The accessibility audit
The method of an audit following the RGAA: page sample, 106 criteria in 13 themes, status of each criterion, conformance rate, keyboard and screen reader tests, accessibility statement.
- 28 cards
- 6 topics
- Free
The outline, topic by topic
Each topic is weighted the way the exam weighs it.
- Concepts
- Questions
- Sort and link
- The numbers
- Scenarios
- Understand
A few cards from the deck
RGAA: what is it?
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The French framework, based on the international rules, that breaks the accessibility check of a site down into criteria and tests.
Référentiel général d'amélioration de l'accessibilité (general framework for improving accessibility): it is the grid of an audit in France. It has 106 criteria spread over 13 themes (images, colours, forms, navigation…).
Criterion: "each informative image has a text alternative". What status for this image, which shows the evolution of sales?
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<img src="ventes-2025.png">`- Non-conformant: the
altattribute is missing - Conformant: the file name already describes the image
- Not applicable: an image is not text
- Conformant as long as the image is clearly visible on screen
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Non-conformant: the
altattribute is missingThe image carries information: without
alt, a screen reader has nothing meaningful to announce. A file name is not an alternative, and the criterion applies as soon as there is an informative image.- Non-conformant: the
The RGAA has … criteria spread over … themes.
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The RGAA has 106 criteria spread over 13 themes.
The themes range from images to forms, through colours, tables, navigation and consultation.
WCAG: what is it?
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The W3C international rules for web content accessibility, organised around four principles: perceivable, operable, understandable, robust.
The RGAA builds on them: it takes up the requirements of WCAG 2.1 at level AA and turns them into verifiable criteria and tests.