swores a day ago

A blind comedian / TV personality in the UK has just done a TV show on this subject - I haven't seen it, but here's a recent article about it: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/nov/23/chris-m...

  • lukecarr a day ago

    Chris McCausland is great. A fair bit of his material _does_ reference his visual impairment, but it's genuinely witty and sharp, and it never feels like he's leaning on it for laughs/relying on sympathy.

    He did a great skit with Lee Mack at the BAFTAs 2022[0], riffing on the autocue the speakers use for announcing awards.

    [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLhy0Zq95HU

  • latexr a day ago

    Hilariously, he beat the other teams in the “Say What You See” round (yes, really) of last year’s Big fat Quiz. No AI involved.

    https://youtu.be/i5NvNXz2TSE?t=4732

    • swores a day ago

      Haha that's great!

      I'm not a fan of his (nothing against him, just not my cup of tea when it comes to comedy and mostly not been interested in other stuff he's done), but the few times I have seen him as a guest on shows it's been clear that he's a generally clever person.

joedevon a day ago

If you want to see more on this topic, check out (google) the podcast I co-host called Accessibility and Gen. AI.

  • tippa123 21 hours ago

    Honestly, that’s such a great example of how to share what you do on the interwebs. Right timing, helpful and on topic. Since I’ve listened to several episodes of the podcast, I can confirm it definitely delivers.

  • moss_dog a day ago

    Thanks for the recommendation, just downloaded a few episodes!;

chrisweekly a day ago

Same! @devinprater, have you written about your experiences? You have an eager audience...

  • devinprater 5 hours ago

    I suppose I should write about them. A good few will be about issues with the mobile apps and websites for AI, like Claude not even letting me know a response is available to read, let alone sending it to the screen reader to be read. It's a mess, but if we blind people want it, we have to push through inaccessibility to get it.