Remember how #UserWay licensed ChatGPT, then trained it, in order to provide “Fix My Code”, its inaccessible tool that wrote inaccessible code?

That was hilarious.

Anyway, you can learn more about an overlay maker’s failing foray into faulty fixes at http://FuxMyCode.ai/.

#accessibility #a11y

Was asked to look at a site. Uses UserWay accessibility overlay. has links labeled like "1", "2", "3", and an unlabeled one near the top. Just don't use these, folks. They are not worth it.

https://britefutureelectric.com/

#accessibility #UserWay #overlay #a11y #blind

Just updated my notes on UserWay’s laughably wrong FixMyCode LLM code tool in my post “#UserWay Will Get You Sued” to add some examples:
https://adrianroselli.com/2021/09/userway-will-get-you-sued.html#MoreFakeAI

#a11y #accessibility

I updated my post “#UserWay Will Get You Sued”:
https://adrianroselli.com/2021/09/userway-will-get-you-sued.html#MoreFakeAI

This would be a tragicomedy if there weren’t so many users being harmed and so many companies getting lied to.

#a11y #accessibility

Clearly UserWay’s LLM is making the same mistake as the others by *not* stealing my content:
https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/110610483166900189

#UserWay has stolen my content without permission before, so I am a bit surprised. Unless UserWay is just repackaging ChatGPT.

Based on the output, neither is a good look for them.

#UserWay has launched fixmycode•ai to provide “accessible” code for devs.

UserWay has either:
• licensed ChatGPT (or similar) as-is, or
• trained an LLM on its own code.

Early tests show it is proving my core thesis right from https://adrianroselli.com/2023/06/no-ai-will-not-fix-accessibility.html.

#accessibility #a11y

In case you forgot that #UserWay was spoofing WAVE:
• https://twitter.com/webaim/status/1664660562180194308
• https://twitter.com/webaim/status/1664662372504461313
• https://twitter.com/webaim/status/1664764398525730816

UserWay was happy to spoof a checker but seemingly unable to actually fix pages for users — why else would it need to lie?

Remember how WebAIM showed #UserWay was lying to us by manipulating its WAVE results?

UserWay is undoing it:
https://twitter.com/UserWayOrg/status/1667238112282419218

Of course it admits no wrongdoing *and* tries to paint itself a peer to WebAIM.

I updated my UserWay post of its lies:
https://adrianroselli.com/2021/09/userway-will-get-you-sued.html#WAVESpoofUndo

#a11y #accessibility

Nielsen Norman Group confirms users do not like overlays (nor do they work):
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/screen-reader-users-on-mobile/

Updated my #UserWay post:
https://adrianroselli.com/2021/09/userway-will-get-you-sued.html#NNG

And my #accessiBe post: https://adrianroselli.com/2020/06/accessibe-will-get-you-sued.html#Update27

#a11y #accessibility

“Keep your AI claims in check”
https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/02/keep-your-ai-claims-check

This applies to accessibility overlays #UserWay, #accessiBe, and #AudioEye and their unsubstantiated AI claims.
#accessibility #a11y

Oh cool, another #UserWay shill site that hides its people (because there may be done) and has no meaningful content:
https://pinafore.social/statuses/109779028587031000

Hilariously, it makes #UserWay look bad because the overlay does nothing to fix the obvious WCAG failures.

Thema: #Barrierefreiheit. Wer von euch hat denn schon mal das WP-Plugin #userway integriert. Welche Erfahrungen habt ihr gemacht?

@aardrian I just saw a website with #UserWay and was at first swayed by the bells and whistles of it all... but this gives me some thought... and pause.

See "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)"

#Blogging #WordPress #Plugins #WCAG
#ADA #Disabilities #Accessibility #AccessibilityOverlay #overlay #AmericansWithDisabilities #TheBarriersWeFace

@chrisaldrich I love that #UserWay menu on your WordPress website! Fantastic. I want it.

...And I haven't even begun exploring the rest of the site, since I'm in awe of all the lovely ornaments...

Search Engine Land (guest/paying author) is pretty clear that you should not use accessibility overlays (such as #accessiBe, #UserWay, #AudioEye, etc):

“Are you using an accessibility overlay to help disabled users? Don’t!”
https://searchengineland.com/accessibility-overlay-disabled-users-389394

via @JonAvilaA11y #a11y

@kemonine @sugar I recall #UserWay (and #accessiBe) getting some negative publicity a while ago: https://adrianroselli.com/2021/09/userway-will-get-you-sued.html