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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Matthew Horspool is a familiar voice and a familiar name for his various activities in the blind and low vision community. Stuart caught up with Matthew, in his capacity as General Manager of the Braillists Foundation to find out more about the charity and the work they do.
Saima Ashraf, from Blackburn, is a senior auditor at Merseyside Police, breaking down stereotypes of what a visually impaired person can do. Stuart caught up with Saima at a very busy Sight village for a quick chat.
Since the launch of their smart glasses a couple of years ago, Envision have been changing the way that people with low or no vision see the world around them. With the recent explosion of Chat GPT and AI in general, Envision have been working hard to make sure that this new and exciting technology is at the heart of their own tools and we can already see the benefits in recent software upgrades. In another of our Sight Village Central countdown podcasts, Stuart sits down with Vanessa Vigar, Chi...
We're continuing our countdown to Sight Village Central 2023 and meeting some of the great partners that we have the pleasure of representing across the UK and Ireland. First up, Stuart is checking in with an old friend. Between releasing their new SensePlayer device earlier this year, and working on a major update to the BrailleSense 6, Selvas Healthcare, the parent company of Hims, based in South Korea are incredibly busy. Jenny Axler is back to tell Stuart what's been happening and to tell us...
We're counting down to the biggest annual assistive technology exhibition in the UK. Sight Village Central takes place this year in a brand new location, at Eastside Rooms, 2 Woodcock Street, in Birmingham, on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th of July. In the first of our Sight Village countdown series, Stuart is joined by our Head of Sales and Marketing Stefanie Davies, to tell us what we can expect in the lead-up to this major event.
Sight Village has become a favourite event in many of our calendars over the years. The organisers at Queen Alexandra College are always innovating to make the events bigger and better and, there's always something new and exciting to be found. On this episode Stuart chats with Paul Hopkins, from Queen Alexandra College to find out all about this year's Sight Village calendar of events, including locations and what people might expect when they visit.
Nick Alsbury is the newest member of our field sales team. Stuart sits down with Nick to get to know him and hear about his previous media career!
Welcome and happy new year from all at Sight and Sound Technology. Our podcast returns for a new year with an exciting new addition. We have introduced podcast transcripts starting with this episode. We hope this will be of use to our deafblind friends, and also to anyone who simply wants to quickly find content without having to listen to the show. Please let us know if this feature is helpful. On this episode Stuart meets Fraser Fleming and Graham Gunning, founders of Triple Tap Tech, a charit...
Ruth Gallagher-Carr is one half of the duo behind the hugely successful Getting AT Ready conference, which she developed alongside her colleague Carolyne Smith. She's also been responsible for building a thriving presence for Sight and Sound Technology in Scotland, and, for working as part of a team to develop a robust quality management system in the company. As Ruth prepares to move to the next chapter in her career, Stuart sits down with her for a reflective chat about her time with Sight and...
Wednesday 4th January is World Braille Day, and we’re delighted to announce details of a half-day online conference that we’re putting together in association with our friends at the Braillists Foundation. This podcast episode is somewhat different to our regular output, in that we have a guest host in the wonderful Steven Scott, host of the DoubleTap podcast, who has kindly taken the show into his very capable hands to sit down with Matthew Horspool from the Braillists Foundation and our own St...
We're just back from a hugely successful Sight Village event, and it was wonderful to return to Kensington Town Hall, in the heart of London. On this episode Stuart catches up at the event with Rob Powell, who tells us about the Jubilee Club Magazine, and Freek van Welsenis, co-founder of the company who have brought us the revolutionary Hable One device.
The SmartVision 3, the only Google certified smartphone designed specifically for people with low or no vision has recently joined our product portfolio. This handset, which integrates Google's Talkback screen reader, offers three ways to control your smartphone and access information, including a tactile keypad. Stuart caught up with Tony Shrubb from our field sales team to find out all about it.
Roger Firman is chair of UKAAF, the UK Association for Accessible Formats. Until June of this year, when he retired, he ran his own company called Golden Chord, dedicated to providing a high-quality personalised transcription service for customers who require music, music-related and other materials in braille. Roger is a life-long user of Braille and is passionate about its application in all areas of life. On this very special podcast to mark National Braille week 2022, Stuart sat down with Ro...
