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TurnOver, a free and open source screen reader for the Mac, has Steven Scott and Shaun Preece rethinking the Mac. Glidance CEO Amos Miller also shares what more than 30 pilot users have learned from Glide in the real world, and when everyone else can expect theirs.

Listener Barry starts with his first 10 days on TurnOver. You can use NVDA or JAWS keys on a Mac, open its menu with Control Command Comma, and if TurnOver crashes, VoiceOver comes back on automatically. Steven explains why moving around with Tab and Shift Tab makes WhatsApp and Messages much quicker. He also worries that lots of open source forks could thin out the project, and he advises cautious users to wait while it's this early.

Amos Miller tells Shaun that Glide users walked their two and a half millionth step in mid-October. He's open about what still needs work: keeping a line on the sidewalk, walking along a road beside a grass verge, and lining up for road crossings. He also explains why new users should practise on a long, clear, straight stretch before taking Glide anywhere else.

The team has sped up work on the Glide agent, which adds scene description and lets you say "guide me to" the blue door, the bus stop or the person with the dog. Amos says the hardware design is now settled and explains why faster, smaller AI models matter for a physical guide.

Pre-orders won't ship before Christmas as planned. Amos expects the main software fixes around January or February, and a final round of hardware fixes pushes deliveries into early 2027. Meanwhile, more people are joining the pilot.

Chapters
0:00 – Welcome and an Al Pacino impression
5:28 – Barry tries TurnOver for Mac
9:04 – TurnOver, open source forks and the Apple question
20:54 – Amos Miller on Glide's real-world pilot
24:51 – Pilot lessons and current limitations
29:25 – The Glide agent: scene description and guided navigation
40:51 – Why the Glide hardware is settled
44:01 – How AI progress shaped Glide
47:27 – New release timeline and Amos's confidence
54:08 – Takeaways and tomorrow's HapWare interview

Relevant Links
Glidance: https://www.glidance.io
TurnOver: https://doll-eye.github.io/turnover-updates/
TurnOver on GitHub: https://github.com/TurnOver-For-Mac/turnover
HapWare: https://hapware.com

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About Double Tap

Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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Sam Seavey from The Blind Life joins Steven Scott and Shaun Preece to talk about making YouTube content with low vision, accessible Sony cameras, the Tovala smart oven, and whether it matters if you call yourself blind or low vision.

The show opens with Shaun's run of Suno songs. Then the hosts get into the news that Nvidia is investigating CEO Jensen Huang over his affair with a suspected Chinese spy, and what an AI bubble bursting could mean, including for Europe.

Sam Seavey has been one of the most requested guests, and he talks about his story: Stargardt's disease, life in Kentucky, and how videos about Android phones turned into The Blind Life. He records, edits and uploads everything himself. He explains how a fixed studio setup and the built-in screen readers on Sony Alpha cameras make that possible. He also reviews a 27-inch Android tablet and talks about the flood of new apps from AI-assisted developers.

The conversation then turns to labels. Sam explains why he calls himself blind, why so many people avoid using a cane, and how the low vision versus blind debate plays out inside the community. He also gives his hands-on take on the Tovala smart oven and how accessible it is.

To close, Steven and Shaun reflect on the conversation and look at dual monitor support coming to Windows Magnifier.

Chapters
0:00 – Intro and a weekend of Suno songs
3:06 – Nvidia, Jensen Huang and the AI bubble
10:26 – Sam Seavey joins Double Tap
13:25 – A 27-inch Android tablet
17:03 – AI-built apps and accessibility
22:03 – Who is Sam Seavey?
28:29 – Creating content solo and Sony's accessible cameras
36:16 – Advocacy, labels and using your cane
47:06 – The Tovala smart oven
52:13 – Wrap-up and Windows Magnifier updates

Relevant Links
The Blind Life: https://www.theblindlife.net
Tovala Accessibility: https://www.tovala.com/accessibility
Aira: https://aira.io
Suno: https://suno.com

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About Double Tap

Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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Can VoiceOver on the Mac be made friendlier for blind users coming over from Windows? Steven Scott opens up the MacBook Neo, fights with the FaceTime app and finds a VoiceOver setting that changes how macOS navigation works. Shaun Preece pushes back, and the pair look at TurnOver, a new open source screen reader for the Mac.

Steven explains the Announce Groups and No Groups options under Navigation in VoiceOver settings (VO-F8). They let you move around without interacting with every group, and they make it easier to get into web content in Safari and Chrome. The hosts also cover single letter Quick Nav, the rotor and the actions menu, and ask whether VoiceOver's many settings work for it or against it.

