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

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

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.