Conformance audit
Every template tested against WCAG 2.1 AA with assistive technology, not just a scanner. Findings name the file and the line.
Accessibility
The deadline is real,and the widget will not save you.
ADA Title II now requires WCAG 2.1 AA. Public entities serving 50,000 or more have until 26 April 2027; smaller ones until 26 April 2028. That is every city, county, school district and public university in Mississippi, and an overlay script does not meet it.
The dates that matter
What is required, and when
- Now
WCAG 2.1 AA is the standard
The rule is published and in force. What remains is the compliance date, which depends on the size of the entity.
- 26 April 2027
Public entities serving 50,000 or more
Cities, counties, school districts and public universities above the population threshold must conform. Procurement cycles for work this size are measured in quarters, not weeks.
- 26 April 2028
Public entities under 50,000
The same standard, one year later. Smaller entities usually have smaller sites, but also fewer people to do the work.
- Continuous
Private business, under Title III
No fixed date and no grace period, litigation is ongoing and has been for years. Most private-sector work here is driven by a demand letter or a customer complaint.
Said plainly
An overlay is not a remediation
An overlay widgetReal remediation
- What it changes
- An overlay widgetAdds a script on top of the page
- Real remediationFixes the markup underneath
- Screen reader users
- An overlay widgetFrequently report it makes things worse
- Real remediationTested with the software they actually use
- In court
- An overlay widgetHas not been accepted as a defense
- Real remediationA conformance report naming your templates
- If you cancel
- An overlay widgetEverything reverts
- Real remediationThe fixes are yours, in your code
- Documents and PDFs
- An overlay widgetUntouched
- Real remediationIn scope, and usually where the worst of it is
The one-line accessibility widget has been the subject of hundreds of lawsuits against the sites that installed it. We came out of the accessibility industry and will not sell you one.
Services
What we do
Remediation
The fixes, in your code, at the source, markup, contrast, focus order, keyboard traps, form labelling.
VPAT and ACR
The document procurement asks for, written honestly rather than optimistically.
Training
So your team stops reintroducing the same handful of issues after we leave.
Monitoring
Checks on every release, so a regression is caught in days rather than at the next audit.
Accessible builds
New work that conforms on the day it ships, which costs a fraction of fixing it later.
We did this at scale before we did it here.
We spent years inside the accessibility industry at AudioEye, working on how fixes actually reach a customer's site, cutting the time from audit finding to live remediation by an order of magnitude. Northeastern University's entire public web portfolio, 100+ campus and marketing sites, carried the same standard. This is not a service line added because a deadline made it marketable.
What people ask.
We already have an accessibility widget.
Then you have a script and a liability. Ask the vendor for a conformance report naming your templates, the answer to that request is usually the whole story.
Does this apply to us?
Title II covers state and local government and public education. Title III covers most private businesses open to the public, with no deadline but continuous litigation.
How long does an audit take?
A small site, about a week. A large institution, several weeks and staged by priority so the worst barriers come down first.
Can you fix it, or just find it?
Both. Most audit vendors stop at the report, which is exactly why reports pile up unactioned while the site stays unusable.
What does it cost?
Audits are quoted on template count. Remediation is quoted from the findings, so you see the number before committing to any of it.
Before the deadline
Find out where you actually stand.
A scoping call costs nothing and ends with a straight answer about your exposure and what closing it involves. Public entities: 2027 is closer than the procurement cycle that pays for it.