{"id":35500,"date":"2017-03-21T09:23:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T16:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/say-hello-to-waymo-audio-described"},"modified":"2017-06-04T07:08:20","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T14:08:20","slug":"say-hello-to-waymo-audio-described","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/say-hello-to-waymo-audio-described","title":{"rendered":"Say hello to Waymo (audio-described)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4JSOvXzyISc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This video is audio described for the visually-impaired. The original version can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uHbMt6WDhQ8\" class=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uHbMt6WDhQ8\" data-servicelink=\"CC4Q6TgYACITCPWqtfOA6NICFQXOrgodXhsPgCj4HQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uHbMt6WDhQ8\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/uHbMt6WDhQ8<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Waymo\u2014formerly the Google self-driving car project\u2014stands for a new way forward in mobility. In 2015, we invited Steve Mahan, former CEO of the Santa Clara Valley Blind Center, for a special ride. Steve had ridden in our cars in the past\u2014first accompanied by a test driver in 2012 and then on a closed course in 2014. This time was different. Steve experienced the world\u2019s first fully self-driving ride on public roads, navigating through everyday traffic with no steering wheel, no pedals, and no test driver. See highlights of Steve\u2019s ride: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ArYTxDZzQOM\" class=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ArYTxDZzQOM\" data-servicelink=\"CC4Q6TgYACITCPWqtfOA6NICFQXOrgodXhsPgCj4HQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ArYTxDZzQOM\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/ArYTxDZzQOM<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been working on self-driving vehicles since 2009, and we are now an independent self-driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things move around. Learn more about Waymo:<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/waymo.com\" class=\"\" data-servicelink=\"CC4Q6TgYACITCPWqtfOA6NICFQXOrgodXhsPgCj4HQ\" data-url=\"https:\/\/waymo.com\" data-target-new-window=\"True\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/waymo.com\">https:\/\/waymo.com<\/a><\/a><br \/> Blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/waymo.com\/blog\" class=\"\" data-servicelink=\"CC4Q6TgYACITCPWqtfOA6NICFQXOrgodXhsPgCj4HQ\" data-url=\"https:\/\/waymo.com\/blog\" data-target-new-window=\"True\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/waymo.com\/blog\">https:\/\/waymo.com\/blog<\/a><\/a><br \/> YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/waymo\" class=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/waymo\" data-sessionlink=\"itct=CC4Q6TgYACITCPWqtfOA6NICFQXOrgodXhsPgCj4HQ\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/waymo\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/waymo<\/a><\/a><br \/> Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/waymo\" class=\"\" data-servicelink=\"CC4Q6TgYACITCPWqtfOA6NICFQXOrgodXhsPgCj4HQ\" data-url=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/waymo\" data-target-new-window=\"True\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/waymo\">https:\/\/facebook.com\/waymo<\/a><\/a><br \/> Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/waymo\" class=\"\" data-servicelink=\"CC4Q6TgYACITCPWqtfOA6NICFQXOrgodXhsPgCj4HQ\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/waymo\" data-target-new-window=\"True\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/waymo\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/waymo<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4JSOvXzyISc&feature=share\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4JSOvXzyISc&feature=share<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video is audio described for the visually-impaired. The original version can be found here: https:\/\/youtu.be\/uHbMt6WDhQ8 Waymo\u2014formerly the Google self-driving car project\u2014stands for a new way forward in mobility. In 2015, we invited Steve Mahan, former CEO of the Santa Clara Valley Blind Center, for a special ride. Steve had ridden in our cars in [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35500"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58349,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35500\/revisions\/58349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}