TurnOver, a free screen reader that runs alongside VoiceOver, gets the hosts thinking about community-built tools for the Mac and whether Apple's accessibility APIs will eventually get in the way.

In the listener mail, James in Missouri argues that the iPhone and braille displays should come with manuals. That leads to a talk about onboarding, a "granny test" for tech companies, and young children using smartphones. Peter explains how Meta's walking directions on Ray-Ban glasses work alongside Soundscape Community. Siobhan asks where the spatial audio setting is. David needs GPS for rural areas with no signal, which brings up BlindSquare, Soundscape and the HumanWare StellarTrek.

Chapters

0:00 – Welcome
0:34 – MacBook Neo, macOS and FaceTime frustrations
7:35 – VoiceOver Announce Groups and navigation settings
18:52 – TurnOver, a community screen reader for the Mac
27:10 – James on manuals and onboarding
36:20 – Kids, smartphones and TikTok
41:08 – Peter on Meta navigation and Soundscape Community
44:43 – Siobhan asks about spatial audio
47:03 – David asks about offline GPS and the StellarTrek
53:48 – Double Tap app, JAWS 2027 and wrap-up

Relevant Links

Double Tap: https://doubletaponair.com
MacBook Neo: https://www.apple.com/macbook-neo/
TurnOver: https://github.com/TurnOver-For-Mac/turnover
Soundscape Community: https://soundscape.services/
BlindSquare: https://www.blindsquare.com/
HumanWare StellarTrek: https://www.humanware.com/support/stellartrek/
JAWS, ZoomText and Fusion 2027: https://training.vispero.com/download-jaws-zoomtext-and-fusion-2027/

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About Double Tap

Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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Does reading braille define literacy for blind people? Steven Scott and Shaun Preece work through listener feedback on learning braille later in life, what it means to be literate, and AI assistants like Siri, Gemini and Meta's Muse that still trip over plain requests.

Larry, 74 and learning braille through Hadley, asks whether Olly Richards' language immersion method could work for braille. That leads into fatigue, the efficiency gap between braille and audio, and the move from magnification to a screen reader. Kevin pushes back on a Zero Project guest's claim that blind people who don't read braille aren't literate. Steven explains why he is pro-braille and still argues that price and access to teaching are the real problems.

Ron Peterson introduces STEP Navigation, a free indoor navigation app from Professor Paul Ruvolo, who also made Clew. It has a Start Outside feature and AI scene descriptions. Negative Julian finally gets Gemini to place phone calls, but only when he says "call" and keeps digits out of contact names. Callum asks Siri for a hospital department's number and ends up being put through to 999.

Allison uses Meta's Muse agent to track US policy changes and gets summaries with sources by email. The hosts talk about AI becoming a real productivity tool, Grok, and Europe and the UK waiting for Meta features. Chad Rohr shares his first iPhone Shortcuts, including Blind Mode, Sighted Mode and a Log a Pain Point note. Steven then gives an update on living with the iPhone Duo.

Chapters
0:00 – Intro
0:52 – Larry on learning braille later in life
8:33 – Kevin on braille, literacy and the Zero Project debate
20:15 – Ron on the STEP Navigation indoor navigation app
22:52 – Negative Julian on Gemini phone calls and smart speaker frustrations
32:22 – Callum on Siri calling emergency services
40:04 – Allison on Meta's Muse AI agent
46:56 – Chad's iPhone Shortcuts for VoiceOver users
50:47 – Living with the iPhone Duo
55:05 – Wrap up

Relevant Links
Hadley: https://hadleyhelps.org
At Your Fingertips - Braille Then and Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/at-your-fingertips-braille-then-and-now/id1841245814
Zero Project India: https://zeroproject.org/about/zero-project-india
STEP Navigation: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/step-navigation/id6448701994
Meta Muse: https://about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-muse-personal-ai-agent/

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About Double Tap

Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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Amazon's new Echo devices cost more than ever, and iOS 27.3 brings Siri Recap and Safari dark mode. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece go through what's new for blind tech users, explain the risk of using third-party WhatsApp apps, and ask whether you can run AI on a laptop without the cloud.

