Victor Tsaran - Google Design Platform Accessibility Lead

28/07/2025 48 min Episodio 11
Victor Tsaran - Google Design Platform Accessibility Lead

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OUTLINE:00:00 Opening Teaser00:43 Introduction01:27 How Using A Screen Reader Is Like Looking Through A Straw03:38 What Are Earcons?04:31 Growing Up Blind In Ukraine & Moving To The US08:53 Victor On Being A Musician10:11 Why Did You Start Working With Computers?11:57 Launching A Computer Center For The Blind14:11 Victor's Advice On Public Speaking16:12 Communicating The Importance of Accessibility To People Without A Disability19:09 Role As Google Design Platform Accessibility Lead21:56 Recommended Courses For Learning About AI24:27 What Role Does AI Play In Alt Text For Images?26:31 Future of AI's Role In Accessibility28:25 What AI Tools Do You Use For Coding?32:34 Concerns About AI and Accessibility34:36 The Trolley Problem - Ethical Dilemmas In AI / Waymo40:19 Victor's Book Suggestions41:53 Things Sighted People Say To Blind People45:31 Making Art and Music Accessible47:27 Wrap Up--EPISODE LINKS:Victor Tsaran: An Introduction to Screen Readershttps://youtu.be/izrC4R7SsH4How Blind Users Experience Youtube | Victor Tsaran | Talks at Googlehttps://youtu.be/ewCSjiZ7CdoEarcon Demonstrationhttps://youtu.be/sv_swxXGc5sTEDxSiliconValley - Victor Tsaran - 12/12/09https://youtu.be/BsJB73c38ywBraille Writing Devices: Slate and Stylushttps://youtu.be/50XCmWMiM-4CompuServehttps://www.reddit.com/r/vintageads/comments/yaa0ik/compuserve_internet_access_in_1980_only_500_an/Material Designhttps://m3.material.iohttps://m3.material.io/foundations/overviewService Now - Horizonhttps://horizon.servicenow.comhttps://horizon.servicenow.com/guidelines/accessibilityVictor Tsaran's Musichttps://open.spotify.com/artist/605ZF2JPei9KqgbXBqYA16https://music.apple.com/us/artist/victor-tsaran/344507896https://www.youtube.com/@VictorTsaran/releasesVanderbilt Universityhttps://www.vanderbilt.eduhttps://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/bio/?pid=jules-whiteAndrew Ng's AI For Everyonehttps://www.coursera.org/learn/ai-for-everyoneDeepLearning.AIhttps://www.deeplearning.aiGemini Canvashttps://gemini.google/overview/canvas/CodeMirrorhttps://codemirror.netVisual Studio Codehttps://code.visualstudio.comGNU Emacshttps://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/Cursorhttps://cursor.comWindsurfhttps://windsurf.comWaymohttps://waymo.comMoral Machinehttps://www.moralmachine.netTechnofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakishttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/451795/technofeudalism-by-varoufakis-yanis/9781529926095https://www.wired.com/story/yanis-varoufakis-technofeudalism-interview/Emma Donoghue - Authorhttps://www.emmadonoghue.comEp 9 - Matt Ater - Senior Vice President, Visperohttps://youtu.be/n6NGlE3qM3EEp 2 - Jennison Asuncion - Head of Accessibility at LinkedIn, Co-Founder of GAADhttps://youtu.be/X4QsrxskWHUJames Teh at NV Accesshttps://www.nvaccess.org/about-nv-access/OSARA: Open Source Accessibility for the REAPER Applicationhttps://osara.reaperaccessibility.comVictor Tsaran's Linkshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/victortsaranhttps://www.youtube.com/@VictorTsaranhttps://x.com/vick08