When getting voiceover recorded, consider moving away from the bland, corporate standard. Think about whether a range of regional and/or international accents would better reflect your workforce.
Use language appropriately – you’re responsible for using inclusive language and avoiding ableist, sexist, racist or otherwise exclusionary or offensive language.
Remember that diversity looks different in different places – how can you make sure your global workforce sees themselves in your training programs?
Meeting diverse access needs
Accessible employee training is not phone numbers in korea only expected by employees but, depending where your organisation is based, it’s often a legal obligation. It’s important to consider accessibility as early as possible and at every stage of development as it’s much more difficult and expensive to retrofit accessibility after design has been completed.
Closed captioning on videos and other audio
Accessibility of interactions
Colour contrast
Font readability
You should also think about providing different ways for people to learn. You don’t have to provide a one-size-fit all people development solution and can make different options available (such as transcripts, captioned videos, PDF read throughs) without too much extra effort.