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Catharine McNally

Catharine McNally
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Phase2

Accessibility Analysis of 50 States Mail-In Voting Pages

What started off as a “quick” audit using Lighthouse automated testing showed the 50-state average being 90%. “Gracefully passable,” I’d…

14 min readAug 24, 2020

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Two “Election Mail” envelopes stacked iwth a red mask and a blue mask laid on top

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Catharine McNally

Making Curbside Pickup More Accessible & Convenient

Have you recently gone through a Curbside Pickup experience? Was the experience smooth as butter? Or was it a bit rocky? For me with…

5 min readJul 7, 2020

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A Bakery Storefront by a bridge underpass, with a large poster display saying “CURBSIDE.”

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Catharine McNally

Using Otter.ai to transcribe Podcasts #accessibilitywins

Some of my favorite accessibility “tools” are those that were created for “everyone” because it leads to greater market adoption and…

2 min readJul 7, 2020

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Demonstration of App transcribing audio on an iPhone, with specific passages of text highlighted

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Catharine McNally
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UX Planet

Anatomy of an Alert: Accessibility for COVID-19 Hospital Web Alerts

Alerts, public announcements and symptom trackers that are clear, actionable and accessible can help save lives.

8 min readApr 6, 2020

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Graphic showing annotations of effective accessibility elements of an alert

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Catharine McNally

Communication 101 | Letter from the Chair

Re-posted from the Oct — Dec 2019 Issue of the Volta Voices, a quarterly magazine produced by the Alexander Graham Bell Association for…

4 min readApr 1, 2020

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Communication 101 | Letter from the Chair

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Catharine McNally

From “Good Enough” to “Amazing | Letter from the Chair”

Re-posted from the July — Sep 2019 Issue of the Volta Voices, a quarterly magazine produced by the Alexander Graham Bell Association for…

4 min readApr 1, 2020

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Illustration with a Blue Stork holding a baby from its beak. The text says “baby ears”

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Catharine McNally

Taking the Shot | Letters from the Chair

Re-posted from the July — Sep 2018 Issue of the Volta Voices, a quarterly magazine produced by the Alexander Graham Bell Association for…

3 min readApr 1, 2020

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Two cartoon kids lay beside each other, with “Happy Campers” text

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Catharine McNally

Stepping Outside the Zone | Letters from the Chair

Re-posted from the October — Dec 2018 Issue of the Volta Voices, a quarterly magazine produced by the Alexander Graham Bell Association…

3 min readApr 1, 2020

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Silhouette of a couple wearing assistive listening technology having a conversation i

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Catharine McNally

Talking Technology | Letter from the Chair

Re-posted from the October 2018 Issue of the Volta Voices, a quarterly magazine produced by the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the…

3 min readApr 1, 2020

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Cover of the AG Bell Volta Voices with the text “Breaking Barriers” as a graphic of a mountain top with three kids on top

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Catharine McNally

School Spirit

Re-posted from the July — Sep 2016 Issue of the Volta Voices, a quarterly magazine produced by the Alexander Graham Bell Association for…

4 min readApr 1, 2020

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Cover of the Volta Voices Magazine with text “Vocal Lessons” and two children running towards a schoolhouse

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Catharine McNally

Catharine McNally

Accessibility Lead at Phase2 Technology. Cochlear implant recipient. Focused on mainstream digital experiences for all. www.phase2technology.com @cmcnally

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