S1E27 - Interview with David Goldfield - Marketing Director at Blazie Technologies and Accessible Technology Trainer

David Goldfield

David Goldfield is a visually impaired technology user with over 35 years of experience working in the blindness technology space. He provided tech support for Blazie Engineering and then spent 18 years providing computer training to blind children and adults. After that, he worked at Comcast as a program manager for the company’s accessibility team. David is now the marketing director for Blazie Technologies, developers of computers with an eight-dot Braille input keyboard. David is a practicing Catholic. In his spare time, you’ll find him interacting with people on Mastodon and listening to interfaith debates. David has also been a dedicated Doctor Who fan for over 40 years and enjoys audio drama, particularly science fiction.

Relevant Links:

Personal Web Site:

www.DavidGoldfield.com

Blazie Technologies, developers of BT Speak and BT Braille

www.BlazieTech.com

Leasey Central (an add-on for JAWS or Fusion)

https://hartgenconsultancy.com/leaseycentral/

FastSMRW, a Mastodon client

https://brynify.me/pages/FastSuite.php

Fedra, another Mastodon client

https://github.com/trypsynth/fedra

Mona, my Mastodon client of choice for iOS

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mona-7-for-mastodon/id6755672518

Episode Chapters

00:00 Introduction - Disability Disrupters Podcast

00:21 Introduction to Podcast

00:47 Ad - Get interviewed for Disability Disrupters podcast

01:18 Introduction to Podcast guest - David Goldfield

44:12 Advert - NZ Election 2026 Disability Policies report

44:46 Introduction to the Deep Dive discussion

45:25 Deep Dive - The exhaustion of continually educating people about blindness and disability

01:19:09 Goodbye from Dr Pam

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