Category: Pigeonhole Podcast

  • Pigeonhole Podcast 38: May be image of cup

    Listen to this post: (podcast audio is at the bottom of the page.) Lately, there’s a growing push to make accessibility more creative, and I think it’s just rad! In fact, some of the major players at FWD-Doc (Documentary Filmmakers with Disabilities) are presenting at this year’s SXSW a panel called Creativity Enhanced: Documentary Tools…

  • Pigeonhole Podcast 37: When can I cuss again?

    Listen to this post: Built-in accessibility in mainstream software is amazing. It’s nice to not have to purchase new apps or software if you don’t think you’re going to be using the feature long term. I’m writing this right now with Microsoft Word’s dictate feature! But there’s a darker side to this, or rather, Microsoft…

  • Pigeonhole Podcast 36: Sounds from the farm

    Listen to this post: Today, a couple of audio described super short films I made in summer 2020 at Sunflower Farm. I’ve been volunteering there since shortly after the pandemic was declared. All of the organic produce and eggs get donated to food pantries and shelters, and the farm operates year-round on a fully-volunteer basis.…

  • Pigeonhole Podcast 35: Rick Hammond in Blind Versus TBI (encore)

    Listen to this post: I love doing the blast from the past encore episodes. My conversation with poet and musician Rick Hammond from nine years ago remains the most fun podcast recording I think I’ve ever done. If I remember correctly (which I’m sure is a ludicrous thing for me to say) I didn’t prepare…

  • Pigeonhole Podcast 34: AAC Voices and Talking About Audio Description

    Listen to this post: [Podcast audio is at the bottom of the post.] Following my 2019 episode about radio and disabled voices, today’s episode is about the way people describe synthesized voices. My guest, endever*, isn’t an audio describer, and we don’t get into Audio Description (AD) per se. But AD is what led me…