Introduction
We didn’t set out to build another accessibility platform.
It actually started during an audit for a U.S. healthcare client; very regulated, very strict, where our QA team had about nine different spreadsheets open, each tracking a different part of the WCAG journey. One for testers, one for severity, another for notes. Screenshots? Buried in Slack. Dates? Manually typed. The moment we realized we had two conflicting reports for the same user flow step (one marked “Fail,” the other “Not Tested”), we knew something had to change.
We needed structure. And deep links.
So we built access.betterqa.co
So we built access.betterqa.co to mirror the way we actually test accessibility: by versioned WCAG projects with real user journeys, broken into steps, each one traceable, accountable, and audit‑ready.
(And yeah, this is also where we admit we used to mess this up. Before this tool, we once handed off an accessibility report to a partner that referenced outdated WCAG 2.0 criteria; facepalm moment. Not our finest hour.)
Access is designed by testers; for testers.
What Access does:
You model Journeys and Steps as users would experience them, tie audits directly to those steps (with notes, severity, tester name, number of evidence files, test dates). You can filter by journey, tester, status, severity, platform, WCAG level, device, or date. If you’ve ever screamed into the void trying to find “that one Fail from iOS Safari”… this is your salve.
And the workflow? We streamlined it with assignment dialogs, review queues, pass/fail/N‑A toggles, even Supabase edge function, powered notifications for deadlines and invites. (It’s 2025, you shouldn’t have to remind a tester twice.)
Here’s the kicker; we added real analytics. Want your pass rate over time? A visual WCAG compliance matrix? A breakdown by tester or platform? It’s all there. And for those who live in Google Sheets and PDFs (hi, managers), we’ve got reports: Overview, Detailed, Matrix, exportable to Excel, PDF, CSV.
Then we layered in the AI stuff.
Our Smart Report gives an executive summary, scores by level, flags top issues by priority, and recommends fixes. (We don’t always trust AI either, but this part’s actually helpful. It’s the QA assistant we wish we had five years ago.)
One small paragraph:
Spreadsheets aren’t enough.
Why Accessibility isn't just a Checkbox
The QA industry spends so much time debating manual vs. automated testing, but accessibility isn’t just another checkbox. It’s about human flows. It’s about accountability. And maybe; we’re just saying, it’s time we treated it with the same tooling seriousness we give unit tests or CI/CD pipelines.
We’re a Romania-based independent QA company (Silicon Valley of Eastern Europe). Our ISO 9001 certification and NATO-approved workflows mean we’re not just winging this, we’re your external QA partner in highly regulated spaces like fintech, healthcare, and government systems. We test what matters, and we build what we wish existed.
Also, sorry if this post sounds slightly chaotic; I’m writing this while our office A/C hums like a dying spaceship, and someone in the next room is arguing about tab spacing in Python files…
Anyway.
Some final thoughts
If you’re tired of duct‑taping your accessibility testing together with half‑broken spreadsheets, give access.betterqa.co a look. We didn’t build it to sell a product. We built it because we needed it.
And chances are, you probably do too.
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