Amos Miller shares the Glide Journey: Where we are now and where we are Going

GLIDE, WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE GOING

A Sunday Edition Conversation with Amos Miller

What is Glide today?

What is it not?

When will people actually begin receiving it?

And how far could this technology eventually go?

On this edition of Sunday Edition, Anthony Corona sits down with Amos Miller, Founder and CEO of Glidance, for a candid, wide ranging, and refreshingly honest conversation about Glide, the emerging mobility device designed for Blind and low vision travelers.

But before we talk about the technology, we spend a little time getting to know the person behind it.

Amos shares some of his own journey with blindness, his experiences in the world of technology, where the inspiration for Glide came from, and the path that has taken an idea through years of development toward becoming a product that Blind and low vision people may soon be using in their everyday lives.

That is only the beginning of the conversation.

From there, we get into where Glide actually stands today.

Amos talks openly about what the company has learned during its development and the road ahead for Founders, early adopters, and the larger Blind and low vision community.

We discuss tentative delivery timelines, next steps, supply chains, production, pricing, and some of the very practical realities involved in moving an ambitious accessibility technology from an idea and prototype into the hands of actual users.

We also address some of the bumps along the road.

Amos acknowledges that mistakes have been made in communication and in some presentations of Glide. We talk about those moments, the concerns they created, how they were addressed, and the importance of continuing to listen when the community raises questions.

Throughout our conversation, Amos is transparent about something equally important.

What Glide is.

And what Glide is not.

There is a clear vision for what users should expect from the device being delivered, but there are also things people should absolutely not expect it to do right now.

We talk about those distinctions, what capabilities are expected sooner, what may come later, and why managing expectations matters when excitement surrounding new technology begins racing ahead of the technology itself.

Then, toward the end of our conversation, we allow ourselves to look farther down the road.

What happens as artificial intelligence becomes more deeply integrated into mobility technology?

Could Glide eventually incorporate more robust finding capabilities?

What might deeper integration with maps make possible?

What about a follow feature?

And what other possibilities begin opening when AI, navigation, environmental information, and mobility technology start working together?

Some of those ideas belong to the future.

Others may be closer than we think.

But throughout the conversation, we keep returning to the distinction between possibility and promise.

This is a conversation about Glide as it exists now, Glide as it moves toward the hands of consumers, and the larger vision of what it might eventually become.

It is also a conversation about accessibility innovation itself.

About listening to the community.

About acknowledging mistakes.

About correcting them.

About transparency.

About being willing to say yes when the answer is yes, no when the answer is no, and not yet when the answer is not yet.

And ultimately, about what can happen when Blind and low vision people are not simply waiting at the end of the innovation process to receive whatever someone has built for us, but are active participants in shaping where that innovation goes next.

Join Anthony Corona and Amos Miller for an honest exploration of Glide, mobility, artificial intelligence, expectations, possibilities, and the evolving future of independent travel.

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