Podcasts about google accessibility

Today on the show, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece discuss various topics including the recent storm in the UK, the emergence of a new AI competitor, DeepSeek, and its implications for the AI industry. They also address accessibility issues with the Apple Watch and the ongoing challenges faced by the NFB in improving Facebook's accessibility for users with disabilities. Steven and Shaun dive into the latest accessibility updates from Google, including new features for the Pixel phone and improvements in AI technology that enhance user experience. They also explore a unique talking microwave conversion kit.Listener feedback brings up accessibility issues related to AI integration in Apple devices, and a discussion on the need for a modern approach to Braille education, emphasizing the importance of teaching kids relevant skills for the future.Mentions:Facebook Mobile site: https://www.facebook.com/?force_mobile=1NFB article on Facebook accessibility: https://nfb.org/blog/making-meta-accessible-update-latest-improvementsGoogle Accessibility YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUSUvulzpUw&list=PL590L5WQmH8ce6ZPBbh0v1XVptLJXmQ0KMicrowave conversion kit from Eyes for Life; https://eflc.org.au/product/microwave-conversion-kit/Get in touch with Double Tap by emailing us feedback@doubletaponair.com or by call 1-877-803-4567 and leave us a voicemail. You can also now contact us via Whatsapp on 1-613-481-0144 or visit doubletaponair.com/whatsapp to connect. We are also across social media including X, Mastodon and Facebook. Double Tap is available daily on AMI-audio across Canada, on podcast worldwide and now on YouTube.Chapter Markers:00:00 Intro05:35 AI Disruption: The Rise of DeepSeek14:23 Apple Watch Volume Issues and Updates21:21 NFB and Facebook: Accessibility Challenges28:19 Innovations in Accessibility at Google38:03 Talking Microwave: A New Solution for Accessibility43:57 Listener Feedback: Accessibility and AI Integration53:10 Listener Feedback: Revisiting Braille Education for the Modern Age

In this episode of the Best of Double Tap on YouTube, Steven and Shaun discuss Google's accessibility features for 2024 across their range of devices, a new navigation and road-crossing app coming to Canada, and Shaun's reaction to his recent mobility lesson. First up, Carrie Morales joins the guys to chat about new accessibility features coming to Android 15 as well as the new ChromeBook Plus laptops. Then Michael Janssen joins Steven and Shaun to discuss his app called Oko that helps blind people cross the road safely. It's coming to Canada on July 1st and he shares details of what blind Canadians can expect, and also what new features are coming the same day. And Shaun Preece reacts to his recent chat with Aoife Buckley from Vision Ireland about receiving orientation and mobility training. He talks to Steven about his feelings of the need to learn following the chat and what steps he plans to take. Get ahead of the conversation and check out the Double Tap YouTube channel every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday on the platform which you can find using this link: [https://www.youtube.com/@DoubleTapVideo]

Google announced a series of accessibility updates across its platform. Steven Scott breaks down the details. From the October 23, 2023, episode.

In this episode of Search Off The Record, guest Danny Farra, UX Interaction Designer at Google, joins Lizzi Sassman to chat about accessibility of websites. We explore how to get started with accessibility, from using a screen reader for the first time to assessing contrast ratio and cognitive accessibility. Listen to this podcast to learn about assisted technology tools like screen readers and more! Resources: Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr044-Transcript  Google Accessibility → https://goo.gle/3A5C6LG  Danny Farra on LinkedIn → https://goo.gle/3A6OJX6    Search Off the Record is a podcast series that takes you behind the scenes of Google Search with the Search Relations team.

