The AbilityNet Podcast: Disability. Technology. Inclusion.
85 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago -Welcome to The AbilityNet Podcast: Disability. Technology. Inclusion. The home of coffee-fuelled chats, insights, and the latest updates from accessibility and digital inclusion communities across the globe.
We offer transcripts for every episode and many are also available as videos on our YouTube channel.
AbilityNet is a UK charity with a global reach - committed to creating a digital world accessible to all, regardless of ability or age. We offer a wide variety of free online resources, such as this podcast, and our team of experts can help organisations of all types and sizes build accessible digital products and services.
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Episodes
TSP32 Panel: HE and public sector regulations
March 02, 2020 10:31 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBWith speakers from Barclays, Microsoft and beyond, today's episode is the last word in the law, the regulations and the top things to be aware of in the area of higher education and public sector compliance. Chair Abi James, Accessibility and Usability Consultant, AbilityNet Panel Alistair McNaught, Director, Alistair McNaught Consultancy Aaron Prior, Industry Executive, Microsoft George Rhodes, Accessibility Consultant Paul Smyth, Head of Digital Accessibility, Barclays Download a t...
TSP31 Session: Verizon Media - Embedding accessibility in every project
February 25, 2020 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MBWith brands like Yahoo, HuffPost and TechCrunch, Verizon Media helps people stay informed and entertained, communicate and transact, while creating new ways for advertisers and partners to connect. They are committed to inclusion both in the accessibility of products and in media representation. Speaker: Samantha Soloway, Accessibility Lab Manager, Verizon Media Download a text transcript of this episode from the AbilityNet website. All speaker info and slides are available on the TechSh...
TSP30 Panel: Accessibility leadership
February 20, 2020 16:10 - 52 minutes - 35.7 MBWhat lessons can we learn from others about how to win the case for accessibility within our organisations? And what are the best tactics for achieving lasting change? Let's let the panel enlighten us with their take on this important issue. Chair: Christopher Lee, Managing Director, IAAP Panel: Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer, Microsoft Sarah Herrlinger, Director of Global Accessibility Policy & Initiatives, Apple Christopher Patnoe, Senior Programs Manager, Google Acce...
TSP29 Session: Understanding the potential of mobile phones as assistive technologies
February 18, 2020 15:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBAnother great episode today. It's the Groupe Speciale Mobile (GSM) Association's take on the potential of mobile phones to change the lives of disabled people. Don't I know it. Speaker: Clara Aranda-Jan, Insights Manager, GSMA Download a text transcript of this episode from the AbilityNet website. All speaker info and slides are available on the TechShare Pro 2019 schedule page. Follow us on Twitter with #TechSharePro . Get in touch via [email protected] with feedback, questio...
TSP28 Panel: Accessible Immersive Experiences
February 13, 2020 14:59 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBCreating accessible immersive experiences for multi-media audiences is at the forefront of industry best practice. Let's hear from the experts who are pushing the frontiers of future, inclusive experiences. Chair Dr. Ben Shirley, Acoustic Research Centre, University of Salford Panelists Larry Goldberg, Senior Director & Head of Accessibility, Verizon Media Dr Chris Hughes, Computer Science Lecturer, University of Salford Rupert Brun, Broadcast Consultant, Fraunhofer Jamie Hindhaugh, ...
TSP27 Session: Haben Girma & Paul Walsh on accessibility the Lenovo way
February 10, 2020 15:47 - 33 minutes - 21.3 MBToday's is a great session by two experts from Lenovo; Paul Walsh and Haben Girma. I'm sure everyone who attended the session (or heard our earlier interview with them both) would agree that Haben is the real superstar here (sorry Paul). She is the first deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, an advocate for people with disabilities and the first Lenovo Accessibility and Inclusion Advisor. She travels the world teaching individuals and organisations how inclusion is an opportunity for in...
TSP26 Panel: Carrots and sticks - A global perspective
February 06, 2020 15:21 - 42 minutes - 27.5 MBWhat is the best way to overcome the barriers created by people and organisations who do not consider accessibility and inclusive design when building digital services and products? Do we simply need to raise awareness of the business benefits of accessibility, or do we need more effective legal frameworks to focus the minds of decision-makers? Our panel offered a perspective on this question from around the globe - including the US, Europe, Israel and Norway. Chair Eleanor Southwood, Cha...
