[CATO] {Disarmed} FW: Today: Mobile Accessibility: Building and Testing Accessible Mobile Sites and Native Apps

Mon Apr 15 08:00:40 PDT 2024

In case anyone is interested in Gian’s Mobile Accessibility: Building and Testing Accessible Mobile Sites and Native Apps webinar.

I am a fan of Gian. She is from Australia and has a website called AccessibilityOz<https://www.accessibilityoz.com/>.

[Title: SBCTC logo - Description: Compass]Vicki Walton
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Web Accessibility Specialist/IT Quality Assurance Tester
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
vwalton at sbctc.edu• office: 360-704-4343• website: www.sbctc.edu<https://www.sbctc.edu/default.aspx>
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Accessibility is not a checkbox. Accessibility is a mindset that can lead to a very powerful sense of inclusion.
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Mobile Accessibility: Building and Testing Accessible Mobile Sites and Native Apps

Date: Monday, April 15, 2024

Time: 7:00 PM US Central

Speaker: Gian Wild

Held via Zoom with live captions.

Unfortunately, when developing WCAG2, the Working Group did not envision the current world where mobile is almost ubiquitous. For example, on a mobile device, there is no continual access to a keyboard (unless someone is using it as an add-on to the device – or using a Blackberry Classic.) WCAG2 requires that all content be accessible to the keyboard interface, but it does not require that all content be accessible to a mouse or to a touchscreen user, which is essential on a mobile device. WCAG2.1 does include some mobile accessibility requirements but doesn’t go far enough.

Gian Wild chaired the Mobile Site Sub-Committee to develop a set of Mobile Site Testing Guidelines available under Creative Commons. These guidelines are meant to be used with WCAG2 (and WCAG2.1) to ensure that sites are accessible to people with disabilities using mobile and tablet devices.

Accessibility is important to all – not everyone using your mobile app, device, or wearable will be fully functioning, either because they have a disability or they are engaged elsewhere. Gian talks about the things that are essential to avoid when designing mobile apps, devices, and wearables to ensure that everyone can use them. She talks about specific mobile accessibility features: pinch zoom, native screen readers, haptic keyboard, etc., and system accessibility settings: font size, screen rotation, high contrast, etc.

This meetup is pre-approved for continuing education credits from the International Association of Accessibility Professionals.

About Gian Wild

Gian Wild is the CEO, Founder and President of AccessibilityOz, established in Australia in 2011 and the United States in 2015. Gian has worked in the accessibility industry since 1998. She worked on the first Level AAA accessible website in Australia (Disability Information Victoria) and developed one of the first automated accessibility testing tools, PurpleCop, in 2000. She spent six years on the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, contributing to the development of WCAG2, and is currently a member of the Automated WCAG Monitoring-Community Group.

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