Accessibility and Inclusive Design

Questions and Answers

What is the primary purpose of assistive technology?

To enhance the visual appearance of a company's brand

To increase the contrast of colors on a screen

To enhance learning, working, and daily living for people with disabilities (correct)

To provide a framework for designing products

What is the main goal of equity-focused design?

To design for groups that have been historically underrepresented or ignored (correct)

To design products for people with disabilities

To increase digital literacy among users

To provide the same amount of opportunity and support to all users

What is the purpose of a screen reader?

To provide a framework for designing products

To translate spoken words into text

To read aloud on-screen text and alternative text (correct)

To increase the contrast of colors on a screen

What is digital literacy?

A user's level of ability related to using digital information and technologies Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of alternative text?

To help translate visual content into a description for screen readers Signup and view all the answers

What is iteration in design?

Revising the original design to create a new and improved version Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of inclusive design?

To make design choices that take into account personal identifiers Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a call-to-action?

To visually prompt the user to take action Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Accessibility and Inclusive Design

Accessibility refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities
Inclusive design takes into account personal identifiers like ability, race, economic status, language, age, and gender
Universal design aims to create one product for users with the widest range of abilities and in various situations

Assistive Technologies

Assistive technology enhances learning, working, and daily living for people with disabilities
Examples include switch devices, screen readers, speech to text software, and voice control
Screen readers read aloud on-screen text, interactive elements, or alternative text
Speech to text software allows users to compose text by speaking into their device

Design Principles

User-centered design puts the user front-and-center
Equity-focused design prioritizes groups that have been historically underrepresented or ignored
Iteration involves revising the original design to create a new and improved version

Design Tools and Concepts

Alternative text (alt text) helps translate visual content into a description for screen readers
Call-to-action (CTA) is a visual prompt that tells the user to take action
Color modification features increase the contrast of colors on a screen, such as high-contrast mode or dark mode
Digital literacy refers to a user's level of ability in using digital information and technologies
Framework creates the basic structure that focuses and supports the problem being solved
Ideation involves generating a broad set of ideas on a given topic without judgment
Insight is an observation that helps understand the user or their needs from a new perspective
Platform refers to the medium that users experience the product on
Responsive web design allows a website to change automatically depending on the device size

Description

Explore the concepts of accessibility, inclusive design, and universal design to create products and environments for diverse users. Learn about assistive technologies that aid people with disabilities.