Hosts:
Allen Higgins
David Fitzgerald
Guests:
Sean Dorn
Brian Manning
Miriam Kelly
Post-Production:
Ruth Campion
Allen Higgins
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[Allen]
In this series of talks we will be focusing on inclusive design, designing for access for everyone, because we shouldn’t need to compromise between usability and accessibility.
I’m Allen
[David]
And I’m David
And we’d like to welcome…
Sean Doran, Brian Manning, and Miriam Kelly
From the NCBI, the National Council for the Blind Ireland.
First, would you like to say a little about yourselves?
[Sean Doran]
[Brian Manning]
[Miriam Kelly]
[David]
Perhaps to start, can you introduce us to some real users’ needs and how new assistive technologies are helping people do more in the world?
Question areas…
[note - we won't be able to cover them all]
•\tTalk about recent advancements in accessibility technologies
•\tWhat is the regulatory requirement?
•\tWhat are the biggest challenges facing users? (everything going online must be a big issue, i.e. government services, banking, telecommunications, billing for anything and everything)
•\tHow should we evaluate an app for different levels of accessibility use?
•\tComment on the challenge of making the case for accessibility in apps, web services from day one.
•\tHow tough is the disability audience for suppliers to satisfy? How do you get them on-side?
•\tHow deep does access need to go?
•\tComment on customer facing organisations where accessibility is a core value?
•\tWhat tech roles are feasible for a visually impaired employee?
•\tYour involvement in evaluating new technologies and then training and supporting users?
•\tAre you ever invited in the to the design process at an early stage?
•\tWhat practical access-skills do designers need to test the features and judge accessibility function/performance?
•\tAny advice on how to make accessibility designing integral to the development lifecycle for all kinds of products, services and the internet?
•\tCan you suggest good practice design principles, in addition to the fundamental elements like labelling things?
•\tAre there good practices for the number of elements to keyboard tab through per page/screen?
•\tWhat does a resilient workflow on a page/screen? What about keeping to a coherent design language from page to page?
•\tYou’ve talked about voice-over and screen readers. Is voice control becoming more useful or reliable?
•\tWith the move to WFH are video conferencing tools like Zoom and Teams usable?
[Closing comments]
…
[Thank the panel and guests]
Acknowledgements
Music by Argofox (CC-BY license)
https://soundcloud.com/argofox/ezaone-supernova
(EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c)
Title: “Eza One - Supernova”
Artist: “Argofox”
Source: “https://soundcloud.com/argofox/ezaone-supernova”
License: “CC BY”
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