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From: Mike Barlow
Date: Jun 7, 2019 8:13AM

Thanks Birkir, good info!

*Mike Barlow*
Development Manager
Web Accessibility/Section 508 SME

Lancaster, Pa 17601
Office: 732.835-7557
Cell: 732.682.8226
e-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>


On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 3:04 PM Birkir R. Gunnarsson <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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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