Accessibility and Gen AI Podcast

Eamon McErlean, Joe Devon
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A podcast that interviews the news makers and thought leaders in the world of Accessibility and Artificial Intelligence. Hosted by Eamon McErlean and Joe Devon.

Episodes

  1. 15H AGO

    Ep 12 - Molly Lazarus - Director of Remarkable / Arman Nobari & Anthony Gibson - Co-Founders of Good Trouble

    OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 01:29 Introduction 02:08 How Accessibility Became Part of Molly's Career Path 09:33 Lessons Learned From Working In Start-Ups 13:03 Some of the Companies in Remarkable's Accelerator Cohort 17:21 How Companies Are Chosen by Remarkable 19:27 Remarkable's Funding As A Non-Profit Organization 21:34 How Does Molly Use AI In Her Daily Life 25:20 How Will AI Play A Role In Accessibility 30:20 Startups In Remarkable's Accelerator Cohort This Year 34:54 Introduction To Good Trouble 38:21 How Good Trouble's Co-Founders Teamed Up 40:03 How Accessibility Hardware Benefits A Person With A Disability 41:53 Introduction To AbleToPlay 46:28 How AbleToPlay Has Benefited A Family With Special Needs 48:10 About Vault Labs 53:32 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: Remarkable https://www.remarkable.org How I AI Podcast https://www.youtube.com/@howiaipodcast ServiceNow Releases Voice Agents as part of the AI Experience https://www.servicenow.com/community/servicenow-ai-platform-blog/servicenow-releases-voice-agents-as-part-of-the-ai-experience/ba-p/3419367 Remarkable 2025 Accelerator US Cohort https://www.remarkable.org/blog-posts/remarkable-2025-accelerator-us-cohort Google's Project Relate https://sites.research.google/relate/ The Ask Grandma Project https://www.askgrandma.co Blueberry Technology https://www.blueberry.technology Glidance https://glidance.io WheelPad https://www.wheelpad.com Good Trouble https://www.goodtrouble.games AbleToPlay https://abletoplay.com/pilot Microsoft Super Bowl Commercial https://youtu.be/vQYzsiVscNg Vault Labs https://vaultlabs.co Molly Lazarus https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollymlevitt/ Arman Nobari https://www.linkedin.com/in/armannobari/ https://armannobari.com Anthony Gibson https://www.linkedin.com/in/agibson/

    55 min

  2. JUL 28

    Victor Tsaran - Google Design Platform Accessibility Lead

    OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 00:43 Introduction 01:27 How Using A Screen Reader Is Like Looking Through A Straw 03:38 What Are Earcons? 04:31 Growing Up Blind In Ukraine & Moving To The US 08:53 Victor On Being A Musician 10:11 Why Did You Start Working With Computers? 11:57 Launching A Computer Center For The Blind 14:11 Victor's Advice On Public Speaking 16:12 Communicating The Importance of Accessibility To People Without A Disability 19:09 Role As Google Design Platform Accessibility Lead 21:56 Recommended Courses For Learning About AI 24:27 What Role Does AI Play In Alt Text For Images? 26:31 Future of AI's Role In Accessibility 28:25 What AI Tools Do You Use For Coding? 32:34 Concerns About AI and Accessibility 34:36 The Trolley Problem - Ethical Dilemmas In AI / Waymo 40:19 Victor's Book Suggestions 41:53 Things Sighted People Say To Blind People 45:31 Making Art and Music Accessible 47:27 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: Victor Tsaran: An Introduction to Screen Readers https://youtu.be/izrC4R7SsH4 How Blind Users Experience Youtube | Victor Tsaran | Talks at Google https://youtu.be/ewCSjiZ7Cdo Earcon Demonstration https://youtu.be/sv_swxXGc5s TEDxSiliconValley - Victor Tsaran - 12/12/09 https://youtu.be/BsJB73c38yw Braille Writing Devices: Slate and Stylus https://youtu.be/50XCmWMiM-4 CompuServe https://www.reddit.com/r/vintageads/comments/yaa0ik/compuserve_internet_access_in_1980_only_500_an/ Material Design https://m3.material.io https://m3.material.io/foundations/overview Service Now - Horizon https://horizon.servicenow.com https://horizon.servicenow.com/guidelines/accessibility Victor Tsaran's Music https://open.spotify.com/artist/605ZF2JPei9KqgbXBqYA16 https://music.apple.com/us/artist/victor-tsaran/344507896 https://www.youtube.com/@VictorTsaran/releases Vanderbilt University https://www.vanderbilt.edu https://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/bio/?pid=jules-white Andrew Ng's AI For Everyone https://www.coursera.org/learn/ai-for-everyone DeepLearning.AI https://www.deeplearning.ai Gemini Canvas https://gemini.google/overview/canvas/ CodeMirror https://codemirror.net Visual Studio Code https://code.visualstudio.com GNU Emacs https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Cursor https://cursor.com Windsurf https://windsurf.com Waymo https://waymo.com Moral Machine https://www.moralmachine.net Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/451795/technofeudalism-by-varoufakis-yanis/9781529926095 https://www.wired.com/story/yanis-varoufakis-technofeudalism-interview/ Emma Donoghue - Author https://www.emmadonoghue.com Ep 9 - Matt Ater - Senior Vice President, Vispero https://youtu.be/n6NGlE3qM3E Ep 2 - Jennison Asuncion - Head of Accessibility at LinkedIn, Co-Founder of GAAD https://youtu.be/X4QsrxskWHU James Teh at NV Access https://www.nvaccess.org/about-nv-access/ OSARA: Open Source Accessibility for the REAPER Application https://osara.reaperaccessibility.com Victor Tsaran's Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/victortsaran https://www.youtube.com/@VictorTsaran https://x.com/vick08