TSP25 Session: The Big Hack and Purple Pound
February 03, 2020 15:09 - 38 minutes - 25.3 MBThe Big Hack is an ambitious programme being developed by Scope as a call to action for the tech industry to become more inclusive of disabled people. It includes a range of projects and new resources which aim to win the case and provide the practical tools for inclusive design. Speakers Kristina Barrick, Head of Digital Influencing, Scope Craig Moss, Research Manager, Scope James Taylor, Head of Policy and Campaigns, Scope Anel Touchet, Senior Economist, ScopeDownload a of this episo...
TSP24 Panel: Ethics, machine learning and disabilities
January 30, 2020 20:40 - 47 minutes - 31.6 MBArtificial Intelligence is changing our world at an incredible rate, powering innovations such as speech and image recognition in ways which can transform the lives of disabled people. However, we are also seeing many examples of AI-powered services which create unintended barriers for disabled people, whether through poor design, lack of representative data or flaws in algorithms. Our panel placed the needs of disabled people at the centre of the discussion, whilst looking at a range of soc...
TSP23 Keynote: Caroline Casey of the Valuable 500
January 29, 2020 16:14 - 23 minutes - 15.7 MBI defy anyone not to be moved by Caroline's amazing keynote about the importance of strongly including disability in the broader diversity agenda. It starts with a fantastic video called '#Diversish'. You can easily find it by searching for that hashtag on YouTube. Download a text transcript of this episode from the AbilityNet website. All speaker info and slides will be available on the TechShare Pro 2019 schedule page. Follow us on Twitter with #TechSharePro. Get in touch via enquiries@a...
TSP22 Session: Inclusive travelling back to the smart home of today
January 23, 2020 15:00 - 54 minutes - 34.1 MBHow can innovative collaboration with major transport providers and airports help to bring about a deeper level of staff understanding and improved customer experience - and what kind of accommodations might a ride hailing service implement to ensure that it's accessible to people with disabilities? Why is the smart home particularly helpful from an accessibility perspective - and what recent innovations might assist in enabling greater inclusion? Chair - Robin Spinks, Principal Manager, Di...
TSP21 Panel: Audio description and video on demand
January 20, 2020 15:00 - 57 minutes - 37.7 MBThis next full session audio we're bringing you is all about accessible media; that's subtitles, closed captioning and audio description etc. Hear from industry leaders in the broadcast and video on-demand space such as the BBC, ITV, Amazon and Apple about what's the state of play today and what the future may hold. You'll hear from: Chair - Sonali Rai, Broadcast Relationships and Audio Description Manager, RNIB Panelists - Nigel Megitt, Executive Product Manager, BBC Sarah Herrlinger, Direc...
TSP20 Session: Accessible gaming
January 16, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBThe first full session audio we're bringing you is a doozy; Accessible gaming. You'll learn approximately 15x as much about how to create and test for accessible games on the console and in the browser by the end of today's episode so strap yourself in. You'll hear from: Introduction - Dafydd Henke-Reed, Accessibility and Usability Consultant, AbilityNet Game accessibility update - Ian Hamilton, Game Accessibility Specialist BBC game accessibility research - Lauren Moore, Design Researcher...
TSP19 Top tips and insights from TechShare Pro
January 13, 2020 15:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBWe're back and bringing you some more juicy audio from TechShare Pro. Coming up soon in the feed will be full recordings from a range of different sessions, but for now let's get some more useful insights from a selection of event sponsors and speakers. Featured in today's episode; Christopher Patnoe of Google, Hector Minto of Microsoft, Emanuela Gorma of Barclays, Haben Girma and Paul Walsh of Lenovo, Jennison Asuncion of LinkedIn and finally Caroline Casey of the Valuable 500. Download a ...
TSP18 Christopher Patnoe and kyndra Price of Google on accessibility the Google way
December 12, 2019 15:00 - 28 minutes - 18.6 MBA whopper of an interview today guys. In the next half hour, two accessibility experts from Google get grilled on all things accessibility. This is the last feature to drop into the feed for now, but we hope to be back soon with all those sweet, sweet sessions from the event. Watch this space. Download a text transcription of this episode from the AbilityNet website.
TSP17 Mark Friend from Sony on accessible console gaming
December 11, 2019 15:00 - 11 minutes - 7.62 MBCan triple-A console titles ever be fully inclusive. Mark Friend from Sony gives us the low-down in today's full-length interview. Download a text transcript of this episode via the AbilityNet website.
