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2023 | Book

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Beyond Accessibility Compliance

Building the Next Generation of Inclusive Products

Author: Sukriti Chadha

Publisher: Apress

Part of: Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" , Springer Professional "Technik" , Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

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About this book

Take a deep look at accessibility as it applies to mobile and wearables. This book covers topics within the accessibility domain that are rarely covered or understood, despite the fact that nearly half of the world’s population uses smartphones. Moreover, by 2025, 72% of smartphone users are expected to only use smartphones to access the internet. And yet, accessibility is often an afterthought instead of a core principle of product development. This book changes that.

You will begin by exploring the current landscape and policy frameworks, looking at the software product lifecycle and how to embed inclusion from the start. You’ll learn the nuances of mobile accessibility as it applies to mobile devices, wearables, and IoT. From there you’ll move onto automated testing, accessibility and inclusion, and the next frontiers of emerging technology including AR and VR. There will be notes at the end of programming examples to help those in orthogonal roles, such as project management, understand the basics and the language to better communicate with their engineering counterparts.

Over 1 billion people in the world live with some form of disability so it's imperative you devise a comprehensive game plan to make your digital products accessible for all. Beyond Accessibility Compliance is your guide to understanding the current landscape of assistive technology and how emerging techniques are changing the way we think about personalization and accessibility.

What You'll Learn

See how people with the most common forms of disabilities use digital productsReview the basics of the product development lifecycle and how to embed accessibility Explore tangible answers as to how accessibility pertains to unique rolesUnderstand the difference between compliance and usabilityMake data visualizations accessible for blind usersImplement code-level changes to address gaps in accessibility Build a campus programs and course material inclusive for people with disabilities

Who This Book Is For

Current developers, designers, and others building technology products with basic knowledge of front-end development. This book is also suitable for students in computer science, engineering, HCI, and related fields. Sections that are not engineering-specific are applicable to design, user research, communication, and business students who are looking to pursue careers in technology.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter
Chapter 1. The Billion People Question
Abstract
In the introduction, we identified prioritization as the main reason for the state of accessibility in today’s technology products. The second biggest challenge after prioritization is know-how. Undergraduate technology programs, software training programs, boot camps, and eventually technology companies often do not include accessibility as part of core training for product teams. So even when accessibility becomes a priority, teams might not have the necessary knowledge to build accessible products or resolve issues in existing products. We will address both of these challenges in the book. Before we dive into the specifics of these problems, and their solutions, let’s cover some basics.
Sukriti Chadha
Chapter 2. The Chicken or the Egg?
Abstract
In the last chapter, we discussed the scale and potential impact of making technology products accessible for everyone. We saw that there is a mismatch between the desire to make accessible products, and the outcome, which is that 97% of the world’s top 1,000,000 websites are still inaccessible.
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Chapter 3. The Basics: Functional User Needs and Common Solutions
Abstract
In Chapter 1, we briefly talked about how the greatest challenge after prioritization is that teams responsible for building products often do not have experience with accessibility and assistive technologies.
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Chapter 4. Gameplan
Abstract
In the last chapter, we covered user needs based on types of disabilities, and the reach of corresponding solutions beyond accessibility. First, for those working on existing products and features, we will talk about ways to address current issues. Second, we will talk about integrating the solutions discussed in Chapter 3 into the software development lifecycle so we can eliminate the need for large audits and short-term solutions.
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Chapter 5. Nuances of Mobile Accessibility
Abstract
In Chapter 1, we talked about the significance of mobile as a platform, and what makes mobile accessibility tricky. This chapter will cover the main challenges, and ways to address them.
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Chapter 6. We Built It, Now What?
Abstract
When we discussed testing and quality assurance in the previous chapter, it meant checking for issues before the product goes out to customers. One way to do this is manually, where real people go through an application and report issues they come across. Another way is through automated tests that run at certain times during the code writing and building processes. In this chapter, we’ll review how manual and automated testing close the loop on sustainable accessible design.
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Chapter 7. The Next Frontier – Expanding the Definition of Accessibility
Abstract
Before we dive into the specifics, let’s imagine a few days in the lives of people with disabilities using current and emerging technologies 20 years from now.
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Backmatter
Metadata
Title
Beyond Accessibility Compliance
Author
Sukriti Chadha
Copyright Year
2023
Publisher
Apress
Electronic ISBN
978-1-4842-7948-9
Print ISBN
978-1-4842-7947-2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7948-9

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