A11y Meetup Berlin #16

Welcome everyone to the 16th edition of the A11y Meetup Berlin!

The event will take place on November 7th, 2023 kindly hosted by ThoughtWorks! Our main goal is to encourage everyone talking, thinking, and learning about digital access, inclusion, performance, and people with different disabilities.

Agenda

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19:00 Doors Open

19:20 Quick Intro

19:30 First Talk

20:00 Short Break

20:25 Second Talk

20:55 Closing Notes

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Talks

1. Accessibility is a design choice

by Gunnar Bittersmann

Top design-focused issues of 2022: low text
color contrast, empty links & buttons, missing image alt text, skipped & missing headings, missing form labels. Collaborarion of designers and developers: documenting accessibility & user interactions.

About the Speaker:

Gunnar is a web design engineer and edutainer. He values people (UX) over technology and is a true believer in inclusive design and progressive enhancement. At conferences and meetups he talks about HTML & CSS, UX, accessibility & inclusive design, typography, with occasional references to Bruce Springsteen’s music and Star Trek.

Link to his Website

Link to Twitter Profil

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2. Intro to Mobile App Accessibility

by Rachael Yomtoob

Accessibility for the web has gained visibility in the last few years, but what about mobile apps? Let's talk about why making your mobile app accessible is just as important, if not more important, than building an accessible website. I'll introduce how digital accessibility standards like the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) can apply to mobile apps.

About the Speaker:

Rachael discovered their passion for accessibility while working on a project team at the University of Michigan that developed an Android application to provide indoor navigation for people with visual disabilities. They joined the mobile team at Deque in 2018 as a web developer where they got to learn about both mobile and web accessibility before transitioning to a product owner. Aside from being a digital accessibility professional, Rachael is a proud cat parent to three fur babies and enjoys spending their free time at hot yoga classes or diamond painting.

Link to Twitter Profile

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If you would like to speak at A11y Meetup Berlin we will be glad to receive your talk proposal https://a11y-meetup-berlin.de/submit.html

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Code of Conduct : https://a11y-meetup-berlin.de/code-of-conduct.html

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Accessibility

The Location is accessible for wheelchair users. This includes the entrance (no steps to get into the location), toilets and the stage.

Captions:
We will provide live (human) captions during the event. The transcription will be displayed on a digital board.

Those who would like to utilize the transcription are recommended to sit close to the front of the board.

A big thanks to Deque for sponsoring the live captions!

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Please contact us, or comment in this event, if you would like to be a sponsor, to make the event more accessible via [info@a11y-meetup-berlin.de](mailto:info@a11y-meetup-berlin.de).