Accessibility testing · United Arab Emirates
Accessibility Testing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Done by Hand
Audits for Dubai against the standard that actually binds you in United Arab Emirates.
What Dubai actually requires
Roughly 4,471,000 people live in Dubai, one of the United Arab Emirates's 7 emirates. The UAE names WCAG 2.1 Level AA, and that part is agreed across our sources and does not change from one emirate to the next.
Dubai runs its own accessibility policy on top of the federal position, so where you are does change which document somebody quotes at you. What our sources do not agree on is the federal citation and whether private business is bound, and the country page sets that conflict out rather than picking a side.
So here is what we do about it. We work your Dubai site against all 55 WCAG 2.2 A and AA rules by hand, then a professional blind screen-reader user runs your real journeys while we record where they stop. WCAG 2.2 contains everything the standard above asks for, so one audit answers it with room to spare. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it.
The rules in force in Dubai
UAE accessibility requirements and the Dubai policy
- Standard
- WCAG 2.1 AA
- Where it stands
- Dubai policy from 2020
- Who it binds
- The public sector
- Reaches sellers based abroad
- Not by itself
- What non-compliance costs
- Government mandatory. The private-sector position is disputed between sources
- Standard, agreed by both sources
- 2.1 AA
- Bound without dispute
- Gov
- Has its own policy
- Dubai
- Private-sector position
- Open
The UAE requirements dates, 1 of them
- 2020Dubai's accessibility policy, per one of our two sources
What we test, and how, in Dubai
Start with the honest part. The audit is the same in Dubai as it is anywhere, because WCAG does not change at a border. What changes is which law is watching and what it costs to fail, and the section above settles that.
The work itself runs in three passes. A machine finds the failures a machine can prove. A human works every one of the 55 A and AA rules by hand. Then a professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, the way your customers would. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it, drawn from our free library of 432 guides.
None of the reference sits behind a form, either. Every number below counts pages you can go and read right now, free, whether you ever buy an audit or not.
- A and AA rules we check
- 55
- Techniques and failures
- 432
- ACT test rules
- 90
- ARIA roles documented
- 94
- Terms in the glossary
- 131
- Checklists to work from
- 9
- A free 10-page scan that finds what a machine can prove, before you spend anything
- Paid audits at fixed prices on the pricing page, $499 for 10 pages in 5 business days, $1,499 for 25 in 10
- The exact deliverable, free to read, as the sample report
The honest limit
And an audit is evidence, not a legal opinion. We tell you what fails, who it stops, and what closes it. Whether that satisfies a regulator or a court in Dubai is a question for your lawyer, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.
What owners in Dubai want to know first
Is accessibility testing in Dubai different from anywhere else?
No. WCAG is the same standard everywhere, so the testing is identical wherever you are. What changes is which law is watching and what failing it costs, and that is what the law section on this page settles.
Who sets the rules for a website in Dubai?
UAE requirements is the one that reach Dubai first, and each has its own page here covering what it asks for, who it lands on, and how it gets enforced. Sell into more than one market and more than one of them can reach you at the same time.
Does Dubai expect a published accessibility statement?
No law that reaches Dubai names one in our library, so nothing forces you to publish a statement. You can still publish one anyway, and our free generator will write it from what the audit found.
How much is an audit, and when does the report land?
A Rapid Audit is $499 for 10 pages, with the report in 5 business days. A Standard Audit is $1,499 for 25 pages in 10 business days. Once your team has fixed things, the re-audit is half price within 3 months.
Is a real screen-reader user involved, or just software?
Yes, on every audit. A professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, and we write down where they stop. That is the pass no scanner can run.
Related on this site
The reading behind the law that reaches you in Dubai, and the guides that turn it into work your team can do.
Other emirates in the United Arab Emirates
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- Denmark
- Norway
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Canada
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Estonia
- Finland
- Greece
- Hungary
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Sweden
- Argentina
- Colombia
- China
- Hong Kong
- Taiwan
- Saudi Arabia
- Qatar
- United Arab Emirates
- Iceland
- Liechtenstein
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Japan
- South Korea
- India
- Israel
- Brazil
Find out where your site stands in Dubai
Run the free scan. Read the sample report. Order the audit when you want the humans on it, and what lands is a report your developers, your lawyer or a regulator in Dubai can act on.