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Episode: "Nothing about us, Without Us" - Sarah Herrlinger, Apple’s senior director of Global Accessibility Policy and Initiatives. (IDPWD Bonusode)
Description: With over 20 years of experience at Apple, senior director of Global Accessibility Sarah Herrlinger joins us in studio for a conversation about how the disability community has advanced technology which has benefited everyone and if you're using an iPhone especially you! Think 'Siri' The forerunner for text-to-speech software was developed by a Silicon Valley inventor in association with the National Federation of the Blind to help the blind with some of their tasks and even text messages were invented as a way for deaf people to communicate with one another without speaking. In addition to...