Audio Accessibility Alliance

02/06/2026

“Employers might worry that a blind person will take longer,” Reid told me. “I guarantee you that’s not the case.” He presented it as a challenge: “If anyone has that question on their mind: let’s do this! Let’s see how slow we really are!

The Audio Accessibility Alliance was featured on Transom's latest audio article, where Michelle, one of our board members, shares insight on Pro Tools and the future of mixing console accessibility.

Read on to learn from blind professionals who have built successful careers in audio journalism.

Why (and How) to Hire a Blind Producer - Transom

21/05/2026

🎚️ What better way to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day today?

There's still time to register❗️

We are excited to announce our next webinar and Q&A! Representatives from audio company DiGiCo will demonstrate their technology prototype, codenamed “DiGiVoice”, and how it enables their digital mixing consoles to talk. Join us at 7pm BST on Thursday 21 May 2026 – register now, link in comments!

The project, which has been developed in collaboration with the Audio Accessibility Alliance, aims to make digital mixing workflows accessible to blind and low vision engineers through speech feedback.

The session will cover:
• Insight into how the project began with Jon and Michelle from the Audio Accessibility Alliance.
• A demo of DiGiVoice, showing how the current prototype works with a Quantum mixing console and a connected Mac.
• Future plans for refinement, expansion, and making the technology available more widely.
• DiGiCo’s learnings from a workshop with young people with vision impairment at their Surrey HQ.

This will be the first public, open showcase of the technology, after creating a buzz at the NAMM Show, Live at Lititz, and sound:check Xpo.

DiGiCo also want to hear your questions, reactions, and ideas, including what the technology could eventually be named. Read more and register at the link in the comments below.

15/05/2026

11/05/2026

Mark your calendars for May 21 and tune in!

We are excited to announce our next webinar and Q&A! Representatives from audio company DiGiCo will demonstrate their technology prototype, codenamed “DiGiVoice”, and how it enables their digital mixing consoles to talk. Join us at 7pm BST on Thursday 21 May 2026 – register now, link in comments!

The project, which has been developed in collaboration with the Audio Accessibility Alliance, aims to make digital mixing workflows accessible to blind and low vision engineers through speech feedback.

The session will cover:
• Insight into how the project began with Jon and Michelle from the Audio Accessibility Alliance.
• A demo of DiGiVoice, showing how the current prototype works with a Quantum mixing console and a connected Mac.
• Future plans for refinement, expansion, and making the technology available more widely.
• DiGiCo’s learnings from a workshop with young people with vision impairment at their Surrey HQ.

This will be the first public, open showcase of the technology, after creating a buzz at the NAMM Show, Live at Lititz, and sound:check Xpo.

DiGiCo also want to hear your questions, reactions, and ideas, including what the technology could eventually be named. Read more and register at the link in the comments below.

19/04/2026

Today's scheduled sessions with DiGiVoice below

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18/04/2026

16/04/2026

🇲🇽 DiGiVoice travels to vibrant Mexico City this weekend for a series of hands-on demonstrations at the Soundcheck Xpo, the country's largest gathering of live events professionals. 🎚️

🎛️ Learn about its features, how it was born, and plans for the future.

📆 April 19, 20 and 21

Sala Yaqui

World Trade Center

🌎 Ciudad de México

16/03/2026

🔊The KALW Audio Academy is actively seeking blind applicants to join their newsroom.

🔺Application Deadline: March 23rd.

The KALW Audio Academy is a nine-month tuition-free audio journalism training for adults, with a focus on local news and documentary-style audio features. Training includes daily newsroom tasks like fact-checking and research, while also getting opportunities to pitch and produce stories for broadcast in our supportive, collaborative newsroom.

We’re looking for people passionate about using audio to tell stories that are rooted in the Bay Area and reflect their own interests and lived experiences.

📰 It’s a 16-20-hour-a-week commitment, including one regularly scheduled 8 hour day in the newsroom as well as additional hours for weekly evening seminars and reporting assignments.

📆 Participants will receive a $9000 stipend for the duration of the program (dependent on meeting the program requirements). The program timeline runs from September 2, 2026 – June 10, 2027.

🔗 Interested applicants can apply using this link:

https://airtable.com/app2gBHgmUygAPUQs/pago3wyQscptxclo9/form

11/03/2026

📣 Myth: Implementing accessibility in our company would be very expensive.

🔍 Fact: Small, low-cost details like today's example from Alclair Audio make a big difference!

Accessibility is not only good for people. It is also good for business. 🔊