Shaun has a grievance with Amazon. He bought an Echo Dot Max to get early access to Alexa+, and he still doesn't have it. The iOS 27.3 beta brings Siri Recap, which listens all day so you can look back on conversations later. That leads into a talk about privacy, phones that seem to be listening, and when a recording device crosses a line. Steven is pleased to see per-site dark mode coming to Safari, and Siri shortcuts are arriving in the VoiceOver rotor.

Saqib Shaikh's TypeOver lets your Windows PC act as a Bluetooth keyboard for your iPhone. That sets off a comparison of the Logitech MX Keys and Keychron mechanical keyboards. Steven also explains the risk of using accessible WhatsApp clients such as WhatSnap. Meta's terms allow it to ban accounts that use them, so the developers aren't the problem. Meta's inaccessible apps are.

David Ward of the Echo Tips podcast covers four new Echo devices: the Echo Show 16, the Echo Time, the Echo Studio with camera, and the sixth-generation Echo Dot, which now costs twice as much. A listener asks about running local AI models on the ASUS ProArt PX13. Steven explains why RAM and the graphics card limit what you can do on the machine itself.

Chapters

0:00 – Intro and the Alexa+ early access frustration
3:41 – iOS 27.3 beta, Siri Recap and privacy
11:46 – Safari dark mode, Dark Reader and Siri shortcuts
15:15 – Image descriptions and the VoiceOver rotor
17:13 – TypeOver and the keyboard debate
23:07 – WhatSnap, WhatsApp bans and Facebook accessibility
28:45 – Clipboard sharing, Clipman and VoiceOver Ignore Groups on the Mac
32:45 – David Ward on Amazon's new Echo devices
46:56 – Listener email: local AI on the ASUS ProArt PX13
54:33 – Your midterm voting experiences and goodbye

Relevant Links

TypeOver: https://github.com/SaqibS/typeover
WhatSnap: https://github.com/aryanchoudharypro/whatSnap
Clipman: https://github.com/OnjLouis/Clipman
Dark Reader: https://darkreader.org
Echo Tips podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/echo-tips/id1396874548
Logitech MX Keys S: https://www.logitech.com/en-us/shop/p/mx-keys-s
Keychron: https://www.keychron.com
ASUS ProArt PX13: https://www.asus.com/us/laptops/for-creators/proart/proart-px13-hn7306/

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About Double Tap

Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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Vibe coding with Claude has taken over Steven Scott's spare time, and he and Shaun Preece think more blind people should try it. They explain how the setup works, why your files stay on your own computer, and whether building our own accessible tools lets big tech developers off the hook.

Steven explains how he builds iPhone apps with Claude and Xcode, then shows Records, a small app he made that scans letters, summarises them and adds appointments to his calendar. They also cover the privacy side of uploading documents to the cloud. Shaun announces a public beta of Claudio, his accessible Windows app for Claude Code. They talk about apps people have built for Plaud note takers, and why unofficial WhatsApp clients could get your account banned.

Next comes a grumble about iOS and Windows. Steven and Shaun talk about noisy iMessage group chats, FaceTime calls that won't start, and the latest VoiceOver bugs. They also cover the Windows start menu bug that Microsoft is now fixing on its servers.

In the inbox, Leander picks up on the jobs we'd have done if we weren't blind. Lindy from Australia asks whether Tailscale can link an iPhone with a Windows laptop. Shaun explains what Tailscale does, and suggests iCloud for Windows and Phone Link as easier ways to get the job done.

To finish, ET asks whether vibe coding takes accessibility off developers' plates. Steven argues that blind people should stop waiting for permission and build things themselves. He points to Saqib Shaikh and Seeing AI as proof of what can happen.

Chapters

0:00 – Welcome to the therapy session
0:45 – Can't leave Claude alone: building your own tools
5:05 – Inaccessible PDFs, privacy and the Records app
12:12 – Claudio, an accessible Claude Code client
13:51 – Plaud tools and WhatsApp client risks
16:01 – iMessage, FaceTime and iOS and Windows bugs
22:50 – The inbox: the jingle and Leander on dream jobs
29:15 – Lindy asks about Tailscale, iPhone and Windows
39:55 – ET: is vibe coding letting developers off the hook?
54:38 – How to get in touch and the Double Tap newsletter

Relevant Links

Double Tap: https://doubletaponair.com/
Claude: https://claude.com/product/overview
Claudio beta from Slight Perception: https://slightperception.com/beta
Tailscale: https://tailscale.com
iCloud for Windows: https://support.apple.com/en-us/103232
Phone Link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/phonelink/phone-link-requirements-and-setup
Seeing AI: https://www.seeingai.com/

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About Double Tap

Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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Can a blind player enjoy a mainstream video game as much as a sighted one? Steven Scott and Shaun Preece talk accessible gaming with Stefan Wilhelm, co-founder of Inclusive Gaming, a Leipzig studio building games blind and sighted people can play together.

