Step 2 of the system · Free single-page audit
WCAG 2.2 website audits that hand you the fix, not just the finding.
AI-powered accessibility audits built for higher ed. Crawl-based, code-level, branded reports — and no accessibility overlay.
Most accessibility scanners tell you what’s wrong. The ES Designs Audit Tool tells you how to fix it, with AI-generated, ticket-ready remediation suggestions for every issue it finds. Run a free single-page audit, get a done-for-you audit report, or subscribe to continuous monitoring — all on the same underlying engine. Audit findings feed directly into Chapter 2 (Current State Assessment) of your Compliance Roadmap Tool plan.
Run a free single-page WCAG 2.2 audit
Paste any public URL. Get a one-page report card in seconds.
The audit runs in our live tool: an instant on-screen WCAG 2.2 AA report card, with the option to get the full branded PDF — line-by-line findings, priority ranking, and AI remediation suggestions — delivered by email.
Three ways to use the audit engine
Same technology. Different delivery. Pick the level of depth your institution actually needs.
Single-page audit
Quick WCAG 2.2 AA report card for any one URL. Perfect for sanity-checking a landing page or a new publication before it goes live.
- WCAG 2.2 AA conformance summary
- Top 10 issues ranked by severity
- One-page shareable PDF
- Runs in under 60 seconds
Done-for-you audit report
We run a full-site crawl, review the output, and deliver a branded audit report with a prioritized remediation plan. Includes a one-hour walkthrough call.
- Full public-site crawl (up to 1,000 pages)
- Branded PDF report with your institution's logo
- AI-generated remediation suggestions
- 60-minute walkthrough call with Brooks
Continuous monitoring
Scheduled scans of your public domain with quarterly trend reports. Catch accessibility regressions before they become legal exposure.
- Weekly automated scans
- Quarterly executive trend reports
- Email alerts on new critical issues
- Cancel anytime
What we check
Full WCAG 2.2 Level AA coverage, with extra focus on the issues that most often land public institutions in OCR complaints.
Perceivable
- Color contrast (1.4.3)
- Alt text and text alternatives (1.1.1)
- Captions and audio descriptions (1.2.x)
- Resize and reflow (1.4.4, 1.4.10)
Operable
- Keyboard accessibility (2.1.x)
- Focus visibility and target size (2.4.7, 2.5.8)
- Skip links and navigation (2.4.1, 2.4.3)
- Dragging alternatives — new in 2.2 (2.5.7)
Understandable
- Language of page & parts (3.1.x)
- Consistent navigation and identification (3.2.x)
- Form labels and instructions (3.3.x)
- Redundant entry — new in 2.2 (3.3.7)
Robust
- Valid name, role, value (4.1.2)
- Status messages (4.1.3)
- ARIA usage audit
- Parsing and markup quality
Why AI-native matters
Most audit tools give you a spreadsheet of failures. Ours hands your developer ticket-ready fixes.
axe, WAVE, Pa11y
Great open-source scanners. Tell you what is wrong, with raw accessibility rules output. Requires an accessibility expert to translate into a remediation plan.
Enterprise vendors
Siteimprove, Level Access. Excellent tooling built for Fortune 500 IT teams. $20,000–$100,000+ per year. Overkill for a regional college with a discretionary budget.
ES Designs Audit Tool
WCAG 2.2 rules audit plus AI-generated remediation: code-level fixes, plain-English explanations for non-technical staff, ticket-ready descriptions for your web developer queue. Built for the resource profile of actual higher-ed institutions.
Zero accessibility overlays. Ever.
The audit tool produces reports and remediation guidance. We do not inject third-party scripts into your website, we do not sell overlay products, and we do not work with vendors who do. Disability advocates and procurement officers actively screen against overlay vendors — and they're right to.
Request an audit report or monitoring quote
Tell us about your site and we'll scope the work. Full-site done-for-you audits typically start at $2,500 for one domain and scale with page count.