360° Accessible Book Publishing
In this talk, we will go through some accessibility actions for everyone in the publishing industry.
An inclusive design workflow for teams
In this talk, Scott Vinkle will share his experience while working with Shopify's Flagship Themes team. Scott will explain how he implemented a new team-wide workflow which included accessibility in each aspect of the product creation lifecycle. This resulted in the team shipping highly accessible themes by default.
Building UX research practices for inclusion
Join Maureen, former behavioral researcher turned UXR, and Josh, an accessibility lead at Veterans Affairs, for a deep dive into the common pitfalls of inclusive UX research from the projection bias of expert testers to the unequal distribution of power during analysis.
Join Maureen, former behavioral researcher turned UXR, and Josh, an accessibility lead at Veterans Affairs, for a deep dive into the common pitfalls of inclusive UX research from the projection bias of expert testers to the unequal distribution of power during analysis. They’ll share actionable guidance on how to further mature an inclusive research practice from purposeful sampling strategies to intersectional awareness and equitable hiring practices.
How to be inclusive to neurodiverse people
First there’s an overview of the different neurodiverse conditions, then we talk about why inclusion is important, then finally you’ll be given 7 tips on how you can be more inclusive. Interaction is optional and if you’d like to join in, please bring a pen and paper.
Making the web a more welcoming place for minority languages
In this talk I will instead focus on some of the smaller steps that we as designers and technologists can take to make the web a more inclusive and welcoming place for our minority language users.
The technical challenges for minority languages can seem insurmountable; research & development is often market driven, and by definition, minority languages can’t promise large profits to Big Tech and so are overlooked. However, in this talk I will instead focus on some of the smaller steps that we as designers and technologists can take to make the web a more inclusive and welcoming place for our minority language users.
Overlays Underwhelm
Accessibility overlays bring promises of accessible sites in one line of code, but experiences from users tell us the opposite. We will look at the guarantees, the marketing efforts, the code efforts, and lived experiences of users.
Really inclusive online conferences
In this presentation I'll look at the decisions that went into our efforts to make our conferences as inclusive as possible, with particular focus on our accessibility efforts–including our ARIA Live Region based accessible slides system, that makes one of the least accessible aspects of any presentation, slides, as accessible as possible.
Removing Bias with Wizard of Oz Screen Reader
Learn about our process, trials and errors, and successes we’ve had in adapting the Wizard of Oz method for screen readers.
Learn about our process, trials and errors, and successes we’ve had in adapting the Wizard of Oz method for screen readers.
The indisputable truth about accessibility
Almost 50% of 1.5 million Dutch people use one or more of digital accessibility settings. In my talk I will share the insights and learnings from this research. This helped me to convince others to focus on a11y from the beginning. Now it will help you, too.
The UX of accessibility checklist
There are many different accessibility checklist you can find on Internet. But what makes a great one? And how can you integrate it to your process? These are the 2 main questions I will cover in this talk.
Trauma-informed Website Design
If a doctor, therapist, or police officer can communicate in a trauma-informed way, why can’t a website?
In this session, you'll gain practical tips, free tools, and places for further learning. Walk away with concrete plans to make your website more trauma-informed.
Web Accessibility for Speech Recognition users
In this session, we’ll figure out how speech recognition supports different accessibility techniques and what coding practices we should avoid. Additionally, we’ll learn about best practices for enhancing user experiences for speech recognition users.