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  • 73: A Week with Apple's Accessibility Preview

    We take a look at new accessibility features coming later this year to Apple platforms.

    Guest Starring:

    Steven Scott

    Links and Show Notes: Blind Guy Talks Tech on Apple Podcasts Apple previews innovative accessibility features - Apple Apple’s Accessibility feature preview gets #GAAD going – Six Colors Dark Reader for Safari on the App Store Noir - Dark Mode for Safari on the App Store
    52 min
  • 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 apps aid people with vision loss and hearing impairments.

    Guest Starring:

    Hugo Jácome

    Links and Show Notes: SpeakLiz
    1 hr 1 min
  • 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 means to juggle several "jobs."

    This episode of Parallel is sponsored by:
    • Crowdstrike: Start your free 15-day trial of CrowdStrike Falcon Pro today.
    • Guest Starring:

      Alison Tedford, Sarah Hockett, and Kelly Guimont

      Links and Show Notes:

      Kelly Guimont

      I Want My MCU TV
      the Slice

      Sarah Hockett

      Exploratstory Studios
      Sorry for Your Boss
      Resinating Designs

      Allison Tedford

      "Stay Woke, Not Broke"

      1 hr 7 min
    • 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 creator and filmmaker.

      This episode of Parallel is sponsored by:
      • Crowdstrike: Start your free 15-day trial of CrowdStrike Falcon Pro today.
      • Guest Starring:

        Mily Mumford

        Links and Show Notes: Mily Mumford - IMDb
        49 min
      • 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 of disabilities can get, keep and thrive in jobs.

        This episode of Parallel is sponsored by:
        • Microsoft Lists – MSA Preview: Sign up, sign in and track what matters most.
        • Guest Starring:

          Jonathan Mosen

          Links and Show Notes: Workbridge | Building a bridge over employment barriers
          49 min
        • 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 lot to do with whether you can get described content.

          Guest Starring:

          Judy Dixon

          Links and Show Notes: Audio Description: What It Is, Where to Find It and How to Use It The Audio Description Project (ADP) Apple TV+ Channels — Live TV & DVR
          31 min
        • 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 accessibility problems in iOS 15.

          Guest Starring:

          Robert Carter

          Links and Show Notes: AppleVis iOS Access for All Book
          1 hr 1 min
        • 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 accessible.

          Guest Starring:

          Freek Teunen

          Links and Show Notes:

          Enjoying a theme park attraction 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. But virtual reality offers all sorts of ways to make experiences accessible. I'll talk about that with someone who's done it.

          World of Wonders - Efteling Ebook - VR door een zakelijke bril (available in English and Dutch)
          36 min
        • 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.

          This episode of Parallel is sponsored by:
          • The Intrazone, by Microsoft SharePoint: Your bi-weekly conversation and interview podcast about SharePoint, OneDrive and related tech within Microsoft 365.
          • Guest Starring:

            Grant Stoner and Lauren Radford

            Links and Show Notes:

            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.

            How Xbox Is Advancing Gaming Accessibility on Its Platforms, And, Hopefully, Throughout the Industry - IGN Gamers With Disabilities On Issues In Accessible Gaming Meet the Disabled Streamers Who Are Transforming the Industry | WIRED A guide to differently abled gaming with the Nintendo Switch - The Washington Post Innovation in Accessibility | Nominees | The Game Awards Get The Veil - Microsoft Store Accessibility at Ubisoft: Where We Are Today Can I Play That? - For Disabled Gamers, By Disabled Gamers Getting Over It - Play Getting Over It on CrazyGames From An Accessibility Perspective, Halo Infinite’s Open World is Exhausting
            58 min
          • 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 performative experience.

            This episode of Parallel is sponsored by:
            • Dragon's Brood: An epic fantasy series. Listen now.
            • Guest Starring:

              Lawrence Miller

              Links and Show Notes: Neil Harbisson | Speaker | TED BDYHAX- The BodyHacking + Human Augmentation Conference
              51 min

            About Parallel

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            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…