Blind Presenters

This directory lists 42 people who are blind or have low vision and who lead in time-based media: podcasts, talks and keynotes, video, broadcast, and film. It is meant as a resource for aspiring blind presenters and as a way to find and reach the people listed.

This is one of three companion directories, alongside Blind Authors and Blind Developers, and all three are merged in Blind Creators. Two related directories list works rather than people: Blind Apps and Blind Books.

A presenter is included here when every one of the following is true:

Up to three works are shown per presenter, and each entry ends with a “Profiles:” line — a website, podcast, channel, LinkedIn, or Wikipedia, listed alphabetically by label.

Presenters are listed alphabetically by last name, with the works grouped by type in an appendix.

This directory is English-language in scope: it relies on talks, recordings, and sources that can be followed in English. Blind presenters who work in other languages are not represented here.

Table of Contents

Presenters (Alphabetical by Last Name)

Kirk Adams

Blind since age five, a former president and CEO of both the American Foundation for the Blind and the Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind, now a professional keynote speaker on disability inclusion and accessible leadership. Profiles: Website

Keynote speaking on disability inclusion and leadership

A sought-after keynote speaker at national and international conferences on accessibility, inclusive leadership, and resilience.

Jeff Bishop

President of Blind Information Technology Solutions (BITS) and an IT accessibility consultant at the University of Arizona, who has presented assistive-technology topics for the blind community on Tek Talk and at VIBUG since 2020. Profiles: BITS, Community Access

Jeff Bishop Discusses the GLOW Accessibility Toolkit (2026)

His Tek Talk presentation on the GLOW toolkit, which audits, fixes, and templates Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Markdown, PDF, and ePub documents for accessibility.

Jeff Bishop Discusses Microsoft Edge, Part 2 (2025)

A Tek Talk walkthrough of decluttering the Edge browser for cleaner, more efficient, privacy-focused browsing with a screen reader.

Jeff Bishop Discusses iOS 18 and Its AI and Accessibility Features (2025)

A Tek Talk tour of the accessibility and AI features in the newest iPhone release.

Molly Burke

A content creator and public speaker, and the first blind creator to pass one million YouTube subscribers. Profiles: Website, Wikipedia

Molly Burke

A large body of online video and public speaking on lifestyle, advocacy, and life as a blind woman.

Anthony Corona

A podcast host and producer in the blind community. Profiles: Website

Sunday Edition

Host and producer of Sunday Edition and a family of blindness-focused podcasts, with live streaming on Corona FM.

Scott Davert

A DeafBlind assistive-technology specialist at the Helen Keller National Center and a longtime member of the AppleVis editorial team, focused on using braille displays with iOS. Profiles: AppleVis, Helen Keller National Center

AppleVis braille demonstrations

His hands-on AppleVis podcast demonstrations of braille displays and the Braille Access feature on iPhone and Mac, from a DeafBlind perspective.

Thomas “AnonyMouse” Domville

A blind member of the AppleVis editorial team, and its most prolific presenter of VoiceOver app walkthroughs and news shows. Profiles: AppleVis

AppleVis app walkthroughs

His long-running series of hands-on VoiceOver demonstrations of iOS, Mac, and HomePod apps and features for blind and low-vision users.

Apple Crunch

A monthly AppleVis news show he hosts, breaking down Apple developments for the blind and low-vision community.

Tommy “The Blind Film Critic” Edison

A film critic and radio presenter. Profiles: Website, Wikipedia

The Blind Film Critic (2011)

A long-running YouTube series reviewing films by script, music, and sound, alongside candid talks about blindness.

Lucy Edwards

A broadcaster and content creator, and the first blind presenter on BBC Radio 1. Profiles: Website, Wikipedia

Lucy Edwards

Broadcasting and a large body of online video on lifestyle, beauty, and life without sight.

Paul Edwards

A past president of the American Council of the Blind and a former Miami-Dade College professor, now a podcast host in the blindness community. Profiles: ACB Media

Tuesday Topics

Host of a regular ACB Media Network podcast that explores a single topic from a blindness perspective in depth each week, featuring panelists and live questions from the audience.

