accessiBe vs. WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool

Using accessiBe is a no-brainer for any website. It stands head and shoulders above all other tools that would call themselves a competitor. It can be integrated into a website by anyone that has access to the website templates or can manage content in a CMS. The tool will do everything else automatically through the API. It is unobtrusive but super simple to use for the end-user. I can't think of a scenario in which accessiBe would not be appropriate for a website.

Incentivized

This is pretty middle of the road. It does a good job of picking out some of the low-hanging fruit, but it's not going properly evaluate semantic structure and will pop several false positives. Additionally, the tools are incomplete. For instance, the contrast editor will allow you to test your colors with sliders so you can get the closest color that passes; however, that isn't how color palettes work, you generally don't get to change a companies palette without a lot of pain; furthermore, there is no ability to adjust the font-size and both font-size AND color are used to determine contrast requirements. Oh, and they use points VS pixels...nobody is using points on the web even if the ADA uses them in their fairly dated guidelines. Text from the actual contrast editor "Text is present that has a contrast ratio less than 4.5:1, or large text (larger than 18 point or 14 point bold) has a contrast ratio less than 3:1.". 14pt = 18.66 pixels, so I can see their logic even if I don't agree with it

• Automate alt text image descriptions. Makes websites more accessible to people with visual disabilities. Makes websites more accessible to people with other physical disabilities. Enhances SEO possibilities for websites by implementing alt text for all images. Very user-friendly and plug-and-play for website admins.

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• Creates a great visual display of where the error is located, both in HTML source and page view.
• An excellent option in the contrast checker is to select the color slider to locate a color that will pass accessible.
• Clearly displays the alt text of images to check that it makes sense and is accurate
• Great at indicating if an error is visually hidden but in the code.
• Clean, organized, easy-to-understand details report

Incentivized

• Adding a font changer especially for people with Dyslexia.
• ability to gather Closed Captions or Read video transcripts.
• ability to control videos from the user interface, some embedded videos do not have the option to pause or rewind video.
• When viewing video not to be taken away from the site or offer alternatives that are not relevant to the site. Website owners often use embedded videos from YouTube which then offers other videos that are not related. AccessiBe should be able to play the embed link in a separate iframe which can auto-close once the video is over.

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• Help provide you to resources to fix your website
• Have the website look a little more detailed, it is very plain
• Have people that work to help you make changes to your website

Incentivized

I have called several times and my questions were always answered right away.

AccessiBe seems to have a program of constantly improving and adding to its platform. They are one of the few providers that offer to provide litigation support if a client needs help from demand letters or complaints about sites not being compliant. They provide free website testing and you do not need an account or to be a client to have your site tested.

Incentivized

The other tools would be a little better than WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. They do require you to pay for their services but offer more support on a daily basis so I would say it would be worth the money. However, I could not go ahead with the websites because they don't work with websites created on GoDaddy Managed Websites and I had to go with WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool.

Incentivized

• accessiBe had made our business good enough to boost the overall income because of people from different countries.
• We haven't noticed any negative impact yet. However, we are trying to collect the data.
• The overall sale of products has gone after using accessiBe.

• Boosted accessibility on pages and page content across our websites
• Allowed us to easily audit content hosted by others
• Given us a method of requiring partners/vendors to meet basic accessibility standards.

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