BLIND ENVY is a pair of tactile audio tools, a field recorder and a studio editor, designed for blind creators, paired with an eight-episode podcast series in which blind storytellers use the devices to produce their own work. Drawing inspiration from the tape era, when blind audio engineers excelled in aural and tactile workflows that have since been displaced by screen-bound digital audio workstations, the team’s hardware replaces graphical interfaces with motorized faders, jog wheels, and dedicated single-function controls. The project aims to rebuild a domain of professional audio work that is genuinely accessible to blind creators, and in doing so, to make the sighted envy the blind.
Building the Social Policy Commons for Journalists2026-2027
