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axe Assistant The only trusted AI chatbot built for accessibility
Instantly get expert accessibility answers from the leading chatbot proven to ace the IAAP exam.
Why use axe Assistant?
Fast and simple
Works 24/7 across the systems you use most, including the web, Slack, and Microsoft Teams.
Accurate
Powered by Deque University, the industry’s largest and most authoritative source of digital accessibility knowledge.
Secure
Runs on a closed, enterprise-grade AI system to ensure consistent answers and keep your data secure.
Built on the world’s leading accessibility knowledge base
Axe Assistant is trained on Deque University—the industry’s most authoritative knowledge base and our robust product documentation.
Other chatbots are trained on flawed, inaccessible content or incomplete documentation that lacks the detailed experience of accessibility training programs. Put to the test with hundreds of IAAP prep exam questions, axe Assistant consistently scored 94% or better—outperforming GPT-4o and far exceeding the industry average.
With axe Assistant, you can trust every answer is grounded in proven best practices, validated by W3C experts, and backed by the exclusive knowledge only Deque provides.
Expert accessibility answers are just a message away
Get instant answers to your digital accessibility questions and deepen your expertise quickly, accurately, and securely
Easily build accessible code, faster
Whether you’re creating a new component or fixing an old one, all you have to do is ask and get answers you can trust without delay.
Axe Assistant helps developers stay productive by generating accessible code as they work, providing immediate, practical support that keeps teams moving forward with confidence.
Upskill your dev team with trusted guidance
Axe Assistant is more than just a coding tool—it’s a go-to resource for answering any accessibility question. It’s built on Deque University, our expert-backed accessibility knowledge base that’s the most authoritative and trusted in the industry.
Teams can trust they will get accurate, expert-backed answers, without being overwhelmed by accessibility guidelines, freeing up accessibility teams to focus where they’re needed most.
Meet accessibility standards with ease
You don’t have to be an accessibility expert to create an accessible experience. Axe Assistant is an AI chatbot that makes sure you meet compliance requirements and accessibility best practices without having to slow down.
It’s trained on the industry’s most authoritative and robust accessibility knowledge base, so you can be confident it’s always up-to-date on the latest and greatest information to meet industry standards.
Enterprise-level security and privacy you can rely on
Axe Assistant is designed with enterprise-grade protections, ensuring your information stays fully under your control. Deque serves strictly as a data processor (not a controller), so your data is never used to train AI models. That means you get a powerful, 24/7 accessibility expert, with security and transparency built in from the start.
Who is axe Assistant for?
Developers
24/7 code remediation support based on Deque’s always up-to-date knowledge base.
QA/Testers
Quick, quality accessibility information from a reliable source.
Procurement Professionals
Expert guidance on how to identify the right accessibility requirements when making purchase decisions.
UX/UI Designers
Real-time design guidance and documentation for accessibility implementation.
Accessibility Teams
On-demand expertise, code analysis, training, support, standards translation, and compliance tracking.
Customer Service Representatives
Get fast and reliable advice on respectful, effective communication with customers with disabilities.
Access axe Assistant in the collaboration tools you use every day
Want to pair Deque’s digital accessibility expertise with your own chatbot?
With the Deque Data License, your teams get the right answers—in your own secure environment. By integrating the Deque Data License into your internal AI chatbot, you can deliver trusted, expert-backed answers instantly—reducing backlog and helping accessibility teams focus where they’re needed most. All within your secure, private environment.
Additional resources
Blog Axe Assistant: Expert answers to any digital accessibility question, instantly
Learn how axe Assistant empowers teams to build accessible digital experiences
Tools The ultimate digital accessibility testing toolkit
Check out our axe DevTools solution for the most comprehensive automated accessibility testing toolkits for web and mobile.
Frequently asked questions
You can access axe Assistant on the web with a valid Deque University subscription. Just log into Deque University with your credentials, and start using it right away.
You can access axe Assistant via Slack or Microsoft Teams if you purchased your Deque University subscription through a Deque sales rep. Just file a Help Desk ticket to get access.
If you haven’t purchased a Deque University subscription through a sales rep—whether you bought online, use SCORM, or don’t yet subscribe— and want access to the Slack and Teams integration, you’ll need to make a separate purchase to get access to axe Assistant in those environments.
Axe Assistant instantly answers your accessibility questions and remediates code, and it is available 24/7.
Axe Assistant is the perfect partner to manual testing as users can ask questions to understand what they need to test, generate fixes, and learn about compliance requirements quickly and efficiently.
Axe Assistant is a specialized tool solely focused on digital accessibility. It can understand and accurately respond to nuanced and specialized digital accessibility questions that more general tools are likely to misunderstand or misinterpret.
Axe Assistant has exclusive access to Deque’s proprietary knowledge base and is able to draw on expert information not available anywhere else. More general tools have to rely on widely available and more generalized sources, and are more likely to provide incomplete or inaccurate answers accordingly.
If you want trustworthy answers that draw on exclusive, industry-leading expertise and the most robust digital accessibility library available, axe Assistant is the right choice.
Axe Assistant can augment large volumes of queries, lowering operational costs. It helps answer accessibility questions with a reputable source so experts can dedicate resources to more challenging issues rather than just base-level conformance.
Axe Assistant will share a link to the source where the response was pulled from.