VizWiz

Danna Gurari•vizwiz.org

Welcome to the VizWiz podcast, where we explore two questions: "what are visual challenges blind people encounter in their daily lives?" and "what are technological advancements helping blind people to live more independently?" The hosts are a diverse team of researchers from academia and industry with a shared passion around developing more inclusive artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. We interview the world’s leading AI researchers, technology advocates from the blind community, and industry specialists to raise awareness about current access technologies and help inspire their future.

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Episodes

EP02: Perspective of Industry Developers on The Challenges and Opportunities for Advancing Visual Interpretation Technologies

Brief summary of the episode Saqib Shaikh, Will Butler, and Karthik Kannan share about their experiences developing visual interpretation products and services for blind and low vision users. Questions asked in the episode [03:10] Could you share how you are trying to improve products and services for people with vision impairments within your company and how you got into your current line of work? [11:18] What are the challenges that are encountered in trying to improve upon the state of access...

Aug 01, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 2

EP01: Computer Vision: What People with Vision Impairments Experience and Want

Brief summary of the episode Stephanie Enyart, Robin Christopherson, and Daniel Kish share about their experiences advocating for better visual interpretation technology for blind and low vision users as well as their experiences—as people with visual impairments—using such technologies. Questions asked in the episode [03:50] How did you get into your current line of work? [13:50] What technologies do you use to overcome accessibility barriers you encounter in your daily life and what features d...

Aug 01, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 1

EP04: A Product Developer, Blind Technology Advocate, and Computer Vision Researcher Discuss the Future for Visual Interpretation Technologies (Stephanie, James, Karthik)

Brief summary of the episode Stephanie Enyart, James Coughlan, and Karthik Kannan share very diverse perspectives around the development of visual interpretation technologies to meet the interests and needs of people with vision impairments. Questions asked in the episode [02:24] Could you share about what has surprised you the most about progress that has taken place over the past 10-20 years around technologies that provide visual assistance to real-world users? [08:25] What do you see as the ...

Aug 01, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 4

EP05: A Product Developer, Blind Technology Advocate, and Computer Vision Researcher Discuss the Future for Visual Interpretation Technologies (Daniel, Andrew, Karthik)

Brief summary of the episode Daniel Kish, Andrew Howard, and Will Butler share very diverse perspectives around the development of visual interpretation technologies to meet the interests and needs of people with vision impairments. Questions asked in the episode [03:04] Could you share about what has surprised you the most about progress that has taken place over the past 10-20 years around technologies that provide visual assistance to real-world users? [08:10] What do you see as the current l...

Aug 01, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 5

EP03: Perspectives of Computer Vision Researchers on the Challenges and Opportunities for Advancing Visual Interpretation Technologies

Brief summary of the episode Marcus Rohrbach, Andrew Howard, and James Coughlan share about their experiences developing state-of-art research in visual interpretation algorithms and systems. Questions asked in the episode [04:30] For the sake of the audience, could you share how you got into your current line of work as a computer vision researcher and share about what problems you work on? [17:46] What are the kinds of methods you are using to tackle the problems you are working on and what ar...

Aug 01, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 3

EP06: A Product Developer, Blind Technology Advocate, and Computer Vision Researcher Discuss the Future for Visual Interpretation Technologies (Robin, Saqib, Marcus)

Brief summary of the episode Robin Christopherson , Saqib Shaikh, and Marcus Rohrbach share very diverse perspectives around the development of visual interpretation technologies to meet the interests and needs of people with vision impairments. Questions asked in the episode [02:22] Could you share about what has surprised you the most about progress that has taken place over the past 10-20 years around technologies that provide visual assistance to real-world users? [08:10] What do you see as ...

Aug 01, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 6

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