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App Knowhow Session #6: Accessibility for all
We believe accessibility is for all. And this time it is not only about meeting user standards, it's also about meeting the legal ones. Is Your App Ready for the new EU Accessibility Law taking effect in June? Join us to learn what it takes to be WCAG 2.1 AA compliant – and what that actually means for your app. We’ll walk through real-life examples of accessibility done right – and where apps fall short. As app experts conducting accessibility audits, we’ll share practical insights on how to improve your app before the EU’s 28 June deadline. There’s still time to get it right, but now is the moment to act.
We’re excited to invite you to another installment of our Shortcut App KnowHow sessions – this time online and focused on App Accessibility, a must-know topic with the new EU law taking effect this June. Join us to learn what it takes to be WCAG 2.1 AA compliant – and what that actually means for your app. We’ll walk through real-life examples of accessibility done right – and where apps fall short. As app experts conducting accessibility audits, we’ll share practical insights on how to improve your app before the EU’s 28 June deadline. So, at the end of this webinar, you will know a lot more about the European accessibility act and the global accessibility standards, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. You will have seen practical examples of how to test accessibility in apps and some examples of what happens when the guidelines are overlooked. You will get introductionary knowledge of what it takes to design and develop an app accessibly, including setting up your app to work with all of the assistive technologies available through the operating systems
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Solve for one, extend to many
When looking at digital accessibility there are more cases to consider than just the permanent. Beneath the row of permanent disabilities, we can add a layer of temporary and situational impairments.Looking at this diagram, we see that it’s definitely not black and white - it’s a spectrum. Missing an arm is permanent - having it broken will leave you needing to compensate potentially for months - needing to carry a child is situational - but in any case, using a phone one-handed is a challenge.Digital initiatives made to help the users in the permanent situation, will benefit users who find themselves in the temporary and situational case. That also means when you solve something for one, it quickly extends to many.
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Essential for some, useful for all
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) consists of a number of success criteria - these are statements, that digital products need to live up to in order to make their product more accessible.The criteria are formulated as statements that are practically testable. In other words; they can be either [OK] or [Fail]. Looking at one success criteria - “Pages have titles that describe topic or purpose” means that if all pages have a descriptive title, then that is a clear ok.Success criteria are sorted into to degrees of accessibility: The criteria in level A is the foundation for your app.Requirements under AA means that more users with disabilities will be able to use your product.This is also the level you need cover, to meet the legal requirements. On top the AA level, is an extra layer, AAA describing the highest levels of accessibility.To make all of these success criteria easier to understand and approach, they are sorted in 4 overarching “boxes” called principles: and each of them are named based on what they seek to solve. So the principles are called Percievable, Operable, Understandable & Robust.
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