Making the web a more welcoming place for minority languages / Linda Keating #id24 2022
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The web can be a very frustrating place for minority language users often forcing us to abandon our language and adopt a dominant language. Advances in AI and natural language processing has led to major advancements in inclusivity and accessibility for dominant languages but, minority languages are being left behind.
The technical challenges for minority languages can seem insurmountable; research & development is often market driven, and by definition, minority languages can’t promise large profits to Big Tech and so are overlooked. However, in this talk I will instead focus on some of the smaller steps that we as designers and technologists can take to make the web a more inclusive and welcoming place for our minority language users. Are our current accessibility practices improving minority language inclusion? How can we avoid dominant language biases in our localisation practices, and are we designing interfaces for cultural inclusion?
About the speaker
Linda is a web developer and speaks a minority language, Irish. Linda has worked as both a software developer and designer on large complex multi-lingual web applications both at home (Ireland) and in Norway. Her work as a User Experience Leader on large localisation projects coupled with her work in web accessibility has given her a particular insight into effective approaches and strategies for improving web experiences in minority languages.
Most recently she released an Irish language version of the viral game Wordle.
https://inclusivedesign24.org
The technical challenges for minority languages can seem insurmountable; research & development is often market driven, and by definition, minority languages can’t promise large profits to Big Tech and so are overlooked. However, in this talk I will instead focus on some of the smaller steps that we as designers and technologists can take to make the web a more inclusive and welcoming place for our minority language users. Are our current accessibility practices improving minority language inclusion? How can we avoid dominant language biases in our localisation practices, and are we designing interfaces for cultural inclusion?
About the speaker
Linda is a web developer and speaks a minority language, Irish. Linda has worked as both a software developer and designer on large complex multi-lingual web applications both at home (Ireland) and in Norway. Her work as a User Experience Leader on large localisation projects coupled with her work in web accessibility has given her a particular insight into effective approaches and strategies for improving web experiences in minority languages.
Most recently she released an Irish language version of the viral game Wordle.
https://inclusivedesign24.org