Last week, Pina Data participated in the axe-con 2022 edition , axe-con, qui se tenait du 15 au 17 mars.
The axe-con, what is it ?
Axe-con is a series of conferences onweb accessibilityThe event is open to all (free) and inclusive (subtitles and sign language as training support).
As digital accessibility is an increasingly important topic in our society, Deque Systems seized the opportunity to launch their first congress in 2021, welcoming more than 17,000 people virtually via their own live video platform.
Conferences 2022
At Pina Data, we have taken the opportunity to seek additional knowledge onaccessibilitya subject close to our hearts. Here, below, are some conferences in which we participated and which marked us.
Here is, below, a few conferences in which we have participated, and which we marked.
The Future of The Web and Accessibility
Super interesting presentation on the vision of accessibility in the future, presented by Sir Tim Berners-Leethe main creator of the World Wide Web (WWW or the Web), and the chairman of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Get It Right the 1st Time: Stop 80%+ of A11Y Bugs During Development
Here we have seen how to cover 80% of all accessibility barriers on a website. It starts with the automated tests of the axis DevTools extension (57.38%), then complete with testing smart guided that come cover another 23.01%, totaling 80% coverage.
Scoring the Accessibility of Websites
The presenters have shared the best practices in automated testing (via the solution WAVE), and manual testing. One of the presenters, Jared Smith, is associate director WebAIM. At WebAIM, they have developed the methodology AIM Methodology, which is to cover a maximum of barriers to accessibility :
- Browse the site (manual testing).
- Analyze the score of accessibility (WAVE).
- Test the web site of professional testers.
- Generate the Score AIM, paid service from WebAIM that covers manual testing and automated.
Augment Your Design Practice For Inclusion: Five Best Practices
This presentation demonstrated the 5 best practices to follow to design inclusive :
- Start with the team. The design inclusive starts before you even think back to designer's solution. Because of this, the team must already be working in an inclusive environment where every colleague is able to share and critique the ideas of each of constructive and respectful.
- Focus on inclusive language. The inclusive language it is a language that is to take into account the full range of human diversity (gender identity, language, race, etc).
- Integrate accessibility into its procurement process. As soon as the sale of a project, we present our expertise in accessibility and it ensures to provide an audit to the client as well as proof of our expertise.
- Identify and correct by the research and the creation of personas. Intentionally recruit individuals who have all of the characteristics and different abilities. Create personas, inclusive.
- Include persons with disabilities as partners in your design process. Designer for persons with a handicap from the beginning of the project.
The accessibility, it's eat what in the winter ?
Accessibility is the term that is accessible. In our case, the accessibility represents any product or service that aims to help people with disabilities.
In the context of a web site, we are talking about digital accessibility.
Digital accessibility, it is the action of designing digital technologies (e.g.: web), in order that persons with disabilities are able to use them. Unfortunately, many of the web sites are developed with barriers of accessibility, which can make it impossible to use in some people.
We'll almost all, temporarily or permanently, have to live with a disability at one time or another in our life. It is therefore to our advantage to construct a web for everyone.
The role of Pina Data in it
Pina Data is a web agency that specializes in the optimization of websites. We help our customers to optimize the performance, security, search engine optimisation (SEO), the design (UI), l’user experience (UX) and theaccessibility their website showcase or transactional. Our goal is to make the necessary adjustments, so that you can attract more clients and generate more profits.
Accessibility can help you improve your brand image, avoid lawsuits, and increase your potential audience. It is in this perspective that we can suggest the best strategy for the implementation of a web-accessible and inclusive for all.
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