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Accessibility is how your product works for the roughly one in four adults who live with a disability, and it is increasingly a legal requirement under the ADA and similar laws. Beyond compliance, it is about people being able to use what you build. An accessible product reaches more customers, lowers legal exposure, and reflects a brand that takes everyone seriously.
Choosing to make your product accessible before anyone forces you to signals that your brand is built for everyone, not scrambling after a complaint. It earns trust with customers, partners, and the press, and it positions you as a leader in your category rather than a laggard reacting to risk.
People with disabilities represent more than a billion people worldwide and hundreds of billions in annual spending power. An inaccessible product turns that audience away at the door, while an accessible one widens your market, improves usability for everyone, and reduces the cost and risk of a legal claim. Accessibility is a growth investment, not only a compliance cost.
No. Accessibility overlays don't fix your code. They layer over it. More than 1,400 ADA website lawsuits in 2025, roughly 28% of the year's total, targeted sites already using an accessibility widget (UsableNet 2025 Year-End Report). Zenyth never recommends overlays.
Significant. More than 1,400 ADA website lawsuits in 2025, roughly 28 percent of the year's total, targeted sites already using an accessibility widget (UsableNet 2025 Year-End Report). An overlay does not remediate the underlying code and does not produce a defensible compliance record. If you currently have an overlay in place, that is something to address as part of your legal strategy.
No. Automated scanners catch only about 30 to 40 percent of real WCAG issues; the rest, focus order, meaningful alt text, keyboard traps, live-region behavior, require a human to catch. Zenyth pairs Zena with human validation so the audit reflects what a real assistive-technology user experiences, not just what a tool can measure.
Automated scans catch roughly 30 to 40 percent of WCAG violations. The issues they miss are often the ones that most directly affect disabled users and carry the most weight in legal and procurement contexts. A Zenyth accessibility audit combines automated scanning with manual expert testing to produce a complete, defensible findings record.
It depends on what that audit produced. If the documentation was not structured for legal defense, if remediation was handled by a separate vendor with no accountability to the audit findings, or if the site has changed since the audit was completed, the prior work may not protect you. Zenyth can assess what you have and determine whether it is defensible.
It depends on the size and complexity of your site and whether litigation is driving the timeline. We provide a clear timeline during scoping before work begins.
It depends on where you are. If you have received a demand letter or face active litigation, start with an audit and litigation support. If you are preparing for procurement, you likely need an audit and a VPAT. If you are building or redesigning, design annotations and a brand guideline review catch issues before they ship. If you are not sure, one conversation is enough for us to point you to the right path.
Once fixes are in place, Zenyth retests to confirm they resolve the issues and that nothing new was introduced, then documents the result. From there, many clients move into ongoing monitoring, since a site that conforms today can drift as content and code change.
It depends on the size and complexity of your site, but a focused, litigation-grade audit can be delivered in as little as seven days. Larger or multi-property audits take longer, and we scope the timeline with you up front so there are no surprises.
Either works. Zenyth can remediate the code directly, or audit and hand your developers clear, developer-ready guidance so they can do the fixes themselves. Many engagements are a mix, and we scope it to your team's capacity.
No. Overlays do not fix your code, they layer over it, and they can increase legal exposure rather than reduce it. Zenyth remediates at the code level, and while our AI engine accelerates the work, every finding and fix is reviewed by a person before it counts.
An audit tells you where you stand and what to fix, and remediation brings your site into conformance with the standard you are held to. But accessibility is not a one-time certification. Sites change, and conformance can drift as new content and features ship, which is why many clients pair remediation with ongoing monitoring. Zenyth also documents the work so that, if a claim ever arises, you can show a record of genuine, good-faith accessibility effort.
Contact Zenyth first. We can review the claims, advise on their legitimacy, and propose next steps, including referring you to experienced defense counsel if you do not already have an attorney. From there, we work directly with your legal team to audit the specific claims in the letter, fix the code, and produce the documentation needed to respond. Most demand letter response engagements are scoped and underway within days of first contact.
Yes. Demand letter response is one of Zenyth's core services regardless of store size or complexity. Contact Zenyth first. We review the claims, advise on their legitimacy, coordinate with your legal team, and get to work. Most engagements are scoped and underway within days.
