AccessTune

AccessTune · A practical accessibility tune-up for your website

3,117 businesses were sued over their websites last year.

We scan your site the way plaintiff law firms do — then hand you a prioritized fix plan before a demand letter arrives.

For dental clinics, law firms, restaurants, daycares, and medical practices.

How we test:axe-core · Lighthouse · Manual keyboard review · Screen reader pass (NVDA / VoiceOver) · WCAG 2.2 AA

The risk is real

A new website-accessibility lawsuit is filed roughly every 90 minutes.

At the projected 2026 pace of 6,000+ filings (UsableNet projection).

2026 is on pace for a record year. The scanners don't take days off.

Federal web-accessibility lawsuits from 2017 through 2025Filings rose from 814 in 2017 to 3,117 in 2025, with a 27 percent increase from 2024 to 2025.01k2k3k81420172,25820182,25620192,52320202,89520213,25520222,79420232,45220243,117 · +27%2025
Federal website-accessibility lawsuits, 2017–2025 (Seyfarth Shaw).
25,000+lawsuits since 2018, all courts
66–77%of targets are businesses under $25M in revenue
$5k–$20ktypical small-business settlement — before legal fees

Most problems are found before a business ever hears about them.

Plaintiff firms scan thousands of sites for missing alt text, unlabeled forms, low contrast, and keyboard traps. We look first.

$249 for the audit vs. a typical $5,000–$20,000 small-business settlement — before legal fees.

No warning is required

No one has to warn you first. Federal law does not require a demand letter before a lawsuit — the first notice can be the filing itself.

Filed cases are only the visible part

Lawsuits are the tip: demand letters outnumber filed cases 7 to 10 times. Most are settled quietly, before anyone hears about them.

Documented fixes matter

Businesses that can show good-faith remediation have cut initial settlement demands by 40–60%. That's what our good-faith evidence file is for.

Florida is a hotspot

Florida ranks #2 nationally for these suits (709 federal filings in H1 2026, Seyfarth Shaw) — and it's home turf for us.

How a demand letter happens

Step 1

A plaintiff firm's bot scans your site — silently, automatically.

Step 2

Violations are documented with timestamps.

Step 3

A demand letter arrives — or a lawsuit is filed with no warning.

Step 4

You settle for $5k–$20k plus mandatory fixes… or you fix it first for $249.

What's your exposure?

Answer five quick questions to see where your website's risk profile lands.

Question 1 of 520% complete
Does your website let customers book, buy, or contact you online?

The myths that cost small businesses thousands.

Four common assumptions leave websites exposed long after the warning signs are visible in the code.

It happened to businesses like yours.

They're not our clients. They're the reason we exist.

Scott Fetterman · Fetterman's Deli, Kansas City

Twenty days after opening his second location, a demand letter arrived — it didn't even say what was wrong with the website. He shut the site down for a month while building a new one.

"I want to be accessible to everybody."— Scott Fetterman
Reported at a Missouri House hearing, Jan 2026.

Shir Donovick · Sheer the Brand

Just as her business was taking off, she was sued over website accessibility.

"It was stressful and scary at the time."

"Accessibility should be about helping people, not scaring small businesses into settlements."— Shir Donovick
KIRO 7 News Seattle.

One web designer. Six clients sued.

One Missouri web designer reports six of her clients sued — one business shut down as a result.

Missouri House hearing testimony, Jan 2026.

None of them saw it coming. You don't have to be next.

Get my free Risk Snapshot

Know what matters. Fix it in the right order.

A practical path from uncertainty to a developer-ready remediation plan — without pretending that an automated score tells the whole story.

Free Risk Snapshot

A real homepage scan and one-page summary of the most important risks.

1 page · within 48 hours

Full audit

Up to 15 page types, WCAG 2.2 testing, manual triage, severity-ranked findings, fix tickets, effort estimates, and a draft statement.

Founder rate $249 · 5 business days

Fix it

Your developer handles the highest-risk tickets first. Need implementation support? Ask about remediation help.

A prioritized, practical handoff
Sample reportCover preview of the AccessTune sample accessibility audit report

See exactly what you get.

Open the four-page sample to see how evidence becomes a practical remediation plan your developer can use.

  • Executive risk summary with the most urgent barriers first
  • Evidence and WCAG mapping for each verified finding
  • Developer-ready tickets with recommended fixes and effort
  • Good-faith evidence to document remediation progress
Download the sample report (PDF)

A clear first step at every risk level.

Start with a no-cost snapshot. Upgrade only when you are ready for a complete, implementation-ready plan.

Risk Snapshot

Free
  • Homepage scan
  • One-page risk summary
  • Delivered within 48 hours
Request snapshot

Audit + Roadmap

$499
  • Everything in the Full Audit
  • Prioritized remediation roadmap
  • Sequenced fixes by impact and effort
  • Implementation handoff call
Discuss the roadmap

Do the math

Compare one common settlement amount with the founder-rate audit.

Settlement$12,500
Full Audit$249

That's 50x the cost of the audit.

The audit costs less than one hour of a defense lawyer's time.

Our promise: if your Full Audit finds zero high legal-risk barriers, we refund $150 of the $249. You only pay full price when we find real problems.

Quarterly re-scan add-on: $99
Check for regressions after site updates and content changes.
Ask about re-scans
$1 million

FTC penalty against accessiBe over deceptive claims that its widget could make websites WCAG compliant.

FTC final order · April 2025
About 20%

Of companies sued in 2025 already had an accessibility widget installed.

UsableNet · July 2026
26.22%

Of January 2026 accessibility cases involved websites using widgets.

EcomBack · January 2026

A widget won't protect you.

An overlay can add a toolbar, but it cannot reliably repair inaccessible code, broken workflows, or structural barriers underneath. The lawsuit data shows that having a widget installed does not remove the risk.

An audit with code-level fixes is different. We identify the barriers in your forms, navigation, images, headings, contrast, and components, then turn them into prioritized tickets your developer can act on.

The leading widget costs $59/month — forever. Our Full Audit is $249 once, and it fixes the code instead of covering it up.

Don't be fooled by scare tactics.

Some vendors inflate scanner results to scare you into a subscription. We do the opposite: like a good mechanic, we show you exactly what's wrong — no more, no less — and give you a clear path to fix it. Then you decide who does the repair: us, your developer, or anyone you trust; we earn your trust, we don't rent your fear.

We audit the code — we don't install a patch.

Straight answers.

No false promises or claims of lawsuit immunity — just a clearer picture of your site's technical accessibility risk.

Is this legal advice?

No. This is a technical accessibility audit, not legal advice. Consult your attorney for guidance about your legal obligations or a specific claim.

Will this make my site lawsuit-proof?

No one can promise immunity from a lawsuit. Resolving verified accessibility barriers can dramatically reduce exposure and, more importantly, make your site usable by more people.

What do you need from me?

Just your website URL to begin the Risk Snapshot. If part of the full audit sits behind a login, we will discuss secure access before testing.

How long does it take?

The free Risk Snapshot is delivered within 48 hours. A Full Audit is delivered within 5 business days.

What standards do you test against?

WCAG 2.2 Level AA, the technical standard courts commonly reference when evaluating web accessibility.

Do you fix the issues yourselves?

We deliver developer-ready tickets. Your developer can implement them, or we can introduce remediation help when you need it.

AccessTune is an independent accessibility audit practice based in Miami, Florida. Every report is reviewed by a human auditor — no automated-only PDFs, no black boxes.

Tell us what you need.

Share a few details and we will get back to you within one business day. For a Risk Snapshot, your website URL is enough to get started.

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