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.
Episodes
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
This is an audio recording of our Accessibility Insights webinar series, this month featuring Christopher Patnoe, Head of Accessibility Programs and Disability Inclusion at Google chatting with AbilityNet's Robin Christopherson MBE, Head of Digital Inclusion. The session is introduced by Annie Mannion, Digital Communications Manager at AbilityNet.
On the webinar, Christopher, whose background includes innovation roles at Disney Mobile, Sony Ericsson and Apple, shared inclusivity developments at Google and discussed topics including:
- Covid-19
- The future of digital accessibility
- Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence
And more!
You can access the webinar recording on the AbilityNet website, along with slides and Q&As from the session.
Download a text transcript of this session via the AbilityNet website.
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
This is an audio recording of our new Accessibility Insights webinar series, this month featuring Bryn Anderson, Digital Accessibility Specialist at Sainsbury's chatting with AbilityNet's Robin Christopherson MBE, Head of Digital Inclusion. The session is introduced by Annie Mannion, Digital Communications Manager at AbilityNet.
Bryn supports all of Sainsbury’s' brands to build accessible web and mobile applications. He played a key role in Sainsbury’s' COVID-19 Feeding the Nation work, which shone a spotlight on disability and accessibility both at Sainsbury’s and across society as a whole.
Bryn has a background in customer experience and product development, accessibility testing, and is a contributing author to the W3C Accessibility Conformance Testing Rules Community Group.
Born with albinism, Bryn is registered visually impaired, and has a keen interest on the mental impact of inclusive versus non-inclusive experiences in regard to social participation and brand perception.
You can access the webinar recording on the AbilityNet website, along with slides and Q&As from the session.
Download a text transcript of this session via the AbilityNet website.
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
This is an audio recording of our new Accessibility Insights webinar series, this month featuring Paul Smyth MBE, Head of Digital Accessibility at Barclays chatting with AbilityNet's Robin Christopherson MBE, Head of Digital Inclusion.
As founder and leader of Digital Accessibility at Barclays, Paul's an international expert and thought leader who helps to address technological barriers faced by disabled customers or staff. Over recent years Paul’s led on a number of firsts for accessible banking, including talking ATMs, high visibility debit cards and regularly performing disabled user testing across the Barclays website and mobile app. He’s also helped overhaul their Workplace Adjustments process to support staff with disabilities to be as productive as possible. Topics covered in the chat include:
- How COVID-19 has impacted Barclays customers and staff
- Where accessible banking is heading
- How Barclays embeds accessibility at scale
- How the accessibility profession is evolving
You can access the webinar recording on the AbilityNet website, along with Q&As from the session.
Download a text transcript of this session via the AbilityNet website.
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
This podcast is an audio recording of an AbilityNet webinar, which was broadcast live on Tuesday 11 August 2020.
Neil Milliken, Global Head of Accessibility for Atos, is grilled by AbilityNet's Head of Digital Inclusion, Robin Christopherson, as the second guest in our new Accessibility Insights webinar series. In the series, Robin enjoys monthly online chats with individuals who are each working to improve digital accessibility and digital inclusion.
Neil's role is to deliver better technology for customers and employees, embedding inclusive practice into the processes of the organisation, which has thousands of employees and an annual turnover of billions.
Neil is co-founder of #AXSChat, Europe’s largest twitter chat with a focus on Accessibility & Inclusion.
In this session, Neil and Robin discuss dyslexia, ADHD, visual impairments, WCAG, Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG), Wix and more...
Download the transcript of this episode from the AbilityNet website and view the video recording of the session on the AbilityNet website, where you can also find additional Q&As and shownotes.
Get in touch via enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk with feedback, questions and comments.
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
We're delighted to welcome Microsoft's Chief Accessibility Officer, Jenny Lay-Flurrie as the first guest in our new Accessibility Insights series.
Robin Christopherson MBE, Head of Digital Inclusion at AbilityNet hosts a monthly online chat with individuals who are each working to improve digital accessibility and digital inclusion.
Among other discussion topics, Jenny and Robin chat about Microsoft and Covid-19, Be My Eyes, and Microsoft's recent Ability Summit.
Listen back to this bitesize, 30 minute session, originally recorded as a webinar and broadcast via AbilityNet on Tuesday 21 July 2020.
You can download the transcript of this session and view the video recording of the session on the AbilityNet website.
Get in touch via enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk with feedback, questions and comments.
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Today we're talking with Dr Chris Hughes, Computer Science Lecturer at the University of Salford and a panelist on the Inclusive Immersive Experiences session at TechShare Pro, about the University's cool web player that's now available for everyone to try out.
Here's the link to its ImAc pilot web player. Have a go and give your feedback.
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 enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk with feedback, questions and comments.
Friday Mar 13, 2020
Friday Mar 13, 2020
Today we catch up on the latest developments in cutting-edge, real-time speech recognition from Dimitri Kanevsky, research senior scientist at Google.
Speaker:
Dimitri Kanevsky, Research Scientist, Google
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 enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk with feedback, questions and comments.
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
An Accessibility Champions Network is a great way to build your internal capability and change the culture of your organisation to make inclusive design business as usual. So what is a champions network? How do you start building one? What are the options and how long does it take to build?
Speakers -
- Christopher Patnoe, Senior Programs Manager, Google Accessibility
- Emanuela Gorma, Senior Digital Accessibility Manager, Barclays
- Cassandra Marrero, Modern Communications Product Marketing Manager, Microsoft
- Emma Pratt Richens, Senior Accessibility Specialist, BBC UX&D (User Experience & Design)
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 enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk with feedback, questions and comments.
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Today we have a special interview with Heather Burns; tech, policy and regulations specialist on how Brexit has called time on the European Accessibility Act ever becoming UK law and what this means for disabled UK citizens and UK PLC.
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 enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk with feedback, questions and comments.
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
With 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 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 enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk with feedback, questions and comments.