0040 - Removing Barriers in Business with Denis Kennedy

Hosts: Sarah Keniston and Ethan Duffy 

Welcome to the podcast

In today’s episode we talk with Denis Kennedy, an Accessibility Consultant and lecturer.

You are very welcome to the podcast Denis. To start, can you tell us a little about yourself?

1.For you, what is the essence of design?

2.What are some examples of good design or bad design?

3.Do we have to make trade-offs between accessibility and usability in software?

4.Can you talk about the challenge of making the case for accessibility from day one?

5.Who do we raise awareness about accessibility requirements when pitching a project/product?

6.How tough is your audience? How do you get them on-side?

7.How do we evaluate an app for different levels of accessibility use?

8.How deep does accessible functionality need to go?

9.What lessons have you learnt that have changed your approach on new projects.

10.And any final comments before we finish?

Well, we’ll wrap up there.

Thank you for talking with us today.

Notes:

Denis Kennedy: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/denis-kennedy-098982b2/

Acknowledgements

Music

(EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c)

Title: Eza One - Supernova

Artist: Argofox (record label)

Source: “https://soundcloud.com/argofox/ezaone-supernova”

License: “CC BY”

Argofox is a record label releasing royalty free music for creators to use in monetized videos and streams in exchange for credit.

Cover Art 

Title: The Driver - Humanscale Blueprint - Space Envelope for a Compact Automobile

Artist: Graphic design by Allen Higgins 

Source: file

License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

The graphic is under Fair Use and adapted from “Space Envelope for a Compact Automobile” from Humanscale 7/8/9 booklet by Niels Diffrient, Alvin R. Tilley and David Harman; Henry Dreyfuss Associates, M.I.T. Press (1981)

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