Meryl tells us, among other things, that “If we notice the caption, it’s a sign they’re not good quality.”

Download file “Meryl K. Evans talks about being Deaf and caption quality” | Duration: 10:09 | Guest: Meryl K. Evans | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

EJ Tells us about how Cerebral Palsy and how it may cause cramps, forcing him to shift how he interacts with devices.

Download file “EJ Mason talks about CP and how cramps impact internet use” | Duration: 5:40 | Guest: EJ Mason | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Holly Schroeder says she navigates away immediately if a page is too busy. Too much stimuli overwhelms her. She can’t process the information properly, and that interferes with her ability to complete what she was trying to do in the first place!

Download file “Holly Schroeder talks about working memory and ADD” | Duration: 8:13 | Guest: Holly Schroeder | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Kelly says “if you have long tables and lists actually put borders on them”, so she knows what she’s picking up.

Download file “Kelly Hussey talks about speech input and visible element separation” | Duration: 5:20 | Guest: Kelly Hussey | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Kevin says: Give user choice: “Obviously what’s good for me won’t be good for someone else. We shouldn’t be designing for a kind of homogeneous grade of people.”

Download file “Kevin Mar-Molinero talks about dyscalculia and copy/pasting” | Duration: 12:46 | Guest: Kevin Mar-Molinero | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Julia tells us that “it’s so easy to kind of get caught up with the latest features or the latest like tricks that you learn about to make, you know, a shiny website. But you have to consider the usability of all of your users not just, you know, the folks like you or the folks that are super tech savvy”

Download file “Julia Ferraioli talks about chronic pain and brain fog” | Duration: 5:47 | Guest: Julia Ferraioli | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Matt says only gather necessary data on web forms. Break down the form into multiple steps. Let user come back and add information when they are able to. This will lead to a higher completion rate.

Download file “Matt Trask speaks about depression and web forms” | Duration: 7:57 | Recorded on September 12, 2022 | Guest: Matt Trask | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Amy says that if you cut text off and don’t provide a way to expand it, she can’t read your content.

Download file “Amy Carney talks about text that gets cut off” | Duration: 5:48 | Guest: Amy Carney | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Mike tells us about automating accessibility: “as a blind consumer, of content, information, whatever, I don’t care where I get it, as long as I get it. Information is what I need.”

Download file “Mike Calvo talks about blindness and inclusion” | Duration: 10:12 | Guest: Mike Calvo | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite

Devon tells us how depression can cause brain fog and it impacts everything she does on the web.

Download file “Devon Persing talks about depression and brain fog” | Duration: 5:00 | Guest: Devon Persing | Series: A11y Rules Soundbite