Accessibility Testing in Saudi Arabia, Done by Hand

Audits for Saudi Arabia against the standard that actually binds you there.

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Where Saudi Arabia stands right now

Saudi Arabia names WCAG 2.1 Level AA through its Web Accessibility Standards, and the obligation reaches both the public and the private sector.

That combination is rarer than it sounds. Plenty of countries name a standard for government and leave business alone. Our source records Saudi Arabia as reaching both, which is the fact most readers arrive having got wrong.

So here is what we do about it. We work your Saudi Arabia 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 standards above ask for, so one audit answers whichever of them reaches you. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it.

The law that reaches you in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Web Accessibility Standards and the Disability Rights Law

Standard: WCAG 2.1 AA
Where it stands: Disability Rights Law since 2000, SWA alongside it
Who it binds: Public and private sectors
Reaches sellers based abroad: Not by itself
What non-compliance costs: Public and private sector obligation

Standard named: 2.1 AA
Disability Rights Law: 2000
Public and private: Both
The web standard: SWA

The Saudi SWA dates, 2 of them

2000Disability Rights Law
—Saudi Web Accessibility Standards issued alongside it, naming WCAG 2.1 AA

Read the full Saudi SWA page

What accessibility testing in Saudi Arabia covers

Start with the honest part. The audit is the same in Saudi Arabia 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

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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 Saudi Arabia is a question for your lawyer, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.

Questions owners in Saudi Arabia ask us

Does the audit change because my site is in Saudi Arabia?

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.

Which law applies to my site in Saudi Arabia?

Saudi SWA is the one that reach Saudi Arabia 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.

Do I have to publish an accessibility statement in Saudi Arabia?

No law that reaches Saudi Arabia 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.

What does the audit cost, and how fast is the report?

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.

Do you actually test with a blind user?

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 Saudi Arabia, and the guides that turn it into work your team can do.

Accessibility testing in other countries

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Find out where your site stands in Saudi Arabia

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 Saudi Arabia can act on.