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A Framework for Born-Accessible Development of Software and Digital Content

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This paper describes the basic concepts of the born-accessible approach to design and development, and compares it to the existing models of retrofitting digital technologies and content for accessibility. This paper is a short summary of the keynote speech from INTERACT 2023, which provides a framework for born-accessible design and a vision for the research and development work needed to influence future technologies towards the born-accessible model.

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  1. College of Information Studies, Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA) Faculty Member, Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    Jonathan Lazar

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  1. University of West London, London, UK

    José Abdelnour Nocera

  2. Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir

  3. University of York, York, UK

    Helen Petrie

  4. University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

    Antonio Piccinno

  5. Université Côte d’Azur, Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France

    Marco Winckler

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Lazar, J. (2023). A Framework for Born-Accessible Development of Software and Digital Content. In: Abdelnour Nocera, J., Kristín Lárusdóttir, M., Petrie, H., Piccinno, A., Winckler, M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023. INTERACT 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14145. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42293-5_32

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