Position title

Freelance Accessibility Tester – DHS Trusted Tester

Description

We are looking for an experienced Accessibility Tester / DHS Trusted Tester to support an internal efficacy evaluation of our proprietary document accessibility engine, ansrAccess.

The role will involve conducting detailed accessibility audits across digital documents and web-based learning content, comparing manual audit findings with results generated by ansrAccess and leading industry accessibility tools. Your findings will help identify detection gaps, false positives, false negatives, severity misclassifications, and other accessibility-related blind spots, directly contributing to product improvements.

This is a freelance chance suited for accessibility professionals with strong hands-on experience in Section 508, WCAG 2.2 AA, document accessibility, and web accessibility testing.

Responsibilities
- Conduct manual accessibility audits using the DHS Section 508 Trusted Tester Process.
- Establish a manual accessibility baseline or "ground truth" for assigned documents and web content.




- Evaluate accessibility findings generated by ansrAccess.
- Run assigned files and web content through relevant industry benchmark tools and compare the results.
- Identify and document:
- True positives
- False positives
- False negatives / missed violations
- Severity misclassifications
- Gaps in remediation guidance
- Map accessibility findings to relevant WCAG 2.2 AA and Section 508 success criteria.
- Perform detailed testing of complex document structures and HTML/LMS content.
- Maintain accurate test data and document-level findings in the required assessment matrix.
- Contribute to technical reports highlighting accessibility detection gaps, recurring issues, and potential root causes.
- Provide prioritized recommendations that can support product, QA, and engineering teams in improving the accessibility engine.
- Participate in technical discussions or debrief sessions with the prod

📌 Freelance Accessibility Tester – DHS Trusted Tester (India)
🏢 ANSRSource India
📍 India