If a website or mobile app is not accessible to all potential visitors, is it truly a quality product? Services, products, information, and entertainment on the web and mobile devices can be made available to millions of consumers with vision, hearing, or motor control difficulties by complying with accessibility standards. Assistive technologies enable access by converting the text and images of mobile screens and web pages into computerized voice. But these technologies cannot interpret pages that are not built and tested for compliance to accessibility standards and programming guidelines. Join Nancy Kastl to learn about Section 508 and WCAG standards, Mobile Web Best Practices, and Apple and Android Developer Accessibility Guidelines. Learn how to test for accessibility on mobile devices and desktop using screen readers and open source tools. Become an advocate of accessible mobile apps and websites throughout the project lifecycle and add accessibility testing to your testing capabilities.
Nancy Kastl
SPR Consulting
As the director of SPR Companies’ quality practice, Nancy Kastl provides leadership for the onshore testing team in Chicago with a mission to retool and provide jobs for unemployed citizens, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. Nancy has more than twenty-five years of experience as a consultant, director, facilitator, and instructor in software quality and testing. As an entrepreneur and consultant, she brings her expertise to management teams in strategic planning, quality management, software testing, process re-engineering, and program management offices. Nancy is the former VP of quality assurance at Harris Bank, and founder and president of Chicago Quality Assurance Association.
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