Accessibility reviews & fixes
I find what stops people finishing the important tasks in your app, fix it in your code, and check back so it stays fixed.
Some people use a keyboard instead of a mouse. Some use a screen reader that reads the page aloud. Some zoom in a long way. If your sign-up, checkout or an important form doesn't work for them, they leave, and you rarely hear about it.
Automated scanners help, but they can't tell you whether a real person can get to the end. That's the part I focus on.
The whole sign-up or checkout, not just one page.
Every problem comes with steps to see it yourself.
Changes in your own code, with tests.
Anything I couldn't test is written down.
When I can help
Sign-up, checkout or an important form can't be finished with a keyboard, or a screen reader gets lost halfway.
Hundreds of warnings, no idea which ones actually stop a person, and no clear place to start.
After a dialog opens or part of the page updates, keyboard users land in the wrong place and screen readers say nothing.
Someone cleaned things up once, then new releases quietly undid it because nobody checked again.
It suits product teams and agencies who want practical engineering help, not a badge. Rails and Hotwire apps are where I'm most at home, and I also work with React front ends and Shopify themes.
Three steps
Start with a review. Fixes and check-ups are there if you want them, and your team can always take the report and do the fixing itself.
01 · One key task
Find out what stops people finishing it.
I go through one complete task, like signing up or checking out, from start to finish, including the error and success screens. That's usually five to eight screens.
Fixes aren't included; that's the next step if you want it. A review is not a certificate or a legal sign-off.
02 · The problems we agreed on
Fix them in your own code.
We choose which problems to fix and agree what "fixed" looks like before I start.
Parts you can't change, like a third-party payment widget, are listed with who to ask. They're not quietly skipped.
03 · Every three months
Keep it working as your app changes.
New releases can quietly undo good work. Every quarter I go back through the same task, within an amount of time we agree up front.
It's a scheduled check-up, not round-the-clock monitoring. Each one is agreed separately, and nothing renews automatically.
How I work
Your permission first: I only test the pages and accounts we agree on. A test account with limited access is best.
Nothing guessed: scanners flag possible problems. I check each one by hand before it goes in the report.
Honest about limits: I'm an engineer testing with screen readers, not a panel of disabled users, and I won't pretend otherwise.
No AI on your data unless you say yes.
Questions
Not on its own. A review of one task isn't a certificate, a full-site compliance statement or legal advice. It shows you what stops people finishing that task, with proof, and what to fix first.
Not necessarily. Scanners catch things like a missing label, but they can't tell whether someone can actually finish a task with a keyboard or a screen reader. I treat scanner results as hints to check, not as the answer.
No. Fixes are a separate step, agreed once we know what the problems are and which parts of the code you can let me change. Your team can also fix things itself using the report.
I can review any web app I can open in a browser. For fixes, Rails and Hotwire are what I know best, and I also work with React front ends and Shopify themes.
Not unless you say yes. And anything an AI tool suggests is only a hint until I've checked it myself.
Email me the task that matters most, where people get stuck, what your app is built with and which parts your team can change. I'll suggest what to check. Everything is agreed in writing before I start. Please don't send passwords or customer data.
A sign-up, a checkout, an important form. Start with one task and tell me where people get stuck.
Helpful to include: the task, a link if you're allowed to share it, what the app is built with, which parts you can change, and your timing. No passwords or customer data, please.