accessWidget helps make your website accessible based on WCAG guidelines, the most widely adopted standards for web accessibility. However, there are some additional accessibility adjustments that contribute that accessWidget’s technology doesn't currently provide.
Here are the key limitations:
- Video subtitles and document accessibility: accessWidget doesn't create subtitles or closed captions for videos. It also doesn't make Word documents or PDF files accessible, since they are not part of your site's source code. accessWidget only applies accessibility adjustments to the website itself.
- Existing accessibility adjustments: accessWidget does not edit, modify, or override accessibility adjustments that exist on your site. For example, if you created image descriptions (alt text), accessWidget will not override them. Keep in mind that if you have applied accessibility adjustments, and they were perhaps incorrect, then accessWidget may not correct them. Additionally, if you apply accessibility adjustments yourself or are using an additional tool, make sure they don't conflict with or override each other.
- Machine learning limitations: accessWidget is powered by machine learning technology. This means that to be accurate, accessWidget has to encounter a component many times on several different websites. The more it encounters a component, the better it can make it accessible. For example, common elements like menus, dropdowns, popups, forms, buttons, lists, and galleries, are almost always made accessible, as these components exist on almost any website. However, if your website contains uncommon or customized components like a customized quiz, test, ticketing or booking features, special effects, or games, then accessWidget might not be able to make it accessible because it hasn’t encountered these elements enough before. In these cases, you'll need to make the accessibility adjustments manually.