UX and accessibility consulting
Usable and accessible by design.
We help teams learn how and why people use their products. Then we help them build web and mobile experiences that are usable, accessible and ready to ship.
Usable Patterns was founded in Salt Lake City in 2002 by Dave Broschinsky, a UX director with more than 25 years in healthcare, fintech and enterprise software.
Where most teams start
Find accessibility issues before your users do
An audit against WCAG 2.2 AA by a DHS Trusted Tester, with hands-on testing in JAWS, NVDA, Narrator and VoiceOver.
You get a ranked list of fixes your team can act on, not a wall of tool output.
Services
Where we can help
Accessibility audits and fixes
WCAG 2.2 AA and Section 508 reviews, with notes for EU rules. Then help fixing what we find.
Mobile apps
iPhone, iPad and Android apps designed for small screens, one hand, VoiceOver and TalkBack.
Design systems
Components and design tokens that make the accessible choice the easy choice for every team.
UX research
Interviews, contextual inquiry and usability testing that turn what people say into decisions.
Workshops and coaching
Design thinking workshops for large SaaS teams, and coaching for designers and design leaders.
Selected work
Products we have shaped
Kinware Keeper
Mobile app · Co-parenting
A shared scheduling app for co-parents.
AuthorizeBlue
Mobile and desktop · Security
Uses a phone’s Bluetooth connection to authorize access to a desktop computer.
Fortunes
iPhone app
A fortune cookie app for iPhone, designed and built with a partner and published in the App Store.
About
Helping teams since 2002
Usable Patterns is the consulting practice of Dave Broschinsky. Dave has led UX and accessibility at GEP, HealthEquity and Ivanti. His research is referenced in over 127 academic papers.
Have a product that needs to work for everyone?
Tell us what you are building. We will tell you where we would start.