Ada compliant websites 
Author: John W.I did just read in this forum that Website X5 does not have tools within it to make websites ADA compliant. I am being trolled right now by a company selling its services, saying one line of Javascript will solve all my probems. (Yeah right. Did I just think that outloud?)
I think the troll is going to become too pushy. Already their second phone call. But in reading up on this, there are just several NORMAL things we can do, like ALT tags. This is a paragraph from the article in the link from that other forum post:
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One thing to check is that your website includes alternative text (aka alt text) for each image. Alt text is a word or phrase that describes an image for those with a visual impairment. Having accurate alt text is important not only because it enables screen reading software, such as NVDA or JAWS, to describe images to visually impaired users, but also because it enables search engines to display images based on written descriptions and to display search results more accurately. This type of testing can be tedious to do manually, so consider using an automated system to find potential violations and issues faster. The W3C has https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tools/" aria-label="a list of web accessibility evaluation tools" rel="noopener">a list of web accessibility evaluation tools.
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Seeing that all shopping cart card images do not have an alt tag in this software, can the software be programed to automatically take the filename(s) of the JPEG image(s) on the shopping cart card and just make them a default ALT tag? That would be a big hurdle, and a big SEO milestone for us too.
Could something that important be written into a soon to be update of the program?
Hello. I sent a notification about your question to the company employees, expect an answer from them here in the comments.
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Kind of looks like they are already working on some aspects of it. Paul told me that the mystery uncrawlable link showing up on our web pages at the Page Title position is related to screen readers. So progress on the ADA is already being made.
Hi John,
thank you for getting in touch and sorry for keeping you wait.
While the ALT tag is available for the images you add using the Image Objects, we have been reported that this feature is missing for other important elements. What I can tell you for sure is that we have collected this kind of message and have reported them, but I do not have any news regarding this topic at the moment, I am sorry about this. In case there will be developments in this sense I will be happy to let you know.
Thanks! Kind regards.
Right now companies are being sued for 100's of thousands of dollars for not being compliant. We have clients that are flat shutting down their sites to keep from being sued. This is not going away, EVER!
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You can check out their web site.
https://www.winndixie.com/
Just tab thru it after landing on it. Perfect example of how the site should react. Pay less attention to ALT tags. If you cannot tab and hit enter or use the up down arrows to navigate, the ALT tags really do not matter, because you cannot get there from here.
Breaking Down FL Judge's Landmark ADA-Website Decision Against Winn-Dixie. A federal judge in Florida this week ruled in favor of a blind Miami man who alleged in a 2016 class action lawsuit that Southeastern supermarket and pharmacy chain Winn-Dixie’s website was not in compliance with Title III of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
You can read more here:
https://www.classaction.org/blog/breaking-down-fl-judges-landmark-ada-website-decision-against-winn-dixie#:~:text=Breaking%20Down%20FL%20Judge%27s%20Landmark%20ADA-Website%20Decision%20Against,of%20the%20federal%20Americans%20with%20Disabilities%20Act%20%28ADA%29
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https://criterion508.com/ada-web-compliance/?msclkid=a1e97c2ad45814a82a8923812818fe9b&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=ADA&utm_term=%2Bada%20%2Bwebsite%20%2Blawsuit&utm_content=ada-web-lawsuits
What is ADA Web Compliance?
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) mandates that public accommodation must be provided to disabled persons to allow for the “full and equal enjoyment” of the related privileges, goods, services, advantages and accommodations as those provided to able-bodied persons. The owner of any business is responsible for making sure those accommodations are made with “reasonable modification.” The ADA makes it very clear that a business that does not provide for that accommodation is engaging in unlawful discrimination 42 U.S.C. section 12182(b)(2)(A)(iii).
The most recent case from the Ninth Circuit Court addressing this subject is Robles v. Domino’s Pizza, Inc., 2019 WL 190134, decided on January 15, 2019. There, the court reaffirmed the rule adopted by “the many district courts that have confronted this issue[;],” i.e., that the ADA applies to websites and mobile apps that connect customers to the goods and services of restaurants and other places of public accommodations. (Source: National Law Review)
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I suggest reviewing these:
https://www.atilus.com/top-10-ada-lawsuits/
To name a few.
Beyonce
Dominoes
Winn Dixie
Fox 4 News
Burger King
Nike
Blue Apron
CVS Pharmacy
Hobby Lobby
Harvard
This has been law since 1990. It is nothing new.