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Re: AccessiBe! Help!!

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From: L Snider
Date: May 26, 2022 11:54AM

I came across this page, which has many updates, if you haven't seen it
already:
https://adrianroselli.com/2020/06/accessibe-will-get-you-sued.html

On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 12:34 PM Sandy Feldman < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> A lot of this site's users use assistive technology. The site owner is a
> JAWS user. I think examples are key in making the point.
>
> I think if we can show that things are worse we can turn this thing off.
> Sandy
>
> sandyfeldman.com
> a11yready.com <https://www.a11yready.com/>
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> On 2022-05-26 11:20 a.m., Ryan E. Benson wrote:
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> Unless they understand assistive technology, I'm fearful that examples
> would not work. AccessiBe has been in a few lawsuits, so showing that might
> be the best way to go about it. Karl groves made his testimony in a case
> public.
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> --
> Ryan E. Benson
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> On Thu, May 26, 2022, 11:04 AM Sandy Feldman < <EMAIL REMOVED> > < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Catherine, thank you.
>
> I have seen those, and passed them along. They aren't helping. What I
> really need is examples specific to this site of things going wrong.
> Sandy
> sandyfeldman.coma11yready.com <https://www.a11yready.com/> <https://www.a11yready.com/>
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>
> On 2022-05-26 10:57 a.m., Catherine Roy wrote:
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> 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
>
> --
> Catherine Roywww.catherine-roy.net
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> On May 26, 2022, at 10:46 AM, Nathan Clark < <EMAIL REMOVED> > < <EMAIL REMOVED> >< <EMAIL REMOVED> > < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> 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> > < <EMAIL REMOVED> >< <EMAIL REMOVED> > < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Nate, thanks - but it didn't work! We need to provide actual examples from
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> the site.
>
>
> Sandy
>
> sandyfeldman.com
> a11yready.com
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> On 2022-05-26 10:16 a.m., Nathan Clark wrote:
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> 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> > < <EMAIL REMOVED> >< <EMAIL REMOVED> > < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> hey all,
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>
> I'd really appreciate your help with this.
>
>
> A client has been pressured into adding AccessiBe to their site
> imagemd.org/
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>
> 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!
>
>
> --
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> Sandy
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> sandyfeldman.com
> a11yready.com
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> Nathan Clark
> QA Automation Analyst Tech team
> Accessibility assistant
> CPACC
> cell: 410-446-7259
> email: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> 101 Village Blvd
> Princeton, NJ 08540
> SMBE & Minority Owned Business
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