Google at CSUN 2021

Welcome, everyone! We are excited to share lots of updates with you all and engage with you throughout the conference! Google teams will host 20 presentation sessions during the CSUN conference, listed below for reference. We will also discuss a variety of topics at our virtual Google booth in the exhibit hall. For a detailed booth schedule, please refer to the Booth Schedule tab of this site.

Presentations

A11y Research: From Stakeholder Buy-In to Insights Delivery

Description: An intermediate talk on Accessibility UX Research at Google, with an emphasis on stakeholder buy-in and engagement.

Presenters: Melissa Barnhart, Shannon Holloway, Emily Fritz

Accessibility in Google Meeting and Voice Products

Description: Learn about updates in the Google Video and Voice products including Meet, Duo, Voice, and Dialer.

Presenters: Roger Benz, Anna Cavender, Annie Mui

Accessible Design & Research

Description: In this talk, you’ll learn varied strategies to design an accessible product and evaluate its user experience.

Presenters: Jen Devins, Marco Lobato

Android Accessibility for Users with Dexterity Impairments

Description: Learn about new features that help users with dexterity impairments use Android phones and tablets. Voice Access replaces touch with voice commands.

Presenters: Anna Galusza, Lauren Winston, Kristi Lee

Assessing Product Usability for People with Disabilities

Description: Learn how to assess and track the usability of your products from the perspective of people with disabilities through a combination of UX research methodologies.

Presenters: Jen Devins, Pavithra Ramasamy, Mandeep Chahal

Automated Accessibility Testing Tools for Android & iOS

Description: Learn about Google’s mobile accessibility testing tools and how they can be leveraged throughout the development process by Android and iOS teams.

Presenters: Casey Burkhardt, Brinko Kobrin, Sid Janga

Chrome & Chrome OS Accessibility Updates

Description: Join members of the Chrome and Chrome OS Accessibility team to hear recent product updates, including new features and functionalities built into Chromebook devices.

Presenters: Akihiro Ota, Abigail Klein, Dominic Mazzoni

Enhancing the Aural Reading Experience

Description: Learn about our explorations with the aural reading experience where our goal is to provide alternative solutions for individuals with reading challenges.

Presenters: Joel Riley, Rain Michaels, Erin Buehler

Google Accessibility Trusted Tester Program

Description: Come learn about the Google Accessibility Trusted Tester Program and how you can provide your feedback to influence products.

Presenters: Annie Mui, Austin Hertell, Dimitri Proano

Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides Accessibility Improvements

Description: Come learn about recent accessibility updates in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, as well as general tips for using accessibility features in these editors.

Presenters: NM Amadeo, Leyla Mizrahi, Jazbel Wang

Improving Automatic Speech Recognition

Description: We present how trusted testers with speech impairments used project Euphonia’s prototype app to automate their home or communicate with friends and family.

Presenters: Bob MacDonald

Live Transcribe as a Captioning Curbcut

Description: Live Transcribe improves spoken communication for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH). It also helps DHH and hearing people improve their pronunciation and reading.

Presenters: Chet Gnegy, Dimitri Kanevsky

Making Design & Fonts More Accessible with Material Design

Description: Material Design is making products more accessible with design guidelines, fonts in over 800 languages, and research on touch target size.

Presenters: Karen Ng, Susanna Zaraysky, Michael Gilbert

Making the Physical World More Accessible with Lookout

Description: Google Lookout uses computer vision to describe the world for people with visual impairments. We will highlight key updates, challenges and solutions since launch.

Presenters: Adreina Reyna, Tommy Szalapski, Catherine Idylle

New Accessibility Products & Features from Google

Description: Join us to hear announcements from several Google teams about products, tools and features that will be presented in more detail throughout the conference!

Presenters: Eve Andersson, Christopher Patnoe

Semantic Locators: Stable, Readable, A11y Web UI Tests

Description: Learn about semantic locators - a human readable, resilient and a11y-enforcing way to find web elements in web UI tests.

Presenters: Alex Lloyd, Damien Engels

Speaking through Action Blocks

Description: Learn how Action Blocks can be used to speak short phrases and help complete routine tasks on Android.

Presenters: Patrick Clary, Yu Zhong, Ajit Narayanan

Tips for Using Google Workspace Products Gmail, Chat and Groups

Description: Learn about shortcuts, techniques, features and advanced searching to simplify and speed up your experience using Google Workspace Communication products like Chat, Gmail, and Groups.

Presenters: Roger Benz, Matt Millett, Mike Mello

What's New in Android Accessibility

Description: The Android team will present an overview of the newest Android accessibility features.

Presenters: Joseph Johnson, Sally Yuen, Ameer Armaly

What's New with Google Home & Google Assistant

Description: Learn about the latest features within Google Assistant.

Presenters: Kiran Kaja, Theo Goguely