Accessibility Overlays - What are they & why are they so bad?
A web accessibility overlay is a plug-in tool that detects accessibility issues directly on a webpage and tries to ‘repair’ them in real time, instead of within the web code as is required.
In this video, we'll take a look at what web accessibility overlays are and discuss just why they're so bad for accessibility.
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Video Chapters:
0:00 What are accessibility overlays?
3:16 Why accessibility overlays don't work
5:06 WCAG conformity vs compliance
5:41 WCAG doesn't promote overlays
6:32 Benadryl website example
9:32 More overlay issues
10:19 Naturium website example
11:33 Accessibility advocates on overlays
12:52 Conclusion
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