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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Jun 6, 2019 1:04PM

Check out the Accessibility overlays don't work website:
https://overlaysdontwork.com/
karl Groves also has multiple articles on the topic and I agree with them.
You can Google "karl groves accessibility overlays"

Looking at this particular homepage I notice they exaggerate the fines
levied under ADA lawsuits ($50000 for first, $100000 for subsequent,
I've never heard those numbers anywhere, under the ADA you cannot
award damages, only fees, you can under some state regulations,
particularly California, but those are not mentioned on the site).
Also the alt text for the accessibility statistics is inserted kind of
inside an unrelated sentence, I would fail that under 1.3.2 WCAG
content order, the site itself is not perfect.
It also way overdoses on ARIA landmark regions, though I would flag it
as a usability concern, not a fail.

The big question, if this is an overlay that you purchse. Is the
vendor willing to assume full responsibility and indemnify your
website team from any litigation claims?
That is real accessibility guarantee.
Another approach would be to install the plugin then run a full
automated and manual accessibility testing of the content with the
plugin installed. That will ultimately give you a state of
accessibility of the particular site using the particular plugin.
Again, if you are paying for it, that might be part of the contract,
any issues discovered through the process would have to be remedied by
the plugin provider at no cost to you.



On 6/6/19, Mike Barlow < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I'm working with a company who is developing a site (using Wordpress) and
> their developers installed the "Userway Web Accessibility Widgit
> <https://userway.org/>" and wanted my opinion of it.
> Now I have my own opinions of "magic bullets" that you can just "drop this
> in and your site is accessible", and I've seen a couple of them over the
> years and have yet to find one that I would include in any site I was
> developing.
> I also did some searching for feedback on the Userway widgit - one from "A
> Bright Clear Web
> <https://www.abrightclearweb.com/the-userway-web-accessibility-widget-does-it-boost-accessibility/>"
> had both good and bad comments about it, and there was even a question on
> Quora
> <https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-of-accessibility-widget-like-userway-org-Do-they-help-small-sites-to-be-adhere-with-accessibility-laws>
> about it.
>
> But I want to get some real expert opinions from this group before I tell
> the customer what I think.
>
> So, anyone out there with any experience (both good and bad) about the
> Userway widgit???
>
> TIA.
> *Mike Barlow*
> Development Manager
> Web Accessibility/Section 508 SME
>
> Lancaster, Pa 17601
> Office: 732.835-7557
> Cell: 732.682.8226
> e-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > > > >


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