IBM Accessibility Checker End-To-End Design by Kiera PerrymanIBM Accessibility Checker End-To-End Design by Kiera Perryman

IBM Accessibility Checker End-To-End Design

Kiera Perryman

Web Designer

User Researcher

UX Designer

Figma

Zoom

IBM Awesome Access

Changing the way web accessibility is handled at the start.

Overview

Collaborated with the IBM Accessibility team to update the tool used to demonstrate the IBM Accessibility Checker.

Conducted 17 user interviews, competitive analyses, and participated in IBM's iX Empathy Lab to gather insights.

Developed personas and defined user needs to inform design solutions.

Created wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes to visualize the updated web experience.

My Role

Patterns UX Design Intern. End-to-end involvement with a particular focus on visual and interaction design

Timeline

6 weeks in the summer of 2021

Tools & Skills

Surveying, competitive analyses, user interviews, ideation, prototyping (interaction and information architecture), usability testing, Figma

The Problem

The IBM Accessibility team needs an updated tool to showcase the abilities of the IBM Accessibility Checker.

The Solution

A web experience that recreated the existing IBM accessibility demo site to help executives and IBM developers better understand the importance of accessibility through the facilitation of empathy.

View my full case study here: https://kierajperryman.com/project/ibm-internship

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Posted Sep 24, 2024

Enhanced IBM's Accessibility Checker tool for developers and others to learn about web accessibility.

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