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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Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Artificial 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 social and technology issues which needed to be addressed.
Chair -
Abi James, Accessibility and Usability Consultant, AbilityNet
Panelists -
Christopher Patnoe, Senior Programs Manager, Google Accessibility
Sarah Herrlinger, Director of Global Accessibility Policy & Initiatives, Apple
Reema Patel, Head of Public Engagement, Ada Lovelace Institute
Anja Thieme, Senior Researcher in Human-Computer Interaction, Microsoft
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