About us
The Portland Accessibility and User Experience (PDX A11Y UX) Meetup addresses how to incorporate accessibility and universal design principles into project planning, user research, and UX evaluation.
This meetup hosts an ongoing conversation about how to create in a way that is inclusive to the greatest number of people possible - meaning those with and without disabilities.
The accessibility conversation is timely around the world and locally in our Portland tech community. Some join the conversation to mitigate legal risks, others are motivated by social justice purposes, while many find that building accessibility early into a development lifecycle improves user experience.
PDX A11Y UX acts as a resource for Portland based companies and individuals interested in accessibility, universal design, and inclusive design. We encourage you to use the #PDXa11yUX hashtag for accessibility topics you are interested in seeing in the future with our group.
Questions? Send us a Meetup message or email us at info [at] pdxa11yux [dot] org.
Find us
- Mastodon: https://mas.to/@pdxa11yux
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/pdxa11yux.bsky.social
- LinkedIn: Portland Accessibility and User Experience Meetup
Upcoming events
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Alt Text is the Ocean You Thought Was a Pond
Multnomah County Library Albina Branch, 205 NE Russell St, Portland, OR, US## About
Writing proper alt text is hard. But it doesn't have to be. There's a minimum standard and an advanced approach. People who need alt text will appreciate you for the former and love you for the latter. Alt text is also a whole lot more than the alt attribute. That's just one of the many ways to make content accessible. In fact, there are a number of considerations for writing great alt text.
In this presentation, Mark Wyner will help you understand the spectrum of options so you can take good care of your audience. We'll walk through implementation methods, phonetics, composition, complex sources, and tackling social media.
Let’s give screen readers and other assistive technologies something to talk about.
## Agenda
The event begins at 6:00pm; join early, starting at 5:45pm for networking.
- 5:45pm Networking
- 6:00pm Introductions and announcements
- 6:15pm Presentation
- 6:45pm Q&A and discussion
## About the presenter
Mark Wyner is an autodidactic polymath with over two decades of experience in design and development. His approach prioritizes usability, accessibility, and inclusivity. He’s also an antifascist humanitarian. So diversity and equity are overarching principles for everything he does in this space. Currently, as the Lead Product Designer at BookNook. His pronouns are he/him/his. You can follow him on Mastodon or his accessibility writings on his website.
## Accommodation requests
If you have any accommodation requests, don’t hesitate to contact us before the event to discuss.
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