Kelly Avery Mack, Kate S. Glazko, Jamil Islam, Megan Hofmann, Jennifer Mankoff: “It’s like Goldilocks: ” Bespoke Slides for Fluctuating Audience Access Needs. ASSETS 2024: 71:1-71:15

Slide deck accessibility is usually thought to mainly impact people who are blind or visually impaired. However, many other people might need modifications to access a slide deck.

We talked with 17 people who have disabilities and use slide decks and learned their needs did not always overlap. For some people, their own needs even changed at times. For example, some needed lower contrast colors at night.

Next, we explored how a tool could help change a presentation to fit their needs. We tested this tool with 14 of the people we talked to earlier. Then, we interviewed four people who make and present slide decks to get their thoughts on this tool.

Finally, we tried to make a working version of this tool. It has some of the features that the people we talked to wanted, but we learned that when apps are not designed for access, and not open source, they make full access hard to add.