Building and Testing Accessible Apps - free AbilityNet webinar, 30 Sept 2014 v2
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Building and Testing Accessible Apps AbilityNet webinar Tuesday, September 30, 2014 12:00 AM - 1:00 PM BST Are you planning to launch an app? Have you already taken the plunge? Have you thought about accessibility? This webinar is for business decision makers and app developers who need to know how to meet legal guidelines and build apps that work for every user. It will feature practical tips and examples from the AbilityNet labs, where more than half of our auditing and testing work is on mobile, much of it on apps. Three things to consider when building accessible apps Don't break what's already fixed Testing apps for accessibility AbilityNet’s Robin Christopherson and Raphael Clegg-Vinell will explain how to ensure that your app is accessible, legal and usable. A recording of this webinar will be made available after the event and posted within this slideshare version.
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Building and Testing Accessible Apps - free AbilityNet webinar, 30 Sept 2014 v2
- 1. How to Build and Test Accessible Apps AbilityNet Webinar 1pm BST, 20 September 2014 Webinar archive at www.abilitynet.org.uk/webinars
- 2. Welcome Robin Christopherson, AbilityNet Raphael Clegg-Vinell, AbilityNet Mark Walker, AbilityNet Webinar archive at www.abilitynet.org.uk/webinars
- 3. AbilityNet • Accessibility Testing • User Testing • Design Reviews • Desktop, Mobile and Tablet Integration • Accessibility Accreditation • Service Agreements • My Computer My Way Webinar archive at www.abilitynet.org.uk/webinars
- 4. Build and Test Accessible Apps Build accessibility in to your design processes Choose the right guidelines Remember that accessible design delivers better UX Don’t break what’s already fixed Testing apps Webinar archive at www.abilitynet.org.uk/webinars
- 5. www.boostmediaentertainment.com Webinar archive at www.abilitynet.org.uk/webinars
- 6. Are you using the right guidelines? Webinar archive at www.abilitynet.org.uk/webinars
- 7. App guidelines specific to each OS Start with the guidelines for each platform iOS Guidelines Android developer guidelines Windows 8 Phone Blackberry Accessibility www.abilitynet.org.uk/blog Webinar archive at www.abilitynet.org.uk/webinars
- 8. Good accessibility is good usability Mobile users may be ‘temporarily disabled’ • Visual impairment/sunny day • Test it yourself with VoiceOver/TalkBack • Colour contrast and invert colours • Font size Think about accessibility when devising your personas + user journeys Webinar archive at www.abilitynet.org.uk/webinars
- 9. Don’t break what’s already fixed Accessibility features are built into every operating system Find a list of links in the blog post for this webinar at www.abilitynet.org.uk/blog Webinar archive at www.abilitynet.org.uk/webinars
- 10. Testing apps Start with the same checklist as web content • Colour contrast • User testing Add test to reflect usage • Button proximity • How busy it is • Clickable areas/size/proximity Can’t be tested at code level outside the developer tool • Apple does test for ‘quality’ but not ‘accessibility’ Webinar archive at www.abilitynet.org.uk/webinars
- 11. Testing colour contrast Webinar archive at www.abilitynet.org.uk/webinars
- 12. snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html Webinar archive at www.abilitynet.org.uk/webinars
- 13. Build and Test Accessible Apps Build accessibility in to your design processes Choose the right guidelines Remember that accessible design delivers better UX Don’t break what’s already fixed Testing apps is not quite the same as testing mobile web Read more: www.abilitynet.org.uk/blog Webinar archive at www.abilitynet.org.uk/webinars
- 14. Contact Us Talk to us about our Accessibility Services www.abilitynet.org.uk/accessibility-services sales@abilitynet.org.uk +44 1926 465 247 robin.christopherson@abilitynet.org.uk @abilitynet Next AbilityNet webinar: What every HR Director needs to know about disability and technology in the workplace, 1pm BST, 14 October How Barclays Made the Business Case for Accessibility 1pm BST 21 October, 2014 Sign up at www.abilitynet.org.uk/webinars Webinar archive at www.abilitynet.org.uk/webinars
Editor's Notes
- Mark to inrtroduce – Robin and Raph to say hello and explain their role
- Mark We work with some of the biggest names in global business, delivering world class services. They use us because they are clear about the business case
- Mark Why apps? Often preferred by disabled people Usually simpler/single function Lots of clients asking us to include them in testing
- Mark Build it into your design process Here is an example Mark to ask Robin “so where should accessibility be in the design process?’ This process is: Proposal Agreement Creative Brief Handoff Asset checklist The kickoff Schematic design UI Design Development Beta Shipped to store
- Mark to explain Screengrab shows www.w3.org/wai/mobile Accessibility guidelines exist Mark to ask Raph to explain some of the options for guidelines and why these are not the only answer
- Raph and Robin
- Mark Asking Robin about temporarily disabled
- Mark to ask Robin for comments and mention blog post
- Mark to ask Raph to explain what we do Can then step through colour contrast example over next two screens
- Mark to sum up