Hi, I'm Taner

I'm a digital accessibility consultant and full stack web developer from Berlin, Germany.

I help clients in making their products accessible by consulting & coaching teams and auditing & implementing software for the web and mobile.

Things I'm an Expert At

Accessibility
WCAG 2.1
WAI-ARIA
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
TypeScript
React
Node.js

Things I Know

Video Games Accessibility
UX
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
iOS
Swift
GraphQL
GatsbyJS
REST APIs
MySQL
Java

A11y Up

I'm a video games accessibility enthusiast and in A11y Up I write about my research in video games, accessibility and other things.

Why The Last of Us: Part II's Accessibility Is a Big Deal

The hype about The Last of Us: Part II is real. Not only because the first part set a milestone in storytelling in video games and the sequel seems to follow this path. But it also sets a new bar for accessibility in video games.

Steam: An Accessibility Nightmare

While there is a clear trend for accessibility in gaming it is also key that the tools around games are accessible. So I started with taking a look at Valve's Steam store and client.