Accessibility, and the assistive technologies that enable it, are slowly going mainstream. Innovations originally designed to help disabled people are becoming fundamental parts of the future of user interfaces, like the use of voice recognition and text to speech in Siri's conversational interfaces. In this talk, Jonathan Hassell looks at some of the current technologies that have arisen from considering the needs of disabled people, and how the lessons learned from thinking about edge-case user needs could train us for creating innovative personal digital products for everyone in the future
2. About me…
• 16+ years experience in accessibility and inclusion
• advising some of the largest (and smallest) companies
in the world in embedding accessibility:
• former Head of Usability & Accessibility, BBC Future Media
• lead author of UK Accessibility Standards BS 8878
• editor for internationalising BS 8878 into ISO/IEC 30071-1
14. 1. For whom? Everyone, when we need it
When we’re stressed, in a rush, or even drunk… When we can’t hear the sound…
In bright sunlight… When we shouldn’t watch a screen…
15. 2. You do it because:
It’s expected, if you want to follow best-practice
16. 3. How you do it:
Guidelines and a bit of user-testing
17. 4. How you actually do it:
You get it right when you really concentrate on it;
but sometimes the tech supporting you lets you down
29. 7. You expect to get back:
Gain a lead in the innovation race, or to keep you there
Image: being in the lead
(or being there first)
- could be metaphorical (100m finish)
30. 8. So who’s interested?
Accessibility and inclusive become accepted ‘good’ design;
and who wouldn’t be interested in innovation?
33. Help to move you forwards…
• the full guide on how to transform your organisation
to achieve the consistent creation of innovative
sites and apps that delight all your customers,
at the most efficient cost
• with practical case-studies from leading
accessibility experts worldwide, including:
• Jennison Asuncion (Canada),
• Debra Ruh & Jeff Kline (USA),
• Andrew Arch (Australia)
• David Banes (Qatar)
• Axel Leblois (UN)
• find out more: hassellinclusion.com/book