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From: Marissa Goldsmith
Date: May 26, 2022 1:29PM

In Chrome, if I put on the Cognitive Disability Profile, the nested top
menu becomes almost unusable - I cannot get my mouse to go to the third
level of navigation without closing the entiere menu. If I have that
profile on AND I have my screen size zoomed in so that the menu goes to
mobile, the menu does not work at all. My default screen zoom because I
have aging eyes in 150%. For my daughter, who has a visual impairment, the
default is 200%.

If I use the overlay to increase the font-size, the third-tier of the menu
falls off the page.

So using the options in the overlay made the content less accessible than
if I just zoomed in and made a custom CSS (I do that for my child
sometimes).


Happy to do a video screenshare.


Marissa Goldsmith
www.marissagoldsmith.com
<https://www.marissagoldsmith.com/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sigfile>


On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 1:54 PM L Snider < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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/>
> >
> >
> > On 2022-05-26 11:20 a.m., Ryan E. Benson wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > Ryan E. Benson
> >
> > On Thu, May 26, 2022, 11:04 AM Sandy Feldman < <EMAIL REMOVED> > <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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/>
> >
> >
> > On 2022-05-26 10:57 a.m., Catherine Roy wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > On May 26, 2022, at 10:46 AM, Nathan Clark < <EMAIL REMOVED> > <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> >< <EMAIL REMOVED> > < <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> > <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> >< <EMAIL REMOVED> > < <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> > <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> >< <EMAIL REMOVED> > < <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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > 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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