Podcasts by Spotlight by COOL BLIND TECH
Spotlight is a 30 minute interview where We take the time to introduce our listeners to developers, CEOs, accessibility officers in major companies, and other leaders in the blind and low vision community.
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Spotlight with Gilles Pepin–CEO of HumanWare from 2018-02-22T15:24:13
In this weeks Spotlight CBT features Mr. Gilles Pepin, the CEO of HumanWare. With more than 25 years experience, Mr. Pepin has built a solid worldwide reputation in the field of assistive technolog...
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Spotlight with Kirk Adams: President and CEO of the American Foundation for the Blind from 2017-10-01T15:07:40
In this Spotlight Interview, James Oates sits down with Kirk Adams, the president and CEO of the American Foundation for the Blind to discuss the mission of the AFB and the most pressing issues tha...
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Spotlight with James Teh: Former Director at NVAccess from 2017-08-14T18:57:36
In this Spotlight Interview, James Oates sits down with James Teh, prior to his departure from NVAccess, to discuss the following subjects: The history of NVDANVDA’s business model Keeping up w...
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Spotlight On LoganTech: Opening Doors Through Braille and Communication for All from 2017-07-28T20:16:13
Join Jessica for an exclusive interview with Glen Dobbs, President and Founder of LoganTech. Learn about their incredible journey from a small, parent-founded company with a singular purpose, to a ...
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Spotlight On Embro: Travel Like A Pro with the Walk Pro from 2017-07-19T20:42:31
Join Jessica Rickards for an exciting Spotlight with Ronit Williams, Head of Global Sales and Marketing for Embro, makers of the Walk Pro, WalkX, and the Keller Sight. Ronit explains how this compa...
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Spotlight ON Right-Hear: Indoor Navigation Made Accessible One Spot At a Time from 2017-07-12T19:08:42
Join Jessica Rickards for an exclusive spotlight interview with Idan Meir, co-founder and CEO of Right-Hear, an Israel-based company focused on providing an auditory indoor navigation solution to t...
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Spotlight On Computers for the Blind: Nobody Should Go Without Access To Technology from 2017-07-05T03:56:25
Join Jessica Rickards for an exclusive spotlight with David Jeppson, executive director of Computers for the blind, a Texas-based organization providing computers to blind and visually impaired in...
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Spotlight with Stephen Ewell: Executive Director of the CTA Foundation from 2017-06-26T23:49:38
In this Spotlight Interview, James Oates sits down with Stephen Ewell, the executive director of the Consumer Technology Association Foundation. The CTA Foundation, a public, national foundation af...
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Spotlight with Brad Turner: VP of Global Literacy at Benetech from 2017-06-04T19:00:11
In this Spotlight Interview, James Oates sits down with Brad Turner, the vice president of global literacy at Benetech. They discuss: BenetechBrad tells us about the organization and its mission. ...
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Spotlight Interview with Andrew Lahart: Head of Accessibility, Enablement, and Competency at IBM from 2017-05-15T00:54:06
In this exciting Spotlight Interview, James Oates sits down with Andrew Lahart, the head of accessibility, enablement, and competency at IBM, to talk about: Accessible Olli, the first fully acces...
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Spotlight with iMerciv: Creators of the BuzzClip from 2017-04-15T14:23:42
In this Spotlight Interview, James Oates sits down with Bin Liu and Arjun Mali, the founders of iMerciv and creators of the BuzzClip, which is a standalone wearable that helps people who are blind ...
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Spotlight On COMMTECH USA: Empowering Through Technology from 2017-03-31T17:16:44
Join Jessica for an exciting spotlight interview with Gabe Vega, CEO of Commtech USA.. He provides some insight into why he started the company and introduces us to his exciting new video projec...
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Spotlight with Charlene Xia of Team Tactile: Creators of Tactile: A Real-Time Text to Braille Device from 2017-03-24T17:21:44
In this Spotlight Interview, James Oates sits down with Charlene Xia of Team Tactile, the creators of Tactile, which is a handheld real-time text to braille device, about the size of a candy bar. ...
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Spotlight On Everett Elam: Experiencing The World Through Study Abroad from 2017-03-17T19:58:12
Join Jessica for another special CoolBlindTech Spotlight Interview. This time we feature Everett Elam, recipient of the Gilman Scholarship Program. He shares some amazing experiences and highlight...
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Spotlight with Grapheel: Making STEM Education Accessible for Blind Students from 2017-03-10T17:09:04
In this exciting Spotlight interview, James Oates sits down with the highly intelligent team at Grapheel Innovation. The team consists of: • Daniel Hajas: Blind, theoretical physics student with Ph...
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Spotlight with Suman Kanuganti: Cofounder and CEO of Aira. from 2017-03-03T16:39:01
In this CBT Spotlight interview, James Oates sits down with Suman Kanuganti, the cofounder and CEO of Aira Visual Interpreter for the Blind, to discuss a life changing new service for those who are...
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Spotlight On TellMe TV: A Futuristic Approach To Described Television from 2017-01-27T14:00:37
Join Jessica Rickards along with TellMe TV CEO, Kevin Shaw, for this spotlight on TellMe TV. Gone is the old name and website for this fantastic audio description service, and what has replaced it ...
