Andrew Leland's memoir "The Country of the Blind" tells a story about his ongoing journey into vision loss. It's also a kind of history of blindness, and blindness technology, with stops along the way to unpack the literary deployments of visio

AI Will Not Fix Accessibility

Jul 20th, 2023 44m 7s

Even before ChatGPT brought AI into the mainstream of collective consciousness, companies touted artificial intelligence as a way to make your web site accessible – a magic bullet that meant web devs could skip the accessibility checks normally

Now that We've Had Some Time to Process...

Jun 20th, 2023 47m 15s

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 keynote.

AI, AI, IO

May 23rd, 2023 59m 52s

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 its spectacle.

Entirely Individualistic Low-Vision Girl

May 18th, 2023 1h 18m

This week, Apple previewed accessibility features coming to the Mac and iOS. It's an annual event, which even sat briefly atop TechMeme. Want to know more about what Apple discussed and how these new features fit in with the existing accessibil

Tools and Tips for Mobile App Developers

Apr 25th, 2023 48m 40s

iOS developer Rob Whitaker returns to Parallel for a chat about APIs and tools developers can use to make their mobile apps more accessible.

When Success Means Buying A Smaller Suit

Apr 11th, 2023 43m 1s

Starting or maintaining a fitness program is a challenge for anyone. If you have accessibility needs, you might experience barriers related to touchscreen devices, coaching that doesn't address a hearing or visual disability, or a need for acco

Story Book

Mar 29th, 2023 27m 57s

Ten iOSes ago, I wrote a book called iOS Access for All. Here's how it has evolved over the years.

So Many Thoughts and Feelings

Mar 14th, 2023 1h 23m

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, and add some impressions of our own.

What is CSS Speech?

Feb 15th, 2023 36m 13s

What if you could design the experience of listening to Web content in the same way you design the experience of seeing it? That's the premise of the CSS Speech Module, a retired W3C proposal that's now being championed by my guest. She knows a

Some of My Automations are Fragile

Oct 26th, 2022 1h 7m

We're talking automation - mostly on macOS, with developer Brett Terpstra and fellow automation fan Darcy Burnard.

A Deep Dive into WCAG 2.2. And Beyond.

Sep 27th, 2022 1h 2m

The W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – WCAG – is the standard against which Web developers test for accessibility. Like most good standards, WCAG is evolving, with a new release anticipated within a few months. We talk about what the

The Swipey on the Stem

Sep 14th, 2022 1h 9m

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 Watch Ultra (and otherwise), and AirPods Pro, 2

A Week with Apple's Accessibility Preview

May 24th, 2022 51m 59s

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

Building Accessibility Products as a Startup

May 22nd, 2022 1h

Creating products intended to serve the needs of people with disabilities requires all the hard work of any software project, along with special challenges for small, bootstrapped startups. We'll talk with a cofounder whose company builds mobil

Clicking the Box Offends Me

May 4th, 2022 1h 6m

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."

Helping Astronauts Maintain Mental Health in Space.. And a Lot More

Apr 13th, 2022 48m 2s

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. We talk through the multit

Jobs and Disability: Beyond the Interview

Mar 16th, 2022 48m 44s

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 j