Michael Fouquet

CTO and co-founder @getstarkco. You’ll find me on a motorcycle or in front of a screen. Dog lover. Movie buff. Always making things.

[Michael Fouquet @_fookay]

AI Pin is cool, but I think we can all agree it’s a huge step back from the tiger electronics r-zone

[Tregg 🤘 @Treggify]

Accessible playgrounds are the best.

Because accessibility helps everyone. When you design something accessibly, you simultaneously create solutions for all sorts of use cases.

It's called the curb-cut effect. Let's dive in! 👇

@getstarkco

[Stark @getstarkco]

🚀 Today we're thrilled to launch Stark’s Compliance Center—the central place to manage your company’s entire accessibility posture transparently, efficiently, and evidence-backed.

Accessibility? Meet Compliance raising the bar for building inclusively. https://t.co/oTaS97RK8b

[Michael Fouquet @_fookay]

Hi @SlackHQ - would love ability as an admin to move a message to another channel. Ability to delete is great, but it'd be so much easier to move a topic to the right channel instead.

[Michael Fouquet @_fookay]

@johnhenrymuller Well well well indeed 😂

[Michael Fouquet @_fookay]

@MattEason @getstarkco Thanks for these as well! We’re getting them knocked out as we speak, but will take just a smidge longer than the marketing pages because of deploy times.

[Michael Fouquet @_fookay]

@MattEason @getstarkco Thanks for the heads up Matt, this is all fixed up. 👍

[Michael Fouquet @_fookay]

The existing methodology for addressing accessibility at any scale is simply not enough. We believe a shift towards continuous accessibility is how we move the needle not only to where it should have been all along, but where it has to be for the future of digital products.

[Stark @getstarkco]

📝 This week on the Stark Blog: Our founder @ImCatNoone writes about the concept of Continuous Accessibility, and how we’re putting it at the center of our product roadmap: https://t.co/AQYScCWwWF

[Michael Fouquet @_fookay]

If you weren’t able to make the webinar yesterday, worry not! Read on for some truly fantastic insights from Megan and Matthew. You will walk away with a new appreciation for sound’s impact on a product’s experience.

[Stark @getstarkco]

For #GAAD, we explored sound and accessibility — going deep into the emotions of sound and potential of haptic on a panel with @meganegginclegg (Sr Product and UX Designer) and Matthew Bennett (musicologist and former Microsoft sound designer).

Read 👇 https://t.co/zx6F0xuVaY

[Cat Noone @imcatnoone]

Tech! Come join me + the @getstarkco team for Global Accessibility Awareness Day to learn from Matthew Bennett and @meganegginclegg on a topic largely ignored in software — sound.

🗓️May 17 @ 12:30pm ET
👋🏼 ASL Interpreter
🔡 Zoom with CC

https://t.co/fnvlKBIZU1 #gaad2023

[Stark @getstarkco]

This week we made the @FastCompany list of World Changing Ideas! ✨

So honored to join big names on the list: @NBCUniversal, @UNICEF, @HP, @salesforce, @nvidia, @Nike, @LOrealGroupe, @PepsiCo, and more.

https://t.co/ADmzV1KGn7

[Michael Fouquet @_fookay]

Every hero should have a Sidekick. Our first foray into AI and we’re pumped at what we’ve seen it do. Audit your design file, get suggestions on remediating, and enjoy the pure satisfaction that comes from checking things off a list.

[Stark @getstarkco]

⚡️New product alert: Meet Sidekick, your AI-powered accessibility assistant in Stark!

Sidekick is a supercharged audit of your design files, making accessible design 100% faster (seriously…check it out now in @figma and @sketch)!

[Michael Fouquet @_fookay]

To be on 4 lists for @FastCompany’s World Changing Ideas 2023 with such esteemed company is truly a huge honor for @getstarkco.

Hate to be cliché…but we’re just getting started. In May alone we have a number of exciting announcements that the team is gearing up for. Buckle up!

[Stark @getstarkco]

We have lots of exciting news today! First off, @FastCompany just announced that Stark made the list for World Changing Ideas. 💜🎉

Several, actually! We're finalists in the Enterprise and Software categories, and honorably mentioned in the On the Rise and Small Business lists.

[Michael Fouquet @_fookay]

Living in America is
1. being denied a prescrip by the ins comp because it’s a “supplement”
2. having your doctor resubmit saying “just to function they need 3x the amount youd normally take as a supplement” and 3. getting back “yeah, still a supplement”.

Insurance as doctors…

[Michael Fouquet @_fookay]

Community feedback played a big part in this release. The Focus Order improvements are my personal favorite. As always, we have more coming so come join our Slack: https://t.co/HPWIvXFP5Q

[Stark @getstarkco]

🌟Today, we’re announcing all-new Focus Order, Alt-Text, and Typography tools in Stark for @Figma and @Sketch.

👇Here’s everything that’s included: https://t.co/mqbH7TxPQG

[Michael Fouquet @_fookay]

I’m genuinely curious about how his secret service detail plays into all of this. What an assignment 😂

[Michael Fouquet @_fookay]

The PlayStation Store is rolling out Accessibility Tags this week. There’s going to be more than 50 in total to start covering categories such as Visual, Audio, Gameplay, and more. Check it out in action here: https://t.co/SWuUk2IsGB

[Michael Fouquet @_fookay]

@t1merickson What you see in the video is pretty much it actually! If you have a video with flashing or strobing lights, the latest MacOS release will dim the video for you depending on the severity. The YouTube vid I was playing basically goes black because of how bright/fast it is.

[Michael Fouquet @_fookay]

Ventura 13.3 introduced a new accessibility feature to “Dim flashing lights” in video content which I, of course, love to see. What’s really interesting about it though is even if the video is paused, it seems to know it needs to dim it anyway (no flashing lights in video 🙅).

[Michael Fouquet @_fookay]

I love keeping promises.

[Stark @getstarkco]

Oh hello, loyal @firefox users! 🦊

…and 100% desktop browser coverage for Stark to make testing for accessibility issues better than ever.

Read more👇 https://t.co/uzQMkvZQ1t