Accessibility and Gen AI Podcast

OUTLINE:00:00 Opening Teaser00:53 Introduction01:25 Ted Drake’s Book: Community-Driven Accessibility Leadership04:03 Building Sustainable Company Culture with AI05:34 AI-Assisted Book Writing Process07:35 Personalized AI Communication Profiles09:50 Content Adaptation, AI Ethics11:56 Ken Bigler’s Background & Blackout Goggles Training14:25 Intuit’s Tiered Accessibility Champions Program18:21 Vibe Coding & Accessibility Guardrails21:31 Is Coding Dead?25:10 Automated Testing Agents & Human-in-the-Loop Validation30:20 Ken’s Projects: F1 Tracker & Games33:27 Inclusive Design Systems & TurboTax Case Study38:06 AI's Effect on Accessibility, AI Dependency, Spatial Navigation44:24 AI's Benefits Can Also Have A Downside (Jevons Paradox)47:18 Jev AI model, Archiving Outdated AI Docs, Commit History Confidence51:38 Closing--EPISODE LINKS:Intuithttps://www.intuit.comCommunity Driven Accessibility Leadership by Ted Drakehttps://www.cmty-accessibility.comTechShare Pro Conferencehttps://abilitynet.org.uk/techshareproRails World 2026 Opening Keynote - DHHhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDjW_dRyKXYKen Bigler - GitHubhttps://github.com/kennethbiglerKen Bigler's Websitehttps://www.kennethbigler.comF1 Trackerhttps://www.kennethbigler.com/f1Your Undivided Attention Podcast Center For Humane Technologyhttps://www.humanetech.com/podcastBe My AIhttps://www.bemyeyes.com/bme-ai/Jev (AI model)https://typesafe.aiTed Drake on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/draket/Ken Bigler on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethbigler/

OUTLINE:00:00 Opening Teaser00:54 Introduction01:32 Diagnosis at Age 14 & Personal Journey03:38 Mental Health & Vision Loss05:39 Early Career at AOL08:23 The Power of Sighted Guiding11:48 Sighted Guiding Etiquette & Best Practices14:05 Adopting Assistive Technology at Intel17:09 Building an Accessibility Career18:24 Rethinking Interfaces with AI24:37 Darryl’s Daily AI Workflow32:28 Future of Work: AI Risks & Rewards37:09 Career Advice for Accessibility Professionals39:37 Inside Intel: Chips & Software43:55 Access Insights: Co-Design, Research & Scale49:43 Closing Thoughts--EPISODE LINKS:Access Insightshttps://accessinsights.netUnison OShttps://unisonos.aiOpenAI - Codexhttps://openai.com/codex/Veriloghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VerilogDarryl Adams on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dadamspdx/

OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 00:46 Introduction 02:50 What Caused Your Spinal Cord Injury and How Did You Overcome The Challenges That Came With It? 09:05 What Role Has Sports Played In Your Life? 16:45 How Did You Become Involved With Accessibility? 22:57 Tell Us About Mobility Mojo 25:11 What's Your Experience Using Assistive Devices For Work and Travel? 34:33 What Are Your Thoughts On Using AI For Business? 36:45 Benefits of Using AI For Personal Health & Medical Needs 41:16 How Did You Get Involved With Public Speaking? 44:36 Accessibility's Positive Impact On Business 47:14 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: Mobility Mojohttps://mobilitymojo.com Lottery winners and accident victims: is happiness relative?https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/690806/ Alex Zanardi - Racing driver and para-cyclisthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Zanardi Alex Zanardi On the Crash That Changed His Life Forever | David Lettermanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyoY7hVwLU0 James Cluskey (Stephen's brother)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cluskey The Official London Black Cabhttps://www.londonblackcab.co.uk A11y + Gen AI - Ep 5 - Ed Summers - Head of Accessibility, GitHubhttps://youtu.be/YBQdpJfWBCA Jen Hamilton & Ed Summers Viral TikTok Videohttps://www.tiktok.com/@_jen_hamilton_/video/7617247595085270285 HeadMouse Nanohttps://www.orin.com/access/headmouse/ MouthPadhttps://www.augmental.tech Claude Fablehttps://www.anthropic.com/claude/fable Stephen Cluskey on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/stephencluskey/ Stephen Cluskey's Websitehttps://stephencluskey.com

OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 00:34 Introduction 01:08 How Did You Meet and Launch The Show? 08:07 What is AMI (Accessible Media Inc.)? 10:05 How Did Shaun Become Involved with Podcasting? 12:33 What's The Goal of Double Tap? 20:48 Who's The Team Behind Double Tap? 23:42 How Do You Prepare For Each Episode? 27:38 How Has Accessibility Changed Over The Years? 29:35 Why Is It Still Challenging For Some Companies To Understand The Benefits of Accessibility? 31:31 Is Accessibility As Widespread As Some Companies Proclaim? 35:21 Increasing Employment of People with a Disability Could Encourage Accessibility 38:00 How GAAD Is Embraced By Some Companies & Organizations 42:26 Shaun's Idea of Compulsory Disability For The Entire Population 43:23 Steven's Idea For A Netflix Series About A Blind Serial Killer 44:11 How Will AI Affect Accessibility? 46:57 Vibe Coding Is A Lot Easier Than People Think 55:28 How Steven Created An Accessible Radio For Blind People 01:02:09 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: Double Tap - Where Blind People Talk Techhttps://doubletaponair.com Joe Devon & Eamon McErlean on Double Tap - Feb 2, 2026https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xtFwb3MPzE Joe Devon on Double Tap - May 15, 2026https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Nr6bZRzPI AMIhttps://www.ami.ca RNIBhttps://www.rnib.org.uk Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)https://accessibility.day Claudehttps://claude.com Mastodonhttps://mastodon.social NEO Home Robothttps://www.1x.tech/discover/neo-home-robot Steven Scott on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-scott-7640bbbb/ Double Tap on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/doubletaponair/

OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 01:26 Introduction 02:39 Eric's Career Path To Launching Repo Prompt 08:01 Making The Decision To Launch Repo Prompt 10:32 What Is A Context Window And Why Does it Matter? 13:38 What Is Repo Prompt Used For? 18:08 How Do You Solicit Feedback From The Users? 21:02 OpenClaw vs Hermes 24:36 Context Engineering vs Prompt Engineering 26:54 Repo Prompt Demonstration and Workflow 45:28 What Have You Learned As An Entreprenuer? 46:38 Why You Should Use Open Source Models with Caution 52:53 Keeping Accessibility In Mind When Coding 01:00:01 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: Repo Prompthttps://repoprompt.com Unityhttps://unity.com OpenClawhttps://openclaw.ai Hermes Agenthttps://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com Cursorhttps://cursor.com Claude Codehttps://claude.com/product/claude-code Eric Provencher on Xhttps://x.com/pvncher Eric Provencher on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/provencher

OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 00:46 Introduction 01:48 Fred's Journey To Being Chief Accessibility Officer at Verizon 03:07 About CES & Commitment to Accessibility 05:56 Developing The Accessibility Stage at CES 15:48 Idea Behind The Accessibility Stage at CES 21:56 How Verizon Embraced Accessibility 27:29 Steve's Path To His Role At CTA Foundation 34:23 How To Integrate Accessibility At A Corporation 39:11 How Accessibility Can Benefit Everyone 40:21 Importance of Creating Awareness About Accessibility 43:17 Who's Impacted By Accessibility 45:38 Favorite Use of AI and Accessibility Working Together 56:36 Proudest Career Moment vs What You Would Do Differently 01:02:39 Future of the Accessibility Stage at CES 01:08:45 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: Verizon - Accessibility Resource Centerhttps://www.verizon.com/accessibility CTA Foundationhttps://www.ctafoundation.tech CEShttps://www.ces.tech Stephen Ewell on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/steveewell/ Fred Moltz on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-moltz-b730b713/ --

OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 00:46 Introduction 01:34 What's The Relationship Between Wikimedia and Wikipedia? 02:02 Denny's Professional Background & Current Role 05:32 What is The Semantic Web? 07:58 Original Proposal For The Web vs The Semantic Web 14:12 When Denny Locked Sir Tim Berners-Lee, The Inventor of The Web, In His Car 15:09 What Is A Knowledge Graph? 19:57 About The New Project, Abstract Wikipedia 30:06 Using Functions vs LLMs for Language Translations 40:19 Using AI For Accessibility 44:14 World Models vs. Large Language Models 51:25 How To Support Wikipedia & Contact Denny 54:13 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: Wikipedia https://www.wikipedia.org Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org Abstract Wikipedia https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia Contact Denny Vrandečić https://mas.to/@vrandecic Denny Vrandečić on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/vrandecic/ Denny Vrandečić on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/vrandezo

