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Accessibility auditing & remediation
Accessibility issues scanners don't catch.
We combine automated accessibility testing with real keyboard navigation, focus analysis, DOM inspection, and manual verification to find barriers that affect how people actually use your product.
Why it matters
Automated scores are only the beginning.
Tools such as axe-core and Lighthouse are useful for identifying markup and structural issues, but many serious accessibility failures only appear during real interaction.
A page can score reasonably well and still contain keyboard dead-ends, hidden focus stops, mouse-only controls, or overlays that users can open but cannot operate or close.
That is why our reviews combine automation with manual engineering analysis and real user journeys.
What we test
Accessibility across the real interaction layer.
We look beyond individual HTML attributes and test how the interface behaves as a complete system.
Focus management
Dialogs, menus, search overlays, modals, drawers, carousels, and other components that change interface state.
Semantic structure
Accessible names, roles, labels, headings, landmarks, ARIA relationships, and interactive control semantics.
Automated WCAG checks
Structured testing with axe-core and Lighthouse to surface markup, contrast, naming, and structural issues.
Visual accessibility
Focus visibility, contrast, touch target sizing, zoom behaviour, and other usability barriers.
Manual verification
Potential findings are reviewed in context so the final report focuses on real user impact, not scanner noise.
What this can uncover
The problems are often behavioural, not obvious.
Some accessibility barriers look completely normal until the interface is used without a mouse or inspected with assistive technology.
Interfaces that open visually but do not move keyboard focus
Mouse-only controls that are skipped entirely during keyboard navigation
Collapsed menus that leave invisible links in the Tab sequence
Interactive images and links without accessible names
Focus indicators that disappear inside third-party or embedded content
Accessible-looking components whose behaviour breaks during real interaction
Our process
From discovery to verified fixes.
01
Technical scan
We establish a baseline using automated accessibility tooling and inspect the most important pages and flows.
02
Keyboard journeys
We operate the interface without a mouse and test navigation, activation, focus order, overlays, menus, and forms.
03
Component analysis
We inspect the DOM and interaction logic behind problematic controls to identify the actual implementation issue.
04
Prioritized report
Findings are grouped by severity, user impact, reproduction steps, and practical remediation guidance.
05
Remediation
We can work with your engineering team or implement the fixes directly.
06
Regression checks
Important accessibility journeys can be added to automated and manual regression testing as the product evolves.
Accessibility is becoming a core product requirement.
European accessibility requirements increasingly affect digital products and services, alongside established standards such as WCAG and EN 301 549.
We approach accessibility as an engineering and product quality problem: identify real barriers, prioritize the highest-impact issues, fix them, and make sure they do not return.
Klamiq provides technical accessibility reviews and engineering guidance, not legal compliance certification or legal advice.
Ways we can help
Start with an audit. Continue only where it creates value.
Accessibility Review
A focused review of key journeys and high-impact issues. Useful when you want to understand where the biggest accessibility risks are.
Technical Audit
A detailed engineering review with reproduction steps, supporting evidence, WCAG references, and remediation guidance.
Remediation Sprint
We work directly with your team or codebase to resolve accessibility issues and validate the fixes.
Continuous Testing
Regression checks for critical flows so accessibility does not degrade as the application continues to change.
We build our own testing workflow.
Our internal accessibility toolkit combines Playwright, axe-core, Lighthouse, keyboard tracing, and interactive-control analysis. It helps us automate repetitive discovery while keeping human verification at the centre of the audit.
View the open-source toolkitAccessibility review