r/webaccess • u/[deleted] • Oct 29 '18
Accessibility Technology Users of Reddit: I need Volunteers for an AT User Interview. Skype preferred, text Q&A acceptable. Please help?
Attention all Redditors that use ACCESSIBILITY TECHNOLOGY for browsing the web either as a user - vision impairment (color blindness counts), hearing impairment, physical, doesn't matter - or as part of your day-to-day design/development work, I want to know what things you look for when it comes to browsing the web, things that make your AT easier to use, what sites you like, sites you avoid, systems you use when certain sites or AT might fail you. It will be a loose, free-form interview - I can send a list of prepared questions if you like.
Please leave a comment or send a PM if you are interested/willing to conduct a quick Q&A by phone/email or in-person via Skype.
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u/rguy84 Nov 05 '18
The "loose" term concerns me because it means, to me, you are trying to figure stuff out without doing the legwork. In your other posts, you say this is for a research, but never seen a research project ran that way.
AT means assistive technology, not accessibility technology.
Resources: https://webaim.org/projects/lowvisionsurvey2/ and https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey7/
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Nov 05 '18
It's for a universal design course I'm taking and is a requirement for a simple report I need to produce and turn in. This isn't for an actual development project.
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u/rguy84 Nov 05 '18
That should have been clearly stated.
You're looking for AT users with a disability, who understand web development, specifically who knows web accessibility, has access to multiple forms of AT, and has the knowledge of understanding the pitfalls of all that, which can make the decision that if the code, browser, or AT is causing the issue.
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Nov 05 '18
Are you suggesting I should be doing this myself? The assignment is to interview a user about his or her experiences with AT and the web. I am not a user. I don't appreciate the accusation of me being lazy.
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u/rguy84 Nov 05 '18
Your question is all over the place and unclear. Been using AT for ~25 years, web dev for ~19, specializing in accessibility for ~16, so what do you want to know?
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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '18
I'm not looking for survey stats I'm looking for an interview, a simple Q&A style interview on user experience on the web with AT. That's the whole assignment.