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Breaking barriers: navigating accessibility in cross-platform components

In today's digital world mobile and website applications have become integral tools facilitating everything - from shopping and socialising to managing household finances and accessing essential services. Unfortunately, in the middle of the rush for innovation and functionality, in pixel perfect world full of parallax and interactive elements, we often overlook the accessibility.

Accessibility in mobile and web applications means more than just being compliant with new regulations. It is in the center of inclusivity, ensuring that everyone, regardless of the circumstances, can benefit from using the digital platforms. Whether it's a person with motor disabilities who relies on alternative input methods, a visually impaired user relying on screen reader's functionality or someone with cognitive impairment who seeks more clarity in the content presentation, every user should have the ability to use the software to the fullest extent. Providing them with that ability is not only a moral imperative, but also a strategic decision for the business.

Despite increasing awareness of accessibility standards, there are still many developers and designers who overlook the concept or don't fully grasp its significance. This presentation aims to showcase the best practices in implementing the accessibility solutions using the React Native and React frameworks.

Additionally, it will also demonstrate how to follow React Native's top principle - write once, run everywhere. To increase the efficiency of developing the mobile and web applications, the components will be written in React Native first, and then compiled so they can be safely used as accessible React components.

Sandra Jurek

JP Morgan Chase, VP of Software Engineering

London, United Kingdom

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