# WCAG 2.2 AA Audits - Beanstalk Governance Studio Source: https://getbgs.com/wcag {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":\[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://getbgs.com"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"WCAG Accessibility","item":"https://getbgs.com/wcag"}\]} WCAG 2.2 AA Accessibility Audits # A Real 5-Step Audit. Not Just a Scanner. Automated scanning, real screen reader simulation, a manual compliance checklist for what automation can't catch, and 11 formal reports - including a jurisdiction-specific VPAT® - generated in one workflow, on your desktop. **60+**automated rules, WCAG 2.0-2.2 A/AA **5**guided audit steps **11**client-ready report formats **6**jurisdiction-specific VPAT editions How It Works ## A 5-step guided workflow, not a single button. Most accessibility tools run one automated scan and stop there. Governance Studio walks a real audit workflow end to end - the same process a professional auditor would follow. ### Every step feeds the next - nothing re-entered twice Data collected at each step flows automatically into the final reports. STEP 0 #### Engagement Setup A 7-question wizard sets jurisdiction, audit purpose, media presence, authenticated areas, forms/checkout flows, viewports to test, and dynamic-content flags - each answer changes which WCAG success criteria apply and how the VPAT gets built. STEP 1 #### WCAG Audit Choose a discovery mode (crawl, sitemap, or URL list), set max pages and parallel workers, configure smart exclusions and optional multi-viewport testing, then run the automated scan. STEP 2 #### WCAG Results Review every automated violation with the exact failing element and fix guidance. STEP 3 #### Screen Reader Simulation Run a real accessibility-tree analysis on representative page templates. STEP 4 #### Manual Compliance Checklist Human-reviewed criteria automation cannot evaluate - captions, cognitive load, OS display settings. STEP 5 #### Generate Reports Pick from 11 report formats and generate the full package in one click. Client Presets ## Save the setup once. Reuse it every audit. With this many configuration options, re-entering them for every repeat engagement would be its own chore. Governance Studio lets you save the entire Step 0-5 setup as a named preset - per client, per property - so a re-audit is a couple of clicks, not a fresh wizard walkthrough. ### The full Step 0 wizard Jurisdiction, audit purpose, media presence, authenticated areas, forms/checkout flows, viewports, and dynamic-content flags. ### The audit configuration Target URL, discovery mode, max pages, and exclusion patterns. ### Report checkbox selections Every selection, exactly as you left it. ### Client & product metadata ACR product name, version, and vendor; accessibility statement organization name and contact email. ### Organized by name A name, client, website, and description so your preset list stays organized across many client engagements. ### Edit or save as new Edit a saved preset in place, or save changes as a new one without touching the original - your choice each time. **Built for repeat engagements.** Scan results are never saved in a preset - only the setup. Quarterly re-audits, multi-property agency work, and recurring compliance cycles all start from the same saved configuration instead of a blank wizard. Detection Depth ## What actually gets checked - not just a pass/fail badge. Automated tools alone catch roughly 30-40% of real WCAG issues. Governance Studio layers three detection methods so the gap between "automated scan" and "real audit" actually closes. ### Automated scanning - Runs an open-source automated accessibility testing engine, tagged for every WCAG 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2 Level A + AA rule, plus best-practice rules (clearly labeled as recommendations, not official conformance criteria) - Contrast checking against the real WCAG thresholds (4.5:1 normal text / 3:1 large text for AA), with a built-in suggestion tool that proposes a passing color - Robots.txt-aware crawling, automatic exclusion of build/asset paths for WordPress, Next.js, Nuxt, Astro, SvelteKit, Gatsby, and other common frameworks, and an adaptive concurrency pool that backs off automatically if a target site starts rate-limiting the scan ### Real screen reader simulation - Opens a real Chrome DevTools Protocol session per page and pulls the full accessibility tree - the exact same data source a screen reader reads from - then formats it to match how a real screen reader would announce each element - Not a literal screen reader extension and not claimed to be one - an honest, accurate label for a real, underlying browser accessibility-tree analysis - Surfaces the exact HTML snippet behind every failing element, ready for direct developer handoff **The manual checklist closes the rest of the gap.