2016 Schedule

Interactive: March 11–15  •  Film: March 11–19  •  Music: March 15–20

SXgood Stories: Mainstreaming Accessibility

Tuesday, March 15
1:15PM - 2:15PM

"Accessibility" is a big word --- but really, it just means technology that works for everyone. Today, there's tons of tech for people with disabilities, but often these inventions create a lane that isolates, rather than integrates, the marginalized population. How can we bring disability visibility, universal design, and overall access into the mainstream? Luckily, industry leaders have dreamt up exciting answers.

For the first time, San Francisco’s LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired is bringing true accessibility pioneers to SXSW. This event kicks off with a special presentation from Pixar Animation Studios, who with Disney have made their movies more accessible to blind people. Then we’ll hear stories from some others:

Avid, the industry standard for professional studios, is ensuring that blind audio engineers can produce platinum records again.

New and emerging impact entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, s...

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Presenters

Christian Erfurt at SXSW

Christian Erfurt

CEO

Be My Eyes

I am an entrepreneur and speaker - I am a dreamer, a believer, a darer and a doer.
My passion is innovation, personal development, changing paradigms, people and the adventures of life. This is clo...

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Ed Gray at SXSW

Ed Gray

Dir Partnering Programs

AVID

Ed just celebrated his 20th Anniversary at Avid, the leading developer of professional tools for audio and video media production, including the iconic Pro Tools digital audio platform. As the spo...

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Rupal Patel at SXSW

Rupal Patel

CEO & Founder

VocaliD INC

Rupal Patel is CEO and Founder of VocaliD, a company that is bringing speaking machines to life through its personalized digital voices. Her training as a clinician and speech scientist led to her ...

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Will Butler at SXSW

Will Butler

Communications Officer

Lighthouse For The Blind

Will Butler is a writer, editor, and media professional currently living in Berkeley, Calif. For several years he has worked as a freelance journalist, producing in-depth reporting, personal essays...

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