Hosted by Shelly Brisbin.
Why don’t the worlds of mainstream tech and accessibility tech ever seem to collide? Shelly Brisbin, who keeps one foot in each, wants to know. She and her guests from both worlds chew over the news and trends of the day, mixing in an accessibility perspective.
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#73: A Week with Apple's Accessibility Preview
May 24th, 2022 · 51 minutes
We take a look at new accessibility features coming later this year to Apple platforms.
#72: Building Accessibility Products as a Startup
May 22nd, 2022 · 60 minutes
Creating products intended to serve the needs of people with disabilities requires all the hard work of any software project, along with special challenges for small, bootstrapped startups. We'll talk with a cofounder whose company builds mobile apps for people with vision loss and hearing impairments.
#71: Clicking the Box Offends Me
May 4th, 2022 · 66 minutes
Whether we're motivated by a creative passion, the need for extra income or something else, taking on work outside the 9-to-5 comes naturally to a lot of people I know. So we're talking about what it means to juggle several "jobs."
#70: Helping Astronauts Maintain Mental Health in Space.. And a Lot More
April 13th, 2022 · 48 minutes
Mily Mumford researches the impact of space travel on the mental health of astronauts, and how mixed reality could eventually be used to help them cope. That's a lot, but they're also a theater creator and filmmaker. We talk through the multitudes, including a conversation about ableism in the way we choose astronauts.
#69: Jobs and Disability: Beyond the Interview
March 16th, 2022 · 48 minutes
People with disabilities experience appallingly high rates of unemployment. But convincing an employer to interview disabled candidates is just the beginning. We talk about how people with all kinds of disabilities can get, keep and thrive in jobs.
#68: Can You Describe It?
February 16th, 2022 · 30 minutes
Audio description gives people who are blind or visually impaired the information they need to fully enjoy TV, movies and even live events. We're focused mainly on TV, and how which streaming service you use and which platform you use it on, has a lot to do with whether you can get described content. My guest wrote the book on the current audio de…
#67: A Character on My Own Show
February 4th, 2022 · 60 minutes
I, your humble host, sit for an interview about my career, my decision nine years ago to finally write about accessibility, and the book I wrote about Apple's iOS. We also talk about some accessibility problems in iOS 15.
#66: Beyond Gaming: Designing VR Experiences for People with Disabilities
January 19th, 2022 · 35 minutes
Enjoying a theme park attraction or playing on a playground isn't always an option of you're a wheelchair user or if you're a kid in a hospital. But virtual reality offers all sorts of ways to make experiences accessible. I'll talk about that with someone who's done it.
#65: Accessibility is a Spectrum for Gamers, Too
December 23rd, 2021 · 57 minutes
Talking about gaming accessibility for a variety of users. We cover hardware, how gaming studios address accessibility, and what it's like to advocate for and write about it, too.
#64: What Does It Mean to be a Cyborg?
December 9th, 2021 · 50 minutes
Lawrence Miller identifies as a cyborg. He, like a lot of us, has many identities. We talk about some of them, about art and about how augmenting one's body with technology is both a functional and a performative experience.