A11y Rules Soundbites

Albert stresses the importance of letting users control their experience, through settings and various controls.

Download file “Albert Kim talks about OCD, PTSD, and web accessibility” | Duration: 11:53 | Guest: Albert Kim | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Ben Lesh says if you can do your best to actually get the users focus on what matters and kind of limit the noisiness of the other things that would be a big deal for certain folks.

Download file “Ben Lesh talks about ADHD and reducing "noise"” | Duration: 8:05 | Guest: Ben Lesh | 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

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

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

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

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

Di tells us that to make the web more difficult than it needs to be for disabled people is a shitty thing to do. And it doesn’t reflect well on you.

Download file “Diana van Dulken talks about ADHD and things moving on screen” | Duration: 12:03 | Guest: Diana van Dulken | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Dave says accessibility comes down to simplicity. And I think there is elegance in simplicity. But so many times we see all the bells and whistles that pop up on a website that people think gives it an elegant beauty or makes it makes it more pleasurable to the eye. What ends up happening is it makes the website more difficult to use. And that isn’t to say that simple can’t be beautiful.

Download file “Dave Brown talks about low vision and simplicity on the web” | Duration: 7:03 | Guest: Dave Brown | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite