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Accessibility Matters:Making Your Products Available to EveryoneLecture (with Demonstrations)

Char James-Tanny

Technical Publications

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Why Accessibility Matters

> Largest minority group in the world (20% of population, approximately 1 billion people)

> Everyone joins at some point, even temporarily

> Not acknowledging accessibility means:> People can’t use your product> People can’t read, understand, or navigate your content> People can’t buy your product> People won’t buy your product

> “People with disabilities don’t use our product” isn’t always true. Unless they complain, you don’t actually know.

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What You’ll Learn

• What happens when people with disabilities try to use inaccessible documentation / websites

• How to use a quick checklist to verify what is and isn’t accessible

• Where to find WCAG 2.0 Success Criteria and how they apply to documentation and websites

• How to prioritize what you can do now and what can be done later

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Char James-Tanny

> Currently working in Technical Publications at Schneider Electric

> Accessibility Advocate> Technical

Communicator (writer and editor)