ADA Compliance Guardian

<p><strong>ADA Compliance Guardian</strong> provides a robust, AI-driven framework to streamline the complex process of achieving and maintaining web accessibility standards, including WCAG 2.1, ADA Title III, and Section 508. Our solution is engineered to mitigate legal risk, enhance user experience for all individuals, and integrate seamlessly into your existing WordPress workflow.<br />
This plugin leverages state-of-the-art AI models from Google and OpenAI to automate critical compliance tasks that are traditionally manual, time-consuming, and error-prone.</p>
<h3>Core Technology & Features:</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>AI-Powered Image Alt Text Generation (Google Gemini)</strong><br />
Leverages Google’s advanced Gemini multimodal AI model to analyze image content and context, generating highly descriptive and accurate alternative text.<br />
The system supports multiple generation modes:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Individual Generation:</strong> Create alt text for single images directly from the media library interface.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Bulk Generation:</strong> Automatically identify all images missing alt text and generate descriptions for them in a single, managed operation.</li>
<li><strong>SEO & ADA Enhanced Regeneration:</strong> A specialized mode to regenerate alt text for all library images, focusing on a dual-mandate of comprehensive ADA compliance and semantic SEO enrichment.</li>
<li><strong>Automated Video Captioning & Subtitles (OpenAI Whisper)</strong><br />
Integrates seamlessly with OpenAI’s Whisper API, a leading automatic speech recognition (ASR) system, to generate precise, time-coded captions for your video assets.</li>
<li><strong>WebVTT Generation:</strong> Automatically produces W3C standard WebVTT (.vtt) caption files from your video’s audio track.</li>
<li><strong>Automatic Display:</strong> The plugin intelligently modifies your website’s front-end video players (both shortcode and block-based) to include the necessary <code><track></code> tags, ensuring captions are available to your users without manual theme editing.</li>
<li><strong>Enhanced Focus Management & Keyboard Navigation</strong><br />
Provides a consistent and highly-visible focus indicator for all interactive elements, a critical component for users who rely on keyboard navigation.<br />
This feature can be toggled in the plugin settings.</li>
<li><strong>AI Tabindex Manager (Experimental):</strong> An optional, experimental feature that uses an AI model to analyze the DOM and identify non-interactive elements that have been scripted to be interactive but lack focusability.<br />
When enabled, it programmatically applies <code>tabindex="0"</code> to these elements.</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin utilizes third-party services to provide its AI-powered features.<br />
Your use of these features is subject to the terms and policies of these services.<br />
* <strong>Google Gemini</strong><br />
    * <strong>Purpose:</strong> Used for generating descriptive alt text for images.<br />
* <strong>Data Sent:</strong> Image data (the image file itself) is transmitted to the Google Cloud Vision or Gemini API for analysis.<br />
No other user or site data is included in this request.<br />
* <strong>Terms of Service:</strong> <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">https://policies.google.com/terms</a><br />
    * <strong>Privacy Policy:</strong> <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">https://policies.google.com/privacy</a></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>OpenAI Whisper</strong>
<ul>
<li><strong>Purpose:</strong> Used for generating transcriptions and captions for video files.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Data Sent:</strong> The video file is transmitted to the OpenAI Whisper API for transcription.<br />
No other user or site data is included in this request.</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Terms of Use:</strong> <a href="https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use" rel="nofollow ugc">https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use</a></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Privacy Policy:</strong> <a href="https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>ADA Compliance Guardian Validation Service</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Purpose:</strong> To validate your subscription plan and track API usage against your plan’s limits.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Data Sent:</strong> Your Plan API Key, your WordPress admin email, and the specific service being requested (e.g., ‘image_alt’) are sent to our secure validation server at <code>adacomplianceguardian.com</code>.</li>
<li><strong>Terms of Service:</strong> <a href="https://adacomplianceguardian.com/terms-of-service" rel="nofollow ugc">https://adacomplianceguardian.com/terms-of-service</a>
<ul>
<li><strong>Privacy Policy:</strong> <a href="https://adacomplianceguardian.com/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">https://adacomplianceguardian.com/privacy-policy</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Third-Party Code</h3>
<p>This plugin uses the following third-party library:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Captionator.js</strong>
<ul>
<li><strong>Purpose:</strong> Provides a cross-browser compatibility layer for caption rendering.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/captionator/captionator" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/captionator/captionator</a>
<ul>
<li><strong>License:</strong> Licensed under the MIT license.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Legal Disclaimers</h3>
<h3>Third-Party Services</h3>
<p>This plugin’s functionality is dependent on third-party services provided by Google LLC and OpenAI, L.L.C.<br />
Your use of the AI-powered features is subject to the terms of service and privacy policies of these respective companies.</p>
<h3>No Guarantee of Compliance</h3>
<p>ADA Compliance Guardian is a tool intended to assist you in your efforts to make your website more accessible.<br />
Use of this plugin does not constitute a legal guarantee of compliance with any accessibility laws.<br />
Responsibility for legal compliance remains solely with the website owner.</p>
<h3>Trademark Notice</h3>
<p>WordPress and the WordPress logo are registered trademarks of the WordPress Foundation.<br />
Google, Gemini, OpenAI, and Whisper are trademarks of their respective owners.<br />
Use of these names does not imply endorsement or affiliation.</p>


