A visually impaired perspective on technology
Event Information
- Typ
- Village Event
- Time
- Aug. 15, 2023, 4 p.m. - Aug. 15, 2023, 4:05 p.m.
- Speakers
- AJ Hamilton
- Language
- en
- Room
- Bits & Bäume
- Host
- Bits & Bäume / about:freedom
As a visually impaired person, technology is both an accessibility tool and barrier to achieving it. There are many things I simply cannot do because of inaccessible design, even though my sight level is not even considered to be ‘registered blind’. In this talk, I will show examples of the kind of barriers to accessibility that we face on a day to day basis and a quick guide to developers on how to avoid making these mistakes. I would love to look at projects that people are making and give some advice, and just have a chat about accessibility and visual impairments.
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