Presented during Design Days meet up at Microsoft Research on 19th July 2014. Full text will be followed soon.

1. Accessible Design
Srinivasu Chakravarthula

2. We talk about…
• Who am I?
• What is Accessibility?
• Who does it benefit?
• Why should at Design stage?
• Common problems of accessibility
• Accessibility standards
• Tips for designers
• Tips for developers
• Accessibility Testing
• Conclusion

3. Who am I?
• Sr. Accessibility Lead @PayPal
• Accessibility Enthusiasts
• Web dev enthusiast
• Speaker

4. What’s Accessibility?
• A practice to build products that work for
everyone

5. Who does it benefit?
• People with disabilities
• Elderly
• Users having temporary disability
• Low Band width users
• Technologies such as Search Engines
• Mobile users

6. Common accessibility problems
• What’s that image?
• O, both are green, what to choose?
• What to fill in this form?
• O – where am I?
• Oops. How can I use it with my keyboard?

7. Accessibility Standards
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• Section 508 Refresh (US)
• European Accessibility Act 2012
• Guidelines for Indian Government Websites
• Article 9 of UN Convention of Persons with
Disabilities

8. Tips for Designers
• Color contrast
• Font
• Interaction
• Style sheet

9. Tips for Developers
• Code clean
• Remember basics
• Think of everyone
• Use of semantics
• Leverage on standards and techniques

10. Accessibility Testing
• WAVE (http://wave.webaim.org)
• Color Contrast Analyzer
• User testing:
– Screen reader
– Screen magnifier
– No mouse
– No sound

11. Conclusion
• Plan
• Analyze
• Design
• Build
• Test
• Deliver an inclusive product!

12. THANK YOU
Srinivasu.c@sgaccessibility.com
On Twitter: @Csrinivasu