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Accessibility and Gen AI PodcastEugene Woo - CEO of VenngageOUTLINE:00:00 Opening Teaser00:53 Introduction01:24 Eugene's Background That Led To His Current Role03:18 What Inspired The Idea for Venngage06:23 Lessons Learned Being An Entrepreneur of Start-Ups10:40 How Do You Maintain The Start-Up Culture As A Company Expands15:04 Venngage's Decision To Focus On Accessibility19:39 How Venngage Incorporated Accessibility Into Their Product21:52 Favorite AI Models and Platforms25:11 Demonstration of Creating An Infographic About Accessibility36:33 What Are The Testing Processes For Accessibility?40:08 The Future of Venngage42:36 Are You Using AI To Build Venngage?44:03 Have Your Customers' Expectations Changed Since...
2025-12-2253 minAccessibility and Gen AI PodcastMolly Lazarus - Director of Remarkable / Arman Nobari & Anthony Gibson - Co-Founders of Good TroubleOUTLINE:00:00 Opening Teaser01:29 Introduction02:08 How Accessibility Became Part of Molly's Career Path09:33 Lessons Learned From Working In Start-Ups13:03 Some of the Companies in Remarkable's Accelerator Cohort17:21 How Companies Are Chosen by Remarkable19:27 Remarkable's Funding As A Non-Profit Organization21:34 How Does Molly Use AI In Her Daily Life25:20 How Will AI Play A Role In Accessibility30:20 Startups In Remarkable's Accelerator Cohort This Year34:54 Introduction To Good Trouble38:21 How Good Trouble's Co-Founders Teamed Up40:03 How Accessibility Hardware Benefits A Person With A Disability41:53 Introduction To AbleToPlay46:28...
2025-11-1255 minAccessibility and Gen AI PodcastVictor Tsaran - Google Design Platform Accessibility LeadOUTLINE:00:00 Opening Teaser00:43 Introduction01:27 How Using A Screen Reader Is Like Looking Through A Straw03:38 What Are Earcons?04:31 Growing Up Blind In Ukraine & Moving To The US08:53 Victor On Being A Musician10:11 Why Did You Start Working With Computers?11:57 Launching A Computer Center For The Blind14:11 Victor's Advice On Public Speaking16:12 Communicating The Importance of Accessibility To People Without A Disability19:09 Role As Google Design Platform Accessibility Lead21:56 Recommended Courses For Learning About AI24:27 What Role Does AI Play In Alt Text For Images?26:31 Future...
2025-07-2848 minAccessibility and Gen AI PodcastJosh Miller - Co-CEO & Co-founder, 3Play MediaOUTLINE:00:00 Opening Teaser00:44 Introduction01:24 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/Transcription10:37 Tracking Metrics of Time, Quality, and Accuracy13:46 What's The Difference Between Captions vs Subtitles?18:48 Impact of Accessibility and AI25:03 Importance of Human Involvement with AI27:13 Current State of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)32:27 Use of AI Tools Internally At 3Play Media34:09 How 3Play Media Maintains Its Culture As The Company Expands36:30 The Different Roles of Each Co-CEO (Josh Miller...
2025-07-0753 minAccessibility and Gen AI PodcastMatt Ater - Senior Vice President, VisperoOUTLINE:00:00 Opening Teaser00:57 Introduction02:07 Matt's Journey into Accessibility03:45 About Vispero06:01 Importance of Working With People With Disabilities08:06 About The Lighthouse For The Blind11:44 Induction Into The Kiosk Hall of Fame17:15 Impact of Gen AI on Accessibility26:08 Visit to CES Tech Week at Capitol Hill27:17 About JAWS Picture Smart AI30:35 Balancing Priorities In Leadership32:36 Things Sighted People Say To Blind People38:10 Advice To Newcomers In Accessibility43:43 Future of Vispero and AI48:57 Percentage of Websites That Are Accessible55:35 Wrap Up--...
2025-06-091h 00Accessibility and Gen AI PodcastDylan Barrell - Chief Technology Officer, Deque SystemsOUTLINE:00:00 Opening Teaser01:04 Introduction04:46 Dylan's Journey into Accessibility09:38 About Deque Systems / Automating Accessibility12:04 Axe-con Keynote and Controversy Around Automation24:22 Understanding the Criticism25:48 How AI May Affect Developers & Other Positions32:17 Maintaining A Culture As A Company Grows41:36 Experience of Writing A Book49:35 Future of Deque and Gen AI55:17 Wrap Up--EPISODE LINKS:Deque Systemshttps://www.deque.comAxe-conhttps://www.deque.com/axe-conAgile Accessibility Handbook: A Practical Guide to Accessible Software Development At Scale
2025-04-0757 minAccessibility and Gen AI PodcastTed Drake - Global Accessibility and Inclusive Design Leader, IntuitOUTLINE:00:00 Opening Teaser00:36 Introduction01:35 Working with Victor Tsaran on Accessibility05:38 Getting Involved with Accessibility10:47 Soliciting and Maintaining Leadership's Support For Accessibility13:39 DeafBlind Potter15:17 European Accessibility Act18:44 Scaling Accessibility at Intuit23:00 Incorporating AI at Intuit?29:39 Personal AI33:57 Open Source vs Closed Source36:36 Will AI Replace Testing?41:15 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference44:55 Detecting Autism Through Web Browsing47:12 Raising The Floor48:46 Advice For Newcomers of Accessibility52:48 Wrap Up--EPISODE LINKS:Intuithttps://www.intuit.com/accessibility...