** Captions, cognitive load, and OS-level display settings genuinely require human judgment - Governance Studio's Step 4 checklist covers exactly the criteria automation cannot evaluate, and answers feed directly into the formal VPAT conformance tables. Scope & Re-Audits ## Test every device. Prove what actually got fixed. ### Multi-viewport testing - Audit desktop, tablet, and mobile viewports in the same run - each gets its own pass, not a single desktop-only scan assumed to represent every device - Issues found on more than one viewport are merged into a single tagged entry, not triplicated across the report ### Baseline comparison - Load a prior audit as a baseline and re-scan the same property to see exactly what changed - The Verification Report shows Fixed, New, and Unchanged issues side by side - real evidence of remediation progress, not just a fresh issue count Jurisdiction Coverage ## One audit. Six jurisdiction-correct VPAT® editions. Governance Studio generates a full VPAT® Version 2.5 as an editable Word document, with the correct edition and legal citations for your jurisdiction selected automatically from Step 0's setup wizard - not a generic template you edit by hand. ### United States VPAT® Rev 508, mapped to Section 508 ### European Union VPAT® Rev EU, mapped to EN 301 549 V3.2.1, EU Web Accessibility Directive, European Accessibility Act ### United Kingdom VPAT® Rev EU, mapped to EN 301 549 V3.2.1, PSBAR 2018, Equality Act 2010 ### Australia VPAT® Rev EU, mapped to EN 301 549 V3.2.1, Disability Discrimination Act 1992 ### India VPAT® Rev INT, mapped to IS 17802:2021, RPwD Act 2016 ### International VPAT® Rev INT, mapped to EN 301 549 V3.2.1 **Jurisdiction-specific VPAT generation - especially a dedicated IS 17802 edition for India - is genuinely rare among accessibility tools.** Most automated VPAT generators handle a single edition or map loosely to EN 301 549. Governance Studio builds the correct success-criteria mapping, legal citations, and document classification for each of the 6 editions automatically, as an editable Word document, not a fixed template. Report Output ## 11 formal reports. One audit run. Every report is white-labeled with your company name and assessor details, set once and applied automatically to every engagement. .docx Web Accessibility Audit Report 11-section formal audit report - the primary compliance document. .docx ACR / VPAT VPAT® Version 2.5, correct edition for your jurisdiction. Required for government and enterprise procurement. .xlsx Excel Workbook 7 sheets: full issues log, remediation tracker, developer fix guide. .html Interactive Issues Report Filterable issue dashboard with a live contrast-fix suggester. Offline-capable. .html Screen Reader Report Full accessibility-tree findings with HTML snippets for each failing element. .html Executive Briefing One-page risk summary for board-level and legal reporting - no technical detail. .html Accessibility Statement Ready to publish at /accessibility on your site. .docx Accessibility Statement (Word) Same statement, editable, for legal review before publishing. .html Per-Page Reports One detailed report per audited page, for developer handoff. .html + .docx Verification Report Before/after comparison against a prior audit baseline. .html Accessibility Badge Embeddable, score-free trust signal for your site's footer. Pricing ## One license. Every WCAG audit. No per-page fees. A single flat price covers unlimited WCAG audits across every property you own - and includes AEO/SEO and Site Health tools in the same license, not a separate add-on. Governance Studio License $399 / month $4,450 billed annually - or month-to-month at $399 - Unlimited properties - no domain or site cap - Unlimited pages - no volume tiers or overages - Unlimited audit runs - scan as often as needed - 5 simultaneous sign-ins, each with their own login - All 11 WCAG report formats included - VPAT® Version 2.5 - US, EU, UK, Australia, India & International editions - WCAG 2.2 AA + Section 508 + ADA + EN 301 549 + IS 17802 - Real screen reader simulation via Chrome DevTools Protocol - Manual compliance checklist - feeds VPAT tables - Verification reports - baseline comparison built in - Also included: AI & Search Readiness (AEO/SEO) - 7 reports, 8 AI crawler checks - Also included: Site Health tools - broken links, regex, meta, images - Localhost, staging & authenticated-page scanning - 7-day free trial - no credit card required Common Questions ## Things teams ask about the WCAG audit. Is this just an automated scanner with a nicer interface? + No. The open-source automated engine behind the scan is real - but automated scanning alone catches roughly 30-40% of real WCAG issues. Governance Studio adds real screen reader simulation via Chrome DevTools Protocol and a manual compliance checklist for the criteria automation genuinely cannot evaluate, with both feeding directly into the formal VPAT conformance tables. What exactly does the screen reader simulation do? + It opens a real Chrome DevTools Protocol session per page and pulls the full accessibility tree - the same data a real screen reader reads from - then formats the output to match how that information would be announced. It is not a literal screen reader extension, and the product does not claim it is - it's an accurate, honest label for a real underlying browser accessibility-tree analysis. Can it scan staging, localhost, or authenticated pages? + Yes. Because Governance Studio runs entirely on your desktop, it can reach any URL your machine can reach - localhost builds, VPN-gated staging environments, internal tools. It also supports HTTP Basic Auth or raw header injection (cookies/authorization tokens) for logged-in areas, with clear documented limits - it does not bypass OAuth redirects, CAPTCHA, or 2FA. Does the VPAT actually change per jurisdiction, or is it the same template with a different label? + It genuinely changes. Each of the 6 jurisdictions gets its own success-criteria-to-standard mapping (Section 508, EN 301 549, or IS 17802), its own legal citations, and its own document classification - US reports are marked "For Official Use Only," every other jurisdiction uses "Confidential - Internal Use Only." A US report never shows EN 301 549 citations, and vice versa. How many pages can one audit cover? + Up to 5,000 pages per audit, with no per-page metering - the 100th page costs the same as the first. 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