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    #48: The Trouble with Accessibility Overlays

    April 29th, 2021 · 45 minutes

    Traditionally, making web sites accessible began with coding pages to follow standards from the W3C. Now AI has been applied to this task in the form of accessibility overlays. But many people with disabilities say they sometimes compromise accessibility.

    Guest Starring: Holly Scott-Gardner

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    Links and Show Notes

    Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview
    AccessiBe
    Accessibility overlay startup accessiBe closes $28M Series A | TechCrunch
    Holly Scott-Gardner: Do Automated Solutions like #AccessiBe Make the Web More Accessible? - Holly Scott-Gardner
    #accessiBe - Twitter Search / Twitter
    Mosen at Large Podcast: Episode 105: The AccessiBe controversy. Can AI make the web fully accessible in a few short years, or might it make matters worse?
    #accessiBe Will Get You Sued | Adrian Roselli
    AI for Accessibility Projects - Microsoft AI