From @LFLegal@mastodon.social, a magistrate just has recommended the suit against UserWay (Level Access) from BloomsyBox move forward.
BloomsyBox sued UserWay for violation of the Delaware Consumer Fraud Act.
More info, links:
www.lflegal.com/2025/02/user...
#overlays #UserWay #LevelAccess
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In IAAP member Level Access' recent webinar, their Director, Thought Leadership, Corbb O'Connor, spoke to one of the most common reasons accessibility programs either move forward or stall: executive buy‑in.
Learn More: https://f.mtr.cool/qsljcxnssq
#IAAP #A11Y #LevelAccess
But back to Michael’s effort — it seems to validate things have not improved nearly two years after #UserWay / #LevelAccess had that hilarious failure with LLM-generated “accessible” code supposedly trained on its own stuff.
Ref: fuxmycode.ai
On this day in 2024, an article about #UserWay and #LevelAccess is published on Forbes through a contributor content program. It is almost certainly an #astroturfing effort to counter criticism of the recent marriage of the two companies.
www.forbes.com/sites/gusale...
Oh hey, it’s #GAAD.
Be on the lookout for (mostly corporate) performative A11yship of #GAAD which is about to fill your timelines.
I’ve shown #overlay vendors as worst offenders:
adrianroselli.com/2022/05/the-...
#accessiBe #AudioEye #FACILiti #LevelAccess #UserWay #accessibility #a11y
FT references #AudioEye, #accessiBe, #UserWay ( #LevelAccess ), and #EqualWeb along with #overlays in general:
front-end.social/@tink/112228...
Non-paywall link:
archive.is/MRhll
Mischaracterizes as ‘AI’, but the output is still shitty for users regardless of branding.
#a11y
Because I was asked, my take on the #UserWay acquisition by #LevelAccess:
adrianroselli.com/2021/09/user...
I added it to the end of my lengthy post documenting #UserWay’s past (and ongoing) behavior.