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
Monday Jan 20, 2020
Monday Jan 20, 2020
This 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, Director, Global Accessibility Policy & Initiatives, Apple
Jane Laurance, Head of Specialist Broadcast Services, ITV
Abhiram Moturi, Senior Product Manager - Technical Prime Video Accessibility and Core CX, Amazon
Mariana Lopez, Senior Lecturer in Sound Production and Post Production, Dept. of Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media, University of York
Netflix audio description guidelines.
Download a text transcript of this episode via the AbilityNet website.
Follow us on Twitter with #TechSharePro2019. Get in touch via enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk with feedback, questions and comments.
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
The 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, BBC Children's, BBC
Playstation accessibility -
Mark Friend, Principal User Researcher, Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Download Mark's slides
Download a text transcript of this episode from the AbilityNet website.
Follow us on Twitter with #TechSharePro2019. Get in touch via enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk with feedback, questions and comments.
Monday Jan 13, 2020
Monday Jan 13, 2020
We'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.
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Follow us on Twitter with #TechSharePro2019. Get in touch via enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk with feedback, questions and comments.
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
A 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.
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Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Can triple-A console titles ever be fully inclusive. Mark Friend from Sony gives us the low-down in today's full-length interview.
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Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Today 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.
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Monday Dec 09, 2019
Monday Dec 09, 2019
Our full-length interview offering today is with two great guys from Amazon, discussing all things accessibility but mostly streaming video-related.
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Friday Dec 06, 2019
Friday Dec 06, 2019
Today'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.
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Thursday Dec 05, 2019
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
In 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 Google Glass to driverless cars. 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 #TechSharePro2019 and you can also contact the show via enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk with feedback, questions and comments.
Download a full text transcript of this episode from the AbilityNet website.
Monday Dec 02, 2019
Monday Dec 02, 2019
Today'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.