Please take a moment to listen to #MarketplaceTech from last week, if you haven't already. @KAreports, @jesusavocado, @stephanie_h and Michael Lipkin did an amazing week on making tech more accessible that is thoughtful, empathetic, and I learned so much. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mar…
Some highlights ... listen to @HabenGirma describe how liberating autonomous driving tech could be for someone deafblind like her, and then imagine how she felt when a developer told her they "might" "get around to" accessibility in 10 years or so. marketplace.org/shows/marketpl…
Think about how insane it is that the decade-old 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act doesn't require captions on content created only for the Internet. You know like ... *gestures broadly at streaming video landscape* marketplace.org/shows/marketpl…
Laptop cameras that create an inadvertent laser light show as they try to keep up with American Sign Language, and @zoom_us is pretty much only good for people who can speak and see well. marketplace.org/shows/marketpl…
And while sales of video games are through the roof right now, gamers with limited upper body mobility have had to create their own special adapters to use game controllers. Oh and @zoom_us gets another shoutout here as "inherently inaccessible." marketplace.org/shows/marketpl…
Kimberly told me @jesusavocado and @mlipkin did a ton of work to make sure OUR website would be as accessible as possible, and I bet it'll influence best practices across our shop.
Personally, my mom struggles with visual impairment off and on due to cancer, and macular degeneration runs in my family. I'm constantly disappointed at how hard it is to find tools that will work consistently for her, and I worry about my future too. This meant a lot to me. /end
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