Tech Talk

Discussing all types of accessible technology for blind and partially sighted people.

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New episodes every Tuesday at 1pm, repeated on Thursday at 9pm and Saturday at 5pm.

The 'Tech Talk' team try out all types of technology from a blind and partially sighted perspective. Find out about new products, from specialist equipment to off the shelf solutions, and hear from the people who make them. Get involved or join the conversation by emailing [email protected].

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Tech Talk 579: JAWS Pricing, Orbit Player, Using Chat Bots

This week, we’re getting to the bottom of the recent changes to the pricing models for the JAWS screen reader, we’ll start our new series on Artificial Intelligence, plus, Venkatesh Chari joins us to talk about the new ‘Orbit Player’ from Orbit Research.

1 hour 4 minutes 32 seconds

Tech Talk 578: Ally Solos Glasses, Beta Testing Safely, Ad Spiers

This week, we’re speaking to Envision about the new ‘Ally Solos Glasses’, Hubert tackles the question of if beta testing is a safe way to test new features before the general public, plus, we’ll be tackling some of your emails.

58 minutes 49 seconds

Tech Talk 577: AI In Museums, Audible App Demo, Wesley Martin

This week, we’ll hear how Envision are changing the way blind and partially sighted people access museums, we speak to technology enthusiast Wesley Martin, and Hubert Pawelkiewicz tries out the Audible audiobook and podcast app from Amazon.

50 minutes 2 seconds

Tech Talk 576: Johnathan Mosen Returns, Passenger Assist Chatbot, Your Emails

This week, we’re speaking to assistive technology expert Johnathan Mosen, Hubert Pawelkiewicz tries out the new AI chatbot available on the popular ‘Passenger Assist’ app, plus we’ll be exploring another ‘Tech Timeline’.

1 hour 3 minutes 57 seconds

Tech Talk 575: 'Wing It' App From APH, 'Land Of Livia' Demo, Tech Timeline

This week, Jackie Brown speaks to American Printing House about the ‘Wing It’ app for the Monarch Braille display. Plus, Hubert tries out the accessible iOS game’ ‘Land of Livia’.

1 hour 7 minutes 2 seconds

Tech Talk 574: Envision's 'Ally' AI Assistant, ‘Land of Livia’ Game, Using A Mac After iOS

This week, we’re talking about ‘Ally’ the AI assistant available on Envision smart glasses. Plus, we’ll be speaking to the developers of ‘Land of Livia’, an accessible ‘idle adventure game’ for iOS devices.

59 minutes 34 seconds

Tech Talk 573: Sight Village Central, Action Audio, Last FM Demo

This week we’re catching up with all the action from this year’s Sight Village Central exhibition, with vendors like Luna Glasses, TAVIP and Humanware. Plus, details of a new trial of ‘Action Audio’, which is aiming to keep blind and partially sighted tennis fans up to date with on-court action.

57 minutes 43 seconds

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