Contact Zenyth first. You do not need to understand the technical requirements before reaching out. We review the claims, explain everything in plain language, and can refer you to experienced defense counsel if you do not already have an attorney. From there, we handle the audit and code fixes from one team. Most engagements are scoped and underway within days.
The standard package includes a litigation-grade WCAG audit scoped to the claims in the demand letter, priority code remediation, and a findings report formatted for legal defense. Standard delivery is within ten business days. Documentation is structured to escalate cleanly to full litigation support if the matter advances without requiring a second audit.
Yes. Zenyth provides expert witness services for ADA Title III accessibility matters, including reviewing and rebutting a plaintiff's expert report, producing supplemental declarations, and appearing for deposition or testimony. The same team that produces the conformance record can stand behind it.
Yes. Zenyth partners with your legal counsel throughout the engagement. We coordinate on litigation timelines, produce documentation formatted for evidentiary standards, and can provide expert witness support when a matter escalates.
We review your demand letter, assess the claims, and follow up promptly to discuss next steps. If you do not already have an attorney, we can refer you to experienced defense counsel. From there, we scope the engagement and get to work.
Demand letter matters are treated as urgent. We respond promptly and do not put clients in active legal situations on a five-day queue.
Yes. Every finding is tied to a cited WCAG success criterion, a documented test method, and reproducible evidence, including the environments and assistive technology used. Because the documentation shows how each conclusion was reached, it is built to withstand cross-examination and a Daubert challenge rather than to simply assert conformance.
No. Zenyth is a technical accessibility partner, not a law firm, and does not provide legal advice or represent clients. We work alongside your in-house and outside counsel, supplying the technical audit, documentation, and expert support your legal strategy depends on, while your attorneys direct the matter.
Zenyth treats engagement materials as confidential and works within your legal team's security and privilege requirements. We sign nondisclosure agreements and any other confidentiality arrangements your matter calls for, and we share documentation through the secure channels your firm already uses.
Zenyth audits against the standard that applies to you, including the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), the European Accessibility Act (EAA), the Accessible Canada Act (ACA), and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). We confirm the target standard and conformance level with you before the audit begins.
Yes. Zenyth reviews prior accessibility audits to determine whether the documentation strengthens your position or creates exposure, since a report resting on automated scanning alone may claim conformance that was never tested. We also examine the plaintiff's allegations and supporting audit, identifying where the claims are overstated, unsupported, or fail to account for the browser, operating system, and assistive technology conditions they depend on.
Zenyth scopes litigation and demand-letter matters quickly and can deliver a litigation-grade audit in as little as seven days, with expert support coordinated on your filing and discovery timelines.
Zenyth's monitoring program produces the ongoing conformance record a settlement or consent decree requires, combining frequent automated checks with deeper manual audits, on a cadence matched to how often your site changes. The result is documentation you can put in front of a compliance review or a court for the life of the agreement.
Yes. Zenyth provides expert witness services for ADA accessibility matters, including written declarations, technical reports, and testimony at deposition or trial when a matter requires it. The expert who built the record is the one who stands behind it.
Zenyth's methodology is built to withstand Daubert scrutiny. Every opinion rests on a cited WCAG success criterion, a documented and repeatable test method, and reproducible evidence, so the reasoning behind a conclusion can be followed and verified by another expert rather than taken on faith.
No. Zenyth is a technical accessibility expert, not a law firm. We provide documented technical analysis and opinions, and you decide how to apply them to the matter. You direct the strategy; Zenyth supplies the technical work behind it.
Yes. Zenyth examines a plaintiff's demand letter or expert report and identifies where it fails on the technical facts, findings that do not meet the cited success criterion, general defects that affect all users regardless of disability, and issues wrongly attributed to the site rather than to user error or the assistive technology. We are equally direct about the claims that do hold, so you know where the real risk is.
Expert witness and technical opinion work is scoped and priced separately from any client remediation engagement, with no bundling. Fees depend on the matter, so pricing is discussed directly rather than published.
Zenyth scopes active matters quickly and can deliver a litigation-grade audit in as little as seven days, with declarations and technical opinions produced on your filing and discovery timeline.
Either. A prior vendor's report may assert conformance that was never tested, or document issues in a way that reads against your client. Zenyth assesses what a prior audit actually establishes, documents the client's good-faith accessibility efforts in a defensible form, and closes the gaps a court would question.