Kia ora Mosen At Largers. A reminder that this podcast is indexed by chapter. If you listen with a podcast client that offers chapter support, you can easily skip between segments. We also make transcripts available, thanks to funding from InternetNZ. You can find these on our website at Here's what features in this week's show, and when. Forthcoming Apple accessibility features,0:00.000 The quest for a straight answer from Google about Braille,14:35.378 It's worth taking care of your health, and Google support experiences,28:33.794 Could NFB and ACB reunite?,36:29.778 ACB International Voice Contest,37:34.880 Blind people serving on juries,40:21.231 What's the best app for getting restaurant menus on my iPhone?,45:07.116 Earphones recommendation and favourite streaming services,47:49.703 Braille displays, streaming services and radio memories,53:44.051 The Blind Doctor, the Jacob Bolotin Story,1:00:28.908 Lynette Frison talks about the launch of Fable Pathways,1:01:57.632 From iPad Mini to Mantis,1:12:05.778 How do I stop skipping lines when reading Braille?,1:14:03.824 Working with virtual machines,1:17:37.937 Comments on various issues raised in the podcast,1:21:09.226 Having trouble with OneDrive concepts,1:27:04.518 Tips on improving Braille reading speed,1:33:43.801 Spring for Twitter, and Twitter lists,1:40:13.367 The Bonnie Bulletin. Audiobooks aren't read anymore, they are performed,1:43:40.814 NFB and ACB,1:46:36.406 Bonnie's worst tech support experiences,1:53:59.678 Closing and contact info,1:57:26.245 Share your thoughts on these topics or any others. Drop me an email in writing or with an audio attachment, Jonathan at MushroomFm.com, or phone the listener line in the United States, +1864-60Mosen, that's +18646066736. Keep up with Mosen At Large between episodes. Follow MosenAtLarge on Twitter where you'll get audio extras, links to interesting news stories, sneak peeks about what's coming up and more. If you'd like to subscribe to our announcements only email list, please send email to And if you like the show, we'd love a positive review and for you to spread the word. Thank you.

Last year, during our annual Shift event, we got to talk to Jen Devins, Head of Google Accessibility UX. We talked about the importance of accessibility, how technology can improve the lives of all people, not only people who are differently-abled, and what teams can do to be more inclusive during the design and development process. Today, on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we’d like to look back at what she shared with us.

Kiran Kaja is the Accessibility Lead for Search, Assistant and News at Google. Kiran joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio for a conversation about Kiran’s journey from a bleak outlook for education to his jobs that led him around the world and to Google. It is not by chance that Kiran made it to where he is today, he followed his passion and is excited each day that he gets to make possibilities come true through the work he does at Google. Kiran started coding and pivoted from his college degree and sought out his passion for accessibility and working to make software and hardware be useful and accessible for people with disabilities. Kiran is Blind and understands access to technology is not just about us in the Blindness community, he strives to make accessibility benefit all people facing the challenges brought on by a disability. Kiran’s team works with teams across the board at Google to help make the Google experience the best it can be, building access into the products from the beginning. Join Kiran and Jeff and learn what Kiran does each day and feel his passion for what he does, how he arrived at Google and listen to his advice he has for students who are beginning their educational and career journeys. You can find out more about Google Accessibility on the web at www.Google .com/accessibility Contact the Disability Support team Important: The Google Disability Support team can't resolve account-related issues. If you can’t sign into your Google Account, get sign-in help. For more information, visit the Google Account Help Center. The Google Disability Support team is available to support users from the disability community with Google products. Support includes accessibility features, functionalities, and assistive technology in Google products. To connect with a specialist, follow these links: Phone: Talk to a specialist. Chat: Chat online with a specialist. Email: Email a specialist. Be My Eyes: Contact a specialist through Be My Eyes. For detailed instructions, go to the Be My Eyes app instructions. American Sign Language (ASL) users: Connect with an ASL specialist on your computer:  Connect with an ASL specialist by videophone: Call (512) 777-0499. Hours and languages All support options are available Monday through Friday. Phone: 1 AM – 5 PM (PT) in English 9 AM – 5:30 PM (GMT) in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese Chat: 1 AM – 5 PM (PT) in English Email: 1 AM – 5 PM (PT) in English 9 AM – 5:30 PM (GMT) in French, Spanish, German, and Brazilian Portuguese ASL: 8 AM – 5 PM (PT) in ASL and English Be My Eyes: 1 AM – 5 PM (PT) in English Be My Eyes app instructions Android iPhone & iPad On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Play Store app . In the search bar, search for the Be My Eyes app. Tap Install. Tap Open. Review the Be My Eyes Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, then tap I Agree. Complete the individual user setup. Tap Specialized Help  Google. Tap Call Google. The first time you call, review the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, then tap I Agree. A call begins automatically, connecting you with a Google Disability Support specialist. Resources For help articles, explore the Accessibility Help Center or search Google Help. For more about Google’s accessibility features and products, visit the Google Accessibility website. To send feedback about a product or feature, complete the accessibility feedback form. Contact Your State Services If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by email or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361. Contact: You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities App on the App Storeand Google Play Store. Check out the Blind Abilities Communityon Facebook, the Blind Abilities Page, and the Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired group