    48 min

  3. JUL 7

    Josh Miller - Co-CEO & Co-founder, 3Play Media

    OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 00:44 Introduction 01:24 What's More Challenging... Coaching Your Employees or Your Son's Little League Team? 03:05 How Was 3Play Media Founded? 09:35 How Pedals Are Used For Captioning/Transcription 10:37 Tracking Metrics of Time, Quality, and Accuracy 13:46 What's The Difference Between Captions vs Subtitles? 18:48 Impact of Accessibility and AI 25:03 Importance of Human Involvement with AI 27:13 Current State of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) 32:27 Use of AI Tools Internally At 3Play Media 34:09 How 3Play Media Maintains Its Culture As The Company Expands 36:30 The Different Roles of Each Co-CEO (Josh Miller, Chris Antunes) 39:53 European Accessibility Act and How 3Play Media is Addressing It 44:12 How Gen AI Will Affect Globalization of Accessibility 47:59 How 3Play Media Has Been Recognized for Their Work in Accessibility (Audio Description) 51:44 The Benefits of Audio Description 52:54 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: 3Play Media https://www.3playmedia.com Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Report https://www.3playmedia.com/blog/annual-state-of-asr-study/ European Accessibility Act https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/disability/union-equality-strategy-rights-persons-disabilities-2021-2030/european-accessibility-act_en 3Play Media's ACCESS 2025 Event https://go.3playmedia.com/en/access/2025-save-the-date 3Play Media's Linktree https://linktr.ee/3playmedia Josh Miller on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgmiller3/

    54 min

  4. JUN 9

    Matt Ater - Senior Vice President, Vispero

    OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 00:57 Introduction 02:07 Matt's Journey into Accessibility 03:45 About Vispero 06:01 Importance of Working With People With Disabilities 08:06 About The Lighthouse For The Blind 11:44 Induction Into The Kiosk Hall of Fame 17:15 Impact of Gen AI on Accessibility 26:08 Visit to CES Tech Week at Capitol Hill 27:17 About JAWS Picture Smart AI 30:35 Balancing Priorities In Leadership 32:36 Things Sighted People Say To Blind People 38:10 Advice To Newcomers In Accessibility 43:43 Future of Vispero and AI 48:57 Percentage of Websites That Are Accessible 55:35 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: Vispero https://vispero.com The Lighthouse for the Blind https://lhblind.org Kiosk Hall of Fame https://kioskindustry.org/kiosk-hall-fame/ CES Tech Week at Capitol Hill https://www.cta.tech/press-releases/ces-on-the-hill-brings-tech-s-biggest-innovators-to-washington JAWS Picture Smart AI https://support.freedomscientific.com/About/News/Article/227 Video: Vispero - Empowering Independence https://youtu.be/XdgVMsB_HNk Web AIM - Web Accessibility in Mind https://webaim.org ArcTouch https://arctouch.com Matt Ater on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-ater-b7b96a8/