No. Expert witness engagements and client referrals are handled separately. Whether you retain Zenyth as your technical expert or refer a client for audit and remediation, each relationship is scoped on its own terms.
Zenyth can assess the current state of your storefronts, identify what is missing from a documentation standpoint, and produce a conformance record built to legal and procurement standards. If remediation gaps exist, we own the code fixes as well. You will not be managing handoffs between vendors.
Yes. Zenyth regularly assesses prior audit work to determine its defensive value or liability exposure. We can produce a new litigation-grade audit, provide a technical opinion on the prior work, and coordinate directly with your outside counsel on timelines and documentation requirements.
Zenyth's technical experts have supported ADA Title III defense matters including audit documentation, supplemental declarations, and deposition support. Full methodology documentation and expert qualifications are available for counsel review prior to engagement.
No. Zenyth is a technical accessibility partner, not a law firm, and does not provide legal advice or represent clients. When a matter is legal, we work alongside your counsel, providing the audit, documentation, and expert support, while your attorneys direct the strategy.
A VPAT is a structured document describing how a product or website conforms to WCAG standards. Enterprise procurement teams and government contracts routinely require one. Zenyth produces VPATs built to withstand legal and procurement scrutiny.
A Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) documents how your product or site conforms to accessibility standards, criterion by criterion. Zenyth builds every VPAT from real audit findings, with each conformance claim traceable to a tested result. The completed VPAT is your Accessibility Conformance Report, the finished document itself, not a separate deliverable.
A VPAT is a structured document describing how a product or website conforms to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards. Enterprise procurement teams and legal departments request them as evidence of a defensible compliance posture. Zenyth produces VPATs built from the audit findings, structured to hold up under legal and procurement scrutiny.
Zena is the AI engine at the core of our platform. Trained on a decade of real Zenyth audit and remediation data, it maps and scans your site and drafts findings at machine speed. Zena does the heavy lifting, but a qualified expert reviews and validates every finding before it enters your audit. The machine never registers a result on its own, so you get the speed of automation with the credibility of expert work.
We request the access required to audit and remediate the theme, and no more. Engagements run under confidentiality, and the specific access and handling are set out in writing before work begins.
Zenyth Audit is an accessibility management platform. It is where your whole program lives, setting up projects, defining scope, running audits against WCAG and other standards, logging and tracking defects, collaborating on fixes, and keeping a current, exportable conformance record, all in one place.
Either. You can license the platform and run your own program, or engage Zenyth to do the audit and remediation work while you use the platform to collaborate and track progress. Many organizations do a mix of both over time.
No. Zenyth Audit fully supports manual auditing on its own. Zena, our AI engine, is available when you want to move faster, running an automated first pass and drafting findings, but it is optional and billed separately based on use. The choice is yours.
Platform licensing is priced by scale, the number of sites and users you need, across our Self-Serve, Agency, and Enterprise plans. Zena usage is billed separately based on use. If Zenyth handles your audit and remediation as a service, platform access is included with that engagement.
You choose the conformance target when you set up a project, including WCAG at the level you need, and the platform presents the matching success criteria. When you log a finding, you draw on Zenyth's curated library of 406 rules mapped across the success criteria, so your reporting stays consistent and grounded in a decade of real work.
Yes. The full report exports to a spreadsheet, ready to import into Jira, Azure DevOps, or another ticketing system so your developers can work findings as tickets. A separate visual report turns the findings into charts you can share with leadership.
Yes. You control what each person can access and do, down to which projects they see and whether they can add pages or log defects. You decide who gets what, so the right people have the right access.
Your project data, findings, and records stay in your platform, organized by project and kept current as work progresses.
The platform is the product you run yourself; the services are Zenyth doing the work for you. Both use the same platform, the same standards, and the same curated knowledge, so whether your team audits or ours does, the work is held to the same standard and lives in the same place.
Zena is the AI engine inside Zenyth's platform. It runs the automated first pass, scanning your site and drafting findings at machine speed, and in a development pipeline it can even stage code changes for review. But automated testing catches only 30 to 40 percent of accessibility barriers. On top of Zena, our experts test manually, including with assistive technology, to find the barriers a scan cannot, and they validate every finding before it enters your record. Zena makes the work faster; the manual expertise on top of it is what makes the work defensible.
No. Zenyth's remediation methodology is designed to work within your existing codebase and release cycle without disrupting your live site. For Shopify merchants, our Shopify-native approach means fixes are implemented without affecting your storefront's availability.
No. Zenyth scopes all remediation work to avoid disruption to live storefronts and high-traffic periods. We work within your release cycle and communicate clearly about timing before anything is implemented.
It depends on the size and complexity of your site, the volume of existing violations, and whether litigation is driving the timeline. A demand letter response engagement can be completed in weeks. A full enterprise compliance program with ongoing monitoring is a longer engagement. Zenyth scopes every project to the actual work required and does not sell compliance theater.
Timeline depends on the number of storefronts, the complexity of your theme and app integrations, and whether litigation is driving the schedule. Zenyth provides a clear timeline during scoping before work begins.
Both. We can audit and remediate existing theme sections, apps, and custom code, and we can design and build new accessible sections from the ground up.
In most cases within a week of being granted collaborator access. For demand letter engagements with tight deadlines, we prioritize accordingly.
Customizations and apps are common sources of barriers. During scoping we assess your specific setup and flag anything that needs specialized handling.
We request access through Shopify's collaborator code system. You approve the request from your store admin, stay in full control, and can revoke access instantly at any time.
We request access through Shopify's collaborator code system. You approve the request directly from your store admin and retain full control at all times. You can revoke access instantly at any point during or after the engagement.
Yes. Our remediation works within your existing storefront and release cycle without taking it offline.
Zenyth's Shopify-native architecture is built for multi-brand compliance. Rather than treating each storefront as a separate engagement, we apply a unified component-level approach so fixes hold across brands and survive future theme updates.
Pricing depends on the size of the site, the scope of the audit, and whether you need one-time remediation or ongoing monitoring. High-volume defense firms can arrange volume pricing and bulk intake.
For firms handling many ADA matters, Zenyth supports repeatable, scalable audits with defined turnaround and an escalation path. Turn around times can be as fast as 7 days once scope is confirmed.
Most of our clients are US-based, where our primary focus is ADA Title III compliance. But accessibility law reaches well beyond the United States, and so do we. We regularly work under the Accessible Canada Act (ACA), the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), and the European Accessibility Act (EAA), all of which build on the same internationally recognized WCAG standards. If you have global digital properties or cross-border compliance requirements, contact us to discuss scope.
Yes. Everything you share is treated as confidential under a mutual NDA, which is standard for every engagement.
No. Zenyth handles the technical work directly and communicates clearly about what we are doing and why.
Zenyth does. We own the audit and the remediation in one team. Your development team does not need to take on a parallel workstream. We work within your existing release cycle and flag anything that requires coordination before we touch it.
Engagements are scoped to the claims in your letter and the complexity of your store. Most fall in a clear, fixed-fee range that we share before any work begins.
Zenyth is set up for firms that send a steady flow of cases. Your firm is onboarded once, and every matter after that follows the same intake, the same methodology, and the same defensible documentation, so volume never means renegotiating terms or re-explaining how you work.
Yes, and that is the point. Every matter is audited to the same litigation-grade methodology against the same WCAG standard, pairing automated testing with manual expert evaluation, including assistive technology testing. The consistency is what makes the documentation dependable across your whole caseload.
Zenyth delivers litigation-grade audits on predictable timelines, with a fastest turnaround of as little as seven days and priority handling for urgent or escalating matters.
Pricing is structured around your caseload rather than billed one audit at a time, with volume packages scoped to the flow of matters your firm sends. Because terms depend on your volume, pricing is set in conversation rather than published, so it fits how your firm actually works.
Yes. You can submit matters in bulk, and Zena, our AI engine, scans submitted sites at machine speed so audits begin immediately, with our experts validating every finding before it enters the record. Bulk intake moves through without manual bottlenecks on your end.
Escalation is built into your engagement. Urgent and complex matters get priority handling and direct access to the senior experts who produce declarations, rebut a plaintiff's expert, and support active litigation, without moving to a new vendor mid-matter.
Zenyth treats all matter data as confidential and handles it in line with the security and confidentiality your work requires, including any nondisclosure or protective-order terms.
