{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Blind Level Tech","title":"Sriram Ganesh from Luminade: Voice First, Email Second","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2514,"description":"In this episode of Blind Level Tech, Evan Starnes and Jonathan Price welcome Sriram Ganesh, founder of Luminade, to talk about Lumin, a voice-driven email client designed especially with blind, low vision, aging, neurodivergent, and voice-first users in mind.Sriram shares his journey from growing up in India, falling in love with video games, building AI products in gaming and education, and eventually founding Luminade after being diagnosed with cone-rod dystrophy. That personal experience shaped the design of Lumin: instead of forcing users to memorize commands, navigate complex screens, or fight inaccessible interfaces, Lumin works more like a patient assistant you can simply talk to.The conversation covers privacy, AI accuracy, email overwhelm, multi-language support, future integrations with Outlook, Calendar, Google Drive, and how Luminade hopes to partner with organizations, employers, and vocational rehabilitation programs to make the tool more widely available. The episode also features a live Lumin demo and, naturally, a very serious sandwich discussion.Lumin is not publicly available in the Appstore yet, but you can join the early access beta by visiting https://luminade.ai/.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qq0NUq4nWGqX2goOdMs-oJz5Mm0YWNNh7iyXAYL6n6k/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wODFh/MDExMmY2NTVhODNk/Y2Q2MmJlYmVlMTY0/YTQ5Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}