Parallel
Why don’t the worlds of mainstream tech and accessibility tech ever seem to collide? Shelly Brisbin, who keeps one foot in each, wants to know. She and her guests from both worlds chew over the news and trends of the day, mixing in an accessibility perspective. Hosted by Shelly Brisbin.
- Update frequency
- every 18 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 94
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2024
93: The Last Show
Today, we offer an all-star panel of podcasters and tech pundits with a lot to say about the first 15 years of mobile accessibility from Apple. To my delight, the show veered hard into present and fu…
01:30:20 |
Wed 26 Jun 2024
92: Dystopian Skynet Future – Sometime Next Year
What are the takeaways from Global Accessibility Awareness Day #GAAD 2024? We highlight accessibility announcements from Apple and BeMyEyes.
00:53:22 |
Wed 29 May 2024
91: I'm VR Curious
Zoe Knox bought a Vision Pro when they first became available, anticipating that Apple's headset would provide accessibility features. How those features might work with Zoe's low vision? That was a …
00:59:08 |
Tue 19 Mar 2024
90: I Want to Pinch and Zoom the World
Apple's Vision Pro headset offers a number of accessibility features. But how well do they serve those with disabilities, and what should we expect from future versions of the product? Now we have so…
00:58:45 |
Tue 13 Feb 2024
89: Low Vision Pro
I spoke with Steven Scott and Shaun Preece for their show, Double Tap. They wanted my thoughts on how Apple's Vision Pro might land with users who have low vision. Steven kindly gave me permission to…
00:30:18 |
Tue 09 Jan 2024
88: How Hard Could XCode Be?
How a young entrepreneur turned her own technology need into an app designed for other people with low-vision.
00:49:16 |
Wed 22 Nov 2023
87: A Fish On Your Washing Machine
What's the significance of Apple's iPhone 15 lineup, from an accessibility point of view?
01:08:09 |
Tue 10 Oct 2023
86: An Immigrant in the Country of the Blind
Andrew Leland's memoir "The Country of the Blind" tells a story about his ongoing journey into vision loss. It's also a history of blindness, and blindness tech, with stops along the way to unpack th…
00:54:27 |
Wed 13 Sep 2023
85: AI Will Not Fix Accessibility
Even before ChatGPT brought AI into the mainstream, companies touted it as a way to make web sites accessible – a magic bullet that meant web devs could skip the accessibility checks normally done by…
00:44:07 |
Thu 20 Jul 2023
84: Now that We've Had Some Time to Process...
My colleagues from the Maccessibility Roundtable join me for a conversation about Apple's Vision Pro and accessibility. We still don't know a lot, but be know more than we did an hour after the WWDC …
00:47:15 |
Tue 20 Jun 2023
83: AI, AI, IO
Taking a look back at this year's Google I/O events, with an eye toward accessibility. Our favorite followers of the Goog are back! We talk AI, Android, Pixel phones and tablets, and how Google does …
00:59:52 |
Tue 23 May 2023
82: Entirely Individualistic Low-Vision Girl
This week, Apple previewed accessibility features coming to the Mac and iOS. It's an annual event, which is cool. Want to know more about what Apple discussed and how these new features fit in with t…
01:18:05 |
Thu 18 May 2023
81: Tools and Tips for Mobile App Developers
iOS developer Rob Whitaker returns to Parallel for a chat about APIs and tools developers can use to make their mobile apps more accessible.
00:48:40 |
Tue 25 Apr 2023
80: When Success Means Buying A Smaller Suit
We're talking about Apple's fitness offering from an accessibility perspective with a Fitness+ user, and someone who has worked on Apple accessibility teams.
00:43:01 |
Tue 11 Apr 2023
79: Story Book
Ten iOSes ago, I wrote a book called iOS Access for All. Here's how it has evolved over the years.
00:27:57 |
Wed 29 Mar 2023
78: So Many Thoughts and Feelings
AppleVis, an excellent community of blind and visually-impaired Apple users, surveyed its members to get their thoughts on how well Apple's platforms provide accessibility. We talk over the survey, a…
01:23:22 |
Tue 14 Mar 2023
77: What is CSS Speech?
What if you could design the experience of listening to Web content in the same way you design the visual experience? That's the premise of the CSS Speech Module. Is CSS the way to design spoken expe…
00:36:13 |
Wed 15 Feb 2023
76: Some of My Automations are Fragile
We're talking automation - mostly on macOS, with developer Bret Terpstra and fellow automation fan Darcy Burnard.
01:07:47 |
Wed 26 Oct 2022
75: A Deep Dive into WCAG 2.2. And Beyond.
The W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – WCAG – is the standard against which Web developers test for accessibility. WCAG is evolving, with a new release anticipated in a few months. We talk …
01:02:11 |
Tue 27 Sep 2022
74: The Swipey on the Stem
Parallel is back from summer break, and glad to be!
We gather to review Apple's latest hardware announcements: do we like them, do we want them, are they accessible? Behold, the iPhones 14, Apple Wa…
01:09:10 |
Wed 14 Sep 2022
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