Summary

  • Global Accessibility Awareness Day aims to get you talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different abilities and talents.

  • Accessibility is about everyone. Creating environments that also work for those impaired by their situation, circumstance, body or mind.

  • Be diverse. Be inclusive.

Live Reporting

  1. In front of the camera - panel discussion

    Gareth Ford Williams
    Head of Accessibility, BBC Design and Engineering

    Gareth Ford Williams leads a conversation about access and inclusivity in the arts, with actors Melissa Johns, Cherylee Houston and Natalie Amber.

    ...if we can change what we view on our screens, we can change how we're treated by society.

    Cherylee Houston

    Gareth Ford Williams chats to three actors about access and inclusivity in the arts.

  2. Accessibility of Spoken Interfaces - Leonie Watson

    Léonie Watson
    Director, TetraLogical

    Léonie Watson takes us through the history and potential future of talking technology.

  3. Genie: Accessible games for everyone - Graham Densham

    Graham Densham
    Business Analyst, BBC Children's Games

    Graham Densham from Children's Games presents their new, open, games platform: Genie.

  4. Be My Guest: Inclusive design with a little help from my friends - Henny Swan

    Henny Swan
    Director Of User Experience, The Paciello Group

    Henny Swan from TPG shares what she's learned from others along her inclusive UX journey.

  5. How Big Should Subtitles Be? - Nigel Megitt and Edmund White

    Nigel Megitt & Edmund White
    Executive Product Manager, BBC Access Services, and User Experience Designer, AV Key Experience

    Nigel Megitt and Edmund White report on research into subtitle sizing.

  6. Behind the camera - panel discussion

    Paul Bepey
    Assistive Technology Manager, BBC, and chair of BBC Ability, a staff network

    Paul Bepey leads a discussion on ideas and assistive technology that improve work inclusivity behind the camera and around media production, with journalist Sean Dilley, Disability Lead Allan MacKillop, Helen de Bretton of Microlink, and Leanne Newell of Keytools.

    Accessibility isn't a conversation that should only happen once a year. Keep the #BBCAAD19 hashtag going.

    Paul Bepey chairs a discussion on ideas and technology that improve work inclusivity.

  7. Exploring Barriers in VR - Jamie Knight + Lion

    Jamie Knight
    Senior Research Engineer, BBC UX&D Accessibility

    It could have been Lion that asked the question in the first place.

    Gareth Ford Williams

    Jamie Knight + Lion share the latest on their research on access barriers to VR.

  8. BBC Access Services - Richard Kurzik

    Richard Kurzik
    Senior Service Manager, BBC Access Services

    Richard Kurzik explains BBC Access Services and the Subtitles Time Machine.

  9. Neurodiverse Workplace Design - Sean Gilroy

    Sean Gilroy
    UX Principal for Cognitive Design, BBC UX&D

    Sean Gilroy from BBC CAPE shares the latest in workplace design for neurodiverse staff.

  10. Keynote: Allan MacKillop

    Allan MacKillop
    Disability Lead, BBC Diversity & Inclusion

    Allan MacKillop, BBC Diversity & Inclusion Disability Lead, delivers the keynote speech.

    Don't forget to add your story, wishes and ideas to the conversation at #BBCAAD19.

    BBC for Everyone is a new film premiered as part of Allan's keynote.

    BBC for Everyone introduces why accessibility and inclusive design matter to the BBC.

  11. Welcome: Clare Sumner

    Clare Sumner, CBE
    Director of Policy, BBC

    Clare Sumner, Director of Policy, introduces BBC Access All Areas 2019.

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  14. Thank you thank you thank you - we are done!

    Gareth Ford Williams
    Head of Accessibility, BBC Design and Engineering

    A fantastic event this year. Thanks to all our speakers and exhibitors, all the amazing people who worked hard to make this possible, and everyone who turned up in Salford, in London and online.

    If you learned something today, tell everyone you know.

    #BBCAAD19

    #GAAD

    See you again next year!

  15. Making BBC News accessible to the world

    BBC News continue to improve accessibility of new and existing features.

  16. BBC Sport highlight the latest accessibility improvements

    Video showing the latest accessibility improvements from BBC Sport.

  17. BBC Weather continue to improve accessibility

    BBC Weather explain a few of the recent accessibility improvements.

  18. We're working on more incidental roles... I'm an actress, not the wheelchair using actress.

    Natalie Amber, Actor

  19. Q: What is our responsibility as an industry?

    To reflect the society which we live in.

    Cherylee Houston

    Its about truthful representation... sometimes we just want to play people living their lives.

    Melissa Johns

  20. People get fearful with accessibility, but as soon as its put in place it helps everybody.

    Cherylee Houston, Actor