BBC Accessibility Champions 2016/17

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News: Visual Journalism

• Using progressive enhancement techniques to support all browsers rather than a subset.
• Creating a library of core component building blocks with accessibility built in.
• Using feature files to define expected behaviour.
• (training happening across wider News teams)

Weather: design update

• Designing for cross-platform use, TV and mobile and web.
• Thinking about accessibility throughout, from early days to finished products.
• Champions across team.

TV & iPlayer

• Accessibility improvements to 'You have been watching' feature.
• Added new Accessibility features page.
• Improved colour contrast.
• More testing with screen readers.
• Components library with built in accessibility.

MyBBC: BBC account (Id)

• v5 upgrade involved extra research with users who had additional accessibility requirements.
• All major actions addressed.
• 2.7 million using monthly sign-in, 90% already upgraded to v5.
• 60% sign up success rate (better than average).
• Can now sign in on TV.
• Only 2 accessibility related complaints since v5 launch.

Worldwide: Story of Life app

• Project started 2015, but no one asked about subtitles until June 2016.
• US audience requires 508 and 21stCVAA adherance.
• R&D script developed to match video segments and lift that portion of subtitles.
• Changes also made to improve accessibility of navigation interface.

Internal Systems / GEL

• GEL guide developed for staff creating email newsletters to improve accessibility.
• Accessible design pattern in development for large tables on small screens.
• Reith font in development, and typography task force aware of accessibility issues.

K&L: Terrific Scientific

• Promoting science in primary schools.
• Careful use of colour and colour contrast throughout designs.
• Involvement of audience to ensure understanding and steer design style.
• Lots of user research in schools and lab sessions with teachers and pupils.
• Meaningful icons with multiple indicators for same information.
• Map navigable with a variety of control mechanisms.

Children's: games

• Games steering group with strong focus on accessibility.
• Collaborating with research team and universities.
• Collaborating with and helping agencies to learn also.
• Accessibility helping shape road map and delivery plan.
• Commissioned 4 prototypes of super inclusive games, eg. voice control for pitch & putt.

Content Discovery: BBC+ & VUI

• Homepage app launched 2016.
• Update improved accessibility and personalisation.
• Currently working on single stream interface, doing lots of user research.
• Ran a hack-day to explore Voice User Interfaces.
• Opportunities for hands free experiences with suitable content as tech improves.

Sport: Date picker & Live guide

• Working on accessible design patterns for date picker, and data tables on small screens.
• Making changes to Live guide page to improve accessibility and latency issues.

iPlayer Mobile

• Have developed an automated tool for testing screen reader output on Android devices.
• Tests customisable.
• Integrated with HIVE test suite.
• Looking for other teams interested in using it.

Accessibility Team

• Reported back to our champs on CSUN ATC 2017 conference (see other slide deck).
• Thousands of delegates, 300+ exhibitors, 400+ presentations, of which 12 were by BBC staff.