Community spotlight: Rhonel Cinous
Kate Barton2024-04-08T19:38:25-04:00Learn about Rhonel's disability journey, his adventures beyond Fable, and his advocacy work.
Build cultural maturity in accessibility, like NBCUniversal
Kate Barton2024-04-08T19:40:42-04:00Lori Samuels, Senior Director of Accessibility at NBCUniversal, explored how accessibility involves the changing of habits at scale.
Customer spotlight: Wendy Reid, Accessibility and Publishing Standards Lead, Rakuten Kobo
Abid Virani2024-11-27T15:07:38-05:00Learn how Wendy Reid, Accessibility and Publishing Standards Lead at Rakuten Kobo is leveraging Fable to make ebooks more accessible to people with disabilities.
Contributing to AI Standards
Abid Virani2024-01-25T17:57:34-05:00Fable’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.
Spark cross-team collaboration through accessible research, like Booking.com
Jennifer Chadwick2024-10-24T16:17:33-04:00Maya 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.
Community spotlight: Maryse Glaude-Beaulieu
Abid Virani2024-03-26T18:56:22-04:00A behind-the-scenes look into decades of lived experience that fuel Maryse's work at Fable.
Fable webinar recap: unlocking the power of accessibility research
Kate Barton2024-09-16T12:57:40-04:00How 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.
Dispel accessibility myths and gain team buy-in, like Xero
Kate Barton2024-04-10T17:04:13-04:00Samuel 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.
Scale internal accessibility training, like Spotify
Abid Virani2024-04-10T17:06:17-04:00In 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.
Measure and quantify success, like these accessibility leaders
Abid Virani2024-03-25T18:38:35-04:00Successful accessibility leaders shared their perspectives on best practices for quantifying long-term accessibility outcomes.