No. There is no minimum obligation on any single matter. The volume relationship is built to make sending cases easy and consistent, but you decide which matters to bring and when.
Monitoring typically runs on a monthly cadence, with automated scans and periodic manual testing. Enterprise plans can be structured for a more frequent cadence when your site needs it.
No. Automated scans are one layer. On a regular cadence our specialists also test by hand, including with real assistive technology, so the two layers together cover far more than either could alone.
Automated scanning will cover new content, but scanning only catches a portion of accessibility issues. Depending on how complex the new content is, it may need manual auditing to be fully evaluated. We review it with you and, if it warrants a full manual audit, scope that separately.
Yes. The program documents how your site was tested, the environments, the methodology, and the findings each cycle, so the record holds up under legal scrutiny. It is the same rigor Zenyth brings to litigation support, applied on an ongoing basis.
No. Overlays do not fix accessibility at the source, and they can add legal risk rather than remove it. We find real issues in your code and address them properly, which is what actually holds up.
Yes. Monitoring keeps your site checked and documented, and when you want issues fixed, Zenyth can remediate them in your code using patterns proven across a decade of real work. Remediation is scoped separately from your monitoring plan.
There are three plans, priced by how much scanning you need each cycle. There are three plans, priced by how much scanning you need each cycle. Ignite provides up to 100 pages per month, Orbit up to 250, and Velocity provides as many as 500 page scans per month.
Everything is delivered in Zenyth Audit, our accessibility management platform. It is where your findings, status, and reports live, and where you track issues through to resolution. You can explore the platform on the Platform page.
We monitor against WCAG at the level your program targets, drawing on Zenyth's curated defect library built over more than a decade of real audits.
Accessible development means writing code that works for everyone, including people who use assistive technologies like screen readers, switch devices, and keyboard-only navigation. The outcome is components, webpages, and sites that meet WCAG 2.2 success criteria and create more usable experiences for a wider range of users, whether you're building something new or improving something that already exists.
All of them. Web applications, single-page applications, progressive web apps, native mobile on iOS and Android, desktop software on Windows and macOS, and custom builds on any CMS, framework, or e-commerce platform. If your users interact with it, we can make it accessible.
Yes. We work at every stage: new builds, component development, full remediations, rebuilds, and replatforms. The scope of the engagement shapes the approach, not the other way around.
An audit identifies accessibility barriers and documents them against WCAG 2.2 Level AA. It produces the task list that makes remediation organized, efficient, and defensible. Without an audit first, development work has no clear scope, no prioritization, and no record of what was found and fixed. Remediation is the code-level work that resolves the identified issues. Zenyth handles both on the same engagement, with the same team. There are no handoffs between an audit vendor and a separate development team.
Yes. Every engagement produces a documented project record: the initial audit findings, the remediation scope, the code changes made, and the verification results confirming each issue was resolved. That record is structured for legal scrutiny from day one, not assembled after a demand letter arrives. If your matter requires VPAT documentation, expert witness support, or coordination with outside counsel, that record is already in place.
It depends on scope. A single component remediation can turn around in days. A full site rebuild or replatform is scoped individually based on tech stack, page count, and complexity. We provide a clear timeline at the start of every engagement.
Yes, and we do it in whatever form makes sense for your team. We can take full ownership of the remediation and development work, act in an advisory and verification role, or work alongside your developers in a hybrid arrangement. That includes paired programming on complex issues, shared development where we handle technically demanding remediations or overflow work, and accessibility oversight and code review throughout. We fit into your workflow, not the other way around.
WCAG 2.2 Level AA is our baseline on every engagement. We also build to Section 508 for government and federally funded clients, and work to international standards including RGAA (Référentiel Général d'Amélioration de l'Accessibilité) for French public sector requirements, the European Accessibility Act (EAA), EN 301 549 (the European standard that underpins the EAA), and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) for Canadian clients. We can scope to WCAG 2.2 Level AAA where required.
Most of the practices that make a product accessible, semantic structure, real text alternatives, clear labels, and a logical heading hierarchy, are the same signals search engines, answer engines, and AI models use to understand your content. Accessible markup is machine-readable markup, so it tends to improve how your product is indexed, summarized, and surfaced.