This week on Talking Technology, we meet Elaine Power who joins the V I Labs team in the south east of the country. 

We discuss the new iPhone 16 E as well as the death of the iPhone SE line, and we ask what we can expect from tomorrow’s announcement of the next generation Alexa.

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On this episode of Talking Technology , we chat with Ian McKinley about the new audio descriptive commentary being provided for Irish viewers of the Six Nations. He also discusses his own career and how visual impairment has changed the way he plays the game.

We have loads of your comments and questions on everything from blood pressure monitors to video doorbells, and we discuss a bid from Elon Musk to take control of OpenAI.

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This week on Talking Technology we’re chatting all things accessible health and fitness.

We explore some of the really cool supports available for blind and partially sighted customers at Slimming World, and we catch up with our colleagues at vision sports to discuss the accessibility of the gym.

We have tons of your voice notes to get through, and in tech news we ask the question, could you be a movie star?

We also discussed braille , AI, and new resources from Ahead, so there really is something for everyone.

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This week on Talking Technology we  caught up with Andrew Flatres from HumanWare to discuss the monarch, a new device capable of displaying braille and tactile graphics. Andrew tells us about the really cool new capability’s of the device, and why they threw one down a metal staircase in Canada. Did we mention they cost £14,000?

In tech news we discuss the impact of cuts to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at some of the world’s biggest companies, and we look to the future at some of the innovations at this years CES. 

We’ve got accessibility companies getting in trouble, news on new Vision Ireland courses, and a BrailleSense 6 software update, so we really do have a packed Show.

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Technology is always moving forward. In this Episode David, Joe, Mairead and Daniel look back at the biggest stories of 2024, and bravely look forward into the great unknown that is 2025. 

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Are David and Joe on the naughty or nice list? We speak to Santa in a desperate bid to find out. 

We also discuss the AppleVis golden apple awards for 2024, and some of the movies and TV shows with audio description for the Christmas period.

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We catch up with filip and Lukáš from Blindshell to learn all about the newly released Blindshell Classic 3.

The team discuss why they changed direction on support for third-party apps, as well as their future plans for Classic 2 and 3. 

In tech news we hear of an exciting win for young developer Maura Moore-McCune, and Huawei are rolling out a whole new screen reader. 

finally, we take a look at some of the Quick Picks that might be filling Santa’s sleigh this Christmas.

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On this weeks show we dive straight into your voice notes and explore the new Seeing AI feature for describing video.

The Blindshell classic three makes an appearance in tech news and we say goodbye to the Apple headphone adapter.

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This week we’re spead dating at Sight Village in London. How many stands can David talk to, and what familiar faces will he meet along the way?

Jaws 2025 has been released, and Joe returns to correct the record and tell David off. 

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On this week’s Talking Technology Mairead shows off the new features in braille screen input for iOS.

Brian gives us a demo of the HumanWare Braille Note Touch, and Daniel is not a bitcoin millionaire.

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