An AI-driven accessibility framework to help meet and exceed digital compliance standards.

Savoy AI

<p>Savoy Accessibility scans the PDFs on your WordPress site and uses the Savoy cloud service to generate WCAG 2.1 AA-friendly HTML versions of each one, so screen readers and other assistive technologies can read the content directly. It also includes a set of on-demand audits and opt-in hardening toggles for common WCAG issues elsewhere on your site.</p>
<p>The plugin is intended for sites that publish a lot of PDF content (schools, universities, government agencies, nonprofits, and businesses).</p>
<h4>Key features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatic PDF detection across posts, pages, and the media library</li>
<li>Conversion of PDF text content to semantic HTML using the Savoy service</li>
<li>Automatic scanned PDF detection — text is extracted directly when a text layer is present; vision AI OCR is used when the entire document is image-only (e.g. a scanned page). Embedded images in any PDF are described separately via vision AI for alt text.</li>
<li>Automatic alt-text generation for images inside PDFs</li>
<li>Generated documents are stored as a custom post type so you can edit them in Gutenberg</li>
<li>Optional AI chat sidebar in the document viewer (off by default)</li>
<li>Inline accessibility badge next to PDF links</li>
<li>Optional automatic link rewriting so visitors land on the HTML version</li>
<li>Daily automatic scanning to catch newly uploaded PDFs</li>
<li>Works with any theme</li>
</ul>
<h4>On-demand audits</h4>
<ul>
<li>Image alt text audit</li>
<li>Generic link text audit (WCAG 2.4.4) — flags “click here”, “read more”, bare URLs</li>
<li>Heading hierarchy audit (WCAG 1.3.1, 2.4.6) — flags multiple H1s and skipped levels</li>
<li>Tables-without-headers audit (WCAG 1.3.1)</li>
<li>Empty or missing button labels audit (WCAG 4.1.2)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Opt-in hardening toggles</h4>
<ul>
<li>Inject <code><html lang></code> if missing</li>
<li>Visible focus outlines for keyboard navigation</li>
<li>Respect <code>prefers-reduced-motion</code></li>
<li>“Skip to main content” link</li>
</ul>
<h4>Software as a Service</h4>
<p>This plugin is a client for the Savoy service at <a href="https://savoy.chat/accessible" rel="nofollow ugc">savoy.chat</a>. PDF processing, OCR, HTML generation, and AI chat all run on Savoy’s servers. The plugin only communicates with Savoy when you provide an API key. See the Savoy Terms of Service and Privacy Policy at <a href="https://savoy.chat/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">savoy.chat/terms</a> and <a href="https://savoy.chat/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">savoy.chat/privacy</a>.</p>
<p>The free portion of the plugin (PDF detection and the audit/hardening tools) does not require an API key and does not contact Savoy’s servers. PDF conversion and link rewriting require a Savoy subscription.</p>
<h4>How it works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin.</li>
<li>Go to Settings > Savoy Accessibility. Click “Rescan all content” to see how many PDFs are on your site.</li>
<li>(Optional) Sign up at savoy.chat/accessible, paste in your API key, and click Save and Verify.</li>
<li>Detected PDFs are sent to the Savoy service for conversion.</li>
<li>Each converted document is stored as an Accessible Document post in WordPress, which you can edit.</li>
<li>Links on your site are optionally rewritten to point at the accessible HTML version.</li>
</ol>
<h4>What happens to my original PDFs?</h4>
<p>The plugin never modifies your original files. It creates parallel HTML pages and optionally points visitors to them. You can disable link rewriting at any time.</p>


Savoy Accessibility – Drop-In PDF Accessibility for WordPress (WCAG 2.1 AA)

Convert PDFs to WCAG-friendly HTML, run on-demand WCAG audits, and apply opt-in site-wide accessibility enhancements.

ADA Compliance Guardian vs Savoy Accessibility – Drop-In PDF Accessibility for WordPress (WCAG 2.1 AA)