Accessibility Twin Cities

Developing an internal custom design system for your company can help create a unified brand across all of your digital products, while also providing your employees guidance on how to create accessible and user-friendly products.

This MeetUp, UX Developer Susannah Harris, Digital Experience Coordinator Jackie Weber, and UX Designer Tasha Riedman will share Hennepin County’s process of developing a design system for their employees.

The Hennepin County design system helps empower and guides teams across the county. It's a single source of truth for county standards as teams design, develop, and write for digital products. This ensures a consistent, accessible, and positive experience for our community.

Join this session to learn about the successes and challenges of creating a custom design system in local government.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a big topic of conversation in the digital accessibility space. One area we’ve seen an increased use of AI is image accessibility. Specifically, using AI to craft alternative text descriptions of images. You may wonder:

• Which ways are AI tools used to write alternative text?
• Should I use AI to write alternative text?
• How can I ensure AI-written alternative text is accessible?

Tyler Melone, Lead Accessibility Specialist at WeCo, will help answer those questions and more! Bring your questions about AI and alternative text, as there will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.