Accessibility photos overload - the dept. of redundancy department

Amy-and-Brian0
Level 10
Orlando, FL

Accessibility photos overload - the dept. of redundancy department

We have a couple condos that actually were built with accessibility in mind. They have things like low light switches and plugs, wide doors and entrances, etc. 
That said, when setting up accessibility profiles with our listings, it requires like 1000 photos. And at least half of them are the same photo over and over again.

 

Does the photo of the same doorway need to be shown a dozen times? 

No stairs or steps to enter is one photo. Wide entrance for guests is another - the SAME photo. For every feature!

It took me half an hour to do just a fraction of the accessibility features. I finally just gave up and will have to do more later and turned off many of the features the condo actually does have because the photo overload is just too much.

And they didn't even include low light switches as a feature...

 

Seriously, I get that photos are great and should be required, but even those with mobility issues are going to get annoyed having to go thru the same 100 photos. 

More thought needs to be given to this new requirement.

 

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Lawrene0
Level 10
Florence, Canada

I went to the information session the Toronto group set up, @Amy-and-Brian0 , and the way I understand it is this:

Each guest with mobility issues will not be going through all the photos. They will be looking just at the things that affect them. So "no stairs or steps" will affect someone maybe who uses as a walker, but "wide entrance" will affect someone with a certain type of wheelchair. Each of them needs a quick reference to check. So that requires duplication of the photos, and it is more work for hosts like you with all the features covered, but it is pretty awesome that you have all the features covered!

The filters for all the various categories of mobility, once they are up and running, will help guests find the perfect place.