AXSChat Podcast
AXSChat Podcast
Antonio Santos, Debra Ruh, Neil Milliken
A Blind Founder Builds An AI Assistant You Can Trust
27 minutes Posted Aug 4, 2026 at 10:00 am.
Welcome And Why Lumen Matters
Shriram’s Tech Journey And Vision Loss
What Lumen Does Beyond Chatbots
Live Demo: Inbox Summary And Image
Reliability, Attachments, And Getting Work Done
Co-Design For Low Vision Usability
Roadmap: Outlook, Calendar, More Devices
AI Trust: Transparency And User Control
Where To Find Lumen And Closing
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Your inbox is where productivity goes to die, especially when the tools assume you can constantly scan a screen, hunt for tiny buttons, and triple-check every draft. We sit down with Sriram, founder of Lumin, to unpack what happens when an AI voice assistant is built for blind and low vision users first and held to a higher standard: it has to be accurate enough to trust, fast enough to use daily, and deep enough to handle real email workflows instead of shallow commands. Sriram shares...