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From DIY to Disability Dongles: Spanning Accessibility Space from Indispensable to Irrelevant

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Joshua A. Miele, PhD
Amazon Lab126 - Accessibility Researcher

Abstract: "I plan to use real world examples and counterexamples to illustrate basic - but-critical - do's and don’ts of the accessibility design process."

Biosketch: Joshua A. Miele received BA (1992) and PhD (2003) degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. From 2007 to 2019, he worked at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute as a principal investigator and as the associate director of research and development. Josh also served as the president of the board of directors for San Francisco’s LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired (2011–2015). Currently, he is an accessibility researcher at Amazon Lab126, where he has contributed to projects such as Braille compatibility with Fire tablets and a “Show and Tell” feature on camera-enabled Echo devices that can identify pantry and food items. Josh's goal is to create effective and affordable solutions to everyday problems blind people face, particularly access to digital information. He received a MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award in 2021.

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