Jyotsna Kaki, Google’s Accessibility Testing Program Manager, joins the That Blind Tech Show team in the Blind Abilities studio to talk about Google Accessibility and Jyotsna’s journey to her present position at Google. Jyotsna tells us about her use of the Google Suite in her daily routine, talks about features and apps that helps her and brings a bit more access to the world around her. Jyotsna loss her sight six months before she was to graduate from college. With determination Jyotsna forged forward, learned access technology and graduated with honors a year later. Jyotsna carved out the role she wanted and landed at Google  Testing accessibility. She is now leading the Accessibility Testing team and ensuring that we will have access to the Google Suite and more. Join Brian Fischler, Serina Gilbert and Jeff Thompson as they welcome Jyotsna to the Blind Abilities studio for this wonderful episode of That Blind Tech Show. Jyotsna Kaki challenged herself to do the best she could be and blindness did not stop her from reaching her goals and leading the Accessibility Testing team at Google. Jyotsna tells anyone, whether they are blind, low vision or sighted, “Believe in yourself. If you don’t believe in yourself, trust me, no one is going to believe in you.” If you are using any of the Google Suite apps or products and have a question about accessibility, you can contact Google’s Disability Support team at G.Co/DisabilitySupport. If you want to Learn more about Google Suite regarding accessibility you can go to G.Co/GSuite/Accessibility and find the GSuite user guide to accessibility. If you are interested in becoming a trusted Google Beta tester, you can apply on the Google web site at Google.com/Accessibility and click on Initiatives and Research. And be sure to download the Lookout app from the Google Play Store! Thanks for listening. Contact You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities App on the App Store. Get the Free blind Abilities App on the Google Play Store Contact Your State Services If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by email or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361. To find your State Services in your State you can go to www.AFB.org and search the directory for your agency. Check out the Blind Abilities Communityon Facebook, the Blind Abilities Page, the Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Assistive Technology Community for the Blind and Visually Impaired. and the Facebook group That Blind Tech Show.

