Tech Tips: The Podcast
Assistive technology has opened the world to people who are blind or visually impaired. Each month, Tech Tips looks at a piece of assistive technology by talking with people working within the community developing the tech we, as visually impaired people, use in our daily lives. The goal of Tech Tips is to educate and inform people who are blind or visually impaired about assistive technology products that can help you achieve a more independent and fulfilling life.
Episodes
The video game “Pong” was release in 1972, and ever since then, they have played a huge role in pop culture. These fantastic worlds wrapped in brightly painted plywood helped us escape our everyday lives to battle aliens and save princesses. If you had a visual, hearing or motor disability, you were not playing these games or not playing at the same level as your friends without disabilities. Video games are now played largely o...
Saying that we are taking technology “old school” this month would be a major understatement. Developed in the early 1800’s, braille is now synonymous with the blind and visually impaired community. Join me this month as we talk all things braille with Mary Webber of Mary’s Braille Transcribing Services.
We see them everywhere and, in all shapes, and sizes. I’m talking about QR codes. Point your phone’s camera at a QR code, and that magical little symbol automatically directs you to whatever content the organization or company, behind the code, wants you to see. QR codes are on TV, in brochures and in just about every public space you can think of. While great at relaying information to the masses, QR codes can be a nightmare a...
This month, I talk with Zach Afridi of Vision Buddy about this incredible "VR" style headset designed to help people with low vision better see the world around them.
Join me as I talk with Dave Epstein, a.k.a. Sedona Dave, about his extra tough cane made for people who love hiking in the great outdoors. Dave also talks about the cane for us city dwellers called the Urban Xplorer. In addition, Dave lets us in on his community outreach efforts including his podcast that takes a look at people who are not letting their visual impairment define them, or what they can do called "Off the Beaten Pa...
From keypads to menus to Do-It-Yourself kiosks, we've all encountered touchscreens, and what we've learned is that not all touchscreens are accessible to the blind and low vision community. Echobatix is an app designed to make touchscreens more accessible for people who are blind, or have low vision. This month, we are talking with Gary Bartos, CEO and the creator behind Echobatix
Shawn Keen with AI for the Blind is my guest this month. We are going to be talking about artificial intelligence; what it is, and how it is benefiting the VI community.
Get ready to take some notes. Accessible Pharmacy held it’s 3rd Annual Blind Health Expo in December. The expo is a virtual conference designed to give people from around the globe the opportunity to talk directly with companies and organizations working within the V.I. community to help us live more independent and productive lives. This episode of Tech Tips: The Podcast will include discussions about the All Terrain Cane, iB...
Quintex of Asheville is a distributer of electronic and video magnifiers for North and South Carolina. In this episode, we'll be talking with Frank Beard, owner and operator.
Shopping is probably one of the most time-consuming things we, as visually impaired people, routinely tackle. On this episode of Tech Tips: The Podcast, I’ll be talking with Patrick Long of Innosearch.AI about his site’s approach to making shopping easier for the visually impaired community. After our conversation, keep listening for a special offer from Innosearch.AI for Tech Tips listeners.
In this episode I talk with Jay Cormier, CEO and founder of Eyedaptic about their new EYE6 Glasses with Ivy. Ivy is their new AI powered visual assistant that works in concert with their revolutionary glasses. The glasses use an onboard camera to magnify and enhance images for people who suffer from AMD, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, and other retinal degenerative diseases.
The Foundation Fighting Blindness, (FFB), hosted it's biennial Visions Conference in Chicago. An exhibit hall was included with the conference pass featuring manufacturers and organizations dedicated to helping people with visual impairments. On this episode of Tech Tips: The Podcast, I will be featuring discussions with ReBokeh, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Solar Grove, Patriot Vision and Freedom Scientific about all t...
Florida based Blazie Technologies recently announced their new BT Speak Pro. Listen to David Goldfield talk about this tiny, but mighty pint-sized computer designed specifically for people who are blind.
Eyedaptic is company dedicated to helping people suffering from AMD, and other related eye conditions, regain as much of their independence as possible. Listen as CEO Jay Cormier talks about these remarkable glasses, and what's on the horizon.
Computers are expensive. We all know that. With an unemployment rate of over 70% among people who are visually impaired, most cannot afford to purchase a computer. Then, there's the software necessary to be able to use the computer. Computers for the Blind is working to change that by offering computers preloaded with screen magnifiers, or readers, at a substantial discount to the visually impaired community. In this episode o...
Join me as I talk with Andy Lane of Be My Eyes about the app that gives visual assistance to people who are visually impaired.
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