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From: John E. Brandt
Date: Apr 17, 2020 11:47AM

I've had announcements of two new websites this past week, both of which are
related COVID-19 responses and resources, and both of which use one of the
many "accessibility plugin widget add-ons". Both new sites are promoted as
"fully accessible" and of course neither are. One used a widget call Recite
Me and when it was loaded over the site made navigating with VoiceOver on
the Mac completely useless. Needless to say, the classic access errors were
all there, color contrast and "click here", none of which would be improved
by any plugin.

The good news is at least these organizations are aware that accessibility
is important. The bad news is they are looking for expedient solutions and
are wasting money on these addons.

Anyone have any thoughts on how to address this?

This was discussed on the WebAIM list last summer (see
https://webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread?thread=9283) And Karl Groves
blogged about this several years ago
https://karlgroves.com/2016/01/07/on-overlays-as-a-means-of-resolving-websit
e-accessibility-issues

John E. Brandt
jebswebs.com

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