Access the full show notes and blog post here. Accessibility is and should be a huge topic of discussion across multiple industries but especially in learning. I’m going to give you tips, tricks, and resources to help use Google accessibility tools to reach all learners. Let’s get shakin’ y’all. Shoutout Sarah Kiefer recently wrote a wonderful review of the Dynamic Learning with Google podcast series. (Episodes 44-47 - You can find them here!) I appreciate the review so much. Go check out her blog, My Brain Can’t Hold It All. Do you have a question or idea to share on the podcast? Leave me a message here. Quick Tip of the Week In any Google Doc, use the keyboard shortcut, Control + Shift + 8 (Command + Shift + 8 on a Mac), to add a bullet to your document. This keyboard shortcut is amazing if you need to add bullet points quickly to a doc. Accessibility Tools with Google I did a ton of research before deciding to chat about this topic today because I wanted to put together the best resources for you.  Check out Google’s Accessibility page here for a very comprehensive list of features broken down by application. Also, keep in mind that Android devices have built-in accessibility features as well. Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts are not just time savers; they are also accessibility features for students and teachers. If any of your students are unable to use a mouse, then these are imperative.  CTRL + T will open a new tab in your browser CTRL + (1-8) will toggle to that corresponding tab within your browser. For instance, if you have 8 tabs open, CTRL + 6 will go to the 6th tab.  CTRL + 9 will take you to the last tab that you have open. CTRL + Shift + T will reopen a closed tab. CTRL + W will close a tab. ALT + F + X will completely close Google Chrome. (Cmd + Q on a Mac) CTRL + +/- will zoom in and out on your browser.  (Use CMD instead of CTRL on a Mac) Check out a full list of Chrome keyboard shortcuts here! For all the shortcuts you can use to zoom in and out and change text, image, and video sizes, use this resource.  Why You May Need High Contrast Colors Some students may benefit from high-contrast colors rather than the regular settings we get with every browser. Some students can focus more easily when the background is black with white text rather than vice versa. Darker backgrounds are also easier on the eyes for everyone.  There’s a Chrome extension you can use to change the color schemes for all webpages. You can find the extension here, but be sure to follow your school policies regarding installing extensions. Text to Speech (Reading with Your Ears) Some of the most useful extensions will read the text on the screen out loud to your students. These extensions help younger students learn how to read, but is also helpful for students who have dyslexia or other learning difficulties.  One of my favorite Chrome extensions is Read & Write for Google Chrome. I shared a post on this extension a while back that you can read here, but essentially you install a toolbar, and then any webpage you visit can be read out loud to you.  This tool is a fabulous accessibility feature to help all types of readers. You can change the voice, the speed, and it has a translation feature as well.  Two more Chrome extensions that will read text from the screen are Speak It and Announcify. I shared these in a previous post about supporting struggling readers.  With Speak It, you highlight what you want to hear, and it will read that section out loud with just a couple of clicks.  Another favorite is Announcify because it does more than just read what is on the screen. It will open in a new page, and then it will blur out anything that is not being read. This is great for limiting distractions.  Speech to Text (Dictation) Essentially speech to text is considered dictation, but this feature is so helpful to many different types of learners. Many apps and devices now have voice recognition built into their interfaces, making dictation much more accurate than it has been in the past. Even if you don’t need speech to text for an accommodation, many of us talk faster than we type, so this can be a huge time saver.  