AMI Today

The Feature: Steve Saylor & Homer Gaines - Thursday October 17th, 2024

Episode Summary

AMI Today had the opportunity to attend the A11yTO Conference at the Microsoft Headquarters in Toronto.

Episode Notes

AMI Today had the opportunity to attend the A11yTO Conference at the Microsoft Headquarters in Toronto. At the conference, Jacob sat down and spoke with people who are making a difference in digital accessibility. The first interview we’re presenting today is with Steve Saylor. He is an accessibility advocate, consultant, content creator, and creator of the YouTube series “BLIND GAMER.” Steve also hosted the A11yTO Conference. 

Then, Jacob speaks with Homer Gaines, a front-end developer with over 30 years of experience and they have an interesting conversation about accessibility, coding, and creating social accessible spaces on the internet through digital design. 

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• Introducing Steve Saylor (1:04)
• Accessibility and The Last of Us Part Two by Naughty Dog (3:24)
• Steve’s YouTube Career (9:19)
• Why all video games should be made accessible (11:42)
• Introducing Homer Gaines (15:30)
• Improving Accessibility Through Design Systems (16:19)
• What is an inclusive design pattern? (17:51)
• Getting developers to care about accessibility (20:59)

How Homer’s background in behavioural psychology relates to digital accessibility (27:05)