Ruth Gallagher-Carr is one half of the duo behind the hugely successful Getting AT Ready conference, which she developed alongside her colleague Carolyne Smith.

She's also been responsible for building a thriving presence for Sight and Sound Technology in Scotland, and, for working as part of a team to develop a robust quality management system in the company.

As Ruth prepares to move to the next chapter in her career, Stuart sits down with her for a reflective chat about her time with Sight and Sound Technology and almost 17 years in total working in the sight loss sector.

Merry Christmas from the Sight and Sound Technology podcast team!

Wednesday 4th January is World Braille Day, and we’re delighted to announce details of a half-day online conference that we’re putting together in association with our friends at the Braillists Foundation.

This podcast episode is somewhat different to our regular output, in that we have a guest host in the wonderful Steven Scott, host of the DoubleTap podcast, who has kindly taken the show into his very capable hands to sit down with Matthew Horspool from the Braillists Foundation and our own Stuart Lawler, to talk all things Braille, and of course, to talk more about the World Braille Day conference.

This episode is also being simulcast on the Braillists Foundation’s podcast feed, so if you subscribe to both our shows you will likely hear it twice!

Sincere thanks to Steven for doing a great job in bringing us together and stimulating some great discussion.

We hope you will enjoy this very special episode.

We're just back from a hugely successful Sight Village event, and it was wonderful to return to Kensington Town Hall, in the heart of London.

On this episode Stuart catches up at the event with Rob Powell, who tells us about the Jubilee Club Magazine, and Freek van Welsenis, co-founder of the company who have brought us the revolutionary Hable One device.

The SmartVision 3, the only Google certified smartphone designed specifically for people with low or no vision has recently joined our product portfolio. This handset, which integrates Google's Talkback screen reader, offers three ways to control your smartphone and access information, including a tactile keypad.

Stuart caught up with Tony Shrubb from our field sales team to find out all about it.

Roger Firman is chair of UKAAF, the UK Association for Accessible Formats.

Until June of this year, when he retired, he ran his own company called Golden Chord, dedicated to providing a high-quality personalised transcription service for customers who require music, music-related and other materials in braille.

Roger is a life-long user of Braille and is passionate about its application in all areas of life.

On this very special podcast to mark National Braille week 2022, Stuart sat down with Roger for an in-depth chat.

Remote Incident Manager (RIM), the latest exciting software release from Pneuma Solutions, is a fully accessible remote desktop application for technical support, training, and simply helping friends and family with their PCs.

We had so much fun with founders Mike Calvo and Matt Campbell last time that we invited them back to hang out with Stuart and tell him all about this revolutionary application.

Sam Coulson will have been a very familiar voice if you attended our Social Hub and other Sight and Sound Technology webinars in the early days of lockdown.

Sam left Sight and Sound Technology in August 2021 to pursue his acting career, but last week he made a welcome return and he’s popped into catch up with Stuart and tell him what he’s been up to since hanging up his assistive technology sales hat.

Our podcast returns after a short summer break, and this time we have a new member of the Sight and Sound team to meet!

Stefanie Davies has recently joined as Marketing Manager. Stuart catches up with Stefanie to find out about her and her role at Sight and Sound Technology.

The DAISY Consortium's Music Braille project is a cross-sector collaboration to identify, prioritise, and deliver both short-term and long-term improvements to secure the future of music braille production and use. The project aims to ensure that more music braille scores are available more easily to more blind musicians world-wide.

Stuart is joined on this episode by DR. Sarah Morley Wilkins, Project Manager and User Experience Consultant to learn more.

The mission of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers is to support better vision for all. Founded in 1629, the company is number 60 in the list of City of London Livery Companies by order of precedence. The company want to inspire future generations committed to visionary eye care, building upon their rich heritage of almost 400 years.

On this episode Stuart sits down with the company's current master, Ian Davies, to learn about an exciting event recently held at the Mansion House in London, to promote the significant benefits to business in the city of London in recruiting people with low or no vision.