Steven wants to play Grand Theft Auto and misses the CB radio banter of Euro Truck Simulator. Shaun isn't sure a game run by audio cues and assisted driving is any fun. Their debate sets up a bigger question: does accessible mean enjoyable?

Stefan, who is sighted, explains how a podcast with blind gamer Christian Ohrens, who plays Super Mario by ear, led him to start Inclusive Gaming. He talks about learning from the studio's community of blind players, why some prefer screen reader speech to recorded voices, and why playing with your eyes closed is no substitute for real users.

He also covers AVOS, an AI assistant in development that describes menus and scenes and uses fast object detection to help blind players with games that were never made accessible. Stefan builds in Unity with FMOD and Steam Audio, and he runs the Gaming Lab at SightCity in Frankfurt with support from Xbox.

Last up is Dinonid, a turn-based dinosaur puzzle game coming to Windows, iOS, Android and BlindShell, plus an update on the Double Tap website.

Chapters

0:00 – Intro and retro gaming memories
2:14 – Mainstream games, online communities and assisted mode
10:24 – Stefan Wilhelm and the founding of Inclusive Gaming
15:13 – Learning from blind players' feedback
18:41 – Designing games blind and sighted players can share
26:42 – AVOS: an AI assistant for inaccessible games
36:11 – Spatial audio with Unity, FMOD and Steam Audio
40:00 – Running the SightCity Gaming Lab
46:10 – Dinonid, BlindShell and where to find Inclusive Gaming
52:51 – The Double Tap website and your feedback

Relevant Links

Double Tap: https://doubletaponair.com
Inclusive Gaming: https://inclusive-gaming.de/en/
Dinonid demo: https://inclusivegaming.itch.io/dinonid-accessible
SightCity: https://sightcity.net/en/
Unity: https://unity.com
Steam Audio: https://valvesoftware.github.io/steam-audio/

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About Double Tap

Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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Is the iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable iPhone, any use if you can't see the screen? Steven Scott and Shaun Preece are joined by David Nason of AppleVis to test it with VoiceOver and low vision. They cover the passport-sized design, how VoiceOver copes when the screen changes shape, and a Split View feature that might win over blind users.

David has RP and some peripheral vision. He describes the iPhone Duo as a squat, wide phone that opens into a small landscape tablet. The inner folding screen has a matte feel that takes some getting used to under your fingers, and Steven explains why he likes the crease: it gives you a tactile marker down the middle.

VoiceOver gestures like the four-finger tap to jump to the top or bottom still behave as before. Exploring by touch is harder, because the dock sits on the right, home screen pages shift sideways, and apps that haven't been updated for the Duo appear in a narrow strip with black bars either side. Steven found an odd quirk: you can touch home screen icons through those black bars.

The standout is Split View. Two apps run side by side, and VoiceOver handles each half on its own, so it feels like two iPhones joined together. The hosts also cover Touch ID on the power button, the missing Action button, setting the Camera Control to need a double click, weight and battery life, and the Deck-Man cassette Walkman app.

Chapters
0:00 – Introduction and David Nason joins
3:14 – Passport-sized design explained
6:55 – Folding screen feel, the crease and low vision views
13:25 – Home screen layout, buttons, Touch ID and speakers
23:21 – Hinge and build quality
25:35 – VoiceOver on the outer and inner screens
35:04 – Split View and two apps at once
41:41 – Weight, battery life and thickness
47:33 – Deck-Man and the first Duo apps
53:07 – Cameras and wrap-up

Relevant Links
Double Tap: https://doubletaponair.com
AppleVis Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/applevis-podcast/id478403062
Deck-Man: Cassette Player: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/deck-man-cassette-player/id6817070335

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About Double Tap

Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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Apple's touchscreen MacBook Pro and Amazon's new Alexa+ devices arrived in the same week. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece go through the Echo Dot, Echo Time, Alexa Photo Frame, Echo Studio with Home Camera and Echo Show 16, and ask who these expensive gadgets are really for, including blind and low vision users.