Chancey Fleet

Blind tech educator and the founding Assistive Technology Coordinator at the New York Public Library’s Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library; a 2017 Library Journal Mover and Shaker who speaks widely on blindness, accessibility, and equity in the digital commons. Profiles: Knowbility, SJSU iSchool

De-visualizing Technology: the Joys and Frictions of Blindness in the Digital Commons

A keynote on the lived experience of non-visual computing and the friction blind users meet in everyday technology.

Dark Patterns in Accessibility Tech

A Data & Society talk on “ghost written” code and the state of non-visual access to digital interactions.

Chad E. Foster

A corporate executive and international motivational speaker. Profiles: Website

Keynote speaking

Keynote addresses on resilience and turning constraints into advantage, delivered to audiences worldwide.

Tony Gebhard

A totally blind musician and assistive technology instructor from Michigan. Profiles: GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

The Tony Gebhard Show

A weekly podcast spotlighting the lives, work, and triumphs of people in the disability community across music, technology, and advocacy.

Haben Girma

An attorney, disability-rights advocate, and internationally sought keynote speaker. Profiles: LinkedIn, Website, Wikipedia

Keynote addresses

Keynote presentations for organizations worldwide, including a TIME100 Talk, on disability and innovation.

David Goldfield

A blindness assistive technology specialist with more than thirty years of experience who trains blind computer users, runs the Tech-VI announcement list, and presents live webinars and training sessions for Blazie Technologies. Profiles: Website

David Goldfield Discusses the BT Braille (2026)

His Tek Talk presentation for Accessible World on the BT Braille, a Braille-first computer with an eight-dot keyboard and speech and Braille output, with audience questions.

An Introduction to Web Browsing on BT Speak and BT Braille (2026)

A live Blazie Technologies training session he leads on browsing the web with Chromium and Firefox, browse and focus modes, forms, and Orca settings.

An Introduction to Desktop Mode (2026)

A live Blazie Technologies webinar he hosts on the Desktop Mode of the BT Speak and BT Braille, covering Orca speech settings, the Applications menu, and LibreOffice Writer.

Jeremy Grandstaff

A blind organizational-culture consultant, facilitator, and keynote speaker. Profiles: LinkedIn

A Blind Man’s Path to Opportunity (TEDxYpsilanti)

His TEDx talk; he also speaks at conferences such as M-Enabling, moderates accessibility panels and webinars, and runs a virtual roundtables program.

Lucy Greco

Blind since birth, the longtime web accessibility evangelist at the University of California, Berkeley, who wrote the UC system’s electronic accessibility policy and reviews everyday appliances for blind users on video. Profiles: Website, YouTube

Know Before You Buy (2021)

Her video series testing whether household appliances can be used without sight, so blind shoppers know before they buy and product designers see how a blind user meets a touch panel.

A History of Digital Accessibility

A UC Tech webinar tracing accessibility at Berkeley from its first blind graduate in 1896 through the disability rights movement to today’s campus policy.

Achieving an Accessibility Policy at the University of California (2014)

Her CSUN Assistive Technology Conference presentation on why a university needs an accessibility policy and how the UC system adopted one.

Christine Ha

A chef, writer, and television host; the first blind winner of MasterChef. Profiles: Website, Wikipedia

MasterChef (2012)

Won the third season of MasterChef, then hosted and judged cooking television and gave TEDx and United Nations talks.

Alex Hall

A blind member of the AppleVis editorial team who demonstrates Mac and iOS apps and introduces blind users to programming. Profiles: AppleVis

AppleVis app and programming demos

His AppleVis walkthroughs of apps such as Audio Hijack and Voice Dream Writer, plus an introductory VoiceOver series on programming with Xcode.

Brian Hartgen

A blind UK JAWS scripter, trainer, and radio presenter who co-owns Hartgen Consultancy, runs the online station Team-FM, and was a founding member of Mushroom FM. Profiles: Bluesky, Team-FM, Website, X

The Music Machine with Brian Hartgen

A long-running weekly music show on Team-FM with themed hours, features, and chances for listeners to interact.

Sunday Gold with Brian Hartgen

A weekly Team-FM show of golden oldies from the 1950s and 1960s, with music history and a countdown from a chosen year.

