Frequently Asked Questions

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is EU Directive 2019/882, which became enforceable on June 28, 2025. It requires that products and services sold in the EU — including websites, mobile apps, e-commerce platforms, banking services, and transport ticketing — meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility standards. It affects any business selling to EU customers, regardless of where the company is headquartered. Non-compliance can result in fines, market bans, and legal action enforced by national authorities across all 27 EU member states.

WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.2 is the latest version of the international standard for web accessibility, published by the W3C. It defines how to make web content accessible to people with disabilities, organized around four principles: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust (POUR). There are three conformance levels: Level A (minimum), Level AA (standard), and Level AAA (enhanced). For most laws — including the EAA, ADA Title II, and Section 508 — Level AA is the required standard. AccessiScan audits against WCAG 2.2 AA by default, covering all 50+ success criteria at levels A and AA.

AccessiScan loads your page and runs 201 automated checks against WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 success criteria and techniques. The scanner analyzes DOM structure, color contrast ratios, ARIA attributes, keyboard focus order, heading hierarchy, image alt text, form labels, link text, language attributes, and more. Results are scored across all four POUR principles. Each issue is categorized by severity (critical, serious, moderate, minor) and mapped to the specific WCAG criterion it violates. Paid plans include PDF reports and fix code snippets for every issue found.

AccessiScan detects a wide range of issues including: missing or inadequate image alt text, insufficient color contrast ratios, missing form labels and instructions, broken heading hierarchy, non-descriptive link text, missing skip navigation links, absent ARIA landmarks, invalid ARIA roles and attributes, missing document language declaration, keyboard focus visibility issues, auto-playing media without controls, missing captions on video content, touch target sizes below minimum, and more. The scanner covers the most common WCAG failures that account for the vast majority of real-world accessibility barriers.

Most free checkers show you a list of issues with minimal guidance. AccessiScan provides actionable fix code snippets for every issue — you can copy and paste the corrected code directly into your project. We also generate PDF compliance reports suitable for stakeholders and auditors, offer an embeddable trust badge, and provide a score across all four POUR principles so you can track progress over time. Critically, we take a 'No Overlay Promise' stance: we do not sell accessibility overlays, which are widgets that falsely claim to fix accessibility automatically but actually increase legal risk and harm screen reader users.

For legal compliance under the EAA and ADA, you need to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA, which means addressing all Level A and Level AA violations — not just critical ones. However, from a practical standpoint, prioritize issues by their impact on users: critical and serious issues (which block access entirely or create major barriers) should be fixed first. Moderate and minor issues can be addressed in follow-up sprints. For organizations under regulatory scrutiny, having a documented remediation plan with clear timelines can demonstrate good faith compliance even while work is in progress. Use AccessiScan's monitoring feature to track your progress and catch regressions after each deployment.