Why is text so central to accessibility? Because text is highly interoperable. That is, systems of letters can be translated into code points and interpreted by all sorts of different software. Oh and humans understand text already, of course.
Because different machines can all read and write text, information can be interpreted and conveyed to humans in different ways. Primarily visually (in letter forms) but also aurally (as synthesized speech) and even by touch (refreshable Braille displays, for instance).
UX accessibility with aria-label by Heydon Pickering
Author: Brian Dys
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Reading About aria-label
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The Person I’ve Been with the Longest
Secondly, the person I’ve been with the longest — 50 years at this point — is my wife. We get along really fine, but we often don’t understand each other that well. We often laugh about how she tells me something and I hear and understand it, but later on, it turns out that what she meant and what I understood were completely different! And that’s very natural in people. Don Norman
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Sometimes You Forgo the Data
Sometimes you forgo the data, and make a gut call due to the nature of the problem and the macro goal you’d like to reach. And believe me, though it sounds like a ludicrous situation, time-sensitive problems crop up all the time in product development!
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Voyager Innovations Chief Product Officer, Mitch Padua
Mitch Padua, introducing himself to the Product Development and Delivery team of Voyager Innovations. 2 May 2019 Photo by Brian Dys Mitch Padua is also the Head of Products, Smart Communications.
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You Are Part of a Professional Community
You are part of a professional community, and the way you do your job and handle yourself professionally affects everyone in that community. Just as a rising tide affects all boats, taking a shit in the pool affects all swimmers…If a designer leaves a job because they were being asked to behave against their ethical code, and you take that job, you’re doing all of us a disservice.
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Great Design Doesn’t Distract People
Great design doesn’t distract people, it keeps them focused on what they are doing, feeling, and achieving.
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In the End of the Day, We Are All Humans
In the end of the day, we are all humans. We love the work we do, but we also want to make sure we like and respect the people we work with. We are spending several hours of our day with one another — sometimes more time than we’re spending with our family and friends. Building an environment where people feel comfortable, and a workspace people look forward to every morning will not only improve your team productivity, but the quality of the time you all spend together.
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Be Part of the Solution
We can be inactive and be part of the problem and be proactive and be part of the solution. We choose the life we live.
Tony Meloto, Gawad Kalinga Founder
