Tailoring for Beginners

Space key, arrow keys, or swipe to navigate through slides.

Available in one size

People are not "one size"

Disability

Jamie Knight & Lion, BBC Accessibility Specialists

Impairment

+ Environment

 

Impairment

+ right Environment

 

Accessability

Tailoring is more than you think

Accessibility

1. Learn about assistive tools

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People are not "one size"

Action MS Narrator MacOS VoiceOver iOS VoiceOver Android TalkBack ChromeVox
Set-up Settings > Change PC settings > Ease of Access System Preferences > Accessibility Settings > General > Accessibility Settings > Accessibility Ctrl + Alt + Z
Toggle on / off Windows logo key + Ctrl + Enter cmd + F5 (set up) triple press home (set up) power button Shift + Search + A + A
Pause / resume Caps lock  + m, or Ctrl Ctrl 2-finger tap (set up) volume key Ctrl
Read from selected Caps lock + h Ctrl + alt + a 2-finger swipe down (set up) shake Shift + Search + R
Next / Previous Caps lock + right / left arrow key Ctrl + alt + right / left arrow key Swipe right / left Swipe right or down / left or down Shift + Search + up / down arrow key
Activate item Caps lock + Space bar Ctrl + alt + Space bar 1-finger double tap 1-finger double tap Enter
Rotor / context menu n/a Ctrl + alt + u Hold and twist 2 fingers Swipe down / up and then right n/a
Help menu - - - Ctrl + alt + h Pinch in - - - Shift + Search + h

Keyboard - try to navigate with only Tab, Shift + Tab, Enter, Space bar, and Esc

Screen Reader - not all screen reader users are blind

                             - there is a screen reader on your device, try it out 

                             - tip: set-up / learn the shortcut toggle first

2. Improve your user empathy

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Try using your mobile phone when out of sight.
 

Try watching news with the sound muted.
 

Try using your tablet without touching it.
 

Try using the internet in a foreign language.
 

Try using your mobile with a 2G signal.

3. Design & build inclusively

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Products developed with limitations in mind have given designers a new perspective and resulted in innovation.

Wendy Chisholm
W3C WAI Accessibility Specialist

Equivalent, as in equally valuable & meaningful.

  1. Put people first

  2. Use familiarity

  3. Give control

  4. Offer choice

  5. Add value

  • Guidelines

  • Training & tutorials

  • QA: bbc-a11y

  • QA: swarming

  • Champions Network

  1. Learn about assistive tools

  2. Improve your user empathy

  3. Design & build inclusively

Accessibility and inclusive design
is tailoring for more than one size

Thank you!

Accessibility

Tailoring for Beginners

By Emma Pratt Richens

Tailoring for Beginners

Lightning talk for {develop:BBC} to compliment and follow from "Elephant Eating for Beginners". Together they form a condensed introduction to the key concepts of accessibility and inclusive design of digital products.

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