1. Perth Web Accessibility Camp 2014
Developing accessible user experiences for mobile
Dan Baker, Digital Experience Director

2. Design for all
Disability Services Commission & SMH
400,000 people with disability in Western Australia
In 15 years 25% of all Western Australians will
have a disability
33% growth in mobile web use in 2012 to 2013

3. How many opportunities do we
have to dramatically improve
people’s lives just by doing our
job a little better?
Steve Krug
Don’t Make Me Think: A Common
Sense Approach to Web Usability

4. Mobile accessibility sphere of influence
Device
manufacturers
Designers and
developers
Operating
system
Policy
makers
Accessible
mobile UX

5. Device manufacturers
http://www.techradar.comhttp://www.yankodesign.com/

6. Policy makers & legislators
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
UN Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities

7. Operating systems
Voiceover, Talkback
Siri, Voice Search
Zoom and magnify
Invert colours
Closed captioning
Change gestural interactions
Facetime

8. Designers and developers
Designer’s mental model
User’s mental model
“How I think it should work”
“How I think it should work”

14. Where next? …
Improved
operating
systems, App
accessibility
Tactile
solutions
Wearable
Technology,
Proximity based
experiences
Advances in
voice
recognition,
Biometrics

15. ‘
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‘
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The power of the Web is in its
universality. Access by everyone
regardless of disability is an
essential aspect.
Tim Berners-Lee
W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web

17. http://precedent.com/accessibility
http://precedent.com/accessibilitytoolkit