Eamon McErlean & Joe Devon - AIMAC: The AI Model Accessibility Checker

Eric Provencher, Founder of Repo Prompt

OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 01:26 Introduction 02:39 Eric's Career Path To Launching Repo Prompt 08:01 Making The Decision To Launch Repo Prompt 10:32 What Is A Context Window And Why Does it Matter? 13:38 What Is Repo Prompt Used For? 18:08 How Do You Solicit Feedback From The Users? 21:02 OpenClaw vs Hermes 24:36 Context Engineering vs Prompt Engineering 26:54 Repo Prompt Demonstration and Workflow 45:28 What Have You Learned As An Entreprenuer? 46:38 Why You Should Use Open Source Models with Caution 52:53 Keeping Accessibility In Mind When Coding 01:00:01 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: Repo Prompt https://repoprompt.com [https://repoprompt.com] Unity https://unity.com [https://unity.com] OpenClaw https://openclaw.ai [https://openclaw.ai] Hermes Agent https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com [https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com] Cursor https://cursor.com [https://cursor.com] Claude Code https://claude.com/product/claude-code [https://claude.com/product/claude-code] Eric Provencher on X https://x.com/pvncher [https://x.com/pvncher] Eric Provencher on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/provencher [https://www.linkedin.com/in/provencher]

Fred Moltz of Verizon & Stephen Ewell of CTA Foundation

OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 00:46 Introduction 01:48 Fred's Journey To Being Chief Accessibility Officer at Verizon 03:07 About CES & Commitment to Accessibility 05:56 Developing The Accessibility Stage at CES 15:48 Idea Behind The Accessibility Stage at CES 21:56 How Verizon Embraced Accessibility 27:29 Steve's Path To His Role At CTA Foundation 34:23 How To Integrate Accessibility At A Corporation 39:11 How Accessibility Can Benefit Everyone 40:21 Importance of Creating Awareness About Accessibility 43:17 Who's Impacted By Accessibility 45:38 Favorite Use of AI and Accessibility Working Together 56:36 Proudest Career Moment vs What You Would Do Differently 01:02:39 Future of the Accessibility Stage at CES 01:08:45 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: Verizon - Accessibility Resource Center https://www.verizon.com/accessibility [https://www.verizon.com/accessibility] CTA Foundation https://www.ctafoundation.tech [https://www.ctafoundation.tech] CES https://www.ces.tech [https://www.ces.tech] Stephen Ewell on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveewell/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveewell/] Fred Moltz on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-moltz-b730b713/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-moltz-b730b713/] --

Denny Vrandečić - Head of Special Projects at Wikimedia Foundation

OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 00:46 Introduction 01:34 What's The Relationship Between Wikimedia and Wikipedia? 02:02 Denny's Professional Background & Current Role 05:32 What is The Semantic Web? 07:58 Original Proposal For The Web vs The Semantic Web 14:12 When Denny Locked Sir Tim Berners-Lee, The Inventor of The Web, In His Car 15:09 What Is A Knowledge Graph? 19:57 About The New Project, Abstract Wikipedia 30:06 Using Functions vs LLMs for Language Translations 40:19 Using AI For Accessibility 44:14 World Models vs. Large Language Models 51:25 How To Support Wikipedia & Contact Denny 54:13 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: Wikipedia https://www.wikipedia.org Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org Abstract Wikipedia https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia Contact Denny Vrandečić https://mas.to/@vrandecic Denny Vrandečić on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/vrandecic/ Denny Vrandečić on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/vrandezo

