Episode 4 - Interview with digital accessibility pro Jennison Asuncion

Great Grommet Podcast

In this podcast, we interviewed digital accessibility pro Jennison Asuncion. He provided amazing tips on making your digital projects accessible. Listen to the podcast and tweet @grommetux if you have any questions. Podcast Timeline: 0:00 - 3:45 Grommet updates from Chris Carlozzi 4:00: Interview with Jennison starts with Grommet contributor Alan Souza 4:30: Who are you and what do you do 4:53: Tell us more about CSUN conference 5:30: What are the main issues with navigating the web as a blind user? 8:00: Twitter just released a new feature for accessibility access - alternative access. 9:00: Tell us about your background in digital accessibility. 10:16: What advice do you have for those getting into digital accessibility? 12:00: How have you educated others on accessibility 12:28: Global Accessibility Awareness Day - May 19 16:30: What tools do you recommend to test websites are accessible? 21:03: Why is it important for enterprise apps to be accessible? 24:00: Blogs talking about accessibility to follow 24:50: Where do you see accessibility in 5 to 10 years? Twitter Handles Mentioned During the Podcast: Jennison Asuncion @jennison Jesse Beach @jessebeach Alice Boxhall @sundress Accessibility Jobs Twitter Account @a11yjobs Joe Devon @joedevon Marco Zehe @marcoinenglish Leonie Watson @leoniewatson Sam Ogami @sogami Links Mentioned in the Podcast: Bay Area Accessibility and Inclusive Design Meetup http://www.meetup.com/a11ybay Global Accessibility Awareness Day http://www.globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org Accessibility Camp Bay Area http://www.accessibilitycampbay.org WebAIM http://www.webaim.org Apps For All: Coding Accessible Web Applications by Heydon Pickering @heydonworks https://shop.smashingmagazine.com/products/apps-for-all Practical ARIA Examples http://heydonworks.com/practical_aria_examples/ Accessibility Wins by Marcy Sutton @marcysutton https://a11ywins.tumblr.com/ The Before and After Demo from the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative https://www.w3.org/WAI/demos/bad/ Web Axe blog and podcast http://www.webaxe.org/ Marco's Accessibility Blog – Helping to make accessibility accessible on the web and elsewhere https://www.marcozehe.de/ Tink - Léonie Watson – On technology, food & life in the digital age http://tink.uk/ The Paciello Group Blog https://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/ SSB BART Group blog http://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog/ 31st International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN Conference) www.csunconference.org The Great Big List (presentations, video and other material) from the 2016 CSUN International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference http://curbcut.net/events/csun16-disabilities-technology/ List of Accessibility and Inclusive Design Meetups https://www.lireo.com/accessibility-inclusive-design-in-person-groups/ NVDA NonVisual Desktop Access (free Windows screen reader) www.nvda-project.org Thanks to @sogami for the podcast intro and Bensound.com for the music.