Learn how Wendy Reid, Accessibility and Publishing Standards Lead at Rakuten Kobo is leveraging Fable to make ebooks more accessible to people with disabilities.
Fable’s Head of Accessibility Innovation Kate Kalcevich is excited to join the Technical committee for accessible and equitable artificial intelligence systems for Accessibility Standards Canada. Fable has a long history of collaboration with committee chair Dr. Jutta Treviranus, including on a recent Future of work: Equitable Digital Systems project.
Maya Alvarado, Senior Accessibility Researcher at Booking.com, and Kevin Penny, member of Fable’s community of assistive technology users, discuss how collaboration happens on teams through accessible and inclusive research.
Fable conducted a survey of our community, all of whom use assistive technology, to learn what they’re thinking about as they plan to travel this holiday season. For these travelers, the potential challenges and frustrations go beyond crowds, delays and weather.
A behind-the-scenes look into decades of lived experience that fuel Maryse's work at Fable.
Mobile device usage is at an all-time high, but we hear from designers and developers that they are uncertain how to make native mobile apps accessible to people with disabilities. To better understand the accessibility barriers encountered on mobile devices, Fable surveyed our community of assistive technology users.
Get to know our community of testers and their unique perspectives on navigating the digital world.
How should a UX researcher prepare for research involving people with disabilities who use assistive technology (AT)? How will the session flow? What do you need to keep in mind? Aimed at practitioners new to facilitating accessible UX research, Fable’s recent webinar “Unlocking the power of accessibility research” featured practical advice on how to get started. In this article, we’ll summarize the main takeaways from the session that will help you maximize the time spent with an AT user and how to structure the interview to get more insights out of it.
Samuel Proulx, Accessibility Evangelist at Fable sat down for a conversation with Laila Coulton, Head of Design, Research, and Accessibility at Xero. The two covered a wide-range of questions around getting buy-in for accessibility, upskilling teams with the accessibility knowledge they need to get started, and practical insights from Laila’s years of experience getting organizations started on their accessibility journeys.
In 2020, Spotify started seeing grassroots efforts develop around accessibility education. This led to the formation of an Accessibility Guild, a company-wide initiative around accessibility, and the creation of their accessibility team. In our latest edition of Experts with Fable, Accessibility consultant Devon Persing moderated a discussion with Spotify’s Accessibility and Design Systems Manager Audrey O’Clair, and Education Program Manager George Milios on why Spotify recognized the need for accessibility training, how they structured their program to create awareness and engagement, and more.