    1 hr

  5. APR 7

    Dylan Barrell - Chief Technology Officer, Deque Systems

    OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 01:04 Introduction 04:46 Dylan's Journey into Accessibility 09:38 About Deque Systems / Automating Accessibility 12:04 Axe-con Keynote and Controversy Around Automation 24:22 Understanding the Criticism 25:48 How AI May Affect Developers & Other Positions 32:17 Maintaining A Culture As A Company Grows 41:36 Experience of Writing A Book 49:35 Future of Deque and Gen AI 55:17 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: Deque Systems https://www.deque.com Axe-con https://www.deque.com/axe-con Agile Accessibility Handbook: A Practical Guide to Accessible Software Development At Scale https://amplifypublishinggroup.com/product/nonfiction/industries/technology/agile-accessibility-handbook-a-practical-guide-to-accessible-software-development-at-scale/ Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change By Kent Beck, Cynthia Andres The Ride of a Lifetime - By Robert Iger https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/556683/the-ride-of-a-lifetime-by-robert-iger/ Winners Dream: A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office By Bill McDermott with Joanne Gordon https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Winners-Dream/Bill-McDermott/9781476761084 Manus https://manus.im Dylan Barrell on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylanbarrell/

    58 min

  6. MAR 10

    Ted Drake - Global Accessibility and Inclusive Design Leader, Intuit

    OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 00:36 Introduction 01:35 Working with Victor Tsaran on Accessibility 05:38 Getting Involved with Accessibility 10:47 Soliciting and Maintaining Leadership's Support For Accessibility 13:39 DeafBlind Potter 15:17 European Accessibility Act 18:44 Scaling Accessibility at Intuit 23:00 Incorporating AI at Intuit? 29:39 Personal AI 33:57 Open Source vs Closed Source 36:36 Will AI Replace Testing? 41:15 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference 44:55 Detecting Autism Through Web Browsing 47:12 Raising The Floor 48:46 Advice For Newcomers of Accessibility 52:48 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: Intuit https://www.intuit.com/accessibility DeafBlind Potter https://www.deafblindpotter.com See Me Cane https://www.seemecane.com European Accessibility Act https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/disability/union-equality-strategy-rights-persons-disabilities-2021-2030/european-accessibility-act_en Personal AI https://www.personal.ai CSUN Assistive Technology Conference https://w2.csun.edu/cod/conference Axe-con Digital Accessibility Conference https://www.deque.com/axe-con Inclusive Design 24 https://inclusivedesign24.org/2024 Raising The Floor https://raisingthefloor.org Ted Drake's Website https://www.last-child.com Ted Drake on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/draket

    55 min

  7. FEB 24

    Simon Willison - Creator, Datasette

    OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 00:36 Introduction 01:35 Working On Django 04:35 Future of Generative AI & Accessibility 07:23 Latest Tools & Models (Google Gemini Flash 2.0, Open AI, Video Streaming APIs, Amazon Nova) 11:39 Frontrunners of AI? 14:48 Daily Tools 19:14 LLM Command Line Tool 22:10 Using LLM For Alt Text For Images 24:58 Making LLM More Accessible 32:36 Will AI Replace Jobs? 39:50 The Dangers of AI 43:13 Launching Django 46:52 Datasette Open Source Tool 51:29 Developers Working With The Accessibility Community 57:34 Using NotebookLM To Prepare For This Podcast 1:00:43 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: Datasette https://datasette.io The Book on Accessibility by Charlie Triplett https://www.thebookonaccessibility.com Accessibility Acceptance Criteria https://www.magentaa11y.com NotebookLM https://notebooklm.google Simon Willison's Blog https://simonwillison.net Simon Willison's Social Media https://x.com/simonw https://bsky.app/profile/simonwillison.net

    1h 1m

  8. FEB 4

    Ed Summers - Head of Accessibility, GitHub

    OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 00:31 Introduction 01:18 GitHub Copilot & Developers Announcement 02:16 Getting Involved With Accessibility 04:47 Priorities & Challenges in Accessibility 08:30 Developers + Accessibility 14:54 GitHub Copilot 17:35 Benefits of Using Gen AI 22:36 Haptics vs Other Tech 25:39 Using Sonification To Help Read Charts 29:26 Customer Feedback 33:12 How Conversational AI Will Affect User Interface Development 35:53 Coding Accessibility Video Series 36:50 Future of AI & Accessibility 40:42 What's On Your Wall? 41:48 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: GitHub https://github.com SAS https://www.sas.com Amelia Wattenberger https://wattenberger.com/thoughts/fish-eye GitHub - Coding Disability https://github.com/readme/featured/disability-creativity GitHub - YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/github GitHub - Accessibility Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0lo9MOBetEGvxp03Kh3eIlFvIvfE21KF Physical Intelligence - Robot Folding Laundry https://www.physicalintelligence.company SAS - Accessibility https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVBcK_IpFVi9kCxPXz4dd1HO5x_yLLEHJ SAS - Examining the Details of a Chart Using Sonification https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVEflA4dmIk -- PODCAST INFO: Podcast Website: https://accessibility-and-gen-ai.simplecast.com Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/46eflnv Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4eEwo3jUSo3aS7wGhlcxs2 RSS: https://feeds.simplecast.com/nCrQiw1t LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/a11ygenai

