КАТЕРИНА АБЗЯТОВА «Від бар’єрів до мостів: Важливість Accessibility Testing»

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КАТЕРИНА АБЗЯТОВА
«Від бар’єрів до мостів: Важливість Accessibility Testing»

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1. Kateryna Abzyatova Senior Manual QA Engineer at Ciklum more than 12 years of professional experience , working as a Manual QA engineer ( Desktop , Web and Mobile applications) conducted more than 100 interviews for the position of QA (specialists from Ukraine, Poland, Bulgaria, India) passed 5 ISTQB certifications : Foundations, Mobile, Usability, Agile tester and Advanced Test Manager more than 8 years of experience in mentoring junior specialists and 3+ years of ISTQB Trainer experience

2. Agenda 01 02 03 04 Fundamental concepts Digital accessibility When to implement Benefits

3. F undamental concepts Usability User experience Accessibility 01 02 03

4. Accessibility is the degree to which a product or system can be used by people with the widest range of characteristics and capabilities to achieve a specified goal in a specified context of use .

5. Digital Accessibility 01 02 03 04 Can I see/hear it? Can I use it? Does it make sense? Does it work with my Assistive Technology?

6. What is Assistive Technologies? a hardware or software application that is used to by people with disabilities to perform tasks which otherwise may have been more difficult or impossible for them Screen reader apps Keyboard Voice control apps Read aloud apps Magnification apps

7. Why does accessibility matter? 10-20% of the global population population (all ages) has a permanent disability , and in an aging society, an additional 20% have a progressive impairment 20 %

8. Make your services/products work for people who are impaired … Permanently Progressively Temporarily Situationally 01 02 03 04

9. Hearing impairments Impact on product: small, in case you have not much videos a dding CC (chose how many languages you can support) CC can cover text in video Permanent: Deaf or hard of hearing Temporary: Ear infection Situational: Loud concert 01 03

10. Vision impairments Permanent: Blind or visually impaired Temporary: Dry or tired eyes Situational: Bright sunlight 01 03 Impact on product: color contrasts ability to resizing text consistency of placement controls on screen focus order describe visual elements in text

11. Vision impairments Text on images will it be resized good in mobile/table versions?

12. Vision impairments Non-text contrast

13. Vision impairments Color-blindness

14. Motor/dexterity impairments Impact on product: keyboard accessibility (or use one hand) focus order big enough touch targets to hit in case of tremor alternatives to gestures Permanent: Motor Neuron Disease Temporary: Broken arm Situational: Holding a child 01 03

15. Cognitive impairments Impact on product: simplicity of language and design consistency of placement controls on screen use of colors support users who had problems with read less red color select right fonts Permanent: Dyslexia, dyspraxia Temporary: Migraine Situational: Loud, crowded places 01 03

16. Elderly users Combination of each of specific impairments: Hearing Vision Mobility Cognitive

17. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Focused on technical techniques Focus on visual and hearing impairments (due to different technology in 2008 - now outdated) Included mobile specific checkpoints and focus on greater range of impairments Most organization currently following 1.0 2.0 2.1 https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/ 1999 2008 2018

18. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Small improvements to previous version - new criteria for A, AA, AAA levels Will be a radical change how guidelines look and operate. Ergonomics of human-system interaction standard terms guidelines 2 .2 3 .0 ISO 9241-171 https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/ 2023 draft 2024 2008 Levels of accessibility of WCAG: Basic - Level A Intermediate - Level AA Advanced - Level AAA

19. When to start implementation?

20. Benefits 01 02 03 04 Financial Ethical Legal Innovation

21. Summary

22. Q&A

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