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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Wed, Aug 04 2010 1:36PM
Subject: The User Experience of Accessibility/Inaccessibility
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I'm looking for online videos either showing people with various types
and degrees of disabilities using technology (i.e. the internet,
hand-held devices, etc.) or videos of people with various types and
degrees of disabilities discussing how they use technology.
I'm putting together a presentation that focuses more on the user
experience end of the accessibility spectrum rather than the technical
end of the spectrum.
For this audience, I want to try to put accessibility and disability
into context..it's not just about providing an alt text for an image so
that a screen reader can read the information to someone who is
blind...its about making technology accessible so that a customer who is
blind can shop, a student who is deaf can complete his coursework, an
developer who has a mobility impairment can complete implementation
testing, etc, etc.
Any videos or other resources that would help communicate that to an
audience would be extremely helpful. I've found a few, but I would
rather have lots.
Thanks!
Tim
From: deblist
Date: Wed, Aug 04 2010 1:39PM
Subject: Re: The User Experience of Accessibility/Inaccessibility
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On Wed, 4 Aug 2010, Tim Harshbarger wrote:
> I'm looking for online videos either showing people with various types
> and degrees of disabilities using technology (i.e. the internet,
> hand-held devices, etc.) or videos of people with various types and
> degrees of disabilities discussing how they use technology.
children's author Kristin Cashore made a video of herself using
Mac speech dictate and put it up on her blog:
http://kristincashore.blogspot.com/2010/07/voice-recognition-software.html
That video is her dictating plain prose. If you want, I've
been meaning to fill myself doing command-and-control anyway, and
I'd be happy to do it for you if you don't have any others.
-deborah
From: Patrick Dunphy
Date: Wed, Aug 04 2010 1:45PM
Subject: Re: The User Experience of Accessibility/Inaccessibility
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The resources page from WebAIM's top nav has 2 links to exactly what you are
inquiring about.
http://webaim.org/intro/index#video
http://webaim.org/intro/index#experiences
Cheers!
-PD
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Tim Harshbarger <
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> I'm looking for online videos either showing people with various types
> and degrees of disabilities using technology (i.e. the internet,
> hand-held devices, etc.) or videos of people with various types and
> degrees of disabilities discussing how they use technology.
>
> I'm putting together a presentation that focuses more on the user
> experience end of the accessibility spectrum rather than the technical
> end of the spectrum.
>
> For this audience, I want to try to put accessibility and disability
> into context..it's not just about providing an alt text for an image so
> that a screen reader can read the information to someone who is
> blind...its about making technology accessible so that a customer who is
> blind can shop, a student who is deaf can complete his coursework, an
> developer who has a mobility impairment can complete implementation
> testing, etc, etc.
>
> Any videos or other resources that would help communicate that to an
> audience would be extremely helpful. I've found a few, but I would
> rather have lots.
>
> Thanks!
> Tim
>
From: Carin Headrick
Date: Wed, Aug 04 2010 1:48PM
Subject: Re: The User Experience of Accessibility/Inaccessibility
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I did a little video for Desire2Learn if it could be useful. Here's a link
to it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2glWw4Yclk
Don't know how much of that will be useful to you, but there ya go.
Carin
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I'm looking for online videos either showing people with various types
and degrees of disabilities using technology (i.e. the internet,
hand-held devices, etc.) or videos of people with various types and
degrees of disabilities discussing how they use technology.
I'm putting together a presentation that focuses more on the user
experience end of the accessibility spectrum rather than the technical
end of the spectrum.
For this audience, I want to try to put accessibility and disability
into context..it's not just about providing an alt text for an image so
that a screen reader can read the information to someone who is
blind...its about making technology accessible so that a customer who is
blind can shop, a student who is deaf can complete his coursework, an
developer who has a mobility impairment can complete implementation
testing, etc, etc.
Any videos or other resources that would help communicate that to an
audience would be extremely helpful. I've found a few, but I would
rather have lots.
Thanks!
Tim
From: Shawn Henry
Date: Wed, Aug 04 2010 2:00PM
Subject: Re: The User Experience of Accessibility/Inaccessibility
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> I'm looking for online videos either showing people with various types
> and degrees of disabilities using technology (i.e. the internet, ...
Here is an in-progress, annotated list:
Videos of How People with Disabilities use ICT
http://www.uiaccess.com/accessucd/resources_videos.html
All the best,
~Shawn
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Tim Harshbarger wrote:
> I'm looking for online videos either showing people with various types
> and degrees of disabilities using technology (i.e. the internet,
> hand-held devices, etc.) or videos of people with various types and
> degrees of disabilities discussing how they use technology.
>
> I'm putting together a presentation that focuses more on the user
> experience end of the accessibility spectrum rather than the technical
> end of the spectrum.
