# Manual audits & sign-off

**Category:** [Accessibility](https://help.totalctrl.app/hc/totalctrl/totalctrl-help-center/en-US/categories/accessibility)
**Updated:** 2026-10-04

## Why manual review matters

Automated testing reliably catches roughly 40% of accessibility issues — things like color contrast, missing labels, and ARIA misuse. The rest (meaningful alt text, logical focus order, sensible reading sequence) need a human. The **Manual audit** gives you a reviewer checklist of exactly those criteria.
## Working through a checklist

- Create an audit for a project against a conformance profile.
- Go criterion by criterion, marking each **Supports**, **Partially supports**, **Does not support**, or **Not applicable**, with notes.
- Criteria that a scan already failed are pre-filled so you don't retest them by hand.
- When you're done, **sign off** the audit to lock it as a reviewed record.

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## Related Articles

- [VPAT / ACR reports & Accessibility Statements](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/accessibility-reports-1)
- [Getting started with Accessibility](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/accessibility-getting-started-1)
- [Scanning pages behind a login](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/accessibility-authenticated-scans-1)
- [CLI & browser extension (developer tools)](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/accessibility-cli-and-extension)
- [Checking PDF documents (PDF/UA)](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/accessibility-pdf-ua)

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