Holly Schroeder explains that when a touch target is too small she may not be able to complete a task because she doesn’t have the fine motor control to tap her finger on the right area of the screen.

Download file “Holly Schroeder talks about essential tremors and worsening vision” | Duration: 9:44 | Guest: Holly Schroeder | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Julia Ferraioli says if you’re already dealing with blurry vision, making something blurry bigger, isn’t necessarily going to help that much.

Download file “Julia Ferraioli talks about contrast and parralax” | Duration: 7:16 | Guest: Julia Ferraioli | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Michael thinks the most important thing that we fail to do on a daily basis is talking with people with disabilities or talking with the users in general.

Download file “Michael Ausbun talks about blindness and ARIA live regions” | Duration: 9:26 | Guest: Michael Ausbun | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Patrick tells us that having headings that describe the content on the page is critical for screen reader users. He feels proper hierarchy is nice, but not as important.

Download file “Patrick Burke talks about headings and screen readers” | Duration: 12:00 | Guest: Patrick Burke | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Sveta tells us “We are often told that bad captions are better than nothing, but they cause cognitive dissonance for us [deaf folks].”

Download file “Sveta Kouznetsova talks about the importance of transcripts and captions” | Guest: Svetlana Kouznetsova | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Download file “Cherry Thompson talks about cognitive impairments and web accessibility” | Duration: 8:06 | Guest: Cherry Thompson | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Ian, a developer, tells us how some color combinations, notably orange and grey, can make content disappear for him. He also explains how restricting zoom on mobile pages mean he can’t read the content on those pages.

Download file “Ian Littman talks about orange and zoom restrictions” | Duration: 6:13 | Guest: Ian Littman | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Michelle McQuigge is a blind reporter with the Canadian Press. Many organizations do press release with images of text on Twitter, making her job impossible. She also wishes designers and developers to know that if you don’t implement accessibility, you’re going to lose big!

Download file “Michelle McQuigge tells us why she can't do her job without alt text” | Duration: 8:10 | Guest: Michelle McQuigge | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Ted explains how using switch inputs, such as the Darcy USB keyboard, can take a lot longer than other input methods. He also tells us to properly label and markup interactive elements!

Download file “Ted Galanos talks about switch input and the Darcy keyboard” | Duration: 17:05 | Guest: Ted Galanos | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Dr. Ellen Spertus explains that it’s easy to make mistakes on a password field and a “show password” feature is critical to accessibility.

Download file “Dr. Ellen Spertus talks about essential tremors and password fields” | Duration: 4:06 | Recorded on March 10, 2021 | Guest: Ellen Spertus | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite