Talking Tech by Vision Australia Radio

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Vision Australia's Access Technology Officer Damo McMorrow talks with Stephen Jolley about the latest developments and gadgets in the tech world from a blindness and low vision perspective.

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Talking Tech, 22nd August 2023

Be-My-Eyes AI Assistant My experience so far: overall quite positive, still a way to go with positive 100 percent object recognition. Australian Invention to Help the Blind Smart glasses due out in 2025 which uses AI and object recognition to tell you about the world around you. Same goes here for AI object recognition, lets see how it goes shall we!!!! https://www.smh.com.au/technology/australian-glasses-invention-to-help-the-blind-20230814-p5dwh8.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=...

Aug 22, 2023•15 min

Talking Tech, 15th August 2023

Vision Australia Digital Access Assistive Technology Survey https://visionaucx.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9XmHczxfoUMwFh4 Bindi maps Navigation Survey https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WC5ZM8L__;!!BW9V2p7J0Kl2QvQ!AWdtzaBl4_YqQypD7rdzit6SkKUl2dv1uRe7GK2Ez1M3L0ThJi6WtYhv2niQEYrdGWkSj3WmfnQCSUvtXTps8-BVPdY$ Be-My-Eyes Extending Testing Virtual AI Assistance from August 15 https://www.bemyeyes.com/blog/introducing-be-my-ai Musing about assistive tech for home, school, an...

Aug 15, 2023•15 min

Talking Tech 8th August 2023

Musing about assistive tech for home, school, and employment The show today is blindness related, and next weeks show will be on low vision. Note - these are just recommendations and ideas, check at the end of the show notes where to get further assistance or information. Thoughts on main stream and assistive tech for home as a person who is blind Windows Windows 11 PC desktop or laptop I7 with 16GB of RAM NvDA, Narrator or JaWS Mac Mac mini M2 MBP 14 Pro VoiceOver Other Perkins Brailler iPhone ...

Aug 08, 2023•15 min

Talking Tech 1st August 2023

Talking Tech for August 1 2023 Exploring Tech Webinar for Accessing the Printed Word now up on Youtube Covering Magnification and print to speech from printed words on mail from the mail box, on packaging etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecXIAgGF1F0&t=2s Apparently This has been a Thing for about a decade, ASMR This is a physical response in your body (tingling)to particular visual, audio or both stimuli for relaxation, mindfulness etc, and is experienced differently for each individual…...

Aug 01, 2023•15 min

Talking Tech 25th July 2023

Things You Can still Do Offline with Electric Type Things No Internet or wifi required in other words or for quite a lot, no internet at all. Victor Reader Stratus 12m plus Wifi. Listen to audio CDS, commercial audio books, music, documents, and daisy books. https://shop.visionaustralia.org/victor-reader-stratus-12m-wi-fi.html Victor Reader Stream 3. access documents, daisy books, music, and record/listen to voice notes. SensePlay OCR ET. Access documents, daisy books, music, record/listen to te...

Jul 25, 2023•15 min

Talking Tech 18th July 2023

Ok Tried to Avoid AI News for a While, but Here are Some Interesting articles for listeners to read, learn a bit more about AI,and get a sense of what is happening. Bill Gates Explains Why we Should Not beA Afraid of AI https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/12/bill-gates-explains-why-we-shouldnt-be-afraid-of-ai.html Amazon CEO Explains How They will Complete with AI Race Search https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/06/amazon-ceo-explains-how-the-company-will-compete-in-ai-race-.html Open AI is Forming a Team to R...

Jul 18, 2023•15 min

Talking Tech 11th July 2023

An Update About the Philips Air Fryer 5000 App for Android and iOS not very accessible, but usable via Amazon Echo. My Find of the Tefal Grill Fry Classic Air Fryer Has real and usable knobs: one for time, and the other for temperature. https://www.thegoodguys.com.au/tefal-easy-fry-classic-air-fryer-ey2018 July Webinar 2023 Reading hard copy print via Magnification or Text to Speech Register at the following link: https://visionaustralia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_D1LBn7TXQDiYxEkdWEVM3A#/regist...

Jul 13, 2023•15 min

Talking Tech 4th July 2023

the Vision Australia Vision Store 3 new catalogs Magnifiers, assistive technology, and independent living. https://shop.visionaustralia.org/catalogues VoiceVista - Another Open Source version of Sound Scape (similar to OpenScape still in Beta) https://applevis.com/apps/ios/navigation/voicevista All of these devices are app enabled for use on Smart Phones. Most of the apps are accessible. However, best to check as things may have changed. I’ve noted where I have concerns. Philips 5000 Series Air ...

Jul 04, 2023•15 min

Talking Tech 27th June 2023

Apple Card Global Roll out Continues, but Without Success No, still in the US. https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/23/apple-card-global-rollout/ How to Eject Water out of Your iPhone speaker Quickly Excellent shortcut for iPhone to duplicate the eject water feature on the Apple Watch. https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-get-water-out-of-your-iphone-speaker-fast/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 Turn off Your iPhone for 5 Minutes Everyday Well may not make a difference, but if you like, go for it. https://9to5mac.com/20...

Jun 27, 2023•15 min

Talking Tech 20th June 2023

Stephen’s experience OS A Reminder about the VA Library and the vA Connect app Remember, you can get the va Connect app for Android and iOS to listen to books, newspapers, magazines, and podcasts. Ashes Cricket Test, ABC Listen Ap a Great way to Listen For Both Android and iOS. Forget Mastodon and Twitter for News etc, Lire RSS Reader Great Way to Keep up to Date iOS only. Exploring Tech Webinar on Youtube from May: VRS V3 and SensePlayer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5jh-1_O6R4 Support this ...

Jun 20, 2023•15 min

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