Why Your Web Accessibility Audit Misses the Real Issues

Lucas and Luna dive into the hidden gaps in web accessibility audits. Most teams focus on automated checks for contrast ratios and alt text, but miss the deeper UX failures: keyboard traps, confusing focus indicators, and screen reader context loss. Lucas reveals how a major e-commerce site found 70% of its accessibility issues only through manual testing with assistive technology — and how a single overlooked aria-label cost them an ADA lawsuit settlement. Luna pushes back on audit culture, asking whether compliance checklists create a false sense of inclusion. They explore the difference between 'passing WCAG' and actually building for real users, with concrete examples from complex web apps like data dashboards and multi-step forms. The episode closes on a forward-looking question: as AI-generated UI becomes more common, will accessibility audits scale or fall further behind? #WebAccessibility #WCAG #AriaLabels #ScreenReader #KeyboardNavigation #InclusiveDesign #AuditCulture #AdaLawsuit #AssistiveTechnology #Frontend #UX #TechPodcast #WebDev #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Technology #ManualTesting #AccessibilityGaps Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo