{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Who Invented VoiceOver?","description":"PART ONE: Mike Shebanek made Apple products work for everyone. He wasn\u2019t always an accessibility maven, though. Mike worked his way up to become the product manager for some of Apple\u2019s most famous and influential products \u2013 from the original iMac to the first-ever iPad. And when he found himself pushing for the failing consumer electronics company to develop and deploy a free, built-in screen reader for what was then considered a niche community of blind students, many might have called him crazy. What followed was not only Apple\u2019s rise as both a mainstream company and an accessibility leader, but a ripple effect which changed the whole industry and motivated our world\u2019s largest companies to show that they, too, could develop technology that works for everyone. Part 1 includes discussion of Mike\u2019s early days at Apple, and the events leading up to the creation of VoiceOver. Part 2 includes discussion of Apple from 2004-2013 and Mike\u2019s ensuing work at Yahoo\/Verizon, where he created a model for accessibility departments that has been recreated all over Silicon Valley. ","author_name":"13 Letters","author_url":"https:\/\/www.bemyeyes.com\/","html":"