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Accessibility and Gen AI Podcast
Accessibility and Gen AI Podcast
Author: Eamon McErlean, Joe Devon
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© 2024 Accessibility and Gen AI
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A podcast that interviews the news makers and thought leaders in the world of Accessibility and Artificial Intelligence. Hosted by Eamon McErlean and Joe Devon.
19 Episodes
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OUTLINE:
00:00 Opening Teaser
00:46 Introduction
02:50 What Caused Your Spinal Cord Injury and How Did You Overcome The Challenges That Came With It?
09:05 What Role Has Sports Played In Your Life?
16:45 How Did You Become Involved With Accessibility?
22:57 Tell Us About Mobility Mojo
25:11 What's Your Experience Using Assistive Devices For Work and Travel?
34:33 What Are Your Thoughts On Using AI For Business?
36:45 Benefits of Using AI For Personal Health & Medical Needs
41:16 How Did You Get Involved With Public Speaking?
44:36 Accessibility's Positive Impact On Business
47:14 Wrap Up
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EPISODE LINKS:
Mobility Mojohttps://mobilitymojo.com
Lottery winners and accident victims: is happiness relative?https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/690806/
Alex Zanardi - Racing driver and para-cyclisthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Zanardi
Alex Zanardi On the Crash That Changed His Life Forever | David Lettermanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyoY7hVwLU0
James Cluskey (Stephen's brother)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cluskey
The Official London Black Cabhttps://www.londonblackcab.co.uk
A11y + Gen AI - Ep 5 - Ed Summers - Head of Accessibility, GitHubhttps://youtu.be/YBQdpJfWBCA
Jen Hamilton & Ed Summers Viral TikTok Videohttps://www.tiktok.com/@_jen_hamilton_/video/7617247595085270285
HeadMouse Nanohttps://www.orin.com/access/headmouse/
MouthPadhttps://www.augmental.tech
Claude Fablehttps://www.anthropic.com/claude/fable
Stephen Cluskey on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/stephencluskey/
Stephen Cluskey's Websitehttps://stephencluskey.com
OUTLINE:
00:00 Opening Teaser
00:34 Introduction
01:08 How Did You Meet and Launch The Show?
08:07 What is AMI (Accessible Media Inc.)?
10:05 How Did Shaun Become Involved with Podcasting?
12:33 What's The Goal of Double Tap?
20:48 Who's The Team Behind Double Tap?
23:42 How Do You Prepare For Each Episode?
27:38 How Has Accessibility Changed Over The Years?
29:35 Why Is It Still Challenging For Some Companies To Understand The Benefits of Accessibility?
31:31 Is Accessibility As Widespread As Some Companies Proclaim?
35:21 Increasing Employment of People with a Disability Could Encourage Accessibility
38:00 How GAAD Is Embraced By Some Companies & Organizations
42:26 Shaun's Idea of Compulsory Disability For The Entire Population
43:23 Steven's Idea For A Netflix Series About A Blind Serial Killer
44:11 How Will AI Affect Accessibility?
46:57 Vibe Coding Is A Lot Easier Than People Think
55:28 How Steven Created An Accessible Radio For Blind People
01:02:09 Wrap Up
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EPISODE LINKS:
Double Tap - Where Blind People Talk Techhttps://doubletaponair.com
Joe Devon & Eamon McErlean on Double Tap - Feb 2, 2026https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xtFwb3MPzE
Joe Devon on Double Tap - May 15, 2026https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Nr6bZRzPI
AMIhttps://www.ami.ca
RNIBhttps://www.rnib.org.uk
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)https://accessibility.day
Claudehttps://claude.com
Mastodonhttps://mastodon.social
NEO Home Robothttps://www.1x.tech/discover/neo-home-robot
Steven Scott on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-scott-7640bbbb/
Double Tap on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/doubletaponair/
OUTLINE:
00:00 Opening Teaser
01:26 Introduction
02:39 Eric's Career Path To Launching Repo Prompt
08:01 Making The Decision To Launch Repo Prompt
10:32 What Is A Context Window And Why Does it Matter?
13:38 What Is Repo Prompt Used For?
18:08 How Do You Solicit Feedback From The Users?
21:02 OpenClaw vs Hermes
24:36 Context Engineering vs Prompt Engineering
26:54 Repo Prompt Demonstration and Workflow
45:28 What Have You Learned As An Entreprenuer?
46:38 Why You Should Use Open Source Models with Caution
52:53 Keeping Accessibility In Mind When Coding
01:00:01 Wrap Up
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EPISODE LINKS:
Repo Prompthttps://repoprompt.com
Unityhttps://unity.com
OpenClawhttps://openclaw.ai
Hermes Agenthttps://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com
Cursorhttps://cursor.com
Claude Codehttps://claude.com/product/claude-code
Eric Provencher on Xhttps://x.com/pvncher
Eric Provencher on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/provencher
OUTLINE:
00:00 Opening Teaser
00:46 Introduction
01:48 Fred's Journey To Being Chief Accessibility Officer at Verizon
03:07 About CES & Commitment to Accessibility
05:56 Developing The Accessibility Stage at CES
15:48 Idea Behind The Accessibility Stage at CES
21:56 How Verizon Embraced Accessibility
27:29 Steve's Path To His Role At CTA Foundation
34:23 How To Integrate Accessibility At A Corporation
39:11 How Accessibility Can Benefit Everyone
40:21 Importance of Creating Awareness About Accessibility
43:17 Who's Impacted By Accessibility
45:38 Favorite Use of AI and Accessibility Working Together
56:36 Proudest Career Moment vs What You Would Do Differently
01:02:39 Future of the Accessibility Stage at CES
01:08:45 Wrap Up
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EPISODE LINKS:
Verizon - Accessibility Resource Centerhttps://www.verizon.com/accessibility
CTA Foundationhttps://www.ctafoundation.tech
CEShttps://www.ces.tech
Stephen Ewell on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/steveewell/
Fred Moltz on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-moltz-b730b713/
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OUTLINE:
00:00 Opening Teaser
00:46 Introduction
01:34 What's The Relationship Between Wikimedia and Wikipedia?
02:02 Denny's Professional Background & Current Role
05:32 What is The Semantic Web?
07:58 Original Proposal For The Web vs The Semantic Web
14:12 When Denny Locked Sir Tim Berners-Lee, The Inventor of The Web, In His Car
15:09 What Is A Knowledge Graph?
19:57 About The New Project, Abstract Wikipedia
30:06 Using Functions vs LLMs for Language Translations
40:19 Using AI For Accessibility
44:14 World Models vs. Large Language Models
51:25 How To Support Wikipedia & Contact Denny
54:13 Wrap Up
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EPISODE LINKS:
Wikipedia
https://www.wikipedia.org
Wikimedia Foundation
https://wikimediafoundation.org
Abstract Wikipedia
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia
Contact Denny Vrandečić
https://mas.to/@vrandecic
Denny Vrandečić on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vrandecic/
Denny Vrandečić on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/vrandezo