The first resource I want to talk about is dictation.io. This is not an extension but instead a Chrome app. You click on the microphone and start speaking, and your words are shown on the notepad. The Voice Note II Chrome extension is another fantastic tool that opens a new clean window with a microphone in the top right. You click the microphone and start talking, and when you stop, your words are there. Both of these tools allow you to then copy, paste, tweet, email, message, etc. the words that you’ve spoken. If you’d like additional Chrome extensions and tools along with explanations of them, check out my Chrome Database.  You can also watch this video that has additional information on Chrome and Chrome OS Accessibility. Chrome OS & Chromebooks The Chrome OS on Chromebook has several accessibility features built into the device so that you won’t need additional tools. I’ve listed a few resources below to help you familiarize yourself with the built-in tools. Chromebook accessibility help ChromeVox - Built-in screen reader On-screen keyboard (with microphone option)  Chromebook keyboard shortcuts Accessibility Tools in Google Docs First off, I cannot say enough for having a full understanding of keyboard shortcuts. You can find a list of shortcuts specific to Docs here, but understanding these shortcuts and being able to share them with your students is unbelievably helpful. Google Docs also has built-in voice typing. You can find it under Tools > Voice Typing. It works very similarly to the apps and extensions mentioned above, but it allows you to talk your work directly into your document. You can also dictate your formatting options as well, like bold, italicize, etc. Here are 7 reasons you need to try voice typing in Google Docs.  There is also an entire suite of accessibility settings directly within Docs. If you want to see the comprehensive list, go here. But this is where you turn on things for screen reader support, collaborator announcements, a screen magnifier, and others. You can find these options and settings in Tools as well. Final Thoughts When you’re creating a visual for a website or page, don’t forget to create pertinent alt-text. The alt-text allows you to put in a title and description. Most of the alt-text that you see on websites is the random name someone used to name the picture for their computer. Take the time to create meaningful titles for those students who aren’t able to process busy webpages.  Insert your image, right-click, and select alt-text to update it. This will also give a screen reader a way to describe the image in text to speech tools.  Another way to make your documents more accessible is to use the commenting and suggestions function. Screen readers can jump specifically to those comments rather than jumbling up the text on the page. One last thought about formatting. Screen readers do not acknowledge bold, italicized, and underlined words. Instead, if something is important, type “important” before the upcoming sentence. Additionally, use numbered lists instead of bullet points to better distinguish the order of importance in your documents. Also, start using headings rather than simply increasing your font size. Podcast Question of the Week How can accessibility tools help you reach the learners in your classroom? Post your answers in the Shake Up Learning community or on your favorite social platform. Join our FREE Shake Up Learning Facebook group. Post your answer to your favorite social media platform using the hashtag #ShakeUpLearning, or share it in the Shake Up Learning Community on Facebook! The Shake Up Learning Book Study Don’t miss our next book study! It’s completely FREE, and it’s all available online! Get the details here. You can also enter to win an autographed copy of Shake Up Learning!

