UXINDIA18 - Accessibility in New Media

18 min Ted Talk - Day 2

Transcript

2. Accessibility in New Media Mathura Govindarajan UX-India - Oct 2018
3. WHAT I DO I work on accessibility in coding for people with blindness
4. World population People who code People who use p5 I work on accessibility in coding for people with blindness WHAT I DO
5. Physical Mental Health Intellectual/ Cognitive Sensory impairments 1 2 3 4 15% of the population
6. impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. DISABILITY Definition from UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol
7. ACCESSIBILITY
8. DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY In today's digital age and economy we need to provide access to information and opportunities
9. PARTICIPATORY DESIGN Tech serves people best when they participate in its design
10. WHAT IS p5
11. WHAT IS p5 Making a visually-oriented programming language accessible? Why is it bizarre? Why is it smart?
12. p5 ACCESSIBILITY Claire KV
13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w_S17dZ2Do&t=1305s p5 ACCESSIBILITY
14. p5 ACCESSIBILITY Accessible Outputs Plain-text descriptions Table descriptions Tonal system
15. p5 ACCESSIBILITY
16. p5 ACCESSIBILITY
17. DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY Be the champion
18. Long-term steps Things we should keep in mind
19. Retroactive fitting can be 1. Cumbersome 2. Lead to bad design 1. Think about accessibility from the get go
20. Get your users in a room 2. Participatory design
21. Accessible design and good design go hand-in-hand 3. Universal Design It is not a compromise.
22. Short-term steps Things we can do now
23. 1. Visual design Do not represent information in color alone Images from http://gameaccessibilityguidelines.com/
24. 1. Visual design Use adequate size fonts Images from http://gameaccessibilityguidelines.com/
25. 1. Visual design Images from http://gameaccessibilityguidelines.com/ https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ Use high contrast colors
26. 2. Information design Use simple language Clean content organisation Let users dictate the speed of content
27. Presentation of the content Alternate text for images Clear heading structures Add labels to form fields Make sure elements can be used with keyboard 2. Information design
28. 3. Physical design Make sure physical designs have universal design Make sure existing controllers have mappable controls
29. Access to information, opportunity - is a human right
30. Appendix Accessibility in New Media
31. gameaccessibilityguidelines.com In the Gaming industry
32. Universal Design is the design and composition of an environment so that it can be accessed, understood and used to the greatest extent possible by all people regardless of their age, size, ability or disability. Principle 1: Equitable Use Principle 2: Flexibility in Use Principle 3: Simple and Intuitive Use Principle 4: Perceptible Information Principle 5: Tolerance for Error Principle 6: Low Physical Effort Principle 7: Size and Space for Approach and Use Universal design
33. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPD) Act, which was passed in December 2016, seeks to give effect to the rights and obligations enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities, which India signed and ratified nearly a decade ago. Digital Accessibility
34. Accessibility in entertainment
35. Advisory Committee