Sight and Sound Technology is the UK's leading provider of hardware and software to the blind, visually impaired and those with learning and reading difficulties. Our podcast is another channel for us to communicate all our latest news, talk about our product portfolio and speak to the people for whom our products are making a life-changing impact.
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How many times have you said ‘let me check the diary’? For many of us an electronic diary is a core part of our digital arsenal and, in many cases, we’re accessing it on more than one device. So, what’s available and how does all this tech work? IN this session, Sight and sound Technology’s Sharon Lyons and Stuart Lawler explore two big players in this space, with calendar offerings from Google and Microsoft.
For well over the last 10 years Google have been leaders in cloud computing applications. Their suite of offerings including Google Mail, Drive, Calendar, Docs and Sheets are used the world over in education, business and at home. In this session we're looking at accessibility within the Google suite, as we focus specifically on Mail, Calendar and Drive. You’ll learn lots of handy shortcuts and will develop an awareness of how you can harness your assistive technology to work optimally with Goog...
Welcome to Desert Island Tech, a new podcast from Sight and Sound Technology, where we talk to people with disabilities to find out how technology has shaped their lives. ON this our very first episode, we're meeting Amie Hynes Fitzpatrick, who works as the Corporate Social Responsibility Lead for Scope Eyecare. Amie has low vision and talks about her life and the technology she uses.
It's been a busy few months at Sight and Sound Technology, with a gradual return to face-to-face contact with our customers, the introduction of the ConnectWise system and our on-going journey towards ISO 9001 certification. In this episode, our Chief Executive Glenn Tookey drops by to catch up with Stuart on all these and other updates.
This week's webinar Wednesday session welcomes back an old friend. Eric Damery, Vice President of Software Product Management at Vispero is with us to talk all things new in the up-coming JAWS 2021 public beta. Eric also talks about some of his essential tips and tricks, to get the very most from the JAWS screen reader.
ConnectWise is a service ticket management system, that is used to log issues, queries and requests. We've recently introduced it in our technical support department and on this episode Stuart is joined by Sight and Sound Technology's James Everson, Ruth Gallagher-Carr and Ash Cross, to tell us all about it and explain how it will greatly improve the service we can provide to our customers.
The Iona Resource Centre is a specialised service in Dublin for people with a visual impairment. The centre provides a specialised individual programme on one of 3 core strands: Skills4Stability, Skills4Life or Skills4Me. Service Users have a personalised individual plan that is tailored to meet their specific needs. NCBI takes a varied approach to providing day opportunities by aiming to be in the heart of the local community, ensuring that service users have the widest choice and options about...
Microsoft released the latest major update to windows, version 2004, in May of this year. IN this podcast, Sight and Sound Technology’s Sharon Lyons joins Stuart to talk all about it.
This week's Webinar Wednesday features another tech surgery, where Sight and Sound Technology's James Everson, Sharon Lyons, Karl Brealey and Stuart Lawler are on hand to answer your questions.
In March of this year our world was turned upside-down. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact right across society and continues to do so. For charities and those who provide services to some of the most vulnerable groups in society, a loss in fundraised income and diminished face-to-face contact has been extremely challenging. In the first of an occasional series, we’re going to the heart of this sector, and talking with some of our charity partners to find out just how the last few month...
Graham Longly has run Aspire Consultancy, an independent assistive technology company since 1999. Aspire Consultancy supply a wide range of assistive technology products, and also provide training on JAWS, Fusion and the J-Say suite of access technology.
On this Webinar Wednesday podcast we're featuring a new and exciting software accessory for the BrailleSense Polaris, and a creative international debut for a promising Polaris developer that, we think, will simplify your life and add serious value to your notetaker. Mo-Tweet is a Twitter client specifically designed for the Polaris, harnessing all the power of Twitter with none of the clutter found in most Android apps, implemented with the BrailleSense interface you already know and love. It i...
As many people have been forced to turn to remote solutions for learning, working, and keeping in touch, you may well have heard of Microsoft Teams. This application has grown in popularity as more businesses and educational institutions are using it to make sure that their staff, students, and customers can easily communicate. Microsoft Teams is a chat-based collaboration platform complete with document sharing and online meeting features, to mention but a few. It integrates seamlessly into the...
Exercise and maintaining a good level of fitness is key in preserving our physical and mental health. The last few months of lockdown have been challenging on lots of levels, but for people with sight loss, the difficulties in accessing appropriate activities to sustain a level of fitness has been particularly difficult. On this week's Webinar Wednesday, we've brought a panel together to talk all things sport, exercise, and leisure activities for people with sight loss. We hear about the hugely ...