    42 min

  9. JAN 17

    Edward Aguilar - CEO & Co-Founder of Echo Labs

    OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 00:44 Introduction 01:12 Launching Echo Labs 04:40 Personal Connection To Accessibility 07:05 BuellerBot 10:57 About Echo Labs 14:37 Keeping Up With AI 16:43 Accessibility and Generative AI 20:26 Autonomous Agents 24:44 Artificial General Intelligence 29:48 Will Accessibility Job Be Affected By AI? 33:12 Working With People With Disabilities 37:59 Accessibility Customization 42:47 Inspiration and Passion For Accessibility 49:01 Luna Audio Description 54:29 Captioning Timing (Forced Alignment) 56:56 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: Echo Labs https://el.ai BuellerBot https://github.com/EdwardIPAguilar/BuellerBot arXiv https://arxiv.org Geeks, MOPs, and Sociopaths in Subculture Evolution by David Chapman https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths alphaXiv https://www.alphaxiv.org/explore -- PODCAST INFO: Podcast Website: https://accessibility-and-gen-ai.simplecast.com Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/46eflnv Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4eEwo3jUSo3aS7wGhlcxs2 RSS: https://feeds.simplecast.com/nCrQiw1t LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/a11ygenai

    57 min

  10. 08/22/2024

    Jenny Lay-Flurrie - Chief Accessibility Officer at Microsoft

    OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 00:25 Introduction 00:55 Early Days; First Computer 05:45 Music For People Who Are Deaf 08:51 Assistive Tech For Music 10:44 Deaf Community 14:35 Sign Language 16:31 Chief Accessibility Officer at Microsoft 23:30 Best Practice: Scale 25:33 Seeing AI 29:20 Working with People with Disabilities 34:08 Captioning Profanity 37:08 Accessibility and Gen AI 42:22 Accessibility During The Pandemic 45:25 What's Ahead? 50:45 GitHub / Accessibility Community 56:18 Wrap Up   EPISODE LINKS: Accessibility at Microsoft https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/ Seeing AI https://www.seeingai.com   PODCAST INFO: Podcast Website: https://accessibility-and-gen-ai.simplecast.com Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/46eflnv Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4eEwo3jUSo3aS7wGhlcxs2 RSS: https://feeds.simplecast.com/nCrQiw1t LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/a11ygenai

    57 min

  11. 08/06/2024

    Jennison Asuncion - Head of Accessibility at LinkedIn, Co-Founder of GAAD

    OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 00:21 Introduction 01:03 What is GAAD / Global Accessibility Awareness Day? 03:12 How Did Jennison & Joe Meet? 11:30 GAAD Foundation 16:50 Accessibility at LinkedIn 22:22 How To Educate People About The Importance of Accessibility 28:33 Which AI Products Do You Use? 35:07 Accessibility and Generative AI EPISODE LINKS: Joe Devon's Article: "CHALLENGE: Accessibility know-how needs to go mainstream with developers. NOW." https://mysqltalk.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/challenge-accessibility-know-how-needs-to-go-mainstream-with-developers-now/ Joe Devon's Original Tweet https://x.com/joedevon/status/140592581728944128 Global Accessibility Awareness Day https://accessibility.day GAAD Foundation https://gaad.foundation PODCAST INFO: Podcast Website: https://accessibility-and-gen-ai.simplecast.com Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/46eflnv Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4eEwo3jUSo3aS7wGhlcxs2 RSS: https://feeds.simplecast.com/nCrQiw1t LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/a11ygenai

    39 min

  12. 07/23/2024

    Mike Buckley - Chairman and CEO of Be My Eyes

    00:00 Opening Teaser 00:38 Introduction 00:58 What Is Be My Eyes? 06:56 Be My Eyes + OpenAI (Be My AI) 12:17 Accessibility Testing & Feedback 17:55 What's In The Future? 25:14 How To Get Involved With Be My Eyes 30:20 Strategy For Growth 35:52 What's Your KPI (Key Performance Indicator)? 40:21 Synthesia & Its Impact On Entertainment 43:01 Future Plans For The Data? Follow Be My Eyes https://x.com/bemyeyes https://facebook.com/bemyeyesapp https://instagram.com/bemyeyesapp https://bemyeyes.com Follow Accessibility and Gen AI Podcast https://linktr.ee/a11ygenai

    46 min
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A podcast that interviews the news makers and thought leaders in the world of Accessibility and Artificial Intelligence. Hosted by Eamon McErlean and Joe Devon.

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  • Creator
    Eamon McErlean, Joe Devon
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2024 Accessibility and Gen AI
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