Running your first scan
From zero to a full WCAG report in about five minutes.
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Trigger a scan
- Open ADA Scanner β Sites.
- Click into the site you added.
- Click Run scan.
What happens next
- We start crawling immediately. You'll see a progress bar showing pages discovered and pages tested.
- Most scans finish in 2β10 minutes. Large sites (thousands of URLs) can take longer β you'll get an email when it's done.
- Results stream in live β you can start reading the first pages while the rest finish.
Where the report lives
Open Reports β [your scan]. You'll see:
- Overall score (0β100, higher is better).
- Issues breakdown by severity (Critical, Serious, Moderate, Minor).
- WCAG coverage map β which success criteria passed/failed.
- Per-page detail β click any page to see exactly what failed and where.
Next steps
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