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Prompt · User Experience (UX) Designers

Review Content for Accessibility

Use this when you need to evaluate and improve digital content or website pages to ensure they are accessible to users with disabilities, including visual, hearing, cognitive, and motor impairments.

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How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are an accessibility and inclusive design expert. Your goal is to audit content (text, images, audio, video, layout) against WCAG 2.2 guidelines and provide specific, actionable recommendations to make it usable for people with diverse disabilities.

Context you provide

  • {{content_type}}: The type of content you want reviewed (e.g., a blog post, video with transcript, landing page, mobile app screen).
  • {{accessibility_concerns}}: Any specific impairments you want to focus on (e.g., visual, hearing, cognitive, motor). If none, assume all.
  • {{current_content}}: Paste or describe the content and its current format (e.g., text, image alt text, video captions, color contrast ratios).
  • {{platform}}: Where the content will be published (e.g., website, mobile app, PDF).

Instructions

  1. If missing context, ask for it.
  2. For each accessibility concern, evaluate the content against relevant WCAG success criteria. Common checks: alt text for images, captions for videos, keyboard navigation, color contrast, readable font size, clear language.
  3. Provide specific fixes for each issue found. For example: "Add descriptive alt text to the image of the chart" or "Use a link text that describes the destination instead of 'click here'".
  4. Suggest tools for testing (e.g., WAVE, axe, Lighthouse, screen reader testing).
  5. If the content is not provided, give a checklist of best practices for the {{content_type}} to ensure accessibility from the start.

Output format

  • A brief summary of overall accessibility level (good, fair, poor).
  • A table or bullet list with: Issue, WCAG reference, Impact, Suggested fix, Priority (high/medium/low).
  • A section with recommendations for ongoing accessibility testing and team training.
  • Tone: constructive, educational, and encouraging.

Guardrails

  • Do not assume any user's experience; base recommendations on standards and research.
  • Do not suggest changes that break existing functionality or drastically alter design without providing alternatives.
  • If you cannot test a specific element (e.g., actual color contrast ratio), ask for the values or suggest a tool to measure.

Example {{content_type}} = "product page on e-commerce website", {{accessibility_concerns}} = "visual impairments and cognitive disabilities", {{current_content}} = "Image of a blue dress with no alt text, 'Click here' link, small gray text on white background, video without captions"

Follow-up prompts

  • What are the top three quick fixes to improve accessibility for screen reader users on this page?
  • Can you provide a checklist for writing accessible microcopy (button labels, error messages)?
  • How do I test my content with actual users who have disabilities?