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Claims that automating accessibility reduces human error and cost by finding AA/AAA color pairs instead of manual N^2 checks; cites 217 million people with visual impairments (36M blind, ~30M in Europe). Implements WCAG 1.4 contrast math, uses luminance + sRGB, sorts with quicksort and locates matches with binary search, and parses designer JSON palettes. Delivers a working app called forward, built with Next TypeScript React Emotion, open and demoed successfully though maintained solo.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 4:38Accessibility matters on web
- 8:58Visual impairments solutions
- 13:36Beyond UI and human aspects
- 17:38Automating color contrast with Forward
- 24:42Color contrast ratios step by step
- 27:15Sorting and searching colors
- 31:17Forward tool demo
- 34:42Accessibility benefits and costs
- 38:21Q&A
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