# AI accessibility assessment

## Scope

- System / version / interface:
- Use case and essential tasks:
- Population, languages, and channels:
- Evaluator(s), including affected users or accessibility expertise:
- Applicable standard, policy, and target level:
- Date and next review:

## Access map

| Need or context | Task | Barrier before AI | New AI barrier | Accommodation / alternate channel | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vision | | | | | |
| Hearing | | | | | |
| Mobility / dexterity | | | | | |
| Speech | | | | | |
| Cognitive / learning | | | | | |
| Language / literacy | | | | | |
| Device / bandwidth | | | | | |

## Deterministic checks

- [ ] Keyboard-only path and visible, unobscured focus
- [ ] Programmatic name, role, value, state, and status messages
- [ ] Text alternatives, captions, transcripts, and non-color cues
- [ ] Zoom, reflow, contrast, target size, and motion controls
- [ ] Accessible authentication without a cognitive-function test
- [ ] Errors identified, explained, and recoverable
- [ ] Documents and exported evidence are accessible
- [ ] No essential task depends only on drag, speech, vision, or hearing

## AI-specific checks

- [ ] The system does not infer disability or capability without valid authority
- [ ] Generated content preserves structure, language, and accessibility metadata
- [ ] Timeouts and streaming output do not prevent review
- [ ] Uncertainty, refusal, and escalation are understandable
- [ ] Assistive-technology users can inspect and correct the input and output
- [ ] A human and non-AI channel provides an equivalent essential outcome
- [ ] Accessibility failures appear in monitoring and incident procedures

## Human task tests

| Task | User / assistive technology | Expected outcome | Observed outcome | Severity | Evidence ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | | | |

## Decision

- Blocking barriers:
- Accepted limitations and authority:
- Remediation, owner, and deadline:
- Pass / conditional / fail:
- Reassessment triggers:

Do not claim accessibility from automated scans alone. Test complete tasks with representative users and assistive technologies. Record the exact scope and date of any conformance statement.