# The CharliVerse

> The CharliVerse is a shared, evolving world of people, companies, fashion houses, technologies and stories, and the home of two practices, Carrados and Blind Ant.

charli.info is the front door of the CharliVerse, a shared, evolving world of people, companies, fashion houses, technologies and stories created by Charli-Jo Tyrer (they/them). Carrados (https://carrados.com/, design non-fiction) and Blind Ant (https://blind-ant.com/, design fiction by Charlotte Joanne) are practices within it. The Training section, including the Confident with AI course with TAVIP, is real.

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All content is CC BY-SA 4.0. Every page is also available as Markdown at its address plus index.md, or by asking for text/markdown. The full text of the site is at https://charli.info/llms-full.txt.

## Pages

- [The CharliVerse](https://charli.info/): The CharliVerse is a shared, evolving world of people, companies, fashion houses, technologies and stories, and the home of two practices, Carrados and Blind Ant. Markdown: https://charli.info/index.md
- [Accessibility and conformance statement](https://charli.info/accessibility/): The ZIC conformance statement for charli.info: what is claimed, what was checked, what was not, and any known defects, stated honestly. Markdown: https://charli.info/accessibility/index.md
- [Charli-Jo Tyrer](https://charli.info/charli-jo/): Charli-Jo Tyrer (they/them), the writer, conceptual artist and accessibility thinker who makes the CharliVerse. This page is real. Markdown: https://charli.info/charli-jo/index.md
- [CharliPedia](https://charli.info/charlipedia/): CharliPedia is the memory of the CharliVerse, an encyclopaedia of its people, companies, products and places, written from inside the world. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/index.md
- [Aegis Dynamics](https://charli.info/charlipedia/aegis-dynamics/): Aegis Dynamics is a defence contractor that redeployed its DeathBot 2000 combat series to theatre audio description, tried to sell the same machine to homes, families and funerals, and later built the field Emma Heart raced with. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/aegis-dynamics/index.md
- [Big Charli](https://charli.info/charlipedia/big-charli/): Big Charli drops into the work of the CharliVerse when somebody needs telling, from Aegis Dynamics' brand meetings to the morning after Emma Heart's Paralympic gold. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/big-charli/index.md
- [Charlotte Joanne](https://charli.info/charlipedia/charlotte-joanne/): Charlotte Joanne is the author and operator of Blind Ant, the design fiction practice where much of the CharliVerse is first written down. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/charlotte-joanne/index.md
- [Daniel Okafor](https://charli.info/charlipedia/daniel-okafor/): Daniel Okafor, Skerry Alpha's first blind control-room technician, gave every compute pod a sound and invented operational sonification. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/daniel-okafor/index.md
- [Daniel Reed](https://charli.info/charlipedia/daniel-reed/): Daniel Reed guided Emma Heart for seven years, won Paralympic downhill silver with her in 2038, and became her head coach. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/daniel-reed/index.md
- [DeathBot 2000](https://charli.info/charlipedia/deathbot-2000/): The DeathBot 2000 (DB2K) is an autonomous combat intelligence built by Aegis Dynamics and retrained to describe live theatre to blind audiences. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/deathbot-2000/index.md
- [dice](https://charli.info/charlipedia/dice/): dice, Amanda Dyson, is a temporal explorer who lives in the patches of the future that have already arrived, and comes back to report what she found. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/dice/index.md
- [Dyson Shoal](https://charli.info/charlipedia/dyson-shoal/): The Dyson Shoal is 7,680 compute pods spread across the floor of the central North Sea, trained on whenever the wind blows. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/dyson-shoal/index.md
- [Emma Heart](https://charli.info/charlipedia/emma-heart/): Emma Heart is the British skier who, in 2038, became the first totally blind athlete to race Paralympic Super-G without a human guide, and won. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/emma-heart/index.md
- [Fiona Gauld](https://charli.info/charlipedia/fiona-gauld/): Fiona Gauld is the subsea engineer who founded Haar Compute and took the idea of oil rigs to training rigs to investors in 2029. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/fiona-gauld/index.md
- [Haar Compute](https://charli.info/charlipedia/haar-compute/): Haar Compute is the Aberdeen company that turned North Sea oil platforms into AI training rigs, and built the Dyson Shoal. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/haar-compute/index.md
- [Iceberg Hosiery](https://charli.info/charlipedia/iceberg-hosiery/): Iceberg Hosiery is the CharliVerse's house of tights, and the parent house of Seamiotics, the stocking imprint whose every seam means something. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/iceberg-hosiery/index.md
- [Isla Leask](https://charli.info/charlipedia/isla-leask/): Isla Leask certified drone swarms for the aviation regulator through most of the 2030s, then went back to flying the ten to seven out of Dyce, like her mother. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/isla-leask/index.md
- [Jessica Martinez](https://charli.info/charlipedia/jessica-martinez/): Jessica Martinez spent years as Aegis Dynamics' Senior Brand Strategist, teaching it to describe military technology as care, then left to work with Big Charli. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/jessica-martinez/index.md
- [Kelvin](https://charli.info/charlipedia/kelvin/): Kelvin is Britain's national foundation model, trained on the Dyson Shoal in 2041 and the first model with more than a quadrillion parameters. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/kelvin/index.md
- [Lady Tiggy Barnes](https://charli.info/charlipedia/lady-tiggy-barnes/): Lady Tiggy Barnes, born in 1864, is a Catholic earl's daughter who went to Oxford, came away without the degree, and spent the next six years seeing the world instead. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/lady-tiggy-barnes/index.md
