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
73: A Week with Apple's Accessibility Preview
We take a look at new accessibility features coming later this year to Apple platforms.
00:51:59 |
Tue 24 May 2022
72: Building Accessibility Products as a Startup
Creating products that serve people with disabilities has all the challenges of any software project, along with unique hurdles for a bootstrapped startup. We'll talk with a cofounder whose mobile ap…
01:00:48 |
Sun 22 May 2022
71: Clicking the Box Offends Me
Whether we're motivated by a creative passion, the need for extra income or something else, taking on work outside the 9-to-5 comes naturally to a lot of people I know. So we're talking about what it…
01:06:33 |
Wed 04 May 2022
70: Helping Astronauts Maintain Mental Health in Space.. And a Lot More
Mily Mumford researches the impact of space travel on the mental health of astronauts, and how mixed reality could eventually be used to help them cope. That's a lot, but they're also a theater creat…
00:48:02 |
Wed 13 Apr 2022
69: Jobs and Disability: Beyond the Interview
People with disabilities experience appallingly high rates of unemployment. But convincing an employer to interview disabled candidates is just the beginning. We talk about how people with all kinds …
00:48:44 |
Wed 16 Mar 2022
68: Can You Describe It?
Audio description gives people who are blind or visually impaired the information they need to fully enjoy TV and movies. But which streaming service you use, and which platform you use it on have a …
00:30:50 |
Wed 16 Feb 2022
67: A Character on My Own Show
I, your humble host, sit for an interview about my career, my decision nine years ago to finally write about accessibility, and the book I wrote about Apple's iOS. We also talk about some accessibil…
01:00:42 |
Fri 04 Feb 2022
66: Beyond Gaming: Designing VR Experiences for People with Disabilities
Enjoying a theme park or playing on a playground isn't always an option of you're a wheelchair user or if you're a kid in a hospital. Virtual reality offers all sorts of ways to make experiences acce…
00:35:17 |
Wed 19 Jan 2022
65: Accessibility is a Spectrum for Gamers, Too
Talking about gaming accessibility for a variety of users. We cover hardware, how gaming studios address accessibility, and what it's like to advocate for and write about it, too.
00:57:40 |
Thu 23 Dec 2021
64: What Does It Mean to be a Cyborg?
Lawrence Miller identifies as a cyborg. He, like a lot of us, has many identities. We talk about some of them, about art and about how augmenting one's body with technology is both a functional and a…
00:50:33 |
Thu 09 Dec 2021
63: The Standards Can't Tell You Where Delight Is
Christin Hemphill works with companies to build inclusive experiences for customers and employees. That's a fancy way of saying that your bank, your onboarding materials and your VR game should all b…
00:31:59 |
Tue 23 Nov 2021
62: UX Design and Cognitive Disability
Rain Michaels wears many hats. She is a UX designer at Google, and she is also one of the maintainers for accessibility on the community-developed Drupal content management system, and a co-chair of …
00:49:08 |
Tue 09 Nov 2021
61: How to Make Extended Reality an Accessible Reality
Virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality – extended reality, or XR – should include everyone, whether they have a disability or not. Reginé Gilbert is working to teach designers of the fu…
00:29:33 |
Tue 26 Oct 2021
60: Tech Inclusion and Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous people often face an array of barriers to economic opportunity. Poverty, oppression and simple lack of access to the Internet service are among them. We'll talk about expanding opportunity…
00:42:17 |
Thu 14 Oct 2021
59: Apple Event: Takes Served at a Pleasing Temperature
Three Apple news junkies give the company's fall product announcement event a few days to settle. We weigh in on all the new hardware announcements and what we imagine could come next.
01:03:56 |
Tue 21 Sep 2021
58: #GAAD: Beyond the Hashtag
Ten years ago, a pair of accessibility advocates created Global Accessibility Awareness Day, or #GAAD. The annual event now attracts Fortune 500 companies, including Apple, Google and Microsoft. Cofo…
00:38:26 |
Wed 15 Sep 2021
56: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Tech
We discuss how to achieve and sustain true DEI in tech and STEM fields for women, people of color and people with disabilities. Our guest is an educator, an engineer and an advocate for meaningful DE…
01:01:55 |
Tue 03 Aug 2021
55: I Think I'm Part of a MISSION
NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory catalogs exploding stars, black holes and more, turning them into visualizations. How can someone who is blind share in the beauty and the science of the images Chand…
00:34:43 |
Tue 20 Jul 2021
54: Indoor Navigation: We're Working on the Sighted Experience
Tech-assisted navigation means more than using your phone or to find your way outside. Improving indoor navigation has long been a project for people with blindness and low vision, but its importance…
00:28:01 |
Tue 06 Jul 2021
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