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
Friday Nov 29, 2019
Friday Nov 29, 2019
Covering 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.
Thursday Nov 28, 2019
Thursday Nov 28, 2019
Today 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.
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
A 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.
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
In 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 show via enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk with feedback, questions and comments.
Download a text transcript of this episode via the AbilityNet website.
Monday Nov 25, 2019
Monday Nov 25, 2019
Today'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 text transcript of George Rhodes's interview via the AbilityNet website.
Download the text transcript of Abi James's interview via the AbilityNet website.
Friday Nov 22, 2019
Friday Nov 22, 2019
First 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 AbilityNet website.
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Hey 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.
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
No 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.
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
In 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.
Monday Nov 18, 2019
Monday Nov 18, 2019
Today'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 how they very effectively enforce the law on website accessibility the Norway way.
Download a text transcript of Eleanor Southwood's interview via the AbilityNet website.
Download a text transcript of Malin Rygg's interview via the AbilityNet website.