Brian Hartgen Talks All Things ElBraille

An Accessible World Tek Talk presentation in which he discusses the ElBraille in depth.

Michael Hingson

Blind since birth; a 9/11 survivor, international keynote speaker, and bestselling author. Profiles: LinkedIn, Website

Unstoppable Mindset

His weekly podcast on resilience and inclusion, with more than 440 episodes, alongside 100-plus keynote presentations a year worldwide.

George Kerscher

Blind since his thirties, chief innovations officer of the DAISY Consortium and a longtime leader of the accessible-publishing and EPUB standards community, who coined the term “print disabled.” Profiles: DAISY Consortium

Opening Keynote, Digital Publishing Summit (2024)

The opening keynote of EDRLab’s Digital Publishing Summit in Paris, a personal history of accessible digital publishing from the first talking books to the European Accessibility Act.

Accessibility Baked In: Publishing, Accessibility, and W3C Standards (2020)

His segment of a DAISY webinar on building accessibility into every stage of publishing, with Ace by DAISY, the SMART tool, and accessibility metadata.

EPUB 3 and Accessibility, Digital Book Conference (2011)

His conference slides on the DAISY Consortium’s role in EPUB 3 and the work needed to make the format fully accessible.

Daniel Kish

An expert in human echolocation and founder of World Access for the Blind. Profiles: TED, Wikipedia

How I Use Sonar to Navigate the World (2015)

A widely viewed TED talk on FlashSonar echolocation, part of a sustained body of talks and teaching.

Pete Lane

A blind podcaster and longtime Blind Abilities co-host who produces hands-on demo series on macOS, iOS, and audio production. Profiles: Blind Abilities

Blind Abilities demo series

His solo tutorial series for blind users, including the GarageBand, Amadeus Pro, and iPhone 101 VoiceOver series, demonstrating Mac and iOS tools step by step.

Jonathan Mosen

A broadcaster and author of technology guides. Profiles: Website

Access On

Host of the National Federation of the Blind’s weekly technology podcast.

Dave Nason

A blind member of the AppleVis editorial team and co-host of the AppleVis Extra podcast who also produces solo quick-tip VoiceOver demonstrations. Profiles: AppleVis

AppleVis quick tips and Extra

His solo VoiceOver quick-tip demonstrations for iOS and macOS, alongside co-hosting the AppleVis Extra discussion show.

Chris Nova

Founder of Mystic Access and a totally blind assistive-technology instructor with more than thirty years in the field. Profiles: Podcast, Website

The Mystic Access Podcast (2007)

Founded and hosts the long-running, regularly published podcast on assistive technology, alongside a large library of audio tutorials produced from a blindness perspective.

Kim Nova

Director of product development at Mystic Access, a totally blind instructor, writer, and regular podcast co-host who also writes as Kim Loftis. Profiles: Podcast, Website

Mystic Access audio tutorials and podcast

A body of solo audio tutorials on devices such as the Victor Reader Stream, BrailleNote Touch, and Alexa, plus a long-running role co-hosting the Mystic Access podcast.

Gary O’Donoghue

A BBC News journalist, blind since childhood, who serves as the corporation’s chief North America correspondent and was the BBC’s first blind foreign correspondent. Profiles: Wikipedia

Putting News First: Breaking Down Stereotypes as a Blind Journalist (2016)

A featured address at the National Federation of the Blind national convention on his career reporting for BBC News across radio, television, and online, from Westminster to Washington.

Chris Peterson

Founder and CEO of Penny Forward, a nonprofit offering financial education by and for blind people; he is totally blind and an accredited financial counselor. Profiles: Website

Penny Forward Podcast

Founder and host of a weekly podcast about blind people’s financial lives, interviewing blind entrepreneurs and professionals about building successful personal, professional, and financial futures.

Shaun Preece

A broadcaster who solo-hosts the monthly show Shaun of the Shed and co-hosts Double Tap. Profiles: Website

Shaun of the Shed

His own monthly show, on AMI-audio, YouTube, and podcast, guiding people who are newer to technology.

