Native Access is now optimized for screen readers and shortcuts, with full macOS support, and expanded Windows support coming soon. Tasks like installation and updates are no longer the roadblocks they once were for users with varying abilities. “What we have done with Native Access is address the basics,” she says. She says that as the company looks at attacking pain-points for new users who are starting out, they are also looking at including users with different abilities. “I think this topic ties in closely with how diverse our audience is, and how we need to adapt if we want our audience to be even more diverse,” says Schindler. To find out more about how the accessibility is becoming part of the design process, we spoke to those behind the scenes, including Senior Software Engineer Carl Bussey, Product Owner Tzipi Schindler, Head of Education Alexander Stamm, and UX Designer Matthieu Ranc. The outcomes of this have had benefits that extend far beyond just products.
To do that, Native has been incorporating feedback from visually impaired users directly into the design process. That just goes to show that accessibility isn’t a niche, but something integral to music making. Not one in 1,000, not one in 100, but one in 20.
One in every twenty KOMPLETE KONTROL users take advantage of accessibility features for the visually impaired.
