#UserWay

Adrian Roselli, pH0

@aardrian.bsky.social

4 days ago

AudioEye 7 foot tall standing banner outside its room at the venue, with the phrase “tend to thrive” written on the top and an illustration at the bottom of plants growing from the dirt. I have blacked out the schedule details.

Level Access 7 foot tall banner outside its venue room, reading “showcase suite agenda.” I have blacked out the agenda.

Specifically #AudioEye (known for SLAPPs versus useful tooling) and #UserWay (known for tanking Level Access brand).

Anyway, utter disappointment to see #CSUNATC giving them a platform.

Refs:
• adrianroselli.com/2023/02/audi...
• adrianroselli.com/2021/09/user...

#accessibility #overlays #a11y

Adrian Roselli, pH0

@aardrian.bsky.social

1 week ago

#AudioEye Will Get You Sued Disclaimer: This post and the headline is my opinion. I provide verifiable facts throughout to inform that opinion. I am also not a lawyer, and this post does not constitute legal advice. The content ...

If you’re new to, um, me, then I have info on both overlay vendors:

#AudioEye:
adrianroselli.com/2023/02/audi...

#UserWay:
adrianroselli.com/2021/09/user...

And because there is a session on the Overlay Community Group:
adrianroselli.com/2022/09/acce...

Driven by those two #overlay vendors.

Adrian Roselli, pH0

@aardrian.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Another Web Access Overlay Company Sued by a Small Business Another class action lawsuit has been filed by a small business that purchased an overlay monthly subscription, yet still got hit with a lawsuit claiming its website was not accessible. This suit agai...

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

Overlay Timeline

@overlaytimeline.com

7 months ago

Another Web Access Overlay Company Sued by a Small Business Another class action lawsuit has been filed by a small business that purchased an overlay monthly subscription, yet still got hit with a lawsuit claiming its website was not accessible. This suit…

In another class action lawsuit filed Delaware, #UserWay was accused in 2024 of making misleading claims about its accessibility widget.

Adrian Roselli, pH0

@aardrian.bsky.social

7 months ago

MONTANO v. RESTAURANT EQUIPPERS, INC. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive This item represents a case in PACER, the U.S. Government's website for federal case data. If you wish to see the entire case, please consult PACER directly.

Reminded someone that not only did #accessiBe’s overlay not help, it may have been a factor in the lawsuit against that site (PDF):
archive.org/details/gov....

Paragraph 45 also takes a shot at #UserWay and #AudioEye.

Docket:
www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/...

#accessibility #overlays #a11y

Adrian Roselli, pH0

@aardrian.bsky.social

9 months ago

#UserWay Will Get You Sued Disclaimer: This post and the headline is my opinion. I provide verifiable facts throughout to inform that opinion. I say this because French overlay vendor FACIL’iti has filed at least two frivolous ...

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

Overlay Timeline

@overlaytimeline.com

11 months ago

How Level Access Acquiring UserWay Transforms The Web Accessibility Market Level Access’ recent acquisition of AI web accessibility pioneer UserWay has the potential to disrupt the market in unprecedented ways.

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...

Overlay Timeline

@overlaytimeline.com

11 months ago

Level Access Completes Acquisition of UserWay Level Access, the leading provider of digital accessibility solutions, has completed its acquisition of UserWay, a pioneer in accessibility AI technologies

On this day in 2024, Level Access completed its acquisition of #UserWay.

As @erikkroes.bsky.social puts it:

"A company that offers solutions, bought a company that sells issues."

Adrian Roselli, pH0

@aardrian.bsky.social

1 year ago

#UserWay Will Get You Sued Disclaimer: This post and the headline is my opinion. I provide verifiable facts throughout to inform that opinion. I say this because French overlay vendor FACIL’iti has filed at least two frivolous ...

Hey, I finally got access to the class action suit against #UserWay (LevelAccess) filed in July:
adrianroselli.com/2021/09/user...

Untagged PDF, sorry.

This covers UserWay making misleading claims about what its #overlay could do.

#accessibility #a11y

Adrian Roselli, pH0

@aardrian.bsky.social

1 year ago

I know many folks are aware of the class action against #accessiBe:
adrianroselli.com/2020/06/acce...

You may be unaware of a class action against #UserWay:
dockets.justia.com/docket/delaw...

If not, anyone have access to a (tagged) PDF of the complaint?

#overlays #accessibility

Adrian Roselli, pH0

@aardrian.bsky.social

1 year ago

The Performative A11yship of #GAAD For context on the title, working backward from the end, GAAD is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Its purpose, as explained at accessibility.day, is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning a...

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

Adrian Roselli, pH0

@aardrian.bsky.social

1 year ago

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

Adrian Roselli, pH0

@aardrian.bsky.social

2 years ago

#UserWay Will Get You Sued Disclaimer: This post and the headline is my opinion. I provide verifiable facts throughout to inform that opinion. I say this because French overlay vendor FACIL’iti has filed at least two frivolou...

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.