OUTLINE:00:00 Opening Teaser00:50 Introduction02:23 The Importance and Goals of AIMAC06:03 Service Now's Priority for Accessibility12:09 Challenges of Developing AIMAC17:25 What is AIMAC and how does it function?21:41 Part of What Inspired AIMAC24:50 Using OpenRouter - The Unified Interface for LLMs29:08 AIMAC's Leaderboard of AI Models and How They Ranked37:03 Examples of System & User Prompts and the Generated HTML Pages39:56 Using AIMAC For Your Own LLM40:54 What Surprised Joe The Most (The Results)43:32 Webpage Previews Generated By All Models For Multiple Categories44:56 How To Provide Feedback or Contact Joe re: AIMAC48:56 Pareto Frontier Chart Measures Quality & Cost51:35 Demonstration of How AIMAC Benefits Screen Readers For People Who Are Visually Impaired01:06:07 Results of Using MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.501:09:57 Top 6 Accessibility Issues Caused By AI Models01:11:58 How Em Dashes Generated by AI Model Affects Accessibility01:14:13 Wrap Up--EPISODE LINKS:AIMAC: The AI Model Accessibility Checkerhttps://aimac.aiServiceNow Accessibility Statementhttps://www.servicenow.com/accessibility-statement.htmlGAAD Foundationhttps://gaad.foundationAccessibility at ServiceNowhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCOmiTb5WX3q5qCG_QqYip2IZrvao7BwpWebpage Sample:https://aimac.ai/output/reports/current/assets/html/gemini-3-pro-preview/sports-1408Axe-core - Accessibility engine for automated Web UI testinghttps://github.com/dequelabs/axe-coreA11y LLM Evalhttps://microsoft.github.io/a11y-llm-eval-report/CodeGen Model Eval and Refine Toolshttps://github.com/aarongustafson/CodeGen-Model-Eval-and-Refine-ToolsEvincedhttps://www.evinced.comWebAIM Million - The 2025 report on the accessibility of the top 1,000,000 home pageshttps://webaim.org/projects/million/ArcTouch - The State of Mobile App Accessibility Reporthttps://arctouch.com/state-of-mobile-app-accessibilityOpenRouterhttps://openrouter.aiMoonshot AIhttps://www.moonshot.aiGithub - AI Model Accessibility Checkerhttps://github.com/GAAD-Foundation/AIMACMiniMax-M1 - The world's first open-weight, large-scale hybrid-attention reasoning model.https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-M1The Pareto Frontier For AI Agentshttps://cobusgreyling.substack.com/p/the-pareto-frontier-for-ai-agentsEm Dash, En Dash and Hyphen: The Guide I Neededhttps://hrot.substack.com/p/em-dash-en-dash-and-hyphen-the-guideEamon McErlean on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/emcerlean/Joe Devon on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/joedevon/Jennison Asuncion on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jennison/

OUTLINE: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 The Use of AI?46:50 Will AI Democratize Access To Technology or Make It Worse?48:49 Will AI-based Tools Automatically Make Documents Accessible?52:33 Wrap Up--EPISODE LINKS:Venngagehttps://venngage.comStartup Weekendhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_Weekend_(organization)ServiceNow Accessibility Statementhttps://www.servicenow.com/accessibility-statement.htmlEugene Woohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/yjwoo/Venngage on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/venngage/ 

OUTLINE: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 How AbleToPlay Has Benefited A Family With Special Needs48:10 About Vault Labs53:32 Wrap Up--EPISODE LINKS:Remarkablehttps://www.remarkable.orgHow I AI Podcasthttps://www.youtube.com/@howiaipodcastServiceNow Releases Voice Agents as part of the AI Experiencehttps://www.servicenow.com/community/servicenow-ai-platform-blog/servicenow-releases-voice-agents-as-part-of-the-ai-experience/ba-p/3419367Remarkable 2025 Accelerator US Cohorthttps://www.remarkable.org/blog-posts/remarkable-2025-accelerator-us-cohortGoogle's Project Relatehttps://sites.research.google/relate/The Ask Grandma Projecthttps://www.askgrandma.coBlueberry Technologyhttps://www.blueberry.technologyGlidancehttps://glidance.ioWheelPadhttps://www.wheelpad.comGood Troublehttps://www.goodtrouble.gamesAbleToPlayhttps://abletoplay.com/pilotMicrosoft Super Bowl Commercialhttps://youtu.be/vQYzsiVscNgVault Labshttps://vaultlabs.coMolly Lazarushttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mollymlevitt/Arman Nobarihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/armannobari/https://armannobari.comAnthony Gibsonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/agibson/