This week we cover:

• News of the imminent roll out of Amazon Alexa Plus;
• Information about a blindness and low vision oriented Linux Resource at http://blindlinux.com. (Note no ‘s’ before the ‘:’).
• Damo is off to the assistive technology conference at CSUN in California and talks about his preparation for the adventure.

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This week we cover:

• News of Apples’s latest phone, the iPhone 16e;
• An update to info about the WeWALK Smart Cane 2, including news that it will soon be available from the Vision Store, shop.visionaustralia.org;
• Damo’s recent venture in to the world of Network Radio.

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This week we cover:

• News of the WeWALK Smart Cane 2 with more information available at wewalk.io;
• A little about Damo’s YouTube channel, including how he produces content with explanation of overcoming the challenges involved for a person who is blind. Damo’s channel can be found at youtube.com/@theblindtestdrive;
• News of the Be My Eyes app, including the availability of a ‘read aloud’ feature.

 

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This week we cover:

• Further news in the wake of the announcement of DeepSeek, the Chinese based AI tool;
• News of the Access On podcast of the American National Federation of the Blind feature on Blazie Technologies, blazietech.com;
• An explanation of the recently revamped Seeing Eye app from Microsoft;
• An explanation of the Invites app from Apple;
• A reminder of the Access Technology Help Desk service from Vision Australia.

 

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This week Damo takes us through:

• Some highlights from last week’s updates to Apple software products;
• A recent experience with Notebook LM, a Google AI tool;
• Some points to keep in mind about DeepSeek, the new AI tool from China;
• An update to Amazon Fire TV Omni Mini, which may be of interest to those who use hearing aids.

 

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This week we cover:

• Vision Australia’s Alexa Smart Home program enabling participants to gain skills with Amazon Alexa devices. Furtherr information can be found by emailing [email protected];
• Updates to the BT Speak from Blazie Technologies at blazietech.com and an associated podcast from Robert Carter (the Tech Doctor) athttps://www.dr-carter.com/?p=579;
• Updates to the Stella Trek GPS aid from Humanware with more info at humanware.com;
• Further updates to the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses.

 

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This week, while Damo continues his annual leave, Stephen chats with Jim Pipczak, Access Technology Lead with Vision Australia, based in Melbourne.

 

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This week, while Damo continues his annual leave, Stephen chats with Kent Walsdorf, Access Technology Lead with Vision Australia, based in Geelong Victoria.

 

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This week, from the  Coorparoo Office in Brisbane, we feature a recent conversation Damo had with Kimberley Nean, a participant in the Vision Australia Graduate Program. Kimberley Takes us through her life long encounter with the twin challenges of deteriorating hearing and vision, with emphasis in particular on the use she has made with evolving access or assistive technologies.

 

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This week, reflecting on the year of development with assistive technology Damo looks at :

breakthroughs with Smart Glasses with focus on the Meta and ARX Vision products;

Release of the pockets sized BTSpeak from Blazie Technologies and Orbit Speak from Orbit Research;

The release of the Dot Pad and Monarch multi line tactile braille displays;

The expansion of AI  in particular Apple Intelligence and the FSCompanion and Ask MS Accessibility blind and low vision Windows accessibility help tools.

 

To access the program, presented by Stephen Jolley and Damo McMorrow you can go to varadio.org/talkingtech

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