Remote Incident Manager (RIM), the latest exciting software release from Pneuma Solutions, is a fully accessible remote desktop application for technical support, training, and simply helping friends and family with their PCs. We had so much fun with founders Mike Calvo and Matt Campbell last time that we invited them back to hang out with Stuart and tell him all about this revolutionary application.
Sam Coulson will have been a very familiar voice if you attended our Social Hub and other Sight and Sound Technology webinars in the early days of lockdown. Sam left Sight and Sound Technology in August 2021 to pursue his acting career, but last week he made a welcome return and he’s popped into catch up with Stuart and tell him what he’s been up to since hanging up his assistive technology sales hat.
Our podcast returns after a short summer break, and this time we have a new member of the Sight and Sound team to meet! Stefanie Davies has recently joined as Marketing Manager. Stuart catches up with Stefanie to find out about her and her role at Sight and Sound Technology.
The DAISY Consortium's Music Braille project is a cross-sector collaboration to identify, prioritise, and deliver both short-term and long-term improvements to secure the future of music braille production and use. The project aims to ensure that more music braille scores are available more easily to more blind musicians world-wide. Stuart is joined on this episode by DR. Sarah Morley Wilkins, Project Manager and User Experience Consultant to learn more.
The mission of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers is to support better vision for all. Founded in 1629, the company is number 60 in the list of City of London Livery Companies by order of precedence. The company want to inspire future generations committed to visionary eye care, building upon their rich heritage of almost 400 years. On this episode Stuart sits down with the company's current master, Ian Davies, to learn about an exciting event recently held at the Mansion House in London...
Stuart meets Sight and Sound Technology's Alan McGillivray,, Master of Ceremonies at this year's AT Ready festival.
Stuart is joined by Liam Pettitt from matchware, headline sponsors of the AT Ready festival.
Stuart catches up with George Rhodes, director of AllAble and keynote speaker at this year's AT Ready festival
Stuart is joined by Sight and Sound Technology's Head of Education Carolyne Smith, to help set the scene for this year's event.
Welcome to AT Ready 2022, an event providing disability professionals in Further and Higher Education the opportunity to share best practice, learn about new technologies and to hear from experts. Stuart introduces us to the event and a little about what we can look forward to on the next few mini podcast episodes.
BlindAmbition is an international disability training consultancy focused on improving the lives of disabled people. They work with everyone from multi-national market-leading technology companies, global retailers/manufacturers, National Governments to smaller charities and businesses. In short anyone who needs help improving the accessibility of their products, services and working environment for Disabled and disadvantaged groups. Stuart caught up with founder Seema Flower to learn more.
The Technology Association of Visually Impaired people (TAVIP) promotes, supports and encourages the use of technology amongst blind and partially sighted people. Stuart caught up with Mike Townsend and Julian Garner to learn more about the organisation and an interesting course they are developing to help blind and low vision people enter the workplace.
ARX Vision is a new and exciting wearable device that uses AI to describe the world around you. Stuart caught up with ARX Vision's CEO Charles Leclercq to find out more.
Sight Village is the UK's leading exhibition of Assistive Technology and services for people with sight loss. This week sees the return of Sight Village Central at the Cranmore Park Conference and Events Centre. Over the next two days we'll be producing mini episodes to give you a flavour of what's going on at this year's event. Stuart sets the scene on this introductory episode.
Molly Watt is a usability & Accessibility Consultant, as well as a keynote speaker. She is a passionate advocate for accessibility and inclusion and she has also established, with the help of her family, the Molly Watt Trust. Stuart caught up with Molly recently to learn all about her work, her thoughts on the current state of accessibility in the digital landscape and her plans for the future. And, if you use Vispero software and are thinking of upgrading, sit tight and stay tuned, because ...
Established in Scotland 7 years ago, Getting AT Ready brings together Assistive Technology specialists, disability professionals and manufacturers to discuss best practice and build strategies to support students in Further and Higher education. Stuart is joined by Sight and Sound Technology's Carolyne Smith and Ruth Gallagher Carr to learn all about this year's event, which will take place in Glasgow on July 7th and 8th.
Sandra Gayer is a blind/visually impaired Soprano, radio presenter, voiceover artist and actress. Stuart caught up with Sandra to talk about her life, the many aspects to her career and, of course, Braille music.