>
> For this audience, I want to try to put accessibility and disability
> into context..it's not just about providing an alt text for an image so
> that a screen reader can read the information to someone who is
> blind...its about making technology accessible so that a customer who is
> blind can shop, a student who is deaf can complete his coursework, an
> developer who has a mobility impairment can complete implementation
> testing, etc, etc.
>
> Any videos or other resources that would help communicate that to an
> audience would be extremely helpful. I've found a few, but I would
> rather have lots.
>
> Thanks!
> Tim
>
From: John E. Brandt
Date: Wed, Aug 04 2010 3:00PM
Subject: Re: The User Experience of Accessibility/Inaccessibility
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Do a search on YouTube for "Assistive Technology" - there are lots of them
there, some even captioned!
John E. Brandt
jebswebs.com
Augusta, ME USA
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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Thu, Aug 05 2010 1:00PM
Subject: Re: The User Experience of Accessibility/Inaccessibility
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Thanks Patrick, Carin, Shawn, and John! Hopefully, these videos will
give our audience a real context for accessibility and disability
instead of leaving them with some abstract concept of users with
disabilities or users benefiting from accessibility.
I'm also thinking about using some personas just as a way to start them
thinking of how accessibility has real benefits to real people doing
every day activities.
From: Christophe Strobbe
Date: Thu, Aug 05 2010 1:24PM
Subject: Re: The User Experience of Accessibility/Inaccessibility
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Hi Tim,
If the focus of the videos doesn't need to be web accessibility, then
the videos by AssistiveWare can also be useful:
<http://www.assistiveware.com/videos.php>;. (I know it's a commercial
organisation.)
The first video, "A pivotal role in the household", impressed many
people when it was released.
If you are looking for personas, check out those by the AEGIS project:
<http://www.aegis-project.eu/index.php?option=com_content&;view=article&id=63&Itemid=53>.
They are based on research and are available under a Creative Commons
Licence (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>;).
Best regards,
Christophe
At 20:59 5/08/2010, Tim Harshbarger wrote:
>Thanks Patrick, Carin, Shawn, and John! Hopefully, these videos will
>give our audience a real context for accessibility and disability
>instead of leaving them with some abstract concept of users with
>disabilities or users benefiting from accessibility.
>
>I'm also thinking about using some personas just as a way to start them
>thinking of how accessibility has real benefits to real people doing
>every day activities.
>
>
>
From: Kristen Sabol
Date: Thu, Aug 05 2010 3:21PM
Subject: Re: The User Experience of Accessibility/Inaccessibility
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Hi, Tim -
You're welcome to browse through the Quality of Life Technology (QoLT)
Center's YouTube channel. While our content mostly focuses on the
technical end of the spectrum (with users testing intelligent devices that
are currently in R&D at our facilities), a few of the videos do discuss user
issues and concerns....it might just take a bit of browsing to find what you
want.
--Main QoLT Center Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/QoLTcenter
--Longer QoLT Playlist (this content will be moving to the QoLTCenter
channel soon): http://www.youtube.com/user/krsabol
The QoLT Center leverages technology to addresses a broad range of
disabilities as well as issues affecting the elderly.
Hope this helps!
Kristen Sabol, Director of Communications & Media
Quality of Life Technology Center (QoLTC)
Carnegie Mellon University
Newell-Simon Hall 4501
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
p: 412.268.3795
f: 412.268.5807
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From: Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E]
Date: Fri, Aug 06 2010 1:45PM
Subject: Re: The User Experience of Accessibility/Inaccessibility
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We're just in the midst of producing such a video at the Department of Health and Human Services, though it'll probably be some months before it's done. I think I'll be in it, showing how I use speech recognition software to access IT.
A while back I saw some excellent YouTube videos on the use of speech recognition and word prediction software by a British university student with dyslexia and dyspraxia (?) - classic example of someone who was labeled as lazy, etc. and would have otherwise failed or slip through the cracks.
I'm pretty tainted and I'll admit that I was pretty inspired! And, since it's a Friday, as a miracle, I've just found the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doaJ-BE2Fow
Tim - good luck!
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From: Joshue O Connor
Date: Mon, Aug 16 2010 6:30AM
Subject: Re: The User Experience of Accessibility/Inaccessibility
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On 05/08/2010 20:21, Christophe Strobbe wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> If the focus of the videos doesn't need to be web accessibility, then
> the videos by AssistiveWare can also be useful:
> <http://www.assistiveware.com/videos.php>;. (I know it's a commercial
> organisation.)
> The first video, "A pivotal role in the household", impressed many
> people when it was released.
+1. I think the AssistiveWare vids are great also.
Cheers
Josh
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