Better Design for all: Digital Accessibility

Details Making experiences accessible to people with vision, hearing, mobility, and cognitive impairments is the law in the US. It's the right thing to do, and the best business approach. We'll make the business case for complying with WCAG/Section 8 and other guidelines, and cover tools and easy techniques for designers and coders can use to make accessible interfaces. About the Presenter Susan is CEO and Master Strategist at Firecat Studio, a user research and experience design agency. Firecat delivers high-quality experience strategies for organizations such as the City of San Antonio, the US Air Force, Amazon, T-Mobile, UTSA, UT Austin, and SAISD. Firecat's collaborative approach promotes and embeds practical design thinking, smart strategy, and human-centric practices in client organizations. Susan is an original digital pioneer who's been building websites and developing digital practice communities since 1993. She is founder and Board President of Fiesta for the Mind, the nonprofit that produces UX San Antonio, TEDxSanAntonio, and Creative Mornings San Antonio. Recorded – Thursday, May 12, 2022 Please visit our website for upcoming events! https://uxsanantonio.org/ Timestamp 0:00 – Intro 0:31 – Speaker Intro 2:46 – Digital Accessibility 5:28 - Vision 8:49 – Hearing 14:51 – Mobility 19:16 – Cognitive 27:08 – Speech 27:52 – Neural 29:45 – It’s the Law 31:59 – Jaws (Screen reader) Demo 40:30 – Where to Start with Accessibility 51:53– Resources to Learn More About Accessibility 54:43 – Learn More About Accessibility 55:57 – Q & A Connect with us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/UXSanAntonio LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/ux-san-antonio/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTHO0lgF88c6ROuDRjyhkdA Music: It's Future Bass by Penguin on Pixabay