In Touch

By BBC Radio 4

News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted

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The podcast currently has 497 episodes available.

In Touch episodes:

November 23, 2016 Mobile Phone Answering Service, Gary O'Donoghue
Peter White talks to Simon Rockman, founder of Fuss Free Phones, and to Steve Tyler of RNIB. The company has partnered with RNIB to offer a mobile phone answering service to help blind and partially-sighted customers make and receive calls.
BBC Washington Correspondent Gary O'Donoghue talks about his experience of working on the US Election and explains the impact of a change of government's names and faces will have on the way he does his job.
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19min
November 15, 2016 Guide dog waiting lists, Watches, Blind parenting
Peter White talks about guide dog waiting lists with BBC reporter and guide dog owner Ian Hamilton, who's been waiting for a replacement dog for over six months.
Ian Macrae and Hazel Dudley look at accessible watches. Ian reviews the smart watch from Apple and Hazel shows Peter two talking watches by Verbalise which she describes as 'dressy'.
Joy Addo presents her first column on being a blind Mum.
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19min
November 08, 2016 Richard Leaman to step down and Ffion Miles steps out
Richard Leaman is to step down as CEO of Guide Dogs, without an explanation. Peter talked to Rose Hewitt, Chair of COGDO, the Circle of Guide Dog Owners, who said that the members she's spoken to, want the charity to return to providing its core function of providing guide dogs for blind people.
Ffion Miles is about to go on a trip to Australia and tells Peter about the planning involved. Ffion has relied heavily on the internet and social media to connect with people and organisations who can help her.
During his recent visit to Brazil, Peter met Marcos Lima who collects miniature models of famous landmarks and buildings from around the world.
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19min
November 01, 2016 Fight For Sight and review of accessible speaker
Fight for Sight's CEO Michele Acton, joins Peter White to talk about the charity's work funding medical research into eye disease.
Stand-up comedian Chris McCausland reviews the Amazon Echo, a wireless voice-activated smart speaker, which is a mainstream product accessible to blind and partially-sighted people due to its voice-activated controls.
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19min
October 25, 2016 Chief Executives Cathy Yelf, Macular Society and Neil Heslop, Leonard Cheshire Disability
Peter White is joined by Cathy Yelf, CEO of the Macular Society, who talks about their new report calling for more collaboration in the funding of medical research to find a cure for Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Neil Heslop, newly appointed CEO of Leonard Cheshire Disability talks about his new role and the way in which he plans to lead the organisation.
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19min
October 18, 2016 Monica Vasconcelos, OrCam reading device
Peter White is joined by Brazilian singer and journalist Monica Vasconcelos, who is the subject of a World Service documentary, in which she talks of her sight loss.
Tom Walker meets Tony North who has been using a new reading device called OrCam. The user wears it like a pair of spectacles and points to text or information for the device to read out. Assistive technology consultant Graham Page talks about other platforms which are available to help blind and partially-sighted people access the written or printed word.
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19min
October 11, 2016 Guide dog owner refused hotel room - GDBA CEO Richard Leaman responds
Guide dog owner Kim Milward was illegally refused a hotel booking with her guide dog. She tells Tom Walker about her experience.
CEO of Guide Dogs for the Blind Association - Richard Leaman gives his reaction. Plus, he doesn't rule out a possible future merger between GDBA and RNIB.
Writer Red Szell pens his latest column and muses about being something of a reluctant guide dog owner.
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20min
October 04, 2016 Nicki Cockburn, Pips and Talking Loos
Peter is joined by quizzer Nicki Cockburn who recently took part in the BBC TV programme 'Make Me An Egghead' and reached the semi-finals.
She talks to Peter about how she first became interested in entering competitions and the tricks she enlists to remember things.
Jackie is a listener who has asked the DWP for an electronic version of the Personal Independence Payments claim form.
So far they have only been able to offer her an audio CD of the questions and told her that blind people usually get someone sighed to help them fill in the form.
Tony Shearman meets the couple behind the Room Mate, their latest invention to make public toilets accessible, by way of using a bespoke audio description.
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20min
September 27, 2016 Action hotels update, TV licence concession, Comedian Chris McCausland
David Haynes of Action's Customer Council tells Peter how alarmed he was that the council was not consulted about the planned closure of the Action hotels.
Jason Hill explains the concessionary TV licence rate for blind people.
Tony Shearman talks to blind comedian Chris McCausland about his new solo show in London's Soho Theatre.
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20min
September 20, 2016 Peter White talks to Lesley-Anne Alexander, retiring CEO of RNIB
Peter White talks to retiring CEO of RNIB, Lesley-Anne Alexander. Lesley-Anne reflects on her legacy as RNIB leader and the future of the charity sector for blind and partially-sighted people. Peter asks about her views on streamlining resources within the sector and her policies on employment for blind and partially-sighted people within the organisation. She also explains how the charity's funds are divided between campaigning and service-provision.
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20min

FAQs about In Touch:

How many episodes does In Touch have?

The podcast currently has 497 episodes available.