Mika Pyyhkala

A blind technology and accessibility professional in Boston and second vice president of the National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts, who has demonstrated apps, devices, and services for the VIBUG blind-technology user group since 2007. Profiles: NFB of Massachusetts

Be My Eyes New Features (2023)

A VIBUG demonstration of new features in the Be My Eyes app.

Smart Locks (2022)

A VIBUG talk and demonstration on choosing and using smart locks as a blind user.

Getting COVID-19 Tests (2021)

A VIBUG talk on the ways to obtain COVID-19 tests, including home kits, and the technology and accessibility problems each one poses.

Mark Riccobono

President of the National Federation of the Blind since 2014 and himself blind; in 2011 he became the first blind person to drive a street vehicle in public using nonvisual technology. Profiles: LinkedIn, NFB

National Convention Banquet Addresses

The banquet address he delivers each July at the National Federation of the Blind national convention, a decade-long body of featured speeches on blindness, dignity, and the organized blind movement.

Lisa Salinger

A Mystic Access instructor and longtime co-host of the Mystic Access podcast. Profiles: LinkedIn, Website

Mystic Access audio tutorials

Independently authored, course-length audio tutorials, including a 4.5-hour Apple Watch guide and a 5-hour VarioUltra course, alongside a sustained role co-hosting the Mystic Access podcast.

Fredric K. Schroeder

A longtime National Federation of the Blind leader and former US Rehabilitation Services Administration commissioner who was elected president of the World Blind Union in 2016.

The Blind of the World: Spreading the Federation Message (2015)

A national convention general-session address on carrying the organized blind movement’s message around the world.

The Blind in the World: Leadership, Philosophy, and Action on a Global Scale (2016)

A national convention address delivered the year he was elected president of the World Blind Union.

The World Blind Union: Future Challenges and Opportunities (2016)

An address surveying the global agenda for the rights and opportunities of blind people.

Steven Scott

A radio broadcaster of more than twenty years who created the United Kingdom’s first technology radio show for blind listeners; he also co-hosts Double Tap. Profiles: Website

Technology radio for blind listeners

Created and presented the first UK technology radio show for blind and partially sighted listeners across a long broadcasting career.

Sam Seavey

A low-vision creator whose channel The Blind Life reviews assistive technology. Profiles: Podcast

The Blind Life (2013)

A long-running YouTube channel and podcast of assistive-technology reviews and low-vision tips.

Penn Street

A blind disability advocate and outdoor enthusiast who lost most of her sight at age nine. Profiles: Aftersight, Spotify

The Blind Chick

Aftersight’s flagship weekly podcast, with hundreds of episodes sharing the stories of blind and low-vision people, which she hosts.

Jeff Thompson

The founder and host of the Blind Abilities podcast. Profiles: Website

Blind Abilities

A podcast of interviews, demonstrations, and stories from a blindness perspective.

Larry Turnbull (d. 2020)

The longtime director of ACB Radio, the American Council of the Blind’s internet radio network, who traveled nationally and internationally to broadcast blindness-community conventions. Profiles: Biography

Handy Around the House

His own ACB Radio show sharing home-repair and maintenance tips for blind and low-vision listeners.

Erik Weihenmayer

An adventurer and athlete, the first blind person to summit Mount Everest. Profiles: Website, Wikipedia

Keynote addresses and the No Barriers film

Keynote speaking and the documentary chronicling his expeditions and the No Barriers movement.

Peter White

A BBC broadcaster and the corporation’s disability affairs correspondent. Profiles: Wikipedia

In Touch

Presents BBC Radio 4’s long-running programme for blind and partially sighted listeners.

David Woodbridge

A blind Australian assistive-technology specialist and broadcaster; a Humanware braille product specialist and longtime Vision Australia technology presenter. Profiles: Apple Podcasts, Podbean

iSee — Using Various Technologies from a Blind Person’s Perspective (2012)

His long-running, roughly twice-weekly podcast reviewing mainstream and assistive technology — Apple devices in particular — from a blind user’s perspective.

Media by Type

The same works grouped by kind, ordered by title within each group.

Podcasts and audio

Video and online series

Television and film

Talks and keynotes

Broadcast