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accessWidget — The leading web accessibility solution powered by AI
accessWidget is a game-changer in web accessibility, simplifying and streamlining the process of becoming accessible and compliant using AI, machine learning, and computer vision.
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@yatil www.calendar.com/blog/ I also have it on Due.com and JohnRampton.com I'm obsessed!
@johnrampton Ah, interesting. I just had a look on your blog. Most of the accessibility issues could probably be addressed in a couple of hours, one thing that this tool seems to do is to hide the options behind the Categories dropdown but does not give the dropdown functionality to keyboard users. This could be easily changed in your code (probably like 3 lines of JavaScript around the dropdown code). But it certainly feels like an oversight or bug in this tool, @shir_ekerling1.
@urieli17 Thanks, Uri. You can also check what Web Design Depot had to say about us: https://www.webdesignerdepot.com...
?makers This looks awesome! Does it actually give you code to update your code base or is it an additional script that runs on top of your code from the browser directly? If the later, why not do a Chrome extension version that would give you the same functionality on any website you visit?
@husseinyahfoufi Thanks Hussein! appreciate it. A Chrome extension that will be installed directly on people's browsers and will enable them to use any website regardless if they are clients of accessiBe or not is definitely in the roadmap!
Great idea, but too bad that in practice it does not work for real-life complex web applications.
It randomly changes the lang attribute to French, randomly breaks your forms, instead of submitting them, it pops up their interface, etc...
And their support is terrible, well, just doesn't exist. Why tell your customers that you are looking into the issues if you are not? only after the fourth email and two weeks later they finally reply truthfully telling you they don't know what's going on and it might or might not be fixed in the next release (and it will be a surprise when that is).
After coming across accessiBe on PH and seeing it occasionally elsewhere, I started to research ADA and WCAG a bit more. It's pretty scary to see all the lawsuits and news out there with big names getting sued for now having compliance and full accessibility. If accessiBe can fix that problem and improve user engagement for people coming to our site, that seems like a big win for both sides!
@zacjohnson Thanks for the feedback, Zac. We do address everything you've mentioned, helping business owners avoid lawsuits (or even demand letters) and, at the same time, helping millions of people with disabilities use websites just like anyone else.
Happy to hear that web accessibility awareness is growing. My uncle is quadriplegic and one of my friends is blind...I can't imagine how hard could be to browse the internet without the solution offered by providers like accessiBe. Web accessibility should be for ALL!
@erikemanuelli Couldn't agree more! many of our users are quadriplegic and blind. Check out the following videos:
I've been thoroughly testing accessiBe's features to see what they do. And researching website accessibility options.
While it is a really complicated topic, my feeling is that we should go by what the people who need the features say about it. They are in the best position to tell us what they need and like.
There are videos from users who love being able to shop on any ecommerce site that enables accessiBe. That to me is a big selling point for using it.
If you haven't optimized your site, it would obviously be beneficial. But what if you have? Does accessiBe override previous accessibility work on a website? @gal_vizel
@growmap Hi Gail, I couldn't agree more! to your question - accessiBe does not override manual accessibility work because it takes into consideration that if you've manually incorporated accessibility features, it is probably for a reason.
If your business is accessibility, make your site 100% accessible.
- You have duplicate IDs
- The carousel is not accessible
- Contrast problems
- At some place the heading hierarchy is wrong
- ...
@hotgeart Hi Thomas, this is a classic case of testing accessiBe without an actual screen-reader or by navigating the keyboard. accessiBe modifies the session on the fly, while users interact with it. You can't just test the source code, it doesn't work like that. Happy to set you up on a demo :)
@shir_ekerling1 I don't need to open NDA to know the titles will be miss leading. For the keyboard navigation I did, if you want examples: your main menu. When you press tab you need to focus on the first item if i press tab again I need to go to the next focusable item other than the menu items. If I want to go in the rest of the menu items I need to use the arrows keys and space/enter to open the submenus bonus if I can do to the first element with HOME and last with END key. Your carrousel: the controls need to be the FIRST focusable items, also same for the menu (tab ->next focusable element outside of the carrousel). But hey WTF do I know? I only do websites for the federal gouvernement of Belgium and some EU institutions. Those sites are checked and validated by two org. But yeah I do rookie mistake, like just checking the source code 🤷♂️.
@hotgeart Funny thing is, this is exactly how accessiBe works. On our site, and all other sites using accessiBe. It just comes to show that you haven't even attempted to navigate the site using the keyboard. And that's a shame. Again, I'm more than happy to set up a Zoom session and personally walk you through how accessiBe works and show you everything live. I'm more than happy and open to receiving feedback or even criticism but not in the form of trolism like some of you do here, that won't help. Not you, and not us. BTW - we have hundreds of government websites, law bars and state attorneys. Believe me, they all have tested accessiBe thoroughly.
@shir_ekerling1 I'd love to take you up on a Zoom session. I'm a grad student researcher at Cornell just starting on work involving making tech and the internet accessible to people of all abilities.
Look like an awesome product! I have a quick question. How many pages can accessiBe remediate at one time? @gal_vizel
@gal_vizel @shane_barker It does not remedy any pages. It is an add on that throws the responsibility to the user who has to make changes for every website they visit that has integration of this tool. The pages themselves do not change, the user gets a tiny veneer of accessibility features sprinkled on it. And it goes away once you stop paying for the tool.
Very cool product, guys. The AI-powered image description alt text generator looks particularly game-changing.
How many of your founders have disabilities and what was your motivation for making this app?
@adamfogle Thanks for your question. The development of accessiBe and the improvements we continuously make are always together with people with disabilities. People with disabilities are the users, and their feedback matters the most.
This is a great tool to help website owners have their websites be accessible to everyone as well as have their websites be ADA-compliant. I would recommend everyone use this product if their websites don't currently meet the standards set out by the law.
@lorrainereguly Unfortunately those websites would probably still not meet the standards set out by the law: adrianroselli.com/2020/06/accessibe-will-get-you-sued.html
@benln, great question!
When a user enters an accessiBe website through their mobile phone with assistive technologies (VoiceOver, TalkBack, etc) enabled, they will receive an announcement letting them know that screen reader adjustments are available. Then, they can use the right swipe and left swipe just like keyboard users use Tab and Shift+Tab. Likewise, they can double-tap as an equivalent to the Enter key.
@benln Indeed. accessiBe works just the same with responsive (mobile) websites. For screen-readers and other adjustments!
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