In today's extra episode Christopher Patnoe, Head of Accessibility Programs at Google, discusses its focus on accessibility - including Live Transcribe, Sound Amplifier, Project Euphonia and checking for accessibility in Android using Accessibility Scanner. Also, it's early days for gesture recognition for signers.Download a text transcript of Christopher's interview via the AbilityNet website.

Maria Johnson from Girl Gone Blind joins Life After Blindness host Tim Schwartz for the entire show this week. They discuss Blindness Awareness Month, Accessibility news from Google as well as their experiences with a special bluetooth device called Sleep Phones. Read moreListeners Share for Blindness Awareness Month, Google Accessibility News And Sleep Phones Discussion with Maria Johnson The post Listeners Share for Blindness Awareness Month, Google Accessibility News And Sleep Phones Discussion with Maria Johnson appeared first on Life After Blindness.

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This show marks the 750th piece of audio content to arrive on the site. It also so happens to be the 9th year for J.J. and Joe to discuss Blindness related Google accessibility. That s why we thought it wild that this episode features our 2019 Made By Google event wrap up coverage. Trains, another grocery order and J.J. taking us out for a walk are some additional points of interest to notice along the route that is BBQ 196. Discussion Topic: Made By Google 2019 Event Here is some more background information on what Google is about to unleash upon the world. Accessibility for the digital world and beyond Action Blocks: one tap to make technology more accessible Voice guidance in Maps, built for people with impaired vision Using AI to give people who are blind the full picture If it has audio, now it can have captions Google rolls out real-time captioning starting with Pixel 4 Google announces Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL Pixel 4 and 4 XL hands-on: Google ditches fingerprint scanner for face unlock Pixel 4: Sorry, you're not actually using radar to unlock the phone with your face Pixel 4 hands-on Thumbs up for 90Hz, thumbs down for Project Soli The Pixel 4's Gestures Might Be a Gimmick But At Least They Actually Work Pixel 4's 'Face Unlock' works even if you're asleep or dead -- and that's a problem With the Pixel 4, Google's smartphones have to grow up Pixel 4's Live Caption feature coming to Pixel 3 and 3a in December Google is bringing the Pixel 4's improved Night Sight to the Pixel 3 and 3a Google is fleecing previous Pixel owners on trade-ins Google Nest Mini hands-on: Barely new in all the best ways The new true wireless Pixel Buds are always listening New Pixel Buds: The complete lowdown on Google's 'floating' wireless earbuds Google announces the Pixelbook Go in Just Black and Not Pink, starting at $649 Google announces the Pixelbook Go, a premium, MacBook-style Chrome OS laptop Google takes another stab at headphones with new, totally wireless Pixel Buds Google announces Pixelbook Go, a cheaper Pixelbook The Pixelbook Go is the back-to-basics Chromebook you've been waiting for Nest Wifi announced at Made by Google 2019 Google unveils Nest Wifi Router and Point with built-in Assistant speaker' The Nest Wifi is a boring product with some brilliant ideas Google defends its use of Wi-Fi 5 in Nest Wifi New Nest Aware can use your smart speakers and displays to listen for smoke and CO alarms Google Home app is getting a new event feed for Nest Aware subscribers The new Google Assistant will be U.S. only, English only at launch Google s Stadia cloud gaming service will launch on November 19th Google's Daydream VR experiment is over Google s AI explains how image classifiers made their decisions Better privacy and more flexibility with Nest devices Report: Home builders ditch Nest products after Google takeover How to Use Google Maps' New Detailed Walking Directions Why I WASTED my time at Google's Android TV event The next Big Tech battleground is your ears Sound Off: Thanks to these fine folks for sending in tweets about the Made By Google event. cyclops_22Has anyone tried the nest hub with any kind of screen reader? Is TAlkBack even their? @ChangelingMx: I personally felt it was the most boring keynote I've ever watched. Also, extremely disorganized. @ed_edwardson: For the last few years they really keep trying to push Chromebooks on the general populous. Yet I've not seen them take hold outside of education. Do consumers use these things? The Hub line does have screen reader support. You can always check the Google Accessibility page, or the device's specific online manuals, if you want to learn more. Last Word: A blast from the Internet's past pings into the final segment this week. A series of mysterious bleeps and bloops defined the early days of the internet Yahoo is deleting all content ever posted to Yahoo Groups Understand what's changing in Yahoo Groups If we are lucky, that was the last big hardware event for the show. If we are not so lucky, and the rumors are true, we may have one more from Apple before we can hang up the wrapup format for the year. Stay tuned and keep your fingers crossed.

We are joined by Louise Jones a UK Regional Manager for Google for Education. Louise talks us through the amazing accessibility tools available in G Suite and Chromebooks and the impact they are having. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edufuturistspodcast/message

On this week's show Steven Scott and Robin Christopherson discuss scanning documents and reading printed materials using tech. Robin demonstrates the scanning features of JAWS and Steven speaks to one of the trainers for Orcam, Ian White. Also, there's a chat about Google's new accessibility features announced at Google i/O and there's a report into how older people could benefit from new technology. Plus there's more of your emails. #RNIBConnect #RNIBTechTalk

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! It’s been a week since Google I/O, Google’s big annual developer’s conference, and we welcome have three of the Google Accessibility Team to talk about some of the Accessibility announcements that were made at the event. Show Notes New Microsoft Patent Reveals Plans for Braille Controllerhttps://www.gameinformer.com/2019/05/06/new-microsoft-patent-reveals-braille-controller-for-visually-impaired-gamersMicrosoft is Improving Windows 10 Update Processhttps://wccftech.com/microsoft-promised-future-of-windows-10-update-process/ Google Accessibility Websitehttps://www.google.com/accessibility/ Contact Google Accessibility https://support.google.com/accessibility/answer/7641084 Transcript of this show Big shoutout and thanks to Adrian Roselli for his invaluable assistance in making the transcription of this show possible. Visit his website at http://adrianroselli.com/ AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with over 30 years of knowledge and experience. Visit them online at www.canasstech.com or call toll-free 1-844-795-8324. Need repairs on your device? Chaos Technical Services offers service and support on almost any piece of Assistive Technology, while also providing parts and batteries. Visit them online at www.chaostechnicalservices.com or call 778-847-6840.