- [Lucy Love-Child](https://charli.info/charlipedia/lucy-love-child/): Lucy Love-Child is the Agent Wars correspondent of The Blind AI, a former historical-dress educator who follows grand announcements down to their ordinary consequences. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/lucy-love-child/index.md
- [LULU TOM](https://charli.info/charlipedia/lulu-tom/): LULU TOM is Ludovica Tommasi's fashion house, with the lines TOMMI and LT Beneath. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/lulu-tom/index.md
- [Madison McDonnell](https://charli.info/charlipedia/madison-mcdonnell/): Madison McDonnell, the Access Provocateur, makes accessibility sexy, insisting that blind women are entitled to temptation, pleasure and style. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/madison-mcdonnell/index.md
- [Morag Leask](https://charli.info/charlipedia/morag-leask/): Morag Leask flew the ten to seven helicopter out of Dyce for thirty-four years, carrying drillers, then decommissioning crews, then compute technicians. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/morag-leask/index.md
- [Museum of Access and Assistive Technology](https://charli.info/charlipedia/museum-of-access-and-assistive-technology/): The Museum of Access and Assistive Technology preserves what assistive devices were like to live with, not just the devices; its café is where the CharliVerse meets. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/museum-of-access-and-assistive-technology/index.md
- [PostAccessibility](https://charli.info/charlipedia/postaccessibility/): PostAccessibility is a movement asking what if the interface itself was the accessibility problem, and answering that the API is the UI. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/postaccessibility/index.md
- [Seamiotics](https://charli.info/charlipedia/seamiotics/): Seamiotics is the stocking imprint of Iceberg Hosiery, and its name never travels without its founding line, every seam means something. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/seamiotics/index.md
- [Skerry Alpha](https://charli.info/charlipedia/skerry-alpha/): Skerry Alpha is the North Sea oil platform that became the first training rig, ringed by compute pods sixty metres down. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/skerry-alpha/index.md
- [The field](https://charli.info/charlipedia/the-field/): The field, officially the Distributed Tactile Spatial Environment, turns eight drones' model of a mountain into pressure across a skier's body. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/the-field/index.md
- [Tradblind](https://charli.info/charlipedia/tradblind/): Tradblind is a movement in blind life that resists the industrialisation of blindness, and asks what if blindness was allowed to feel human again. Markdown: https://charli.info/charlipedia/tradblind/index.md
- [Training](https://charli.info/training/): Accessible courses and learning resources created by Charli-Jo Tyrer with organisations and communities. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/index.md
- [TAVIP Masterclass: Agentic Accessibility](https://charli.info/training/agentic-accessibility-masterclass/): A masterclass for TAVIP on Wednesday 25 November 2026, exploring what happens when AI agents start using technology for blind and partially sighted people. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/agentic-accessibility-masterclass/index.md
- [Confident with AI](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/): A self-study course for blind and partially sighted people using generative AI confidently, critically and safely. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/index.md
- [Models, Open Weights and the Changing Frontier](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/further-study/models-and-open-weights/): Optional reading that distinguishes assistants from models and explores closed, open-weight and specialist systems. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/further-study/models-and-open-weights/index.md
- [Philosophy: Knowledge, Testimony and Answer-Shaped Objects](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/further-study/philosophy-of-answer-shaped-objects/): Optional reading about uncertainty, epistemic opacity and warranted reliance. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/further-study/philosophy-of-answer-shaped-objects/index.md
- [1. Start Here: Your First Five Minutes with AI](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/01-start-here/): Open an AI assistant and get your first useful result. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/01-start-here/index.md
- [2. Choose an AI Assistant](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/02-choose-an-ai-assistant/): Choose an accessible, affordable place to begin. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/02-choose-an-ai-assistant/index.md
- [3. Have Your First Useful Conversation](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/03-first-useful-conversation/): Improve an answer by adding purpose, context and the form you need. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/03-first-useful-conversation/index.md
- [4. Everyday Things AI Can Help You Do](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/04-everyday-things-ai-can-do/): Use AI to explain, summarise, draft, compare, plan and brainstorm. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/04-everyday-things-ai-can-do/index.md
- [5. Know What You Are Holding](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/05-know-what-you-are-holding/): Recognise a useful AI response without mistaking polish or confidence for proof. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/05-know-what-you-are-holding/index.md
- [6. What Happens If It Is Wrong?](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/06-what-happens-if-it-is-wrong/): Use green, amber and red risk bands to decide how much checking is proportionate. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/06-what-happens-if-it-is-wrong/index.md
- [7. Check an Answer Without Becoming an Expert](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/07-check-an-answer/): Check the source, date, exact wording, numbers and claim that carry the most weight. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/07-check-an-answer/index.md
- [8. Choose the Right Kind of Image Tool](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/08-choose-an-image-tool/): Match description, recognition, comparison, private processing or human help to the job. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/08-choose-an-image-tool/index.md