Eamon McErlean & Joe Devon - AIMAC: The AI Model Accessibility Checker

OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 00:50 Introduction 02:23 The Importance and Goals of AIMAC 06:03 Service Now's Priority for Accessibility 12:09 Challenges of Developing AIMAC 17:25 What is AIMAC and how does it function? 21:41 Part of What Inspired AIMAC 24:50 Using OpenRouter - The Unified Interface for LLMs 29:08 AIMAC's Leaderboard of AI Models and How They Ranked 37:03 Examples of System & User Prompts and the Generated HTML Pages 39:56 Using AIMAC For Your Own LLM 40:54 What Surprised Joe The Most (The Results) 43:32 Webpage Previews Generated By All Models For Multiple Categories 44:56 How To Provide Feedback or Contact Joe re: AIMAC 48:56 Pareto Frontier Chart Measures Quality & Cost 51:35 Demonstration of How AIMAC Benefits Screen Readers For People Who Are Visually Impaired 01:06:07 Results of Using MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 01:09:57 Top 6 Accessibility Issues Caused By AI Models 01:11:58 How Em Dashes Generated by AI Model Affects Accessibility 01:14:13 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: AIMAC: The AI Model Accessibility Checker https://aimac.ai [https://aimac.ai] ServiceNow Accessibility Statement https://www.servicenow.com/accessibility-statement.html [https://www.servicenow.com/accessibility-statement.html] GAAD Foundation https://gaad.foundation [https://gaad.foundation] Accessibility at ServiceNow https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCOmiTb5WX3q5qCG_QqYip2IZrvao7Bwp [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCOmiTb5WX3q5qCG_QqYip2IZrvao7Bwp] Webpage Sample: https://aimac.ai/output/reports/current/assets/html/gemini-3-pro-preview/sports-1408 [https://aimac.ai/output/reports/current/assets/html/gemini-3-pro-preview/sports-1408] Axe-core - Accessibility engine for automated Web UI testing https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core [https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core] A11y LLM Eval https://microsoft.github.io/a11y-llm-eval-report/ [https://microsoft.github.io/a11y-llm-eval-report/] CodeGen Model Eval and Refine Tools https://github.com/aarongustafson/CodeGen-Model-Eval-and-Refine-Tools [https://github.com/aarongustafson/CodeGen-Model-Eval-and-Refine-Tools] Evinced https://www.evinced.com [https://www.evinced.com] WebAIM Million - The 2025 report on the accessibility of the top 1,000,000 home pages https://webaim.org/projects/million/ [https://webaim.org/projects/million/] ArcTouch - The State of Mobile App Accessibility Report https://arctouch.com/state-of-mobile-app-accessibility [https://arctouch.com/state-of-mobile-app-accessibility] OpenRouter https://openrouter.ai [https://openrouter.ai] Moonshot AI https://www.moonshot.ai [https://www.moonshot.ai] Github - AI Model Accessibility Checker https://github.com/GAAD-Foundation/AIMAC [https://github.com/GAAD-Foundation/AIMAC] MiniMax-M1 - The world's first open-weight, large-scale hybrid-attention reasoning model. https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-M1 [https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-M1] The Pareto Frontier For AI Agents https://cobusgreyling.substack.com/p/the-pareto-frontier-for-ai-agents [https://cobusgreyling.substack.com/p/the-pareto-frontier-for-ai-agents] Em Dash, En Dash and Hyphen: The Guide I Needed https://hrot.substack.com/p/em-dash-en-dash-and-hyphen-the-guide [https://hrot.substack.com/p/em-dash-en-dash-and-hyphen-the-guide] Eamon McErlean on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/emcerlean/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/emcerlean/] Joe Devon on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/joedevon/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/joedevon/] Jennison Asuncion on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennison/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennison/]

Eugene Woo - CEO of Venngage

OUTLINE: 00:00 Opening Teaser 00:53 Introduction 01:24 Eugene's Background That Led To His Current Role 03:18 What Inspired The Idea for Venngage 06:23 Lessons Learned Being An Entrepreneur of Start-Ups 10:40 How Do You Maintain The Start-Up Culture As A Company Expands 15:04 Venngage's Decision To Focus On Accessibility 19:39 How Venngage Incorporated Accessibility Into Their Product 21:52 Favorite AI Models and Platforms 25:11 Demonstration of Creating An Infographic About Accessibility 36:33 What Are The Testing Processes For Accessibility? 40:08 The Future of Venngage 42:36 Are You Using AI To Build Venngage? 44:03 Have Your Customers' Expectations Changed Since The Use of AI? 46:50 Will AI Democratize Access To Technology or Make It Worse? 48:49 Will AI-based Tools Automatically Make Documents Accessible? 52:33 Wrap Up -- EPISODE LINKS: Venngage https://venngage.com [https://venngage.com] Startup Weekend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_Weekend_(organization) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_Weekend_(organization)] ServiceNow Accessibility Statement https://www.servicenow.com/accessibility-statement.html [https://www.servicenow.com/accessibility-statement.html] Eugene Woo https://www.linkedin.com/in/yjwoo/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/yjwoo/] Venngage on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/venngage/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/venngage/]