Tech keeps getting more expensive. RAM and hard drive costs are pushing a decent laptop toward $3,000, and Apple's new 14 and 16 inch MacBook Pro with a PROLED XDR touch display starts at $2,899 in the US. It comes with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips and a Dynamic Island, and the glowing Apple logo is back on the lid. After an old Steve Jobs clip arguing against vertical touchscreens, the hosts look for a real use case. They welcome a new accessibility setting that turns the touchscreen off. There's also an M6 MacBook Pro and an M6 iMac, which keeps its Ethernet port on the power adapter.

On the Amazon side, Shaun is still waiting for Alexa+ on his Echo Dot Max while a new $99.99 Echo Dot arrives with a built-in smart home hub and an eero Wi-Fi extender. Echo Time is a $199.99 smart alarm clock with sleep sensing and no camera. The Alexa Photo Frame syncs with Amazon Photos and lets you attach voice notes to pictures. It's a small accessibility touch, but a useful one.

The Echo Studio with Home Camera, at $249.99, brings visual intelligence: hold something up and ask Alexa what it is, which takes the hosts back to Show and Tell. The Echo Show 16 starts at $499.99, and the stands cost extra. Coming up next: David Nason joins the show to compare notes on the iPhone Duo.

Chapters

0:00 – Intro and the rising cost of laptops and hard drives
3:14 – Apple's touchscreen MacBook Pro
19:13 – M6 MacBook Pro and the new iMac
24:41 – Amazon's new Echo Dot and the wait for Alexa+
31:13 – Echo Time smart alarm clock
35:35 – Alexa Photo Frame and voice notes on photos
44:17 – Echo Studio with Home Camera
50:31 – Echo Show 16
53:54 – Website updates and the iPhone Duo with David Nason

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Apple MacBook Pro: https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/
Apple iMac: https://www.apple.com/imac/
Amazon's new Alexa devices: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/new-alexa-devices-2026
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Apple's new iPad mini has an 8.5 inch OLED screen, the A20 Pro chip and a thinner 5.4mm body. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece talk about what it offers blind and low vision users. Then they open a busy mailbag covering Braille watches, an accessible soundbar and a pro mixing console that talks.

The new iPad mini starts at £699 or $699 for 128GB. Shaun loves the size and thinks the brighter OLED display will matter to low vision users. Steven wonders where the iPad fits now that the iPhone Duo exists and the Mac might get a touchscreen. Both want multi-user profiles on iPad. They compare it with Amazon's new tablet, which now runs Android with full TalkBack, and Steven explains how his iPad Pro and Final Cut's recording app let him run an accessible multi-camera shoot.

Anne-Marie from Worcestershire wants talking watches to stop saying "the time is". She's also looking at Braille watches and recommends the thriller The Prometheus Code by Dan Stone. That leads into a debate over whether blind culture exists, an AI-discovered PHP security flaw that took websites offline, early app problems on the iPhone Duo, and whether it's now safe to update to iOS 27.

Claire asks why the mailbag is now read by an AI voice, and Steven explains why Laura stepped back. Greg in Pennsylvania praises DiGiCo for putting a screen reader on its mixing consoles. Elliot in Bournemouth found the Samsung HW-Q990F soundbar accessible out of the box thanks to Voice Guide. John Wells reports that Accessible YouTube Downloader has stopped working, which leads the hosts to argue that blind users should be allowed to build their own interfaces.

Chapters

0:00 – The new OLED iPad mini
8:49 – Amazon's tablet, multi-camera recording and user profiles
18:15 – Anne-Marie on talking watches, Braille watches and The Prometheus Code
29:30 – Is there such a thing as blind culture?
32:14 – PHP security flaw, iPhone Duo apps and updating to iOS 27
39:44 – Claire asks about the show's AI email voice
44:57 – Greg on DiGiCo consoles and vibe-coded accessibility
49:21 – Elliot on the accessible Samsung soundbar
53:10 – Accessible YouTube Downloader and building our own interfaces

Relevant Links

Apple iPad mini: https://www.apple.com/ipad-mini/
Samsung HW-Q990F Soundbar: https://www.samsung.com/us/audio-devices/soundbar/q-series-11-1-4-ch-soundbar-rear-speakers-sku-hw-q990f-za/
Sonos: https://www.sonos.com/
DiGiCo: https://digico.biz/
Dan Stone, author of The Prometheus Code: https://www.danstoneauthor.com/
Accessible YouTube Downloader Pro: https://github.com/sulaiman-alqusaimi/accessible_youtube_downloader_pro

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Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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