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For Blind Internet Users, the Fix Can Be Worse Than the Flaws (nytimes.com)
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razzretina 5 points 1y ago
Wasn't Accesi B the company that's a straight up scam? I can't remember if that's right but I do remember one of these overlay companies charging a fortune and their software doing nothing at best and making sites unusable at worst. I'm not a fan of these things myself. Websites are built by people first, accessibility shouldn't be different, especially with the way things can go wrong. Often you really need another person who knows what they're doing to help solve the problem.
Marconius 3 points 1y ago
All overlay companies are scams. Just sighted people enamored by their web-scraping AI tech that reformats the site but doesn't actually make it any more usable nor compliant, creating more barriers for us actual assistive tech users.

Check out https://overlayfactsheet.com
SiriuslyGranger 1 points 1y ago
Yeah, good article for sure.
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