Accessibility Breakthrough
First Senior Friendly Digital Photo Frame
8 July 2020 | Product Team
Why we want to position ourselves as senior friendly product?
COVID-19 & Elderly
Seniors are becoming tech savvy.
Our demographic
More than half of our users are senior users.
*61% of our users age 60 years and older.
*46% of our users are retired.
3,309 responders
Retirement Home Use Case
127 Zendesk Tickets raised from a retirement home
Disability in the US
1 in 4 adults in the United States have some type of disability.
2 in 5 adults aged 65 years and older have a disability.
Accessibility Lawsuits in the US
2235 website accessibility lawsuits filed in federal and state courts
Why don’t we bring in some accessibility considerations to make our senior users’ life easier?
Research
Accessibility standard research
- Went through 13 guidelines and 78 Success Criteria in WCAG 2.1
- Picked up 20 of them which we should follow in order to enhance our accessibility
iOS and Android accessibility settings research
- Went through all the iOS and Android accessibility settings
- Summarized some of features that can apply to our frame
What features we proposed to make a senior friendly product?
Senior Friendly Feature
Pinch to Zoom
- Vision Impairment
Senior Friendly Feature
Adjustable Font Size
- Vision Impairment
Senior Friendly Feature
Super Big clock
- Vision Impairment
- Dementia
Senior Friendly Feature
Photo Reminder
- Dementia
Senior Friendly Feature
Color Filters
- Color Blindness
Senior Friendly Feature
Dark Theme
- Color contrast
Senior Friendly Feature
Audio Caption