This week, while Damo continues his annual leave, Stephen chats with Jim Pipczak, Access Technology Lead with Vision Australia, based in Melbourne.

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This week, while Damo continues his annual leave, Stephen chats with Kent Walsdorf, Access Technology Lead with Vision Australia, based in Geelong Victoria.

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This week, from the  Coorparoo Office in Brisbane, we feature a recent conversation Damo had with Kimberley Nean, a participant in the Vision Australia Graduate Program. Kimberley Takes us through her life long encounter with the twin challenges of deteriorating hearing and vision, with emphasis in particular on the use she has made with evolving access or assistive technologies.

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This week, reflecting on the year of development with assistive technology Damo looks at :

breakthroughs with Smart Glasses with focus on the Meta and ARX Vision products;

Release of the pockets sized BTSpeak from Blazie Technologies and Orbit Speak from Orbit Research;

The release of the Dot Pad and Monarch multi line tactile braille displays;

The expansion of AI  in particular Apple Intelligence and the FSCompanion and Ask MS Accessibility blind and low vision Windows accessibility help tools.

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This week:

• Damo explain availability of Vision Australia Assistive Technology and Quantum RLV services over the holiday season;
• We complete the round up of Apple software released in mid December;
• Damo explains some of the technology he uses when relaxing and holidaying;
• With technology scammers particularly active at this time of the year, There are tips to help you avoids trouble from them.

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This week:

• With Apple software updates released last week, Damo explains highlights of the enhancements for iPhone and iPad IOS 18.2;
• With video description now possible through multiple apps, Damo describes a comparison he made with the performance of Seeing AI and Piccybot;
• We have news of significant  upgrades to the capabilities of the Humanware Mantis Q40 and Brailliant braille displays, with more details at humanware.com.

To access the program, presented by Stephen Jolley and Damo McMorrow you can go to varadio.org/talkingtech

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Show notes for Talking Tech of 10 December 2024

This week:

• We have a reminder of the Vision Store at Vision Australia as a resource for your Christmas shopping at shop.visionaustralia.org;
• News of this week’s release of upgraded Apple software;
• There is news of accessible, programmable cooking devices with the Meater range of products;
• Damo explains his current use of apps and devices for assisting with GPS and associated mobility activity.

To access the program, presented by Stephen Jolley and Damo McMorrow you can go to varadio.org/talkingtech

To write to the show use [email protected]

Support this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141

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This week:

• Damo has tips on purchasing a new Windows PC;
• There is info about the Humanware Mantis Q40 Braille Display upgrade to incorporate text to speech output;
• RIM the accessible Remote Incident Manager from Pneuma Solutions introduces  AI help tools.

To access the program, presented by Stephen Jolley and Damo McMorrow you can go to varadio.org/talkingtech

To write to the show use [email protected]

Support this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141

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This week with Christmas fast approaching, Damo visits the Vision Australia Vision Store at Coorparoo in Brisbane and chats with Store Coordinator Ruby Lacey.

Ruby explains the Tonie accessible toy; the Tape King talking tape measure and spirit level; and the Colorino color identifier and light sensor.

The Vision Store can be found at https://shop.visionaustralia.org.

To access the program, presented by Stephen Jolley and Damo McMorrow you can go to varadio.org/talkingtech

To write to the show use [email protected]

Support this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141

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This week we discuss:

• AT support available through the Vision Australia Help desk which can be reached in Australia by phone on 1300 847 466 and by email via [email protected];
• Inclusion of BE My Eyes as an option on the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses
• News of the Blind Shell Classic 3 phone, likely to arrive in Australia early in 2025.

To access the program, presented by Stephen Jolley and Damo McMorrow you can go to varadio.org/talkingtech

To write to the show use [email protected]

Support this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141

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This week we discuss:

• The November 2024 update to the BT Speak from Blazie Technologies with more information at https://www.blazietech.com/software-updates;
• Damo’s experience of AIRA with the Meta smart glasses;
• the training webinars from Vispero available online via https://www.freedomscientific.com/training/freewebinars/archivedwebinars

To access the program, presented by Stephen Jolley and Damo McMorrow you can go to varadio.org/talkingtech

To write to the show use [email protected]

Support this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141

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