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Accessibility and Gen AI Podcast

Accessibility and Gen AI Podcast

Written by: Eamon McErlean Joe Devon
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A podcast that interviews the news makers and thought leaders in the world of Accessibility and Artificial Intelligence. Hosted by Eamon McErlean and Joe Devon.2024 Accessibility and Gen AI Economics
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  • Eamon McErlean & Joe Devon - AIMAC: The AI Model Accessibility Checker
    Feb 16 2026

    OUTLINE:

    00:00 Opening Teaser
    00:50 Introduction
    02:23 The Importance and Goals of AIMAC
    06:03 Service Now's Priority for Accessibility
    12:09 Challenges of Developing AIMAC
    17:25 What is AIMAC and how does it function?
    21:41 Part of What Inspired AIMAC
    24:50 Using OpenRouter - The Unified Interface for LLMs
    29:08 AIMAC's Leaderboard of AI Models and How They Ranked
    37:03 Examples of System & User Prompts and the Generated HTML Pages
    39:56 Using AIMAC For Your Own LLM
    40:54 What Surprised Joe The Most (The Results)
    43:32 Webpage Previews Generated By All Models For Multiple Categories
    44:56 How To Provide Feedback or Contact Joe re: AIMAC
    48:56 Pareto Frontier Chart Measures Quality & Cost
    51:35 Demonstration of How AIMAC Benefits Screen Readers For People Who Are Visually Impaired
    01:06:07 Results of Using MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5
    01:09:57 Top 6 Accessibility Issues Caused By AI Models
    01:11:58 How Em Dashes Generated by AI Model Affects Accessibility
    01:14:13 Wrap Up

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    EPISODE LINKS:

    AIMAC: The AI Model Accessibility Checker
    https://aimac.ai

    ServiceNow Accessibility Statement
    https://www.servicenow.com/accessibility-statement.html

    GAAD Foundation
    https://gaad.foundation

    Accessibility at ServiceNow
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCOmiTb5WX3q5qCG_QqYip2IZrvao7Bwp

    Webpage Sample:
    https://aimac.ai/output/reports/current/assets/html/gemini-3-pro-preview/sports-1408

    Axe-core - Accessibility engine for automated Web UI testing
    https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core

    A11y LLM Eval
    https://microsoft.github.io/a11y-llm-eval-report/

    CodeGen Model Eval and Refine Tools
    https://github.com/aarongustafson/CodeGen-Model-Eval-and-Refine-Tools

    Evinced
    https://www.evinced.com

    WebAIM Million - The 2025 report on the accessibility of the top 1,000,000 home pages
    https://webaim.org/projects/million/

    Arctouch - The State of Mobile App Accessibility Report
    https://arctouch.com/state-of-mobile-app-accessibility

    OpenRouter
    https://openrouter.ai

    Moonshot AI
    https://www.moonshot.ai

    Github - AI Model Accessibility Checker
    https://github.com/GAAD-Foundation/AIMAC

    MiniMax-M1 - The world's first open-weight, large-scale hybrid-attention reasoning model.
    https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-M1

    The Pareto Frontier For AI Agents
    https://cobusgreyling.substack.com/p/the-pareto-frontier-for-ai-agents

    Em Dash, En Dash and Hyphen: The Guide I Needed
    https://hrot.substack.com/p/em-dash-en-dash-and-hyphen-the-guide

    Eamon McErlean on LinkedIn
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/emcerlean/

    Joe Devon on LinkedIn
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/joedevon/

    Jennison Asuncion on LinkedIn
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennison/

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Eugene Woo - CEO of Venngage
    Dec 22 2025

    OUTLINE:
    00:00 Opening Teaser
    00:53 Introduction
    01:24 Eugene's Background That Led To His Current Role
    03:18 What Inspired The Idea for Venngage
    06:23 Lessons Learned Being An Entrepreneur of Start-Ups
    10:40 How Do You Maintain The Start-Up Culture As A Company Expands
    15:04 Venngage's Decision To Focus On Accessibility
    19:39 How Venngage Incorporated Accessibility Into Their Product
    21:52 Favorite AI Models and Platforms
    25:11 Demonstration of Creating An Infographic About Accessibility
    36:33 What Are The Testing Processes For Accessibility?
    40:08 The Future of Venngage
    42:36 Are You Using AI To Build Venngage?
    44:03 Have Your Customers' Expectations Changed Since The Use of AI?
    46:50 Will AI Democratize Access To Technology or Make It Worse?
    48:49 Will AI-based Tools Automatically Make Documents Accessible?
    52:33 Wrap Up

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    EPISODE LINKS:

    Venngage
    https://venngage.com

    Startup Weekend
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_Weekend_(organization)

    ServiceNow Accessibility Statement
    https://www.servicenow.com/accessibility-statement.html

    Eugene Woo
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/yjwoo/

    Venngage on LinkedIn
    https://www.linkedin.com/company/venngage/

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    53 mins
  • Molly Lazarus - Director of Remarkable / Arman Nobari & Anthony Gibson - Co-Founders of Good Trouble
    Nov 12 2025

    OUTLINE:
    00:00 Opening Teaser
    01:29 Introduction
    02:08 How Accessibility Became Part of Molly's Career Path
    09:33 Lessons Learned From Working In Start-Ups
    13:03 Some of the Companies in Remarkable's Accelerator Cohort
    17:21 How Companies Are Chosen by Remarkable
    19:27 Remarkable's Funding As A Non-Profit Organization
    21:34 How Does Molly Use AI In Her Daily Life
    25:20 How Will AI Play A Role In Accessibility
    30:20 Startups In Remarkable's Accelerator Cohort This Year
    34:54 Introduction To Good Trouble
    38:21 How Good Trouble's Co-Founders Teamed Up
    40:03 How Accessibility Hardware Benefits A Person With A Disability
    41:53 Introduction To AbleToPlay
    46:28 How AbleToPlay Has Benefited A Family With Special Needs
    48:10 About Vault Labs
    53:32 Wrap Up

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    EPISODE LINKS:

    Remarkable
    https://www.remarkable.org

    How I AI Podcast
    https://www.youtube.com/@howiaipodcast

    ServiceNow Releases Voice Agents as part of the AI Experience
    https://www.servicenow.com/community/servicenow-ai-platform-blog/servicenow-releases-voice-agents-as-part-of-the-ai-experience/ba-p/3419367

    Remarkable 2025 Accelerator US Cohort
    https://www.remarkable.org/blog-posts/remarkable-2025-accelerator-us-cohort

    Google's Project Relate
    https://sites.research.google/relate/

    The Ask Grandma Project
    https://www.askgrandma.co

    Blueberry Technology
    https://www.blueberry.technology

    Glidance
    https://glidance.io

    WheelPad
    https://www.wheelpad.com

    Good Trouble
    https://www.goodtrouble.games

    AbleToPlay
    https://abletoplay.com/pilot

    Microsoft Super Bowl Commercial
    https://youtu.be/vQYzsiVscNg

    Vault Labs
    https://vaultlabs.co

    Molly Lazarus
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollymlevitt/

    Arman Nobari
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/armannobari/
    https://armannobari.com

    Anthony Gibson
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/agibson/

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    55 mins
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