Zillow: Let Me See

2015 Feb

Demo: https://letmesee.herokuapp.com/

As part of Zillow’s internal hackathon, I found that there are many users of the website that had some form of visual imparity. They were not blind, but the experience of using Zillow was not optimal. This proposal won the internal Zillow Hackathon.

 

Demo

The below is a website. Please interact with it as you would a website.

United States Visually Impaired Statistics

The problem:

Most websites don’t support the visually impaired. They are in fact designed for people with 20/20 vision on retina displays.

 

These are some of the problems with the current systems:

  • Screen Readers require extra development work
  • Current Products are hard to use and are not widely implemented or up to date
  • A wide range of visually disabled conditions required custom solutions

 

This is what Zillow's looks like to people with good vision

This is what Zillow's looks like to people with good vision

The viewing experience is different for everyone. Even for those that have perfect eyesights, the visual experience. It is commonly accepted that people perceive colour different, for instance, the colour green does not appear the same for everyone. This idea is even more pronounced for people with visual disabilities.

Solution

Themes

Provide users adjust the webpage to suit their specific needs.

 

 

Essentials

A switch that removes non-essential information from the page

 

Font Size

Allows users to adjust the size and style of font to what the