- [9. Ask for the Description You Need](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/09-ask-for-an-image-description/): Request an overview, literal facts, text, layout, uncertainty or atmosphere according to purpose. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/09-ask-for-an-image-description/index.md
- [10. Judge and Verify an Image Description](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/10-check-an-image-description/): Classify claims as visible, contextual, inferred or unsupported, then verify important details proportionately. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/10-check-an-image-description/index.md
- [11. Read Documents, Forms and Screenshots](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/11-read-documents-forms-and-screenshots/): Recover exact text, reading order and structure without hiding uncertainty. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/11-read-documents-forms-and-screenshots/index.md
- [12. Understand Tables, Charts and Slides](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/12-understand-tables-charts-and-slides/): Recover structure, labels, order and values before asking for interpretation. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/12-understand-tables-charts-and-slides/index.md
- [13. Create Your First Image](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/13-create-your-first-image/): Write a brief, generate an image, describe it back and make one deliberate revision. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/13-create-your-first-image/index.md
- [14. Keep Creative Control Without Sight](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/14-creative-control-without-sight/): Use intention, hierarchy and proportionate review to remain the author. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/14-creative-control-without-sight/index.md
- [15. Create a Comic or Visual Story](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/15-create-a-comic/): Plan story beats, panels, dialogue and continuity, then check reading order. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/15-create-a-comic/index.md
- [16. Create Animation and Video](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/16-create-animation-and-video/): Plan movement, dialogue, music and sound as one accessible time-based sequence. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/16-create-animation-and-video/index.md
- [17. Check and Publish Visual Work Accessibly](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/17-publish-visual-work-accessibly/): Define finished, check proportionately and publish an equivalent accessible experience. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/modules/17-publish-visual-work-accessibly/index.md
- [Session 1: Getting Useful Answers from AI](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/session-1/): Session 1 of Confident with AI, a three-part course with TAVIP. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/session-1/index.md
- [AI Assistants](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/session-1/ai-assistants/): A TAVIP handbook introducing ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini and Grok, written by Charli-Jo Tyrer. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/session-1/ai-assistants/index.md
- [Know What You Are Holding](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/session-1/know-what-you-are-holding/): Answer-shaped objects and the human judgement that makes them useful, by Charli-Jo Tyrer for TAVIP. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/session-1/know-what-you-are-holding/index.md
- [Session 2: Understanding and Creating Visual Media When You Are Blind](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/session-2/): Session 2 of Confident with AI: a practical manual for blind people using AI to understand, verify and create visual media. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/session-2/index.md
- [Session 3: Using AI Safely](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/session-3/): Session 3 of Confident with AI, a three-part course with TAVIP. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/session-3/index.md
- [General AI Assistants](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/tool-cards/ai-assistants/): Conversation, explanation, writing, research and general assistance. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/tool-cards/ai-assistants/index.md
- [Conversational Image Describers](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/tool-cards/conversational-image-description/): Quick, natural descriptions of photographs, objects and scenes. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/tool-cards/conversational-image-description/index.md
- [Human Visual-Assistance Services](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/tool-cards/human-visual-assistance/): Human verification when accuracy or judgement matters. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/tool-cards/human-visual-assistance/index.md
- [Image Generators](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/tool-cards/image-generators/): Creating and revising still images. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/tool-cards/image-generators/index.md
- [Multiple-Model Comparison](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/tool-cards/multiple-model-comparison/): Methods for comparing independent descriptions or answers. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/tool-cards/multiple-model-comparison/index.md
- [Private and On-Device Tools](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/tool-cards/private-and-on-device-tools/): Local processing, offline access and greater control over information. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/tool-cards/private-and-on-device-tools/index.md
- [Text and Document Recognition](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/tool-cards/text-and-document-recognition/): Reading text, forms, documents, tables and structured information. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/tool-cards/text-and-document-recognition/index.md
- [Video and Animation Generators](https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/tool-cards/video-and-animation-generators/): Creating movement, animation, dialogue, music and video. Markdown: https://charli.info/training/confident-with-ai/tool-cards/video-and-animation-generators/index.md