# What we've learned about designing for accessibility from our users

DevFeed: [What we've learned about designing for accessibility from our users](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-we-ve-learned-about-designing-for-accessibility-from-our-users-9163.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://slack.design/articles/what-weve-learned-about-designing-for-accessibility-from-our-users/>)

Author: lcarmen2

Published: 2023-03-23T16:09:16Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Slack Design](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/slack-design.md>)

Topics: [Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/accessibility.md>), [User interface design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ui-design.md>)

Tags: [accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [interface](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interface.md>), [keyboard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/keyboard.md>), [navigation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/navigation.md>), [screen](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/screen.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>), [toolbar](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/toolbar.md>), [what-we-do](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/what-we-do.md>)

## AI overview

Slack's accessibility team describes changes intended to make Slack easier to navigate for keyboard-only and screen reader users. The article explains how feedback from blind and low-vision users shaped improvements to interface hierarchy, toolbar navigation, focus handling, keyboard navigation, and screen reader announcements.

## Source excerpt

Slack's accessibility team recently launched a series of changes to make navigating around Slack more reliable and efficient for keyboard-only and screen reader users. While our accessibility had significantly improved over the last few years, we were still hearing from blind and low-vision users that moving around the interface felt disorienting and noisy. One user [...] The post What we've learned about designing for accessibility from our users appeared first on Slack Design.