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Compliance Reports

Run accessibility checks and understand your compliance scores.

Running a Compliance Check

From the Documents Page

  1. Find the document in your documents list
  2. Click Score to run a quick compliance check
  3. The score appears in the Score column

From the Document Detail Page

  1. Click on a document name to open it
  2. Click Run Compliance Check
  3. The full report appears below the document preview

Via the API

curl -X POST https://api.adaline.ink/api/v1/compliance/test \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"document_id": "YOUR_DOC_ID"}'

Understanding Your Report

Overall Score and Grade

Your score is a weighted percentage across 6 categories:

GradeScoreStatus
A95-100%Compliant
B85-94%Minor issues
C70-84%Notable gaps
D50-69%Significant barriers
FBelow 50%Major remediation needed

Category Breakdown

Each category card shows its score and pass rate. Categories are weighted by importance:

  • Document Structure (25%) -- language, title, headings, lists
  • Images and Media (20%) -- alt text on images and figures
  • Tables (15%) -- header rows marked
  • Tagged PDF (15%) -- structure tags present
  • Forms (10%) -- field labels
  • Navigation (5%) -- bookmarks for long documents

Issues List

Failed checks are listed by severity:

  • Critical -- blocks compliance, must fix (red badge)
  • Major -- significant barrier, should fix (orange badge)
  • Minor -- best practice, nice to fix (gray badge)

Each issue includes a plain-language explanation of what's wrong and why it matters.

Report Tooltips

Hover over the ? icons next to each section heading for explanations of what that section means. These help users who are new to accessibility compliance understand the report without external reference.

Compliance History

Every compliance check is saved. Click any entry in the Compliance History section to load that report. Compare scores over time to track your remediation progress.

Next Steps After Scoring

  1. Fix critical issues first -- these block compliance
  2. Re-scan after fixes -- verify your changes improved the score
  3. Tag the document -- mark it as reviewed, needs-fixes, or compliant
  4. Share the report -- send to stakeholders via public link

See Document Conversions to auto-remediate common issues.

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