This month: Stuart meets Eleanor Murchan, a transition year student from Navan, who is entering this year’s BT Young Scientist competition. Sharon Lyons is back, this time to officially launch her new website, and we learn that there’s more to Sharon’s Shortcuts than a slot on this podcast! Finally, Joan O’Donnell, Siobhan Long and Christina …Read More about Technology Podcast Episode 56: January 2017

This month: We’ve information about a free and very special Christmas concert with the Visionaries Choir and Vocal Harmony, taking place on Tuesday December 20th, and we bring you information on an introductory Braille Music workshop in early January. Kim O’Leary from our equipment shop in Head Office is with Stuart and has some great …Read More about Technology Podcast Episode 55: December 2016

This month: There’s a reminder about an information session on the new Unified English Braille code, which is taking place on Wednesday November 9th. Stuart catches up with Gary Worn from the Newbridge Computer Club, who is here to introduce us to the Ultracane. We get a first look at the new Orbit Reader 20, …Read More about Technology Podcast Episode 54: November 2016

This month: We bring you details on an event taking place in NCBI in November to promote Unified English Braille (UEB). Sharon Lyons is back to show us how to use YouTube with a keyboard and as always, gives us lots of really useful commands. We also give a shout-out to our colleague Miriam Kelly, …Read More about Technology Podcast Episode 53: October 2016

This month: Nadine Lattimore is here to give a user perspective on the Invisible Puzzle game that we introduced on the August edition. Sharon Lyons is making a welcome return, and this time she has some very handy shortcuts that will help you when listening to this and other podcasts from your web browser of …Read More about Technology Podcast Episode 52: September 2016

This month: Stuart is joined by Andrea Gerino from Italy, who has just launched Invisible Puzzle, a new iOS game, on the App Store. We hear excerpts from our recent seminar with Freedom Scientific’s Eric Damery, who gives us some info on up-coming features in JAWS 18, which will be released later this year. Finally, …Read More about Technology Podcast Episode 51: August 2016

This month: We’ve information on Freedom Scientific’s visit to NCBI which takes place on Friday July 22nd, and news on some offers that you will not want to miss! Saleem Rahman is here to discuss this year’s WWDC event, Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference, at which some exciting announcements were made. Much of what Saleem …Read More about Technology Podcast Episode 50: July 2016

  This month: We have information on NCBI’s new website and details of a concert featuring the recently formed Visionaries Choir, which will be taking place on June 18th. Lucy Greco joins Stuart to talk about Dictation Bridge, a soon-to-be launched free solution for voice dictation on a PC. Saleem Rahman is here to start …Read More about Technology Podcast Episode 49: June 2016

This month: Dave Nason is with Stuart to talk about his ‘Month with Android’ experiment, which he has just completed and documented on his blog. We’ll hear what worked well and what didn’t for Dave, who is an iPhone user. Amie Hynes Fitzpatrick, NCBI’s Corporate Engagement Executive is with Stuart to talk about Twitter. We learn what …Read More about Technology Podcast Episode 47: April 2016

This month: In the first of two segments devoted to the social network Twitter, and continuing from our chat with Amie Hynes Fitzpatrick on the April edition, Stuart demonstrates how to use Twitter on a PC. We discuss some of the available Twitter clients and show you one of them. Rebecca Lenehan is a second …Read More about Technology Podcast Episode 48: May 2016