because the agent handles the heavy, repetitive work, our accessibility specialists spend time where human judgement genuinely matters. They validate assistive-technology behaviour, sense-check severity, and shape the right remediation strategy. The result is an audit that is faster, more consistent and fully traceable. It never loses the human expertise that makes it trustworthy.

#2 Scanning that goes deeper than automated tools

Most accessibility tools run a single automated scan and call it done. Ours combines two complementary layers- a functional accessibility scan and assistive technology testing- that together give a far more complete and reliable picture.

What is a functional accessibility scan?

It is a scan powered by an axe-core engine and integrated with our custom accessibility framework. It detects WCAG violations across every scanned page, covering structural, semantic, visual, and interaction-based issues at scale.

What is assistive technology testing? 

We go beyond what automated rule detection can catch. We conduct manual and semi-automated validation of screen readers, keyboard navigation, focus management, and PDF accessibility to replicate the real-world experience of users who rely on these technologies every day.

#3 Intelligent issue mapping: fix one, resolve many

One of the most distinctive capabilities of our auditing framework is component-level intelligence. Rather than treating every violation as a standalone problem, our system identifies shared components used across multiple pages and highlights when fixing a single component will resolve that issue everywhere it appears across your site.

For development teams, this is transformative. Instead of working through an overwhelming list of individual violations, your team can prioritise the fixes that have the greatest impact across the entire product. Fewer hours, faster compliance, less frustration.

#4 Reports that actually help you act

Our audit reports go far beyond a list of violations. Every issue is documented with:

• The exact HTML element affected
• The specific pages where the issue occurs
• The platforms, devices, and browsers impacted
• A severity rating (Critical, Serious, Moderate, or Minor)
• A WCAG success criterion mapping so your team understands the regulatory relevance

Teams can filter and search across all issues by severity level, WCAG rule ID, affected URL, or impacted component — making it straightforward to triage, assign, and track progress.

#5 Built-in remediation guidance at every step

For every issue identified, we provide a clear description of the accessibility problem, its WCAG success criterion, and direct links to Deque University resources with step-by-step guidance on how to fix it. Your developers don't need to become accessibility experts overnight — the knowledge they need is built into every report.

#6 Reporting your teams will actually use

We know that accessibility reports often end up unread. That's why ours are built differently:

• An interactive HTML report with a user-friendly interface
• Advanced Excel reports with filtering options for easy issue tracking and management
• An executive summary highlighting the highest-risk areas and quickest wins
• Individual device reports for desktop, mobile, and tablet

#7 You set the compliance goals

Whether you're targeting WCAG 2.1 AA for EAA compliance, aiming for WCAG 2.2, or need coverage across a specific combination of browsers and assistive technologies — we work to the standards you define.

#8 Expertise you can trust

All human brings a long-standing tradition of designing and developing accessible, compliant digital assets. This isn't a new line of business for us — it's embedded in how we've always worked.

Unlike automated tools that simply flag issues and leave, we provide ongoing support on remediation strategy and achieving sustained accessibility compliance. We're a partner in your compliance journey, not just a vendor.