Regular Braillecast listeners will know that I visited Australia and New Zealand in 2024, and we featured a number of interviews from that trip in the weeks that followed. One interview that we didn't feature at the time was with Scott Erichsen, an Australian assistive technology expert, musician and all round braille enthusiast.

As a musician, he is an accomplished jazz and classical pianist and regularly accompanies other musicians in concerts, exams and recordings. He qualified in jazz piano at Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

His technology career began when a UK company, T and T Consultancy, expanded its operations into Australia in the late 2000s. After being the figurehead of that operation for several years, he enjoyed positions at Quantum RLV, Pacific Vision International, Vision Australia, Next Sense, HumanWare, Guide Dogs Australia and the National Disability Insurance Agency, which administers the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

In this fascinating conversation, we discover more about Scott's musical and technological career, the part that braille plays in his life and work, and his perspective on the future of braille technology.