If you've been a subscriber of or are aware of the Top Tech Tidbits publication then you will likely be familiar with the name Dean Martineau. Dean, who started the publication in 2004 has become something of a household name in the blind community and has extensive experience with all sorts of assistive technology. Stuart sits down with him to learn a little about his use of technology, how he started the Top Tech Tidbits publication and how he uses the BrailleSense 6.
Apr 13, 2022•21 min
Marco Zehe has been a well-known figure in the world of accessibility and assistive technology for well over 20 years. Having held positions with Mozilla and Freedom Scientific he has been instrumental in guiding the development of some of the technology that lots of us use today. Stuart sat down with Marco recently on the back of a review that Marco posted to twitter, following his testing of the BrailleSense 6. Marco is rather impressed with the device, and, you'll also hear his views on the c...
Mar 04, 2022•25 min
Last year we introduced Mark Belcher, and the wonderful resource that is Henshaws Knowledge Village, providing a one stop point of info on all things relating to sight loss. Now, Mark returns to update us on some initiatives to make NHS services more accessible, and, Henshaws have also been participating in an interesting project called Travel Assist.
Feb 24, 2022•25 min
This session gives a comprehensive overview of the BrailleSense 6 and BrailleSense Polaris's word processor. You'll learn about opening, saving and managing multiple documents, using marks, and we will explore the menus to show you where you can find a host of useful features.
Feb 18, 2022•43 min
This session focuses on the BrailleSense 6 and BrailleSense Polaris's built-in email application. You'll learn about setting up accounts, some considerations to make, sending and receiving email and attachments, and configuring email options.
Feb 18, 2022•44 min
Regular listeners to our podcast will know that we love exploring new and innovative technology. We've been keeping an eye on developments in the world of multi-line refreshable Braille for a while now and are delighted to devote this episode to a new and emerging device called the TouchPad Pro. Stuart meets the TouchPad Pro's inventor Daniel Lubiner to learn more. The vision for the TouchPad Pro is to: Experience illustrations, graphs, photographs, and selfies. For example, feel a face rise out...
Feb 11, 2022•24 min
Welcome to the first of four sessions where we explore some of the core applications on the BrailleSense 6 and BrailleSense Polaris. In this session, Stuart introduces the file manager, which, as well as having the ability to copy and move files, can also be helpful when searching through files for strings of text and even zipping up multiple files into a handy archive.
Feb 04, 2022•43 min
We're always interested here at Sight and Sound Technology in keeping up with innovations in the orientation and mobility space and looking at some of the emerging technology that may impact on how we travel in the future. On this episode, Stuart is joined by Arjun Tambe, who is one of a group of researchers in Stanford University, who are working on the Augmented Cane. The Augmented cane uses sensors to detect obstacles. It guides the user away from obstacles, including those at head height and...
Jan 20, 2022•19 min
Happy new year and welcome to the first episode in our 2022 podcast series. We're kicking off 2022 with a long overdue catch-up with our Chief Executive Officer Glenn Tookey, to reflect on the year that was 2021, get some updates on key operations within the business and talk about plans for 2022. Scott Young is sight and Sound Technology's National Account and Sales and Marketing Manager. Stuart is sitting down with him to find out more about Scott and his work.
Jan 11, 2022•37 min
On episode 49 of our podcast we're delighted to meet Cormac O'Toole. Cormac, who is a secondary school student in Ireland has just started producing some instructional videos to help people to learn how to use the BrailleSense 6. You'll find these videos shortly on our YouTube channel. Stuart sits down with Cormac to find out more about him, his love of gaming and the tech he uses.
Dec 06, 2021•13 min
This is the last session in the current series of our 'Getting to know your BrailleSense 6' training sessions, and Stuart is joined by Jenny Axler from Selvas Healthcare in South Korea, and Jackie Brown, a long-time user of Hims products, to take us on a journey through Android and some useful apps for the BrailleSense 6.
Nov 12, 2021•58 min
Welcome to Sight and Sound Technology's annual session, to explore all that is new in the latest release of JAWS, the world's most popular screen reader. Joining our team James Everson, Fionnuala Murphy and Stuart Lawler from Sight and Sound Technology, are Eric Damery, Jan Bloem and Mohammed Laachir from Vispero.
Nov 11, 2021•58 min
In this the penultimate session in our 'Getting to know your BrailleSense 6' training series, Stuart takes us through the new Wiki Search and how it can be used independently, and as part of other applications within the BrailleSense 6 user interface.
Nov 11, 2021•23 min
In session three of our 'Getting to know your BrailleSense 6' series, Stuart explores the world of language profiles. We learn what they are, how to set them up and how to find additional voices to download for your BrailleSense 6 device.
