Designing accessible user experiences for mobile
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Perth Web Accessibility Camp 2014
Developing accessible user experiences for mobile
Dan Baker, Digital Experience Director
Design for all
Disability Services Commission & SMH
400,000 people with disability in Western Australia
In 15 years 25% of all Western Australians will have a disability
33% growth in mobile web use in 2012 to 2013
How many opportunities do we have to dramatically improve people’s lives just by doing our job a little better?
Steve Krug
Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
Mobile accessibility sphere of influence
Device manufacturers
Designers and developers
Operating system
Policy makers
Accessible mobile UX
Device manufacturers
http://www.techradar.comhttp://www.yankodesign.com/
Policy makers & legislators
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
UN Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities
Operating systems
Voiceover, Talkback
Siri, Voice Search
Zoom and magnify
Invert colours
Closed captioning
Change gestural interactions
Facetime
Designers and developers
Designer’s mental model
User’s mental model
“How I think it should work”
“How I think it should work”
Where next? …
Improved operating systems, App accessibility
Tactile solutions
WearableTechnology, Proximity based experiences
Advances in voice recognition, Biometrics
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The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.
Tim Berners-LeeW3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web
http://precedent.com/accessibility
http://precedent.com/accessibilitytoolkit