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Accessibility 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 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 min
ACB Convention: Exhibits2022 ACB Convention-Google Victor Tsaran#2022-10-2909 min
Envision PodcastThe recipe of life is simple 'be curious and pragmatic' - Victor TsaranVictor Tsaran, is a pioneer in many ways. He started his career at Yahoo as an Accessibility Program Manager and one of their first blind hires. He then moved on to work at PayPal before joining Google where he was involved in the very early days of web and mobile accessibility. He talks with us about his life and how he has been able to impact many lives of the blind and visually impaired. His mantra or recipe to life is simple: be curious and pragmatic! Envision is a software platform that enables people w...2021-04-2953 min
13 LettersFirst to the PartyIt ain’t always easy being first – that’s why we have brilliant folks like Victor Tsaran to do it for us. Victor was the first blind employee on the Yahoo campus, and has a whole bunch of other “firsts” under his belt from a 20 year accessibility career that starts with the first Ukrainian screen reader and involves, most recently, the first screen reader by Google. Victor chatted with us from Mountain View this week to talk about everything from the state of accessibility in Southeast Asia to our best bets for the accessible future.2020-05-0738 min
AT Banter PodcastAT Banter Podcast Episode 102 - Google-paloozaIt’s a totally Google-rific show this week as we welcome no less than 5 Google employees spanning over two interviews, talking about many different accessibility projects! On the heels of Google I/O we talk with members of the Google Accessibility Team Kyndra LaCoco, Patrick Clary, and Victor Tsaran about the conference and the announcements that were made. Then if that wasn’t enough, we chat with Rodrigo Alarcon and Nienke Vonsee about the newly announced Accessibility lessons added to the Google Primer app just in time for Global Accessibility Awareness Day. That’s a lot of Google for your m...2018-05-1854 min
AT Banter PodcastAT Banter Podcast Episode 51 - Victor Tsaran and Google AccessibilityThis week we banter with Victor Tsaran from Google Accessibility and get geeky with a lot of Android talk.2017-05-191h 00
The Blind SideVictor Tsaran, Google’s Technical Program Manager, Accessibility InitiativesBorn in Ukraine when it was still part of the Soviet Union, Victor Tsaran had no idea as a child that he would one day move to the United States, see his life transformed by computers, and work for some of the leading tech companies in Silicon Valley, making the world a more accessible place.Nowadays, Victor is Technical Program Manager, Accessibility Initiatives at Google.Victor tells Jonathan Mosen about his extraordinary life, and they have a candid conversation about the state of Android accessibility.The podcast closes with a song by Victor...2017-02-141h 09
Republic Of Avalon RadioROAR-2005-10-01 - Episode 15 - Eddys In LoveROAR-2005-10-01 - Episode 15 - Eddy's In Love
This time on the ROAR:
We cover: Eddy's new girlfriend, Ryan's Fancy, the CBC, the Folkclub from Bridgett's to The Ship, strangers jumping on the roof, a walk downtown with the binaurals, the new forum at: www.republicofavalonradio.com the Eddy Mailbag fan club, the Overnight Scape, www.theovernightscape.com address to people in the future, Mailbag, some mic talk, Joke Of The Week, a blind guy in a bar full of blondes and the regular foolishness. We also feature music from Jim Fidler, www.jimfidler.com and Victor Tsaran, www...2014-01-281h 00
Seminars@Hadley - Accessibility and TechnologyYahoo! for Web AccessibilityYahoo! Senior Accessibility Program Manager Victor Tsaran talks about how Yahoo! promotes Web access within its community and across the World Wide Web. Among other things, you'll learn how Yahoo! uses its Accessibility Lab to design, test, and create sites, applications and features that better meet the needs of users with disabilities.2011-02-2400 min