Double Tap

By Steven Scott, Shaun Preece, Steven Scott, Shaun PreeceTechnology

Double Tap episodes

April 27, 2023 A Little Bit Of Everything
Today on the show, Steven and Shaun read through more of your feedback and answer some of your tech queries.
It is also fair to say that Steven (as usual) goes off-topic and rants about something else entirely; this time it's the cost of Canadian donuts that has caused him trauma and stress this week. But why?
They do get to the tech eventually and a controversy in the blind community over an app that has chosen to move to a subscription model. What is the concern and why has the developer done this? Double Tap has the answers and speaks to Winston Chen, the developer of the Voice Dream suite of apps, to learn more about his reasons.
As always, your feedback (and donuts) are welcome. Email us at [email protected] or call 1-877-803-4567 and leave us a voicemail. You can also find us across social media @DoubleTapOnAir.Find Double Tap online: YouTube, Double Tap Website
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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.

"Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc.
53 min
April 27, 2023 From KFC to NFC
Today on the show, Steven and Shaun read through more of your comments on the various topics we discuss daily. We are also pleased to be joined by TikTok and all-around social media star Claire Sisk, also known as CanSeeCantSee online, to chat about dirty chicken, bus fears and how NFC tags make everything a bit better around the home!
As always, we love and value your feedback. Email us at [email protected] or call 1-877-803-4567 and leave us a voicemail. You can also find us across social media @DoubleTapOnAir.
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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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53 min
April 25, 2023 It's All About The Feedbox
Today on the show, Steven and Shaun discuss two big new tech stories, one about an app called Petey that enables the popular GPT chatbot on your iPhone and Apple Watch. It's got new features, including the ability to integrate with Apple Music and more. Also, there's news of a new function to boost dialogue in selected Amazon Original TV and movies.
Plus there's more of your feedback, in particular following our episode on the AI dilemma, and on the state of accessibility in app design and thoughts on the new Braille laptop coming next year from Orbit Research and Access Mind.
As always, we love getting your feedback. Email us at [email protected] or call 1-877-803-4567 and leave us a voicemail. You can also find us across social media @DoubleTapOnAir.Find Double Tap online: YouTube, Double Tap Website
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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.

"Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc.
53 min
April 24, 2023 The Elephant in the Room
Today on the show, Steven and Shaun share their first thoughts after spending their weekend getting to grips with Mastodon, and on a rather foreign device for Steven!
They will talk about their initial impressions, how easy or not it was to get started and give a sense of what the community is really like there.
There's also an admission from Steven that he has spent some of this past weekend using an Android device, and so far he is actually enjoying it! He also believes he has found the answer to everything!
As always, your comments and feedback are so important to us - keep it coming by emailing [email protected] or calling 1-877-803-4567 and leaving us a voicemail. You can also find us across social media @DoubleTapOnAir.Find Double Tap online: YouTube, Double Tap Website
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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.

"Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc.
54 min
April 22, 2023 The Blind Lawyer, Disability Advocate & Car Reviewer?
Today on the show, Steven brings us an extended conversation with Julius Mbura, from Nairobi, who is a lawyer, disability advocate and car reviewer who is blind. Yes, you heard that right. He even drives them from time to time despite being totally blind!
It's a remarkable story with real truth and honesty about his life as a man who is blind and living in Africa. His story was featured on Double Tap TV recently, which you can find here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNJEE485ZGs
As always, we value and want your feedback. Email us at [email protected] or call 1-877-803-4567 and leave us a voicemail. You can also find us across social media @DoubleTapOnAir.Find Double Tap online: YouTube, Double Tap Website
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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.

"Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc.
53 min
April 21, 2023 Envision Glasses Major Update & Your Feedback
Today on the show, Steven and Shaun discuss the latest new feature that dropped for owners of Envision glasses from Envision AI. The feature allows users to experience and benefit from the amazing GPT 4 capabilities, including scanning and analyzing documents and asking complex questions directly through the device.
You can learn more about the new feature from their YouTube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2rXe5XuUK8
Also, there's more of your feedback including a query about Gmail email accounts, and comments about the state of accessibility on TV platforms where more audio-described content seems to be available, but the apps to access them are less accessible than ever. It's fair to say Steven isn't happy about this one!
Email your feedback to [email protected] or call 1-877-803-4567 and leave us a voicemail. You can also find us on social media @DoubleTapOnAir.Find Double Tap online: YouTube, Double Tap Website
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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.

"Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc.
53 min
April 20, 2023 Building the Next Generation of Blindness Technology
Today on the show, Steven and Shaun are joined by Adi Kushnir, the man behind the company Access Mind, which has partnered with Orbit Research to build the Optima Braille Laptop.
It’s a Windows-based system running the latest hardware and is customizable to your needs and contains a laptop-style QWERTY keyboard and a 40-cell Braille display. Adi has spent his career building and developing new technologies to advance people who are blind through education into the workplace and believes a different approach is needed to ensure our success long term.
It’s an interesting and thought-provoking conversation and we cannot wait to hear your thoughts on it.
Email your comments to [email protected] or call 1-877-803-4567 and leave us a voicemail. You can also find us across social media @DoubleTapOnAir.Find Double Tap online: YouTube, Double Tap Website
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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.

"Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc.
53 min
April 19, 2023 The A.I. Dilemma
Today on the show, Steven and Shaun discuss how A.I. is progressing in our society and debate whether we should be excited, or terrified.
Following a talk by members of the Center for Humane Technology, where many examples of new A.I. were shown off, the guys discuss their feelings on everything from A.I. talking to our children to being able to read our minds, all of which is possible today.
Check out the CBS 60 Minutes episode as referenced on today's show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=880TBXMuzmk
Check out the talk by the Center for Humane Technology:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoVJKj8lcNQ&t=3515s
Tell us your thoughts and fears on this new innovation - email us at [email protected] or call 1-877-803-4567 and leave us a voicemail. You can also find us across social media @DoubleTapOnAir.Find Double Tap online: YouTube, Double Tap Website
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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.

"Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc.
53 min
April 18, 2023 Hearing Better Using AirPods & The Curse Of Frozen Potatoes
Today on the show, Steven and Shaun discuss cutting back on streaming subscriptions and express their frustration with the TV series "Succession."
The first story covers the 2021 Unihertz Titan Pocket phone, which boasts a physical keyboard and long battery life, but runs on an older version of Android and can have laggy performance. The second story is about the updated Farrago app, which now includes Stream Deck support and improved accessibility. Greg's email about storing potatoes in the fridge is also discussed.
In the second segment of the episode, Robin talks about the MiMi Hearing Test app and how it can be used to tune the iPhone's audio output through Hearing Accommodations. Steven also shares his recent experience discovering various Hearing Accommodation features on his AirPods Pro 2.
Keep your feedback coming - email [email protected] or call 1-877-803-4567 and leave us a voicemail. You can also find us across social media @DoubleTapOnAir.Find Double Tap online: YouTube, Double Tap Website
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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.

"Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc.
53 min
April 17, 2023 Indoor Navigation Using Seeing AI & More Cool Apps
Today on the show, Steven and Shaun discuss some pretty neat apps for the Mac, including Lire, which lets you manage your RSS feed subscriptions across Mac and iOS, and Klack, which replicates the sound of a keyboard in your ears as you type.
There's also a fab demo of how to use, and benefit from, the new Indoor Navigation guidance feature in Microsoft's Seeing AI app on the iPhone. Listener Gary got in touch to share his review.
Keep your feedback and demos coming. Email [email protected] or call 1-877-803-4567 and leave us a voicemail. You can also find us across social media @DoubleTapOnAir.Find Double Tap online: YouTube, Double Tap Website
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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.

"Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc.
53 min

About Double Tap

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Double Tap is the show where blind people talk tech! If you’re blind or partially sighted and have an interest in technology, this is the show for you. Everyone is welcome no matter how old you are…