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S1E19 - AccessWorld #19 -- Celebrating GAAD with Gemini and Dreams of Our Future
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- AccessWorld
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- May 14, 2025
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Summary
Welcome back to another episode of AccessWorld, a podcast on digital inclusion and accessibility. As we prepare to celebrate Global Accessibility awareness day, we thought it would be great to look into the future of accessibility, welcoming our special guest to the podcast Gemini, Google’s AI platform , whcih gives us a glimpse into the power AI has toward making the world around us more accessible. Aaron and Tony take time to talk with Gemini on its latest update to provide image and real world description in real time (Editor’s Note: the version used in this episode is still in beta, so some of the lag times were edited out for brevity). The conversation serves as a launch pad to discuss how AI is already tackling tasks that three years ago seemed like light years ago in a galaxy far, far, away. Aaron then offers a breakdown on apps like Suno , which creates AI generated music. You can check out more about its own accessibility for content enthusiasts in the Spring issue of AccessWorld . The conversation moves into ways that AI may continue to be rolled out in other ways, such as when will Aaron and Tony’s guide dogs be able to take a well-deserved vacation in the Bahamas as the development of AI robots continue to flourish. Guide dog users don’t fret, we’re still quite a ways away from guide-bots. In the meantime, enjoy this special episode that dreams about the future ahead of us. The AccessWorld podcast is an extension of AccessWorld Magazine, a quarterly publication from the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB). Published each quarter, AccessWorld Magazine offers news and reviews encompassing digital inclusion and accessibility. AccessWorld celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and we’re excited to share all of our back issues online free for readers. Vi…