Oct 31, 2021•33 min
In this the second session in our BrailleSense 6 training series, Stuart explores the new podcast client coming in the soon-to-be-released software update and how to use it to listen to your favourite podcasts and find new content.
Oct 22, 2021•28 min
Welcome to the first in a series of five training sessions devoted to the BrailleSense 6. In this first session, Stuart is joined by Jenny Axler from Selvas Healthcare in Korea, who takes us through the main differences between the BrailleSense 6 and the BrailleSense U2.
Oct 22, 2021•58 min
Windows 11, Microsoft's new operating system, will be released on October 5th. We've had many questions to our support desk about Windows 11, what it is, what's changed and whether or not it is worth the upgrade, especially if you are using assistive technology that we support. In this episode Stuart is joined by Tristram Llewellyn from our tech support team, who has been spending time testing it out and is here to answer our questions.
Oct 01, 2021•15 min
STRAP's goal is to be the first total replacement of the white cane. The technology exists now and its inventors believe that we are living in the right moment for this innovation to come along and have a significant and positive impact on blind and visually impaired people the world over. On this edition of our podcast, Stuart sits down with Diego Roel, CEO and founder of STRAP Technologies, to learn more about this new and exciting device.
Sep 24, 2021•26 min
On this programme Stuart meets Gleb Zevkov, co-founder of Voxmate. Voxmate is a suite of accessible apps for Android devices that provide an intuitive, gesture-based, audio-first experience. When you launch Voxmate on your phone, you get access to a range of audio-first Voxmate apps. These apps allow you to listen to audiobooks, podcasts, and radio as well as to read news articles, place phone calls, use social networks like Telegram and Reddit, play games, and much more. If you are thinking of ...
Sep 22, 2021•27 min
There's a lot to be covered in this last session in our 'Getting to know your new BrailleSense 6 series', so sit back, grab your device and let Stuart show you some more gems in this outstanding note taker. We'll explore the built-in dictionary, the ability to search for, download and read content from Bookshare, using the new Web Radio application and finally, a quick discussion about language profiles.
Aug 27, 2021•58 min
The BrailleSense 6 runs Android version 10, which means it is ideal for running all sorts of mainstream apps. But how do you get them on the device? In this session, Stuart introduces us to the Play Store and shows us how to search for and install applications.
Aug 27, 2021•42 min
One really outstanding feature on the BrailleSense 6 and indeed the Polaris too is the integration of Google Drive into the native file manager application. In this session Stuart shows us how it works and how to set it up.
Aug 27, 2021•39 min
Welcome to the first in a series of four sessions, exploring some of the new and not so new features found on the BrailleSense 6, the world's most powerful note taker. In this session, Sight and Sound Technology's Stuart Lawler takes us through the email application.
Aug 27, 2021•46 min
Welcome to the fifth and final session in our 'Unpacking Tech that makes you feel at home' series. Today Stuart is joined by Ash Cross, Technical Support Team leader at Sight and Sound Technology, and Stuart Beveridge, Information Technology Trainer at Seescape in Scotland to answer questions in our tech surgery.
Aug 13, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Welcome to session four in our 'Unpacking Tech that makes you feel at home' series. Today Stuart is joined by Ron Miller, Braille Product Specialist at Vispero to talk about the Focus line of Braille displays and the Pearl camera.
Aug 13, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Welcome to the third installment in our 'Unpacking Tech that makes you feel at home' series of webinars. Today Stuart is joined by Matt Ater, Vice President of Software and Corporate Business at Vispero, to take us through the latest updates an enhancements in the JAWS screen reader.
Aug 13, 2021•1 hr 8 min
On this, our second session in the 'Unpacking Tech that makes you feel at home' series, Stuart is joined by Vispero's Vice President of Software Product Management Eric Damery, to take us through the latest changes and enhancements in Zoomtext and Zoomtext Fusion software.
Aug 13, 2021•48 min
In this the first of a week-long series of webinars, Stuart is joined by Sight and Sound Technology's Technical Support and Services Manager Ruth Gallagher-Carr to unveil this year's specials and outline the programme for the week ahead.
Aug 13, 2021•35 min
On this very special podcast episode, Stuart is joined by Jenny Axler from Selvas Healthcare in Korea, who is introducing us to Kihun Jang, lead developer at Selvas, for the BrailleSense line of products.
Jul 28, 2021•26 min
Welcome to another episode of our Desert Island Tech podcast series. Today Stuart sits down with Mike Brace CBE, DL. Mike is a former Paralympic skier, social worker and leader of disabled charities. He was Chief Executive of Vision 2020 UK and served as Chairman of the British Paralympic Association. He was awarded an OBE in 2005 and a CBE in 2009 for Services to Disabled Sport and was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of London in 2016.
Jul 26, 2021•36 min
