Assessing and Improving Accessibility Using Indicators More Useful Than Conformance Level
summary
The talk critiques using a single WCAG conformance level as the main accessibility metric, arguing it can misrepresent real user impact (e.g., a simple inaccessible system may report fewer WCAG failures than a complex but well-designed one). It outlines ways to rethink and design better indicators that measure actual accessibility outcomes, and presents strategies organizations can use to move beyond mere legal compliance toward genuinely inclusive web and app experiences.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:18WCAG conformance limits
- 11:25Accessibility evaluation methods
- 20:20Useful improvement indicators
- 35:14Practical improved index example
- 36:44Q&A
- 47:20Closing
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