behind the curtain: a vendors talks about accessibility

BEHIND THE CURTAINA Vendor Tells You All About How To Ask About Accessibility

BEGINNING OUR JOURNEY

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"How can I get there?" asked Dorothy.

"The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick," said the Witch, "so you cannot miss it. When you get to Oz do not be afraid of him, but tell your story and ask him to help you. Good-bye, my dear."

OUR JOURNEY TOGETHER

An Accessibility Hierarchy Of Needs How To Get From Here To Accessibility 5 Questions To Ask Vendors 4 Things You Can Do To Learn About A Product 3 Ways To Give Your Story A Happy Ending

MASLOW’S HIERARCHY

DESIGN HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

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ACCESSIBILITY HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

FOLLOW THE A11Y BRICK ROAD

How To Get From Here To Accessibility

WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

GETTING LOST IN THE CYCLONE

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Surviving getting blown away by the cyclone of accessibility

THE WRONG QUESTION WILL GET THE WRONG ANSWER

IS IT ACCESSIBLE?

IS IT ACCESSIBLE?HOW

ASK THE WIZARD

5 Questions To Ask Vendors About Their Accessibility

WHERE DO I FIND YOUR WCAG & VPAT REPORTS?

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HOW DO YOU DESIGN, BUILD &

TEST FOR ACCESSIBILITY?

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN

ACCESSIBILITY ISSUE IS

REPORTED?

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WHAT IS YOUR ACCESSIBILITY

POLICY?

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CAN YOU SHOW ME AN ACCESSIBILITY

DEMO?

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LOOK BEHIND THE CURTAIN

4 Things To Do Yourself To Learn About A Product’s Accessibility

GOOGLE.CA/SEARCH?Q=ACCESSIBILITY+BRAND

Search! Look at the web, FB, Twitter etc. Look at what other people say about the brand’s and the product’s accessibility

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DO THE READINGintegrated culture

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Read their Accessibility Policy Read the VPAT

Supports – Does Not Support – Supports with Exceptions Look for detailed remarks Not Supported Doesn’t Mean Bad This is voluntary and they are owning the issue – that’s a good thing

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Take a look at the product for yourself!

Use a screen reader: JAWS, NVDA

Web tools: Fangs, WAVE, FAE http://sean.ly/a11ytools

Check the vendor’s website with these tools

TALK TO YOUR USERS

Get out of the building and talk to people

Have your users use the product

Ask them “What problems are you trying to solve?”

Ask them “What are your current pain points?”

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LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER

3 Ways To Give Your Accessibility Story A Happy Ending

USE YOUR HEART!

USE YOUR BRAIN!

USE YOUR COURAGE!

CLICK YOUR HEELS…

THANK YOU AWESOME PEOPLE!

Hadi RanginHow to talk and discuss about

accessibility with vendors?http://j.mp/1mgwwqW

Carin Headrick

@vccarin

THANKS!

Sean Yo

@seanyo

me@seanyo.ca

http://seanyo.ca

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