Axe-con presentation Axe innovations: AI in next-gen accessibility tools
Insights to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving landscape of digital accessibility.
axe Assistant Trusted generative AI chatbot for accessibility
Get instant answers to your digital accessibility questions and deepen your expertise with industry-leading AI tools.
Why use axe Assistant?
Fast and convenient
Works efficiently across the systems you use most—including the web—with Deque University, 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.
Axe Assistant delivers instant answers
Reduce your backlog and free up accessibility teams to focus where they’re needed most.
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 without delay. Axe Assistant helps developers stay productive by generating accessible code as they work, providing immediate, practical support that keeps teams moving forward.
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. Teams can trust they will get accurate, expert-backed answers, without ever being overwhelmed by accessibility guidelines.
Stay aligned with accessibility standards
You don’t have to be an accessibility expert to create an accessible experience. Axe Assistant is a chatbot that makes sure you meet compliance requirements and accessibility best practices without having to slow down.
Who is axe Assistant for?
QA/Testers
Quick, quality accessibility information from a reliable source.
Developers
24/7 code remediation support based on Deque’s always up-to-date knowledge base.
Inclusive 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.
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 our our axe DevTools solution for the most comprehensive automated accessibility testing toolkits for web and mobile.
Frequently asked questions
Getting started is easy. You can start using axe Assistant with a Deque University license or as a separate Slack and Microsoft Teams instance. Then you can just ask your first question, and help your teams move faster without breaking their workflow.
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.
Deque solves accessibility problems specifically with deep specialized knowledge of WCAG, ADA, Section 508 requirements, remediations and implementation, whereas more general AI services are only broadly advancing conversational AI technology. Axe Assistant is also built on the most robust digital accessibility library available, so users can trust that answers are based on industry-leading expertise and be confident in the controlled results.
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.