Making work accessible creates a better experience across the board. Use this checklist to help build accessibility into your process no matter your role or stage in a project.
On Nielsen's ideas about generative UI for resolving accessibility
"Accessibility has failed as a way to make computers usable for disabled users." Thus begins a newsletter by Jakob Nielsen. And had it not been written by someone a great many people take seriously in the UX industry I likely would just have dismissed it. But seeing how harmful I
Accessibility Has Failed: Try Generative UI = Individualized UX
Traditional methods for accessibility have been tried for 30 years without substantially improving computer usability for disabled users. It’s time for a change, and AI will soon come to the rescue with the ability to generate a different user interface for every user, optimized for that person’s unique needs.
Barrierefreiheit: Verwaltungsdigitalisierung mit Hürden
Wer sehbehindert ist und einen Personalausweis beantragen möchte, steht buchstäblich vor gleich mehreren Hindernissen. Zwar obliegt die digitale Barrierefreiheit laut Onlinezugangsgesetz den Verwaltungen. Doch sie und die Politik behandeln diese Aufgabe nachrangig und verhindern so gesellschaftliche Teilhabe aller.
Der perfekte „Alt-Text“: Wir haben sechs blinde und sehbehinderte Menschen gefragt, welche Bildbeschreibungen ihnen wirklich etwas bringen
Screenreader lesen blinden und sehbehinderten Menschen vor, was auf dem Bildschirm zu sehen ist – auch Bildbeschreibungen, sofern ein Alt-Text hinterlegt ist. Wie ein Alt-Text gestaltet sein muss…
How Our Organization Improved Web Accessibility (Case Study)
In this article, Catherine Houle and Ilknur Eren share how their organization “Understood” removes barriers for people who learn and think differently by combining accessibility and usability in their processes. They also cover basic steps on how to fix common accessibility issues.
Have you wondered how to anchor accessibility in an engineering team, one that isn’t yet producing accessible sites or apps? Some options to start with, for further refinement and discussion.
Inclusive design describes methodologies to create products that understand and enable people of all backgrounds and abilities. It may address accessibility, age, economic situation, geographic location, language, race, and more.
Web Accessibility is a must in every web development project, yet it seems to remain a mystery for many web developers. Like it's something legendary instead of an essential skill needed for the job. There are many misconceptions surrounding Web Accessibility, most of the time fueled by a lack of knowledge (or interest) in the matter. This article is a collection of some of those accessibility misconceptions or myths. :: Blog post at Alvaro Montoro's Personal Website.
I’ve been reading lots more non-fiction books than normal. And I’m getting increasingly annoyed about footnotes1. Footnotes are a weird skeuomorph hangover from the days of printed text…