Epic Ally (Carrie on Accessibility)
Episodes
Solving a Rubik's Cube Blind | Epic A11y Podcast
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yes! Blind people can solve rubik's cubes and speed cubes. Just add some tactile markings and anyone can solve non-visually. In this video, I'...
EchoVision Pioneer Edition - Update from Agiga
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Agiga is poised to launch their EchoVision Pioneer Editions on October 29th. In this episode, I share an interview with Agiga about this update, why t...
Digital Accessibility by people with Disabilities with Easy Surf | Epic A11y
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Digital Accessibility is crucial for assistive technology users in the blind, low vision, and disability community. Easy Surf was created by people wi...
Technology at CSUN and is accessibility left behind? Featuring Double Tap
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Carrie chats with Steven and Shaun from Double Tap to discuss their experience at CSUN, hands on with the technology there, an...
EchoVisions Glasses: AI Wearable for the Blind & Visually Impaired from Agiga
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The EchoVision smart glasses are being developed by Agiga and will have AI descriptions, facial recognition, text reading, integration with Be My Eyes...
SuperBrain 1 from 7Sense - A Haptic Wearable
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A wearable called the SuperBrain 1 from 7Sense wants to give the blind and visually impaired a remote sense of touch with haptics. Learn all about wha...
Talking Signs with Right Hear | Epic A11y
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if signs could talk? That's what Right hear wants to do! In this episode, I talk to the CEO of Right Hear, Idan Meir, to discuss their technolog...
Navigating by music with Ben Vision, Speakaboo AI, and ViddyScribe audio description | Epic A11y
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can you imagine not being able to see anything, and listening to music to find your way and learn what's around you? Or would you rather AI give you d...
Gaming Accessibility with Illegally Sighted from a Blindness & Low Vision Perspective
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can someone blind or visually impaired play video games? What kinds of accessibility features are there, and what's not accessible and frustrating in ...
Envision Apps & Glasses and a look into it's future for assistive technology
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Envision offers a free app, and for purchase, the Envision Glasses for the blind and visually impaired that helps with text recognition, facial recog...
EchoVision Glasses: Could it be the most promising smart glasses for the blind & visually impaired?
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The EvhoVision smart glasses is a wearable that looks like a pair of regular glasses, but features multiple accessibility tools and AI made especiall...
Tagging Objects and Spaces with the OOrion app
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OOrion is an iOS app that can help you find and identify text and objects- even personal objects that you scan! Plus, they're working on making s...
An accessible shopping platform experience? - Innosearch.AI
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As a blind or visually impaired person, what's your online shopping experience like? On this Epic A11y Podcast, I interview Brain, Co-founder of ...
NOA Mobility Harness - Navigation Obstacle Detection and AI description by Biped
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Biped is working on a new mobility device for the blind and visually impaired called NOA. This stands for Navigation, obstacle detection, and AI. You ...
Navishare - New free app for mapping and navigation using AI under development
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I interviewed Paul Ruvolo, the developer of the CLEW app, about a new app under development. It may or may not be called Navishare, b...
UPDATED Glide - A New Robot Mobility Device from Glidance | Epic A11y Podcast
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Glide is a new mobility aid that's being developed by Glidance. It has a long adjustable handle, and as you push it it steers you. At the bottom ...
ARx AI - Headset with OCR, AI, and works with Seeing AI
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join me as I interview Charles Leclercq, the CEO of ARx Vision. We discuss the new 1.5 generation of the ARx AI headset - a bone conduction headset wi...
Access AI - Aira's NEW AI feature! | Epic A11y Episode
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aira recently announced Access AI for their Aira Explorer apps. It's in Bata and with it you'll be able to upload images and get descriptions...