[Accessibleweb] Monthly Web Accessibility/Usability Meet-up, Thu 3/14/24 at 10 AM PT

[Hadi Rangin]

Hi everyone,

Please join us this Thursday 3/14 at 10 AM for another exciting, informal and friendly Web Accessibility/Usability meet-up.

Agenda

  *   Alt text and profile photo descriptions
Visually impaired people have a disadvantage when they are trying to choose a new doctor, compared to people who see the providers' photos, as they can't observe the visual characteristic of the doctors that can be gathered by looking at the photos.
  *   Our colleagues from UW-Med are going to lead the discussion and seek answers for these questions:
     *   Can Alt text provide an accessible solution for this problem?
     *   If so, who should describe the visual characteristic of the providers and what characteristics should be included?

Reviewing your site/application for accessibility is the main component of this meet-up and we all learn from such reviews.
If you have a topic you'd like to discuss or site you'd like to look at, please let me know<mailto:hadir at uw.edu> or simply bring it to the meeting.
Meeting info

  *   What: Monthly Web Accessibility/Usability Meetup
  *   When: Thursday March 14, 2024 10-11 AM PT
  *   Where: https://washington.zoom.us/my/hadirangin<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/washington.zoom.us/my/hadirangin__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!kA6E7qgn0GM6P5WvM9v0nKxjTwnOdgcuCctzitw0ihqa29dhxLQOtdI6Crv1C-9gEFG3atM56Q$>
  *   Meeting ID: 206 221 1532

About Monthly Web Accessibility/Usability Meet-up
The Monthly Web Accessibility/Usability meet-up is a place for accessibility minded colleagues to casually reviewing and discussing your projects. This generally includes lots of hands-on testing and code review. If you are working on a project and would like to get accessibility feedback from your peers, please let us know and we will add it to the agenda. We always encourage you to bring your own sites and topics, as it is a great learning experience for everyone.

How to Join the Mailing List
We send our announcements typically a week prior to the meetup through various internal mailing lists, including the accessibleweb mailing list - which is open to the public. Please subscribe to that list to receive the announcements if you haven't already done it yet. You can do so by accessing this link:
https://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/accessibleweb.

Thanks, and looking forward to another engaging and fruitful discussion.

Hadi Rangin (he/him)
IT Accessibility Specialist
Access Technology Center/ATS/UW-IT
(206) 685-4144
hadir at uw.edu<mailto:hadir at uw.edu>


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