2025-03-1055 minAccessibility and Gen AI PodcastSimon Willison - Creator, DatasetteOUTLINE:00:00 Opening Teaser00:36 Introduction01:35 Working On Django04:35 Future of Generative AI & Accessibility07:23 Latest Tools & Models (Google Gemini Flash 2.0, Open AI, Video Streaming APIs, Amazon Nova)11:39 Frontrunners of AI?14:48 Daily Tools19:14 LLM Command Line Tool22:10 Using LLM For Alt Text For Images24:58 Making LLM More Accessible32:36 Will AI Replace Jobs?39:50 The Dangers of AI43:13 Launching Django46:52 Datasette Open Source Tool51:29 Developers Working With The Accessibility Community57:34 Using NotebookLM To Prepare For This Podcast1:00:43 Wrap Up--EPISODE LINKS:
2025-02-241h 01Accessibility and Gen AI PodcastEd Summers - Head of Accessibility, GitHubOUTLINE:00:00 Opening Teaser00:31 Introduction01:18 GitHub Copilot & Developers Announcement02:16 Getting Involved With Accessibility04:47 Priorities & Challenges in Accessibility08:30 Developers + Accessibility14:54 GitHub Copilot17:35 Benefits of Using Gen AI22:36 Haptics vs Other Tech25:39 Using Sonification To Help Read Charts29:26 Customer Feedback33:12 How Conversational AI Will Affect User Interface Development35:53 Coding Accessibility Video Series36:50 Future of AI & Accessibility40:42 What's On Your Wall?41:48 Wrap Up--EPISODE LINKS:GitHubhttps://github.comSAShttps://www.sas.com...
2025-02-0442 minAccessibility and Gen AI PodcastEdward Aguilar - CEO & Co-Founder of Echo LabsOUTLINE:00:00 Opening Teaser00:44 Introduction01:12 Launching Echo Labs04:40 Personal Connection To Accessibility07:05 BuellerBot10:57 About Echo Labs14:37 Keeping Up With AI16:43 Accessibility and Generative AI20:26 Autonomous Agents24:44 Artificial General Intelligence29:48 Will Accessibility Job Be Affected By AI?33:12 Working With People With Disabilities37:59 Accessibility Customization42:47 Inspiration and Passion For Accessibility49:01 Luna Audio Description54:29 Captioning Timing (Forced Alignment)56:56 Wrap Up--EPISODE LINKS:Echo Labshttps://el.aiBuellerBothttps://github.com/EdwardIPAguilar/BuellerBot...
2025-01-1757 min
ServiceNow InsightsEmpathy in Action: Building Accessibility at ServiceNow with Eamon McErlean and Tony MoralesEmpathy in Action: Building Accessibility at ServiceNow In this episode of TechBytes, host Bobby Brill is joined by Eamon McErlean and Tony Morales from ServiceNow to explore the vital role of accessibility in technology. As leaders in inclusive Gen AI, they emphasize the importance of integrating accessibility into product development from the ground up. Through personal experiences and industry insights, Eamon and Tony illustrate how empathy enhances accessibility awareness and drives change. The conversation highlights new initiatives at ServiceNow, the transformative role of AI in accessibility, and the importance of creating inclusive software that benefits everyone. This...
2024-10-1633 minServiceNow PodcastsEmpathy in Action: Building Accessibility at ServiceNow with Eamon McErlean and Tony MoralesEmpathy in Action: Building Accessibility at ServiceNow In this episode of TechBytes, host Bobby Brill is joined by Eamon McErlean and Tony Morales from ServiceNow to explore the vital role of accessibility in technology. As leaders in inclusive Gen AI, they emphasize the importance of integrating accessibility into product development from the ground up. Through personal experiences and industry insights, Eamon and Tony illustrate how empathy enhances accessibility awareness and drives change. The conversation highlights new initiatives at ServiceNow, the transformative role of AI in accessibility, and the importance of creating inclusive software that benefits everyone. This...
