This Week in Accessibility

December 8, 2023: What's it Like Traveling with a Disability in 2023?


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With the holiday season upon us and so many travel plans in motion, today we’re talking about what it’s like to travel with a disability. From TSA agents to inaccessible hotels, institutional biases make travel much more stressful than it needs to be. Plus, a brief history of U.S. legislation that tries to fix the issue.

Links Discussed on the Show

Hotel website ADA case dismissed by Supreme Court, declared moot - The Washington Post

The Robles v. Domino’s Settlement (And Why It Matters) | Bureau of Internet Accessibility

Be My AI Comes To Android As Open Beta Feature – Double Tap

Seeing AI App Launches on Android – Including new and updated features and new languages. - Microsoft Accessibility Blog

Google Just Launched Gemini, Its Long-Awaited Answer to ChatGPT | WIRED

GEMINI 1.0 Beats GPT-4 | AlphaCode 2 is better than 90% of coders | Gemini Nano on Pixel Phones! - @WesRoth on YouTube

British Airways improves accessibility for deaf passengers - Aero Time

Halo Collar’s Ken Ehrman Talks Pet Tech Study, Making Pet Care Accessible In Interview - Forbes


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Air Canada Leaves Nation's Chief Accessibility Officer's Wheelchair Behind On Flight From Toronto - Simple Flying

Traveling While Disabled: Challenges of Accessible Travel - Thrillist

TSA and airlines make air travel a challenge for people with disabilities : NPR

About the Air Carrier Access Act | US Department of Transportation


Segment 3:

Do YouTube's Automatic Captions Improve Accessibility? | Bureau of Internet Accessibility

Workflow for generating full-text transcript and captions with Whisper - API - OpenAI Developer Forum

Could Apple Have Finally Squashed the Longstanding “Safari Not Responding” macOS Bug? | AppleVisWith the holiday season upon us and so many travel plans in motion, today we’re talking about what it’s like to travel with a disability. From TSA agents to inaccessible hotels, institutional biases make travel much more stressful than it needs to be. Plus, a brief history of U.S. legislation that tries to fix the issue.

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