OnlineADA Review

Online ADA web accessibility solution is founded on a simple philosophy: compliance is about doing the real job not just hanging a badge or certificate on your website. Therefore, its full compliance is a two-fold process: software automation which digs deep to unearth code-level issues coupled with human hands who review and fine-tune peripheral violations. In this Online ADA review we explore and explain this two-fold process to you.

Both processes are important considering the thousands of lines of codes that make up an average website which will be tedious for humans to sift through via a manual process. On the other hand, the software is not fully adequate to address and resolve all issues. This effective combination achieves web accessibility cum compliance results.

Max Access is the name for OnlineADA AI-powered fully automated web accessibility software. The objective for creating this powerful software, in collaboration with big tech partners like Google and AWS, is to deliver three services in one product:

1. the software makes a website accessible to all kinds of people
2. increases customer base
3. and maintains the highest possible level of compliance

Upon installation, Max Access filters through the millions of lines of codes on your site for compliance issues after which it rectifies the errors found. Could that be the end? Not quite. After the instant initial scan and remediation, Max Access repeats the process regularly. It scans and analyzes web updates for quick rectification every 24 hours, thus ensuring 24/7 compliance.

Max Access has a couple of attributes that make it an impressive accessibility audit solution. It is very fast and easy to use. Remediation is completed in a few minutes. Its flexibility for customization makes it exceedingly navigable for users. It also boasts the following features:

• Image recognition: Max Access utilizes AI to scan websites images and comes up with captions and ALT tags for each.
• Alt-Tag Manager powered by Artificial Intelligence
• AI-Driven ARIA Label Manager for adding accessible description texts
• Color Blindness Reports
• Color Contrast Customization

Online ADA’s Accessibility Toolbar allows end-users to customize web pages for an ultimate experience. It features a regular list of tools that are indispensable to a nice web experience. Some of which include:

• Text to speech feature which converts written contents into voiced outputs. With the Max Access toolbar, end users can access 54 voice options in 27 Languages.
• Text font modifier which lets users view contents in default, large, and extra-large sizes to enhance user experience.
• Font changer lets end users adjust default font to suit their aesthetic taste in a matter of clicks

Accessibility Academy

OnlineADA Accessibility Academy might be a worthwhile investment for clients or brands looking to get their website accessibility done by themselves. This accessibility training equips users to take the remediation process head-on. C-suite executives, web developers, content and editorial, information architecture and user experience, product development, legal and compliance, strategy and planning, customer service, and marketing team can all benefit from this training process. Each brand is given customized training that meets its need, bearing in mind its industry category, service offering, and customer expectations. And there are various levels of instruction for different levels of knowledge. Sounds cool, right?

It appears that accessibility training is a very brilliant idea. It is better to educate each important section of the company whose inputs/outputs determine the accessibility status of the whole brand. This is particularly important for web developers who are the backend of the site. The right education about compliance will definitely influence and reflect its code structure. The content and editorial team is also exceedingly deserving of this capacity training. Knowing the do’s and don’t’s of accessibility informs their efforts at dishing out content to be consumed by end-users. As for the information architecture and user experience department, the importance of accessibility cannot be overreached. One might find it somewhat difficult to conclude on which of the trio of web development, content and editorial, and information architecture and user experience teams are most deserving of this training because each of these units is crucial to serving the end-user right. In a nutshell, no section of a company should be left out in this education process. It is better to be penny-wise than pound foolish.

Max Access works well on all platforms and content management systems. It performs its lightning-fast web scanning and remediation magic regardless of the web platform it is used on. Considering its fully encrypted nature, the software appears secure and safe.

OnlineADA Accessibility Statement is a three-to-five paragraph document outlining efforts to make the website accessible to visitors and declaring a future commitment to equal web accessibility experience to all and sundry. It does not stop there, it also provides a spur to users to take the necessary step in case they feel the site is not accessible enough.

Different strokes for different folks; different prices for different products/services. OnlineADA Max Access accessibility software goes for $37/ month. You can test-run the feature on a 14-day trial before deciding whether to settle for the product or to move on to check out other solutions. As for the Online ADA’s Accessibility Academy, it costs $97. Online ADA offers a paid Accessibility Toolbar Pro.

From A to AA and AAA compliance levels, OnlineADA accessibility has provision for virtually all needs. One pointer to professionalism is their tailored solution for different brands. It happens that not all organizations fall under the obligation of meeting the AAA success criteria. Instead, different brands require different compliance levels. With this in mind, Online ADA confirms clients’ needs through a short form. In that detailed but quick-to-fill form, a prospective client fills in their name, phone number, email, website URL, and company category. Upon receiving the request, OnlineADA expert puts a free consultation call through to discuss with the client the right strategy for their brand, thus delivering a brand-specific web accessibility solution instead of a one-size-fits-all compliance service.

Still, on compliance, a good question to ask is whether this web accessibility brand offers one-shot compliance or a recurrent certification package. Because websites are not expected to be static, it is inconceivable that compliance is a one-off process. Part of efforts to ensure continuous compliance is the Ongoing Compliance Management service which OnlineADA contingent of accessibility experts conduct periodically. Monthly reports generated through the proprietary compliance audit software are issued to users to keep tabs on their accessibility status. The goal is to catch major problems early on so as to nip them in the bud.

Online ADA’s compliance certification

A unique feature of Online ADA’s compliance certification is its time-stamped badge. After a site has been updated and remediated to compliance, its user interface, layout, and menu are retrofitted to work with accessibility tools including screen readers, text magnifier, etc.

These web components are scarcely disrupted except in the case of a major update. Meanwhile, content updates in the form of a blog post, new landing pages, etc., interrupt web compliance and repeatedly force it out of compliance. It is in this light that Online ADA provides a compliance certification that carries the date of the last update.

So what happens to this time-stamped compliance certification? You guessed right since compliance certificates are expected to expire over time, as content updates compound, Online ADA offers ongoing compliance management. Their software monitors and regularly reports compliance status. Additionally, it detects compliance violations found in web content. This is done on a monthly basis.

Every three to six months, OnlineADA re-certifies your site after a manual audit has been completed on it by its experts.

OnlineADA accessibility monitor relies on full automation. Both its Max Access ALT-tag manager and ARIA label leverage AI for effective functioning.