Real audits
Findings from actual sites.
Client names are withheld. Every finding below was measured
on a live site with axe-core plus manual review, and reported to the company
at no charge.
WCAG 2.1 AA · 5 findings A US video-editing SaaS
| Severity | Criterion | Finding |
|---|
| High | 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) | Body and subhead text set as medium grey on a near-black background, below the 4.5:1 minimum. |
| High | 2.4.7 Focus Visible | A cookie banner fixed to the bottom of the viewport at every scroll position, covering the video player and the revision panel beneath it — and hiding focus indicators on anything underneath. |
| Medium | 1.1.1 Non-text Content | A product mockup image conveying real functionality (text input and submit control) carrying no descriptive alt text. |
| Low | 1.4.5 Images of Text | A marketing claim rendered as pixels inside a mockup image rather than as live text, so it cannot be resized or read reliably. |
Pass — The FAQ accordion was genuinely well built — Tab moved a clearly visible focus ring through each question in order, and Enter expanded and collapsed correctly. We flagged it as the standard the rest of the page should match.
WCAG 2.1 AA · 4 findings An EU independent-music platform
| Severity | Criterion | Finding |
|---|
| High | 1.1.1 / 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value | An icon-only dark/light mode toggle in the primary navigation with no accessible name, so a screen-reader user cannot tell what it does before activating it. |
| Medium | 1.4.10 Reflow | A fixed cookie banner overlapping a product mockup in a key marketing section. |
| Low | 1.1.1 Non-text Content | Decorative emoji adjacent to feature headings, announced redundantly by screen readers. |
Pass — Keyboard focus rings on navigation and footer links were solid and clearly visible, confirmed across multiple pages.
Outcome — The founder replied that several findings had already been fixed and that the audit was useful.
Microcopy & conversion review — not a WCAG audit A US e-commerce analytics product
| Severity | Criterion | Finding |
|---|
| — | Hero copy | Led with category jargon rather than the outcome a first-time visitor would recognise. |
| — | Countdown badge | Created urgency without ever stating what the promotion was or what the visitor got. Urgency with no stated payoff reads as suspicious rather than persuasive. |
| — | Product mockup | Carried unexplained labels with no caption telling the visitor what they were looking at. |
| — | Early-access form | Requested an annual revenue band with no explanation of why — a well-known drop-off point. |
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what they got wrong. An audit that only lists failures is a sales document,
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