TSP16 David Williams of Sony on their accessible Android TVs
December 10, 2019 15:00 - 9 minutes - 6.37 MBToday we bring you the full interview with David Williams, Divisional Director of Sony Home Entertainment and Sound, in which we discuss all things accessibility on their range of Android TVs. Download a text transcript of this episode via the AbilityNet website.
TSP15 Abhi Moturi and Paul Duncan of Amazon on all things video and accessibility
December 09, 2019 15:00 - 23 minutes - 14.9 MBOur full-length interview offering today is with two great guys from Amazon, discussing all things accessibility but mostly streaming video-related. Download a text transcript of this episode via the AbilityNet website.
TSP14 Haben Girma and Paul Walsh of Lenovo on the importance of diversity
December 06, 2019 15:00 - 17 minutes - 11.6 MBToday's full-length interview to kick off the run is with Lenovo's Chief Digital Officer, Paul Walsh, and their recently recruited accessibility consultant and all-round superstar, Haben Girma. Download a text transcript of this episode via the AbilityNet website.
TSP13 The Second Post-Event Show
December 05, 2019 15:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBIn this second of our post-event procasts, Steven and Robin bring you the rest of the best from TechShare Pro 2019. Amongst the audio-goodness is the amazing Haben Girma on disability identity, Abhi Moturi and Paul Duncan of Amazon on prioritising a (perhaps surprising) video audience, David Williams and Mark Friend from Sony on engaging with disabled users and much more from Christopher Patnoe of Google - this time joined by the lovely Kyndra Price of same - to discuss everything from Googl...
TSP12 Malin Rygg of Norway's Authority for Universal Design of ICT and Stuart Seaborn of US not for profit Disability Rights Advocates
December 02, 2019 15:00 - 28 minutes - 19.2 MBToday's full-length interview is a corker. Malin Rygg and Stuart Seaborn discuss the legal landscape and business case for digital inclusion in Europe and the US. 30 minutes of magic. Download a text transcript of the full Malin and Stuart interview via the AbilityNet website.
TSP11 Eleanor Southwood on accessibility carrots and sticks and the importance of disabled user involvement
November 29, 2019 08:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBCovering all aspects of both the legal and business cases, today we bring you the full interview with RNIB Chair Eleanor Southwood who was fresh from chairing the Carrots and Sticks expert panel session. Download a text transcript of Eleanor's interview via the AbilityNet website.
TSP10 Sarah Herrlinger on accessibility the Apple way
November 28, 2019 15:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBToday we have a really good, long interview with all-round accessibility superstar, Sarah Herrlinger of Apple in which we cover a broad range of topics - every one a corker. Download a text transcript of Sarah's interview via the AbilityNet website.
TSP9 - Caroline Casey on the Valuable 500
November 27, 2019 15:00 - 17 minutes - 11.1 MBA truly brilliant interview to kick off the series of full-length chats we've got coming up in the feed, today Caroline Casey, founder of the Valuable 500, talks to Steven Scott about her life, her fear of tech and her mission to change the world. Download a text transcript of the full Caroline Casey interview via the AbilityNet website.
TSP8 - The First Post-Event Show
November 26, 2019 15:00 - 35 minutes - 25 MBIn this first of our post-event procasts, Steven and Robin bring you the best of the best from TechShare Pro 2019. Amongst the audio goodness is Caroline Casey of the Valuable 500, Jenny Lay-Flurrie of Microsoft, Sarah Herrlinger of Apple and lots of carrots and lots and lots of sticks. Please tell your friends and make sure you stay subscribed as a large number of full-length interviews will drop, as usual, in the days to come. The hashtag is #TechSharePro 2019 and you can also contact the...
TSP7 George Rhodes and Abi James on public sector compliance
November 25, 2019 09:00 - 25 minutes - 15.9 MBToday's Procast extra includes the full-length interviews with George Rhodes (now of the Home Office) speaking to AbilityNet's Annie Mannion, as well as Robin Christopherson's chat with Accessibility Consultant Abi James of AbilityNet. They're discussing all-important aspects of those pesky public sector regulations that are making so many people sit up and take notice of digital inclusion (finally) - and both will be there to bring their expertise to bear at TechShare Pro. Download the tex...
