Designing accessible user experiences for mobile

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