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> Level Access, an accessibility provider, has just bought UserWay, an overlay maker. This news hit the accessibility community like a ton of bricks. Overlays
by gnicholas 3y ago
> Level Access, an accessibility provider, has just bought UserWay, an overlay maker.
This news hit the accessibility community like a ton of bricks. Overlays have been seen as worse than useless among accessibility professionals, so it was a huge shock that a reputable provider would have acquired an overlay company. The structure of the transaction was also weird (the CEO of the target company purchased stock in the acquirer as part of the transaction).
Soon thereafter news broke that another accessibility rockstar was joining AudioEye (a company similar to UserWay). [1]
I imagine that the dam may be breaking and tech-enabled solutions may not be viewed in as bad a light as before.
1: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenaquino/2024/01/31/new-audioeye-chief-accessibility-officer-mike-paciello-talks-his-career-new-role-more-in-interview/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenaquino/2024/01/31/new-aud...
- webspinner 3y agoOh I also don't deal with overlays. I have an extension installed to block all of them.
- webspinner 3y agoWhen I say I don't deal with overlays, and I refuse, I think they're a scourge. They want to help businesses by not getting sued, but they don't want to help us, the community, in any way. Audio eye threatened to sue someone who was in the process of exposing them, for defamation. https://adrianroselli.com/2023/02/audioeye-will-get-you-sued.html https://adrianroselli.com/2023/02/audioeye-will-get-you-sued...