1918 Google Products and Services – An Overview (May 1, 2019) Show Notes Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with Eve Andersson, Director of Accessibility Engineering at Google, about the accessibility of various Google products and services and how they can be used by people who are visually impaired. Learn about the Google Accessibility support … Continue reading 1918 Google Products and Services – An Overview (May 1, 2019) →

On this episode of the podcast we continue a conversation we started with Haben Girma, an advocate for equal rights for people with disabilities, regarding the value of tech accessibility. Melanie and Mark talk with her about common challenges and best practices when considering accessibility in technology design and development. Bottom line - we need one solution that works for all. Haben Girma The first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, Haben Girma advocates for equal opportunities for people with disabilities. President Obama named her a White House Champion of Change, and Forbes recognized her in Forbes 30 Under 30. Haben travels the world consulting and public speaking, teaching clients the benefits of fully accessible products and services. Haben is a talented storyteller who helps people frame difference as an asset. She resisted society’s low expectations, choosing to create her own pioneering story. Because of her disability rights advocacy she has been honored by President Obama, President Clinton, and many others. Haben is also writing a memoir that will be published by Grand Central Publishing in 2019. Learn more at habengirma.com. Cool things of the week Istio reaches 1.0: ready for prod blog Google for Nigeria: Making the internet more useful for more people blog GCPPodcast Episode 17: The Cloud In Africa with Hiren Patel and Dale Humby podcast Access Google Cloud services, right from IntelliJ IDEA blog Interview Haben Girma’s website site Haben Girma’s presentation at NEXT video GCPPodcast Episode 100: Vint Cerf: past, present, and future of the internet podcast Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) site Android Accessibility Guidelines site Apple Developer Accessibility Guidelines site Black in AI site Google Accessibility site San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind site National Federation of the Blind site National Association of the Deaf site Question of the week How do I perform large scale mutations in BigQuery? blog and site Where can you find us next? Mark will be at Pax Dev and Pax West starting August 28th. In September, he’ll be at Tokyo NEXT. Melanie is at Def Con, Black Hat, and BSides Las Vegas. In September, she will be at Deep Learning Indaba.

On this episode of Tech Talk, Michael and Vicquell talk about: OnePlus' new phone, the OnePlus 6 Twitter's new method to combat bad accounts Apple vs Google - Accessibility (how they help the disabled) US jails moving to video calls instead of visits Google Drive gets re-branded & new storage packages Original air date: May 10th, 2018 WATCH us LIVE & FOLLOW on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/moarcookies/ Tuesdays at 6:30 PM EST for eSports Wrap Thursdays at 6:30 PM EST for Tech Talk DOWNLOAD, LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE for FREE the audio version of this podcast: eSports Wrap iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/esports-wrap/id1296689303 Google Play Music: http://bit.ly/2lv6JGg Tech Talk iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-talk/id1296689293 Google Play Music: http://bit.ly/2gQamBg --------- Thanks for watching! Feel free to FOLLOW us on: Facebook: https://facebook.com/moarcookies Twitter: https://twitter.com/moar_cookies Tech Talk RSS: https://moarcookies.com/category/podcasts/tech-talk/feed/podcast/ eSports Wrap RSS: https://moarcookies.com/category/podcasts/esports-wrap/feed/podcast/ Website: https://moarcookies.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/moarcookies Feel free to support the show: Steamlabs: https://streamlabs.com/moar_cookies Twitch: https://twitch.tv/subs/moar_cookies Want to sponsor the show? Send me a message: https://www.youtube.com/moarcookies/about Podcast Theme Music by HeatleyBros: www.youtube.com/user/HeatleyBros

This week we banter with Victor Tsaran from Google Accessibility and get geeky with a lot of Android talk.