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Spotlight Interview with the Founder of Spotlight Gateway: A Project That Provides Free iPads to the Visually Impaired. from 2016-12-29T19:50:06
In this Spotlight interview, James Oates sits down with Dr. Howard Kaplan, a retina surgeon, and the developer of Spotlight Text. Spotlight Text is an app that works with Bookshare to make eBooks a...
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Spotlight On Shelly Brisbin: When Mainstream Meets Accessibility from 2016-12-23T01:02:15
Join Jessica for this exciting spotlight interview with well-known author, tech journalist and podcaster Shelly Brisbin. Find out the latest about her very helpful book, iOS Access For All/ and h...
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Spotlight with Mark Riccobono: President of the National Federation of the Blind. from 2016-12-16T04:46:12
In this Spotlight interview, James Oates sits down with Mark Riccobono, president of the National Federation of the Blind to discuss: The purpose and history of the federation.Accessible voting. S...
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Spotlight With Kim Charlson: National President Of The ACB And Director Of The Perkins Library from 2016-12-11T16:04:07
In this Spotlight interview, James Oates sits down with Kim Charlson, the National President of the American Council of the Blind and the Executive Director of the Perkins Library. The topics inclu...
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Spotlight Interview with Jenny Lay-Flurrie: Chief Accessibility Officer at Microsoft. from 2016-11-14T17:22:33
In this powerful Spotlight Interview, James Oates sits down with Jenny Lay-Flurrie, (Chief Accessibility Officer at Microsoft), to discuss the inner workings of accessibility at Microsoft. Jenny ex...
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Spotlight On Cydalion: Taking Navigation To Mythical Proportions from 2016-11-03T15:27:03
Join Jessica for an exclusive Spotlight interview with Chad Udell, Managing Director, and Steve Richey, lead director at Float, makers of Cydalion. Cydalion is a revolutionary new app based on th...
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Spotlight On Blindfold RS Games: RS Games Is Now Available On Your iOS Device. from 2016-08-24T13:16:19
Join James Oates in this Spotlight interview with Kevin Andrews of RS Games and Marty Schultz, the developer of Blindfold Games. Blindfold Games features more than 45 popular iOS audio games such a...
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Spotlight On Comics Empower: The First Virtual Comic Book Store For The Blind And Visually Impaired from 2016-08-07T10:37:24
Join Jessica in this Spotlight interview with the creator and visionary of Comics Empower, Guy Hasson. Comic book novices and avid fans alike will appreciate this insightful discussion of the lates...
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Spotlight On Zagga TV: Entertainment For All! from 2016-06-19T15:39:28
Join Jessica as she revisits Kevin Shaw, founder of Zagga TV. Find out how you, the listener, can be part of an amazing opportunity to help make the vision of entertainment for all a reality. Liste...
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Claria: a new vision of technology from 2015-11-15T18:47:26
This week on Spotlight the Cool Blind Tech Team features Claria Zoom. Claria Zoom is an all-in-one application helping elderly&people suffering from eye diseases (AMD, glaucoma…) stay active and i...
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Spotlight with iMerciv: Feel the Buzz! Not the Bump! from 2015-10-30T02:32:52
In the Spotlight we talk to Bin Liu and Arjun Mali developers of the BuzzClip. iMerciv has developed a small, discreet and versatile wearable for people that are blind or living with significant vi...
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Comics for the Blind: A Spotlight Interview with Guy Hasson from Comics Empower from 2015-10-22T11:13:58
Comics Empower is featured in this weeks Spotlight Interview. The online comic book shop that was created by Guy Hasson. who makes comics for the blind and the visually impaired! After more than...
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CrowdViz: A Spotlight Interview with the Person Behind the Eyes from 2015-10-01T07:15:08
In this Spotlight interview we feature Akash Khanolkar the CEO of CrowdViz. CrowdViz is an iOS app that unites blind people with our trusted sighted assistants. Blind users can receive immediate si...
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Voice Dream reader on Android: A Spotlight Interview with Michael Scott from 2015-09-18T11:00:47
At the very tail end of August, Voice Dream Reader, the wildly popular book reading app, launched on Android. This opens up a huge potential market, ranging from students who want to read college...
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Hartgen Consultancy Leads Innovation Towards Bringing The Star Trek Computer To Your PC from 2015-04-01T23:40:47
On this edition of Spotlight, Cory Martin meets with Mr. Brian Hartgen, owner of Hartgen Consultancy and a well-known leader in the Assistive Technology field who has brought amazing advancements t...
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The Freedom to Read: A Spotlight Interview with the Developer of Spotlight Text. from 2015-03-04T12:08:56
Dr. Howard Kaplan, the developer of the iOS app, Spotlight Text, sits down with the team at Cool Blind Tech to discuss his amazing eBook reading app for people with low vision problems. Dr. Kaplan...
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Finding Diamonds in the Rough – a Spotlight Interview with Brent Harbolt from the Harbolt Company from 2015-02-23T14:00:56
Here at Cool Blind Tech it’s not just about technology, but also about people and today we had a unique opportunity to speak to a visually impaired entrepreneur, Brent Harbolt from The Harbolt Comp...
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Announcing Voice Dream Writer. A Spotlight Interview. from 2015-01-21T05:22:01
Winston Chen, the developer of the iOS app, Voice Dream Reader, sits down with the team at Cool Blind Tech to tell the story of how having been inspired by a Ted Talk podcast, his departure from ma...
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