Accessible Design
How accessible are your company’s website and web materials to people with visual, physical, and other disabilities? Overlook this question, and you risk excluding vast groups of consumers who want to engage with your brand. Read our insights on accessible design principles and best practices.
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New AI Lessons In Coding, Marketing, And Product Design
In this episode, we look at how to avoid the risks of AI-enabled tools in three common business use cases: coding, marketing, and product design. The key takeaway from all three areas: There’s still a strong need to have a human in the loop to review your AI outputs.
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Figma Config 2025: In An AI World, Design Matters More Than Ever
New Figma products embrace AI, but Figma Sites fails to adhere to accessibility standards.
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Accessibility Is Getting Its GDPR Moment
Software that is not written with the needs of people with visual, auditory, motor, and cognitive disabilities in mind blocks potential and current customers from using your products and services. Imagine what you would do to get 1.3 billion more customers.
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Health Insurers: Poor Communication Harms Your Customer Experience
Plain language is a key driver of CX quality in health insurance, but only half of US online adults who are health insurance customers say it’s easy to understand their coverage. This key indicator has been trending downwards: It was 57% in 2023 and reached a high of 59% in 2022. Health insurers must act […]
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Accessibility Is Still Vital For Businesses
Accessibility is still vital for businesses despite recent federal actions.
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Bring The Voice Of People With Disabilities Into Your VoC Program
Most organizations lack one of the most critical elements of an accessibility program: direct feedback from people with disabilities. If you’re leading accessibility work, learn the benefits of collaborating with with your organization’s voice-of-the-customer (VoC) team.
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Make Your Website Accessible Or Leave Money On The Table This Holiday Season
Focus on accessibility before the busyness of holiday shopping kicks in to gain more customers.
What It Means: A Forrester Podcast
New format. New topics. Same trusted insights from Forrester analysts.
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Prioritize Accessibility In Procurement For Better CX And EX
My new report dives into why making accessibility a component of vendor selection is good for business and how to do it.
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My Takeaways From Config 2024: Impacts On Design Systems, Storytelling, And Accessibility
Gina Bhawalkar shares her take on Config 2024 and its implications for design systems and accessibility.
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Five Questions To Ask Yourself To Get The Most Out Of Your Customer Interviews
Interviewing is a key method for gathering rich qualitative data in customer research. To get the most out of your customer interviews and produce data that drives decision-making, ask yourself these five questions.
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What You Can Learn From Open-Source Design Systems
Read on to learn three best practices from open-source design systems.
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Rethink Your Research Practices To Create Inclusive Experiences
More than 1 billion people worldwide have disabilities and are underserved by today’s digital products. Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) reminds us of this and aims to get everyone talking, thinking, and learning about digital access and inclusion.
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Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2024: The Business Case For Accessibility Grows Stronger
In 2023, we saw more firms commit to digital accessibility, with emerging regulations bringing a sense of urgency to the work. Here are a few of the highlights from the past year and advice to help firms mature their digital accessibility efforts in 2024.
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Digital CX And Design Trends Worth Watching In 2024
Read on to explore Forrester’s take on the top digital CX and design trends to watch for in 2024.
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The European Accessibility Act Compliance Deadline Is Approaching — Are You Ready?
The European Accessibility Act deadline is approaching, are you ready? Read on to learn how best to prepare.
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Digital Accessibility Vendor Level Access To Acquire UserWay In A First-Of-Its-Kind Deal
The accessibility community was abuzz with reactions to news that digital accessibility platform vendor Level Access plans to acquire accessibility overlay provider UserWay.
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Digitize Your Workflow For Sustainability And Accessibility
In this blog, I look at digitizing an employee experience for both the benefits of sustainability and accessibility. While digitization is relatively easy with a broad technology landscape, making changes for sustainability or accessibility is much harder to do.
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How Poor UX Affected My Choice of Insurance Provider
Learn how poor UX directly affected this analyst’s choice of insurance provider — and how to avoid the same mistakes.
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Stay Off Santa’s Naughty List: Four Ways To Responsibly Design Experiences This Holiday Season
Practice inclusive design this holiday season to unlock long-term benefits. Here are four ways to implement responsible design.
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Predictions 2024: CX Teams Should Buckle Up For A “Fun” Ride
In 2024, we expect that CX leaders will continue to navigate variable footing, in some cases finding themselves caught in the crossfire between new tech and old policies. Prepare yourself for the new year with a preview of our 2024 predictions.
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