WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: The User Experience of Accessibility/Inaccessibility

for

From: Shawn Henry
Date: Aug 4, 2010 2:00PM

> 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



-----------
Shawn Henry
+1-617-395-7664
<EMAIL REMOVED>
www.uiAccess.com/profile.html
-----------------------------



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
>