Accessibility at Figma

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The accessibility team at Figma has solved some of Figma’s unique challenges over the past year, and we have ambitious plans for the years to come. In this talk, we’ll look at how screen readers can access canvas content in FigJam and Figma prototypes, and share some upcoming accessibility features.

We’ll also take a step back to discuss some the technical, organizational, and interaction design challenges we’ve encountered in this transition and how we’ve tackled them.

Join us to learn about how Figma is working to build an effective accessibility practice in a fast-growing organization. We’ll discuss some accessibility features available today, give a sneak peek at what’s coming soon, and share our strategies for taking on this change.

There will be time for your questions.

This event will be online and in-person.

Presenter bio
David Winslow is a software engineer enabling screen readers to access Figma’s canvas technologies. In prior roles he’s worked on document viewers for Google Drive and supported open source map infrastructure for the Web.

Accessibility
The presentation will have captions [CC]. Please let us know about accessibility requirements two weeks before the event.

Livestream
Provided by Internet Society Accessibility SIG.

Watch on YouTube [new link]

Accreditation
All A11yNYC meetups are pre-approved for IAAP Continuing Accessibility Education Credits (CAEC).

Sponsors
Thanks to Asana, Evinced, Equal Entry, Fable, and Google for sponsoring.