Show threadAdrian Roselli, pH0Mar 11

Specifically #AudioEye (best known for SLAPP suits versus useful tooling) and #UserWay (best known for destroying the Level Access brand). Anyway, utter disappointment to see #CSUNATC giving them a platform.

Refs:
• https://adrianroselli.com/2023/02/audioeye-will-get-you-sued.html
• https://adrianroselli.com/2021/09/userway-will-get-you-sued.html

#accessibility #overlays #a11y

Show threadAdrian Roselli, pH0Mar 4

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

#AudioEye:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/02/audioeye-will-get-you-sued.html

#UserWay:
https://adrianroselli.com/2021/09/userway-will-get-you-sued.html

And because there is a session on the Overlay Community Group:
https://adrianroselli.com/2022/09/accessibility-at-the-edge-w3c-cg-is-an-overlay-smoke-screen.html

Driven by those two #overlay vendors.

#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 reflects my genuinely held beliefs and opinions. My concern with AudioEye has consistently been with the…

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Adrian Roselli, pH0Feb 25

#AudioEye claims it can find more issues than other #overlay vendors:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/02/audioeye-will-get-you-sued.html#comment-399346

It makes this claim on a page with 44 WCAG issues according to axe (or 83–111 “valid issues” if AudioEye is to be believed).

Report is linked so you can judge the methodology, outcome.

#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 reflects my genuinely held beliefs and opinions. My concern with AudioEye has consistently been with the…

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SteveAug 8, 2025

Trying to submit a time off request in my company's CRM which uses #AudioEye (not our choice, I assure you). Bottom line is that I can't do it. Just submitted the following feedback:

"I can't accessibly submit time off requests anymore. This overlay is absolute trash; please get rid of it as it's not helping you. I truly hate this platform."

Overlay shills can suck it.

Adrian Roselli, pH0Jul 17, 2025

Reminded someone that not only did #accessiBe’s overlay not help a site, it may have been a factor in the lawsuit against that site (PDF):
https://archive.org/details/gov.uscourts.pawd.316620

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

Docket:
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/56797092/MONTANO_et_al_v_RESTAURANT_EQUIPPERS,_INC

#accessibility #overlays #a11y

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Show threadAdrian Roselli, pH0Mar 11, 2025

I heard an explicit reference to #AudioEye from the CSUNATC keynote today (Arizona company, Arizona rep), but I understand that #AudioEye also coaxed people to a post-keynote mixer.

I am curious if anyone knows who attended that mixer.

Adrian Roselli, pH0Mar 6, 2025

Oh, I also see CSUNATC is letting an #overlay vendor run a its Friday “Fireside Chat: The Future of AI and Accessibility.”

I may be judging the people from D2L, Yahoo, ETS, and Davis Wright Tremaine LLP who have chosen to share a stage with #AudioEye.

Adrian Roselli, pH0Feb 27, 2025

It wasn’t just a legal threat, these bullies used a SLAPP to sue me for the post. They tried to bankrupt and silence me.
https://bsky.app/profile/overlaytimeline.com/post/3lj53obizjk2i

#a11y #accessibility #overlays #AudioEye

Overlay Timeline (@overlaytimeline.com)

On this day in 2023, @aardrian.bsky.social published a revision of a 2022 article which had resulted in legal threats from AudioEye. Adrian provided video demonstrations and examples of verifiably false claims the overlay company was making. https://adrianroselli.com/2023/02/audioeye-will-get-you-sued.html

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Adrian Roselli, pH0Feb 25, 2025
Later today, #AudioEye board member Tony Coelho (also a sponsor of the ADA and confirmation anyone can be scammed by #overlays) will be speaking at #AxeCon and I am curious if he will shill for AudioEye on Deque’s dime.
Show threadAdrian Roselli, pH0Feb 16, 2025

Meanwhile, #AudioEye’s #overlay continues to be a de facto #accessibility barrier for users.
https://tweesecake.social/@pixelate/113997379986335493

#a11y

Devin Prater :blind: (@[email protected])

Circular inaccessibility: * I cannot sign into my OnePlus account due to a captcha with no audio version. And it's usually one where you have to drag something or click something in order. * I can't sign into the OnePlus community center because I can't sign into my OnePlus account. * I cannot report the issue to OnePlus because I cannot sign into the community center because I cannot sign into my OnePlus account. * OnePlus relies on AudioEye for accessibility but I still cannot find any contact info on the accessibility page. Well at least the phone is responsive and does the whole Android thing well enough. And I'm lucky I don't need their apps. https://www.oneplus.com/us/accessibility #OnePlus #accessibility #AudioEye #overlay #android #blind

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