This session welcomes our guest presenter Brian Hartgen, from Hartgen Consultancy. For the past five years, Hartgen Consultancy have created a range of products and training courses exclusively to support the JAWS screen-reader and ZoomText screen-magnification software. In this session, Brian gives an overview of the product range, everything from low-cost training in applications you may care to use on a daily basis through to tools to improve your productivity, read the news, get the weather,...
The Virtual Music School for people with disabilities was set up in May 2020, and is the brainchild of Peter Gorry, from Dublin. It facilitates musical instrument and voice coaching lessons online for anyone who has a disability. IN this episode, Stuart meets Peter, to trace the history of the Music School, and also Meets Óran O'Neill, one of the school's students, to get a first-hand account of how it all works.
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way in which businesses operate, and, the change has happened at such speed, that great leadership and a steady hand is required in order to make it work. In this episode of our podcast, Stuart catches up with our CEO Glenn Tookey, to talk about the past 10 weeks, the changes that have happened in Sight and Sound and how things might look going into a new type of normal.
On this week's Webinar Wednesday podcast we welcome our guest Ed Rogers from Bristol Braille Technology. Ed introduces us to Canute 360, a new multi-line Braille e-reader. The Canute 360’s nine lines and 360 cells makes literature, tables, sheet music, spreadsheets, charts, mathematical formulae and spacial diagrams much more useful and pleasurable for the Braille reader.
Listen to Jenny Axler from Selvas introducing us to the QBraille XL on our latest Webinar Wednesday podcast
On this episode we meet Theo Holroyd, who is one of a group of young people responsible for Tactile Times. Tactile times is a free biannual way for children and young people who are braillists, to share news, event information, tips, opinions and ideas. Theo tells us all about the publication, how you can get it, and of course, a little about himself and how he's managing with remote schooling.
Welcome to our latest Webinar Wednesday event, where Jenny Axler and Stuart Lawler explore the world of Android applications using the Braille Sense Polaris. You'll learn about reading books, accessing TV programmes and movies, and, of course, how to get apps from the Google Play Store.
Welcome to the archived recording of our JAWS Gems webinar. IN this session, Sharon and Stuart are joined by Vispero's Jan Bloem and Eric Damery, to talk about great features in JAWS, such as Text Analyser, Picture Smart and OCR with the Pearl camera, an explanation of different JAWS cursors and Mouse Echo. Enjoy!
Welcome to our next Webinar Wednesday podcast. ON this episode we're talking all things ElBraille, with Sight and Sound Technology's Tony Shrubb and Stuart Lawler, and the Elita Group's Adi Kushnir, who is product manager for the ElBraille device, and who answers many questions from attendees.
Karl Brealey is one of our Assistive Technology Sales Executives. In this episode we meet Karl, find out a bit about his work and then Karl talks us through the selection of mobile phones available through French manufacturer Kapsys.
This episode contains the archive of our webinar from March 25th 2020, where we explored and demonstrated some of the new highlights in the up-coming Braille Sense Polaris software update. Amongst the features demonstrated are support for Google drive and its integration into the OS, the newly included Macro Manager and full support for Exchange/Office 365 email. This session was presented by sight and Sound's Stuart Lawler, with Sharon Lyons facilitating and Jenny Axler from Selvas Healthcare i...
As mentioned in our last podcast, we have lots of plans to make sure that we keep in touch with you over the next number of weeks, whilst the Covid-19 situation makes it difficult for us to do any face-to-face engagement. On this episode Stuart tells us about an up-coming webinar, which will showcase all that is new in the latest version of the Braille Sense Polaris firmware, which will be releasing this week.
As the Covid-19 strain of the Coronavirus makes itself felt throughout the world the way in which we work and live has changed immeasurably in a very short time. We want you to know that in the midst of this significant change and upheaval, the team at Sight and Sound Technology remain available to support and assist our customers.
We’re meeting the newest member of the Sight and Sound Technology team on this episode. Will Marshall is an Assistive Technology trainer working in Scotland. We find out about Will, his work and how he’s been teaching himself JAWS over the last few months.
As part of our on-going 'Meet the Team' series, we are introducing Alastair Mackay, who works with sight and sound as a customer trainer and Assistive Technology Sales executive in Scotland. We learn about Alastair's work and what he does when he's not working hard for Sight and Sound!
In this episode, Stuart introduces us to the newly arrived ElBraille, the revolutionary Windows 10 device that works seamlessly with the Focus 40 5th edition Braille display from Vispero.
