Hello and welcome to the fifth and final day of British Science Week.
Today we're focusing on Accessibility,
so making sure everyone can access and use all the technologies we've talked about so far.
My name is Abi and I am a third year apprentice working at BT.
Hi,
I'm Abi and I'm a first year graduate at BT.
So what do Smartwatches,
Alexa and Voiceover have in common?
So in today's first video,
we're going to be hearing from BT's Digital Accessibility Team on how these technologies that we consider
part of our everyday lives were actually originally developed as accessibility tools.
And we'll also be seeing how their continued integration is making things more accessible every day.
One of the core elements of accessibility is trying to design online systems and
applications in a more accessible way.
This can be particularly tricky when considering aspects that are more subtle and easily overlooked.
In today's activity,
we're going to be putting ourselves in the shoes of others to try and understand how a badly designed system
has a negative effect on the ability to use it.
So the second video today is from the University of Cambridge,
where they are demonstrating the tools that they have been developing to help simulate accessibility challenges.
And this should help us develop better products,
services and systems.
If you're watching this on the day of release,
don't forget to sign up to the live Q&A.
If you're watching this after the day of release,
feel free to scroll down and watch the recording.
So since joining BT,
I've been part of an initiative looking at how we can be more inclusive in the workplace
and one of the elements of this is how we can be more accessible.
So in today's videos,
it will be really interesting to see what ideas people have around accessibility,
and if I can feed any of these interesting ideas back to the group.
I think it's important that we keep working towards creating a more inclusive environment.
And one of the really core aspects of this is developing tools that can help people understand these accessibility issues,
so that we can work together towards solving them.
So that's it for British Science Week 2023.
We really hope you enjoyed all the videos and activities.
If you're interested in some more,
go ahead and check out our previous British Science Week videos which are still available on our website,
or scroll down and see the other related content at the bottom of the page.
We really hope you enjoyed Day Five and please come back next year to see more British Science Week.
See you later, bye!