Accessibility and Gen AI Podcast

This clip is from episode 12 of the Accessibility and Gen AI Podcast hosted by Eamon McErlean and @joedevon. youtu.be/sP1UfMrOQFk

How To Find Video Games With Accessibility Features That Fit Your Needs -- @_armannobari , co-founder & CEO of Good Trouble, demonstrates how @AbleToPlay helps people find video games with accessibility features that fit their needs.

Victor Tsaran, Google Design Platform Accessibility Lead, talks about how he uses artificial intelligence to provide a detailed description of an image for someone like himself who is visually impaired. Watch the full episode: youtu.be/6ExpQTA3zwQ

How A.I. Makes Photos Accessible To Blind People (ft. Victor Tsaran @vick08 & @joedevon)

Ed Summers, Head of Accessibility at GitHub, talks about how sonification is used to perceptualize data and make stock charts more accessible to people who are blind. Watch the full episode: youtu.be/YBQdpJfWBCA

Making Stock Charts Accessible To Blind People (Feat. @edsummersnc, Head of Accessibility at @github) From ep 5 of the Accessibility and Gen AI Podcast hosted by Eamon McErlean and @joedevon

On behalf of #EamonMcErlean and myself, I am excited to announce that our latest Episode #11 of @A11yGenAI Podcast is out! This time we interviewed my friend @vick08. The topics we discussed include: 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

NEW: Watch the latest episode of Accessibility + Gen AI with Eamon McErlean & @joedevon featuring Victor Tsaran @vick08, Google Design Platform Accessibility Lead. youtu.be/6ExpQTA3zwQ

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Things Sighted People Say To Blind People -- Matt Ater @DakotaAter, Senior VP of Vispero, talks about being blind and interacting with people who have sight. This clip is from episode 9 of the Accessibility and Gen AI Podcast hosted by Eamon McErlean and @joedevon .

Edward Aguilar, CEO & Co-Founder of Echo Labs, talks about BuellerBot, an open-source AI-powered clone which he developed during college that pretends to be you during online meetings. Watch the full episode: youtu.be/imlD9e1BqO8

AI-Powered Clone Inspired By Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Ft. Edward Aguilar & @joedevon

NEW: Watch the latest episode feat. Josh Miller, Co-CEO & Co-founder of @3playmedia, the Boston-based company that provides closed captioning, transcription, and audio description services. youtu.be/RsuQHUewdyI

Here's the custom instructions I use (in a Project) to have Claude write the first draft of my alt text for me: You write alt text for any image pasted in by the user. Alt text is always presented in a fenced code block to make it easy to copy and paste out. It is always presented on a single line so it can be used easily in Markdown images. All text on the image (for screenshots etc) must be exactly included. A short note describing the nature of the image itself should go first.

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Simon Willison, the creator of Datasette, shares how he uses Large Language Models to create alt text for images. This clip is from episode 6 of the Accessibility and Gen AI Podcast hosted by Eamon McErlean and Joe Devon.

Easy Way To Write Alt Text For Images ft. Simon Willison (@simonw)

This clip is from episode 7 of the Accessibility and Gen AI Podcast hosted by Eamon McErlean and @joedevon. youtu.be/X55XNyjRwaI

Ted Drake, Global Accessibility & Inclusive Design Leader at Intuit, shares how the company has worked with Kelvin Crosby, The DeafBlind Potter, to help launch the website & fundraising for the See Me Cane (lighted blind/white cane) as part of the Adopt a Small Business program.

How The @DeafblindPotter & @Intuit Teamed Up For Accessibility