Make Your Website Accessible With AI
1 in 4 Americans has a disability. If your website isn't accessible, you're excluding 25% of potential customers — and opening yourself to lawsuits. AI accessibility tools scan your site, identify issues, and fix many of them automatically so everyone can use your website.
Tools You'll Need
| Tool | What It Does | Cost | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| accessiBe | AI-powered website accessibility solution that scans and remediates WCAG compliance issues automatically | From $49/month | Get it → |
| WAVE | Free web accessibility evaluation tool that identifies errors on any webpage | Free | Get it → |
The Walkthrough
Step 1: Run a Free Accessibility Audit
What to do: Go to WAVE and enter your website URL. The tool scans your pages and identifies accessibility errors: missing alt text on images, low color contrast, unlabeled form fields, missing page structure, and keyboard navigation issues.
Why you’re doing it: You can’t fix what you don’t know is broken. WAVE gives you a specific, actionable list of accessibility problems. Most business websites have 10–50 issues they’ve never noticed because the owners can see and hear just fine.
What to expect: 5 minutes per page. You’ll likely find more issues than expected.
Step 2: Fix the Critical Issues First
What to do: Address the top 3 most common accessibility failures: Add alt text to every image (describe what the image shows), ensure sufficient color contrast (4.5:1 ratio for text), and label every form field (name, email, phone). Use ChatGPT to batch-generate alt text: “Write short, descriptive alt text for these images on a [business type] website: [describe each image].”
Why you’re doing it: These three issues account for the majority of accessibility lawsuits against small businesses. Alt text alone covers a huge percentage of compliance requirements. Color contrast is a close second.
What to expect: 1–2 hours depending on your site size. This eliminates the majority of critical issues.
Step 3: Install an AI Accessibility Overlay (Optional)
What to do: Install accessiBe on your website. It adds an accessibility widget that lets users adjust font size, contrast, spacing, and navigation to their needs. The AI also scans your site daily and remediates issues like alt text, ARIA labels, and keyboard navigation automatically.
Why you’re doing it: An accessibility overlay provides immediate coverage while you work on deeper fixes. It also shows customers and search engines that you take accessibility seriously.
What to expect: 15 minutes to install. The widget appears on your site immediately.
Step 4: Test With Real Users and Maintain
What to do: Try navigating your website using only your keyboard (no mouse). Try using a screen reader. If either experience is frustrating or impossible, you have work to do. Schedule quarterly accessibility audits using WAVE to catch new issues as you add content.
Why you’re doing it: Tools catch technical issues. Human testing catches usability issues. A button that passes every automated test but is impossible to find with a keyboard still fails real users.
What to expect: 30 minutes for manual testing. Quarterly audits take 15 minutes each.
Confidence Level
This workflow is Beta — Based on Best Available Knowledge. Web accessibility is both a legal requirement and a business opportunity. AI overlay tools provide a starting layer but are not a complete substitute for thorough manual accessibility implementation.