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
Thursday Nov 14, 2019
Thursday Nov 14, 2019
In this TechShare Procast extra we hear from Paul Smyth who heads up accessibility within Barclays. Robin Christopherson discusses all things best practice when it comes to digital inclusion and how they do it the Barclays way.
Download a text transcript of the interview via the AbilityNet website.
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
In this TechShare Procast extra we hear from Microsoft's Chief Accessibility Officer, Jenny Lay-Flurrie, who talks with AbilityNet's Mark Walker about all things digital and diversity within Microsoft. Jenny will be keynoting with a short video presentation at the event - the audio of which we'll be bringing you in our next full procast.
Download a text transcript of this interview via the AbilityNet website.
Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
In this first episode of the new AbilityNet TechShare Procast, hosts Steven Scott and Robin Christopherson cram in all of the following audio-interview goodness:
- AbilityNet's Mark Walker chats about the big names to see at TechShare Pro, including Microsoft's Chief Accessibility Officer, Jenny Lay Flurrie, who meets with Mark to discuss 'the secret sauce for achieving accessibility'.
- Paul Smyth, Head of Digital Accessibility at Barclays, discusses championing accessibility the Barclays way, while Christopher Patnoe chats to AbilityNet's Annie Mannion about Google's accessibility projects over the past year - including Sound Amplifier, Live Transcribe and Project Euphonia.
- We deliver the headline findings of George Rhodes’ research into the state of Accessibility in the public sector, and AbilityNet's Abi James provides the lowdown on public sector digital accessibility regulations and the current digital landscape.
- Finally, Simon Tew of Digit Music shares their brilliant adaptive controller for music composition - really groovy tech to help disabled users become potential pop stars.
- All this and more in this pre-TechShare Pro bonanza - plus lots of bonus content dropping later this week. Make sure you subscribe so as not to miss out and please tell your colleagues and friends using #TechSharePro2019. You can also contact the show via enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk with feedback, questions and comments.
Download a transcript of the podcast from the AbilityNet website.
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Coming soon to a feed near you, a brand new podcast bringing you everything that's hot both before and after the TechShare Pro 2019 event in London on 20 and 21 November. Don't have a ticket? Don't worry. We'll make sure you don't miss out. Follow us on Twitter with #TechSharePro2019 and get in touch via enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk with feedback, questions and comments.