TSP6 Simon Tew on Control 1 and Kush Kanodia on social entrepreneurship
November 22, 2019 09:00 - 13 minutes - 9.78 MBFirst Simon Tew of Digit Music explains to Robin Christopherson all about its fantastic system for composing music using an adapted wheelchair controller, and then AbilityNet's Sarah Botterill talks to AbilityNet trustee and social entrepreneur; Kush Kanodia, about his passion for assistive technology and his work with the Global Disability Innovation Hub. Download a text transcript of Simon's interview via the AbilityNet website. Download a text transcript of Kush's interview via the Abil...
TSP Day 2
November 21, 2019 09:00 - 44 seconds - 577 KBHey there, it's Day 2 of TechShare Pro and the event's going really well. Here's the live feed to watch everything that's going on so please do join us. We'll be busy catching lots of interviews and audio to bring to you in the next main procast landing probably Tuesday or Wednesday next week. In the meantime, tomorrow and Monday we will drop another couple of full-length interview extra episodes. Thanks guys and please do keep listening and interacting with #TechSharePro2019.
TSP Day 1
November 20, 2019 09:00 - 35 seconds - 479 KBNo full-length interviews today as it's Day 1 of TechShare Pro so we're going to bring you something special. Click on this live feed link and you can watch all of today's proceedings live On Youtube and we'll do the same tomorrow. On Friday normal business will resume. Don't forget that you can interact on the Twitters with #TechSharePro2019.
TSP5 Christopher Patnoe on Google accessibility projects
November 19, 2019 15:00 - 10 minutes - 6.43 MBIn today's extra episode Christopher Patnoe, Head of Accessibility Programs at Google, discusses its focus on accessibility - including Live Transcribe, Sound Amplifier, Project Euphonia and checking for accessibility in Android using Accessibility Scanner. Also, it's early days for gesture recognition for signers. Download a text transcript of Christopher's interview via the AbilityNet website.
TSP4 Eleanor Southwood and Malin Rygg on carrots and sticks
November 18, 2019 17:04 - 24 minutes - 15.9 MBToday's extra includes a brief chat with RNIB chair, Eleanor Southwood (who is also chairing the panel on Accessibility Carrots and Sticks). She discusses the RNIB's focus on end user experience to inform what they do, as well as the need to help people with a vision impairment be confident with emerging tech. That's followed by a really interesting interview I had with Malin Rygg, Head of Authority for Universal Design of ICT for the Norwegian government (also on this panel), who outlined h...
TSP3 Paul Smyth on accessibility leadership within Barclays
November 14, 2019 17:13 - 20 minutes - 13.6 MBIn this TechShare Procast extra we hear from Paul Smyth who heads up accessibility within Barclays. Robin Christopherson discusses all things best practice when it comes to digital inclusion and how they do it the Barclays way. Download a text transcript of the interview via the AbilityNet website.
TSP2 - Jenny Lay-Flurrie on accessibility leadership within Microsoft
November 13, 2019 16:40 - 35 minutes - 22.6 MBIn this TechShare Procast extra we hear from Microsoft's Chief Accessibility Officer, Jenny Lay-Flurrie, who talks with AbilityNet's Mark Walker about all things digital and diversity within Microsoft. Jenny will be keynoting with a short video presentation at the event - the audio of which we'll be bringing you in our next full procast. Download a text transcript of this interview via the AbilityNet website.
TSP1 - The Pre-Event Show
November 12, 2019 18:41 - 53 minutes - 35 MBIn this first episode of the new AbilityNet TechShare Procast, hosts Steven Scott and Robin Christopherson cram in all of the following audio-interview goodness: AbilityNet's Mark Walker chats about the big names to see at TechShare Pro, including Microsoft's Chief Accessibility Officer, Jenny Lay Flurrie, who meets with Mark to discuss 'the secret sauce for achieving accessibility'. Paul Smyth, Head of Digital Accessibility at Barclays, discusses championing accessibility the Barclays way...
The new TechShare Procast - coming soon
November 11, 2019 15:56 - 52 seconds - 736 KBComing soon to a feed near you, a brand new podcast bringing you everything that's hot both before and after the TechShare Pro 2019 event in London on 20 and 21 November. Don't have a ticket? Don't worry. We'll make sure you don't miss out. Follow us on Twitter with #TechSharePro2019 and get in touch via [email protected] with feedback, questions and comments.