Accessible Software Design - It's not just about color contrast

Hi Geeks!

Are you an UX expert or you want to become one? Join us for UX Quick-and-Dirty Vol. 5!

We will have two quick & dirty talks about 🔥 topics followed by yummy food and beer!
This time it's all about software accessibility - how to design and develop fully accessible products.

We are happy to announce our speakers, please give a warm welcome to:

• Dr. Thorsten Schwarz from the Study Centre for the Visually Impaired at KIT
• Dr. Wendy Fox, Senior Product Designer at LogMeIn

Schedule:
19:00 - Opening

19:15 - Welcome by hosts

19:30 - Dr. Thorsten Schwarz: Basics of accessible web from the point of visually impaired: How do people with impaired vision or blindness use the Internet? A brief insight into assistive technologies, website issues, improvement guidelines and what makes downloadable PDFs accessible?

20:00 - Dr. Wendy Fox: User experience design for the hard-of-hearing and deaf: Using eye tracking and quantitative data to show how integrated titles improve the viewing experience

20:30 - Pizza & Beer

21:00 - Networking

LOCATION is alter Schlachthof 27, 3. floor at understand.ai