If you have a topic you would like covered, create of comment / question or create and issue on this repo or hit us up on twitter.
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Florian Beijers (@zersiax)
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Josh McCall (@joshmccall)
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dragon788 (@dragon788)
- Better understand the workflow / process of:
- Using applications / webapps
- Developing applications / webapps
A Vision of Coding, Without Opening your Eyes
A visionless vision of coding: One Year Later
Hacker News: How a Blind Person Programs (freecodecamp.com)
Florian Beijers (twitter: @zersiax medium: medium.freecodecamp.com)
Q: What is your background?
A: @zersiax: strong background in accessibility, as well as computer science student, musician, linguist as a hobby see medium bio
Q: Why are you interested in tech?
A: @zersiax: Tech has been a part of my life ever since I can remember. Making my career out of it was therefore an easy choice.
Q: Why is it important for others to be interested in accessibility?
A: @zersiax: In 2016 you honestly can't get away with NOT knowing or caring about it any more. More and more legislation is being created that mandates accessibility anyway, might as well get with the program. It's not that hard if you keep it in mind from the get go and you help others out as well as spare yourself a huge amount of grief later down the line. ;)
Q: What are the numbers for people that use assistive tech?
A: @zersiax: Honestly don't know. It varies, but expect the numbers to be quite a bit higher than you might think. I'm talking millions across the globe.
Q: Powerdime, what is it?
A: @zersiax: Powerdime is my pet project. I want to build a platform to bring disabled people together and have them learn from each other , rather than from training programs that might not exist in their environment or be given by incompetent people who can't empathize with their situation. More details, indigogo campaign etc. coming soon.
Q: Walk us through how you use tech. Specifically how it would differ from a sited persons experience.
A: @zersiax: Tricky to answer in text, see webinar.
Q: Walk us through how you develop tech.
A: @zersiax: See article below, as well as webinar.
Q: What tools?
- the good / the bad / the ugly
A: @zersiax: See article as well as webinar.
- What and how to improve these tools.
A: @zersiax:See webinar.
Q: How does someone who knows nothing learn more / get started?
A: @zersiax: Go find resources on your domain (Android, iOS, web, Windows, OS X etc). Talk to your community. Test frequently. More in Webinar.
Q: How do we test?
- Frameworks, user testing etc.
A: @zersiax: See webinar. THings of note, AxeCore, AccessWorks
Q: How do we increase awareness among colleagues / higher ups etc?
A: @zersiax: Webinar.