Inclusive Design For Accessible Presentations
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/11/inclusive-design-accessible-presentations/
“When you prepare for your next presentation, use these tips on how to tweak your slides and your talk so that everyone gets the most out of it.
Create Accessible Slides
Make Your Text Big. No, Bigger.
DOES IT MAKE SENSE IN GREY-SCALE?
IT’S A SLIDE, NOT A NOVEL
ANIMATED SLIDE TRANSITIONS? REALLY?
READABILITY APPLIES TO SLIDE TEXT, TOO
GIFS AREN’T ALWAYS FUNNY
HOW GOOD IS YOUR COLOR CONTRAST?
There are recommended color contrast values for text on the web.
- Downloadable color contrast checker by the Paciello Group (for Windows & Mac)
- Online color contrast checker by Lea Verou
ENABLE YOUR AUDIENCE TO FOLLOW ALONG
KEEP YOUR LINKS SHORT
- Readability: Long URLs will wrap onto multiple lines, which is hard to read.
- Say-ability: You should say your URL out loud for people who can’t see the screen. A long URL is very hard to say correctly, particularly if it contains strings of random characters. It’s also very hard for listeners to understand and record in real time.
- Use a URL shortener
DOES YOUR PRESENTATION CONTAIN MULTIMEDIA?
DON’T PUT THE PUNCHLINE AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SLIDE
2. Presenting Tips
HAVE A CLEAR BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END
GIVE THE AUDIENCE TIME TO READ YOUR SLIDES
PROVIDE CAPTIONS AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION
MIND YOUR LANGUAGE
STORIES AREN’T UNIVERSAL
INTERESTS AND POP CULTURE REFERENCES AREN’T UNIVERSAL EITHER
SLOW DOWN, BREATHE.
RESPECT THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND YOUR AUDIENCE
MAKE YOUR CODE DEMONSTRATIONS ACCESSIBLE, TOO
DON’T DROP THE MIC
3. After The Presentation
DISTRIBUTE ACCESSIBLE SLIDES
FILL THE GAPS WITH NOTES, A TRANSCRIPT OR AN ARTICLE”
Stephen
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