2024-10-1633 minAccessibility and Gen AI PodcastJenny Lay-Flurrie - Chief Accessibility Officer at MicrosoftOUTLINE:00:00 Opening Teaser00:25 Introduction00:55 Early Days; First Computer05:45 Music For People Who Are Deaf08:51 Assistive Tech For Music10:44 Deaf Community14:35 Sign Language16:31 Chief Accessibility Officer at Microsoft23:30 Best Practice: Scale25:33 Seeing AI29:20 Working with People with Disabilities34:08 Captioning Profanity37:08 Accessibility and Gen AI42:22 Accessibility During The Pandemic45:25 What's Ahead?50:45 GitHub / Accessibility Community56:18 Wrap Up EPISODE LINKS:Accessibility at Microsofthttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/Seeing AIhttps://www.seeingai.com
2024-08-2257 minAccessibility and Gen AI PodcastJennison Asuncion - Head of Accessibility at LinkedIn, Co-Founder of GAADOUTLINE:00:00 Opening Teaser00:21 Introduction01:03 What is GAAD / Global Accessibility Awareness Day?03:12 How Did Jennison & Joe Meet?11:30 GAAD Foundation16:50 Accessibility at LinkedIn22:22 How To Educate People About The Importance of Accessibility28:33 Which AI Products Do You Use?35:07 Accessibility and Generative AIEPISODE 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 Tweethttps://x.com/joedevon/status/140592581728944128Global Accessibility Awareness Dayhttps://accessibility.dayGAAD Foundation...
2024-08-0638 minAccessibility and Gen AI PodcastMike Buckley - Chairman and CEO of Be My Eyes00:00 Opening Teaser00:38 Introduction00:58 What Is Be My Eyes?06:56 Be My Eyes + OpenAI (Be My AI)12:17 Accessibility Testing & Feedback17:55 What's In The Future?25:14 How To Get Involved With Be My Eyes30:20 Strategy For Growth35:52 What's Your KPI (Key Performance Indicator)?40:21 Synthesia & Its Impact On Entertainment43:01 Future Plans For The Data?Follow Be My Eyeshttps://x.com/bemyeyeshttps://facebook.com/bemyeyesapphttps://instagram.com/bemyeyesapphttps://bemyeyes.comFollow Accessibility and Gen AI Podcasthttps://linktr.ee/a11ygenai
2024-07-2346 min
Digital Accessibility ExpertsWhy is Accessibility in SaaS is essential for buyers and vendors? - Episode 12In this webinar, our consultant, Peter Bricknell welcomed 4 guests (both buyers and vendors of SaaS) to talk about why accessibility is essential to their procurement and sales in 2023:Lisa Harper, Senior Digital Governance Manager at HSBC,Suraj Kika, CEO and Founder at Jadu,Eamon McErlean, VP of Accessibility at ServiceNow,Denise Wood, Digital Accessibility Lead at PWC.Listen to them talk about their experiences and answer questions like why they care about accessibility (what’s the size of the prize for them); how to ensure SAAS accessibility documentation is trustworthy; how buyers and vendors can best work together to de...
2023-06-2657 min
Life is a Festival#45 - Top 10 of 2019Happy New Year! Here are the most listened to episodes of Life is a Festival woven into a single narrative arch.
This week's show has three movements. We start with festivals as transformational incubators and discuss the creation of these spaces for personal growth, from psychedelic origin stories, through decentralized gatherings to the intersection of safe, sexy and silly. In the second movement we discuss the life of the artist and how to create, grow and serve as a creative. Finally we move into pretty deep philosophic territory with healing ancestral trauma through psychedelic medicine, a debate on impermanence, a...
2020-01-011h 17
Life is a Festival#22 - Authenticity, Anxiety, & the Artist | Atish Mehta (DJ atish)Have you been enjoying the intro music for Life is a Festival as much as I have? That song, “Peculiar Colors”, was written by Atish Mehta, my guest on today’s episode. Atish is a former software engineer turned full-time DJ, producer, and label boss.
Atish is a thought leader in the festival world and his earnest ideas and opinions always inspire me. Atish’s story about a difficult Burning Man experience became the foundation for an article I wrote in 2015: “Sometimes a Bad Burn is a Good Thing”. When Atish and I traveled to Poland’s Garbicz Festival together in 2016, it wa...
2019-05-301h 31
Life is a Festival#18 - Find Your Rite of Passage | Life Rites with Max Carver & Ari AndersenA festival can be a rite of passage and a rite of passage can be a festival.
Tomorrow is my birthday and so this week on the podcast my guest is myself. Or rather I am sharing my friend’s podcast.
The podcast is called Life Rites and my episode comes out on Monday. It’s a new podcast started by my former producer Ari Anderson and actor Max Carver about Rites of Passage in the modern world. On the podcast Max and Ari explore the stages of the Hero’s Journey as outlined by Joseph Campbell in his famous book...
2019-04-121h 37
Life is a Festival#2 - Leaderless Leadership at the Nordic Burn | Gustaf Tadaa (The Borderland)Today I’m speaking with Gustaf Tadaa, futurist, public speaker and co-creator of The Borderland, the Scandinavian regional Burning Man event. I met Gustaf a few months before I attended The Borderland in 2016 and I have been fascinated with the event and this man ever since.
Unique amongst global gatherings, the Borderland is almost entirely decentralized. That means that it is absolutely up to all the participants to co-create the festival.
On the podcast, Gustaf and I talk about leaderless leadership, why he loves crappy art, how he sees festivals as vehicles for personal growth and why decentralization is so im...
2018-12-041h 19