Article 19 is a podcast rooted in the firm belief that access to information is a human right. Here we offer conversations and interviews for increasing awareness, empathy, and expertise around digital inclusivity. A little nerdy, and a little techy, we hope listeners end up more informed too. We will also address why the oxford comma is awesome, and always more accessible.
Episodes
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Joined by Dr. Damien LaRock we explore the nuances and accessibility of modern communication, specifically emojis and gifs. Diving into the intended use of these icons and images, the different uses of the same icon, and how a screen reader notices them.
This episode is part of a three-part series focused on marketing and design with accessibility in mind. Check out the other episodes:
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Friday Jun 07, 2024
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Tamman's Article 19 podcast speaks with author of “There Plant Eyes”, Dr. M Leona Godin.
Host Kristen Witucki, chats with Leona about the personal and cultural history of blindness and they discuss her book "There Plant Eyes". This book delves into scientific, historical, religious, and cultural phenomena that have led to the ocularcentrism of our world. “There Plant Eyes" was the subject of one of our internal book talks which we also shared here on the podcast and led to our episode on Echolocation.
Dr. M. Leona Godin is a writer, performer, speaker, and editor with a PhD from NYU in Early Modern Literature. Her nonfiction debut is There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness (Pantheon Books, 2021), which The New Yorker called a “thought-provoking mixture of criticism, memoir, and advocacy.” In addition to her extensive and impressive creative pursuits, she has spent many years teaching literature and humanities courses at NYU, and she has given lectures on art, accessibility, technology, and disability!
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
The Tamman team talks about the book, “There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness,” by Dr. M Leona Godin. This book delves into scientific, historical, religious, and cultural phenomena, that have led to the ocularcentrism of our world, a term that Leona Godin coined to mean a visual perception and way of thinking whose impact people who are blind or low vision still feel today.
Host Kristen Witucki and other members of the Tamman team chat about the many different topics discussed in this book including echolocation, which led to us further exploring echocolation in this episode of Article 19!
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Tamman's Article 19 podcast speaks with long-time accessibility strategist and stroke survivor, Robert Jolly.
Host Kristen Witucki chats with Robert about how his career started, what led to his stroke, and why he returned to the cause of accessibility with even more conviction after his stroke.
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Friday Mar 29, 2024
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"Our only limits are the ones we think we have." - Daniel Kish
Tamman's Article 19 podcast speaks with accessibility icons Daniel Kish, the President for the World Access for the Blind and Derrick Twene, a Consultant, Coach, mobility trainer, and motivational speaker who retrained himself to navigate the world after losing his sight as an adult.
Daniel Kish is the lead founder and President of World Access for the Blind. This 501(c)(3) non-profit organization uniquely combines a self directed, no limits approach with expertise in perceptual development, positive psychology, person-centered instruction, and public education to develop and mobilize innovative. Daniel holds Master's degrees in both Developmental Psychology and Special Education. He also holds two national certifications in Orientation and Mobility, COMS and NOMC. Daniel is the first totally blind individual to obtain both certifications. He has maintained employment in this capacity since 1996 as an itinerant instructor for many school districts, rehabilitation agencies, and private persons throughout the world. He believes in a strong interdisciplinary education model, making a point to work in close collaboration with all professionals and other supports in relation to each student. Daniel has worked with nearly 1000 blind students of all ages and backgrounds, and from many cultures, as well as tens of thousands of professionals and members of the blindness community.
Derrick Twene is a charismatic, highly skilled business leader with extensive commercial experience within the chemical industry. He determined that his loss of eyesight in 2018 would not prevent him from leading an independent life, and has retrained himself to continue his professional career. He now shares his journey and insights with the visually challenged of all ages as a trainer, coach and motivational speaker. Derrick's aim is to inspire & encourage people to overcome adversity by developing and channeling their skills in order to reach their full potential.
Article 19 is created by Tamman Inc., hosted by Kristen Witucki, and is produced by Markus Goldman and Harper Yatvin.
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
The Tamman team talks about the biography of Judith Heumann, known as the Mother of the Disability Rights Movement.
Host Kristen Witucki and additional members of the team chat about Heumann's upbringing, how her public protests directly led to immense gains for the lives of people with disabilities, and her legacy after she has passed away.
Show notes are in the transcript and on the Tamman website.
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
We are thrilled to have two leaders and colleagues in the digital document accessibility space on Article 19! They are Chad Chelius and Dax Castro, hosts of the Chax Chat podcast and co-founders of Chax Training and Consulting.
Join Tamman President Marty Molloy and Article 19 Podcast Host Kristen Witucki as they talk with Chad and Dax on a thrilling announcement, the origins of Chax Training and Consulting, and what they anticipate for the future of digital documents and digital accessibility as a whole.
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Chad Chelius is an Adobe Certified Instructor, Trainer, and Expert, he is an Accessibility Document Specialist (ADS), author, consultant, and has spoken at the InDesign Summit, M-Enabling, CSUN, Tech Access, Creative Pro Week, Adobe MAX, and the Design + Accessibility Summit. As an Adobe Certified Instructor and consultant he teaches and advises on all Adobe print and web products, specializing in InDesign and InCopy workflows, Illustrator, automation, and PDF accessibility using InDesign, Word, and Adobe Acrobat.
Dax Castro is an award-winning, Adobe Certified PDF Accessibility Trainer and certified Accessible Document Specialist (ADS) with more than two decades of experience in the marketing and communications industry. He has more than 200 hours of training, is an online influencer, trainer, speaker, and accessibility advocate that pushes the envelope of technology to produce more robust accessible documents. He has spoken at Creative Pro Week, Adobe MAX, Design + Accessibility Summit, CSUN, Assistive Technology Conference, and the SMPS (Society for Marketing Professional Services).
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Digital accessibility has a huge footprint in Higher Education. Each website, professor's coursework, and student with disabilities have unique digital accessibility circumstances needed to make the experience equitable. Join our conversation with:
Kara Gaulrapp: Senior Web Accessibility Analyst at University of Pennsylvania
Marty Molloy: President of Tamman Inc.
Kristen Witucki: Accessibility Specialist and Content Creator
Resources, books, and more are found in the show notes section on this podcast's page on our website.
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Oftentimes, digital documents are created for people who are completely able-bodied. In this episode of Article 19, we speak with members of our team who either have lived experience in navigating digital document using assistive technologies, and a team member who specializes in editing digital documents.
Today's accessibility champions are:
Kristen Witucki, CPACC - Accessibility Specialist
Leah Mattern, CPACC - Digital Accessibility Engineer
Liza Grant, ADS - Document Accessibility Specialist Lead
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Longtime friends and colleagues Marty Molloy and Michael Mangos catch up and discuss the state of current affairs in digital accessibility. Joining them is Kristen Witucki, Tamman's Accessibility Specialist and Content Creator. Listen in as they cover the state of artificial intelligence, what Mangos has been up to, and an update on a loose thread dating back to one of the first episodes of Article 19.