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Fully Automated Web Accessibility is a Myth

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There are many companies offering accessibility overlay products that claim to make your website accessible to a wide range of disabilities. I would love for accessibility to be something you can install a plug in and flick a switch, but it isn't. Worse than that, these overlays make the websites less accessible.

Despite the growing capabilities of AI, if a website isn't built to be accessible, no amount of AI will make it accessible. This article from Anna Cook, explains the challenges further. Read move There’s no such thing as fully automated web accessibility | by Anna E. Cook | UX Collective (uxdesign.cc)

An overlay cannot fix accessibility issues baked in HTML. It cannot add meaningful alternative text to images or add captions to videos. It cannot fix your forms, your buttons, or your links. Even though these overlays may offer some seemingly nice-to-have functionality, they do not fix inherent accessibility issues that are baked into designs and code.
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