Digital Accessibility
at the BBC

rebecca.nancarrow@bbc.co.uk



Our apps

200 people in D&E UX&D
150 Projects
30 agencies




UX&D

BBC Accessibility Champions Network





Structure


We have a list
We have complied to the list
We've done accessibility

Tick box

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
"Change is the end result of all true learning."
Leo Buscaglia
Author (1924 - 1998)
Nelson Mandela
Former President of South Africa

Winning hearts and minds

"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head, if you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart"
Nelson Mandela
Former President of
South Africa
Language

Provides reason and context
- 140 people trained at BBC
- Further 5 courses April 17
- Developers & testers
- Product Groups
- Accessible Design Research
- Rolling out to agencies


Accessible user experience

"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions"



Oliver Wendell Jones Jnr
Supreme Court Justice (1841–1935)
Experience

User research
Childrens' - in schools
Sport - local sports clubs
University knowledge exchange
Online research
DR Agency training
AUDIENCE / STAFF FEEDBACK

Design research team

Communication = Shared learning




Regular catch ups
Slack
Events


Standards, guidelines and training



Business
Standards and guidelines
Process and procedure
Education, communication
and experience
Commitment, motivation, inspiration

Embedded change

Thank you

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