Generalized audit software is a software designed to read, process and write data with the help of functions performing specific audit routines and with self-made macros. It is a tool in applying computer-assisted auditing techniques. Functions of generalized audit software include importing computerized data; thereafter other functions can be applied: the data can be e.g. browsed, sorted, summarized, stratified, analyzed, taken samples from, and made calculations, conversions and other operations with.

Examples of generalized audit software are audit command language

Audit Command Language

ACL Services Ltd. is a company providing audit analytics and continuous monitoring software. It is "the most widely used data extraction and analysis product" and "the most widely used product for fraud detection and prevention" used in audit profession....

 (ACL), interactive data extraction and analysis (IDEA), Statistical Analysis System (SAS), qzCAATT(dynamic report generation, drilldown capabilities for general ledger and sub ledger data to identify unusual journals and patterns) and Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). TopCAATs is a new player (released Q4 2008) in this market and runs from within Excel.