Intro to Screen Reader Ropes Course: Demystifying Manual Testing
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Accessibility professionals all know screen reader testing is important, but the barrier to entry is fairly high: before you can test with a screen reader, you have to know how to use a screen reader. Wrapping your mind around all those keystrokes and what they do can be difficult. In this webinar we’ll break it down for you, and show you how to use the free screen reader of your choice to go through our Screen Reader Ropes Course, which, by the way, you should return to again and again to practice.
About the Speakers: Deneb Pulsipher and Kosi Asabere
Deneb Pulsipher
Deneb, “Captain Accessible” at SeaMonster Studios, is excited to ferret out ways to make websites more accessible to all people who come to them, no matter what set of abilities they have, or assistive technologies they use. He heads up the accessibility efforts at SeaMonster Studios, and has done since shortly after being hired there, where he built the program from the ground up. Deneb’s passion is making sure the internet is coded right, which means thoroughly reviewing all the sites SeaMonster builds before they release them into the wild, and also sporadically emailing owners of the sites he happens on while surfing that could use some accessibility improvements.
Akosua “Kosi” Asabere
Akosua “Kosi” Asabere is a Senior Accessibility Engineer and Inclusive Design Strategist. She consults with organizations on embedding accessibility best practices throughout the product lifecycle, from discovery and design to development, testing, and long-term governance. As a native screen reader user and former Accessibility Specialist at the W3C, she combines lived experience with deep technical expertise. She has advanced accessibility across government, higher education, nonprofits, and startups. As an Accessibility and Assistive Technology Trainer, she has trained hundreds of people with and without disabilities to use screen readers, magnification tools, text-to-speech, and other adaptive technologies. As Head of Accessibility at a small technology startup, Kosi leads teams in creating intuitive, user-centered accessible products.
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Event Details:
This meetup will be held at 10 AM Central via Zoom webinars.
Registration on Zoom is required to attend. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5417642787914/WN_TRlI9cI2QheVPDl9ZOyy1g
Accessibility & Accommodations:
This meetup will be held virtually over Zoom and live captioned.
Slide links will be provided when applicable, and presenters are encouraged to make slides as accessible as possible with alternative text for images, etc.
We're working to secure sponsors so that we can offer ASL interpretation.
All are welcome to attend. If you need specific accommodations to make this meetup work for you, please contact an organizer, and we will try our best to accommodate you.
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