Elana Chapman Will Discuss A11y & Research in 2023

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 Benchmarking Screen Reader Accessibility in User Research
} Nov 3, 2023   TBA / 30 MINUTES

UX researchers employ the System Usability Scale to measure usability, but it doesn’t effectively capture data for assistive technology users. Fable’s Accessibility Usability Scale (AUS) metric and comprehensive research offers to complement the UX research space when it comes to measuring usability for assistive technology users, particularly when it comes to usability trends uncovered for screen reader technology.

In this talk, Elana will reveal the AUS, a psychometric survey that is both easy-to-understand and free to use. Unlike other evaluations, the AUS offers numerical scores that require little subject matter expertise, making it accessible to everyone. She’ll explain how to use it, and how its scores complement SUS scores to improve accessibility for people who use assistive technology.

 Speaker Bio: Elana Chapman

Elana Chapman (CPWA) is a Toronto-based Accessibility Research Manager at Fable.

Prior to Fable, Elana worked as an Accessibility Specialist at Deloitte Digital. She has a B.A. in Linguistics and Deaf Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in Information Science from the University of Toronto.

For more info, you can follow Elana on LinkedIn.

*Image credit: Elana Chapman