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From: Catherine Roy
Date: May 26, 2022 8:57AM

Hi Sandy,

Have you seen these resources?

https://overlayfactsheet.com/

https://accessibleweb.com/web-accessibility-news/do-away-with-overlays/

https://www.essentialaccessibility.com/blog/the-many-pitfalls-of-accessibility-overlays

HTH,
Catherine

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Catherine Roy
www.catherine-roy.net

> On May 26, 2022, at 10:46 AM, Nathan Clark < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Dear Sandy,
> That should not be to difficult knowing how bad their overlay thing works.
>
> Sincerely,
> Nathan Clark
>
>
>> On 5/26/22, Sandy Feldman < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Nate, thanks - but it didn't work! We need to provide actual examples from
>> the site.
>>
>> Sandy
>>
>> sandyfeldman.com
>> a11yready.com
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 2022-05-26 10:16 a.m., Nathan Clark wrote:
>>>
>>> Just tell them that disability rights organizations like the National
>>> Federation of the Blind have spoken out against Accessibee and they
>>> don't suggest any company using them.
>>>
>>> Nate
>>>
>>> On 5/26/22, Sandy Feldman < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> hey all,
>>>>
>>>> I'd really appreciate your help with this.
>>>>
>>>> A client has been pressured into adding AccessiBe to their site
>>>> imagemd.org/
>>>>
>>>> We have a version without the overlay dev.imagemd.org/. What I'm hoping
>>>> is
>>>> you guys find things AccessiBe makes worse and we can justify disabling
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you so much!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Sandy
>>>>
>>>> sandyfeldman.com
>>>> a11yready.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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> Nathan Clark
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