I’ve been using the Recite Me Website Accessibility Checker for a few weeks now. After putting it through scans of several live sites and poking around the dashboard, I wanted to share a straight-up, first-person account of what it’s like to use it day-to-day.
Getting to grips with the basics
The Checker feels like a modern, purpose-built tool for organisations that want to move from vague compliance goals to practical, trackable work. It’s positioned as a full-site WCAG 2.2 scanner that discovers pages, assets (including images and PDFs), and accessibility issues across a whole digital estate, not just single pages. That breadth is apparent in the product copy and in the way the tool’s crawler and reporting are described.
What I liked most
The first thing that won me over was clarity. The dashboard breaks problems down into actionable items, shows an accessibility score, and emphasises prioritisation. So rather than being faced with hundreds of raw flags, I could see which fixes would deliver the biggest impact first. The product page talks about an “Interactive Compliance Dashboard” and a “Fix Tracker” for monitoring resolution and exporting reports, and that’s exactly the workflow I experienced when trying the demo flows. Having one place to assign, track and export progress is a real time saver if you’re coordinating designers, content editors and developers.
AI features that actually help
Recite Me promotes several AI-driven helpers, such as AI-powered autofix, AI-suggested code fixes and AI-generated image alt text, and I tested those specifically. The alt-text generator produced sensible, context-aware descriptions for a range of images I checked; in many cases it saved me from writing basic alt text manually, though I still edited a few outputs to ensure tone and specificity. The AI autofix options can produce provisional fixes (for things like contrast issues, ARIA roles, or missing alt attributes) which you can review before applying. That review step is critical: the AI speeds up work, but it doesn’t replace the need for human judgement.
Developer handoff is very tangible
Another practical win is the developer-facing output. The Checker can generate developer-ready code snippets and integrations with common project management tools (it lists Jira and Azure DevOps), so you can push issues straight into your team’s workflow. If you’re working inside Agile cycles this makes the tool feel less like an auditor and more like part of your build process. The product page explicitly mentions these integrations and the Chrome extension for quick page-level checks, which I used to preview changes before going live.
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Usability and onboarding
From a UX perspective the Checker itself is easy to navigate. Starting a scan felt straightforward and the reports were readable for non-technical colleagues, which matters if you’re sharing progress with stakeholders who don’t want a spreadsheet full of debug logs. The exportable reports are shareable and can be emailed directly from the tool, which helps when you need written evidence for procurement, compliance teams, or audits.
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Who I think this is best for
If you’re part of a medium or large organisation trying to move from reactive accessibility fixes to a managed programme, this tool is a good fit. It’s especially suited to teams that want integration with dev workflows and that will benefit from removing repetitive work (like adding basic alt text or generating starter code). If you’re a one-person shop doing occasional audits, it might feel like overkill, but the free scan and reporting options give you a taster before you commit to a bigger workflow.
Final verdict
I’d give the Recite Me Accessibility Checker a strong recommendation for organisations that want a practical, workflow-friendly way to improve accessibility at scale. It combines a full-site WCAG 2.2 crawler, a clear compliance dashboard, AI helpers that speed up routine fixes, and integrations that make developer handoffs painless. It won’t replace accessibility expertise entirely, but as a tool to identify, prioritise and manage remediation it’s a very capable piece of the puzzle.
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