Bonus Episode: We Walk Talk

What's up docs!
a small bonus episode wherein the tech docs took part in a WeWalkTalk with sight and sound technology. Learn about the WeWalk cane, how it is operated, and many, many other fantastic features in this bonus episode of the tech docs 
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Sight and sound technology 
We walk 
Buy a kidney

What’s Up Docs?
The Docs are back for episode six!
Stuart is preparing for the World Blind Tennis Championships, Ken discovers the joys of Suno AI, Jackie gets reunited with a 1975 Perkins Brailler, and Jade shares stories from her Harry Potter adventure in London and her trip to Lanzarote.
Visiting Doc: Dave Nason
Dave joins us to discuss all things Apple.
We chat about iOS 27 accessibility updates, AI image descriptions, Siri, Dynamic Island, Liquid Glass, and the rumours surrounding future Apple devices.
Listener Emails
We answer your questions, including a listener’s mystery guess about a chocolate dispenser, along with some retro technology memories.
Tech Doc Topic
This month we look at everyday technology that works surprisingly well for blind and vision-impaired users.
From microwaves and ice makers to clever household hacks, we explore simple solutions that make everyday life easier.
Tech Doc Tip
Dave shares a useful iPhone Messages tip to help you find filtered messages and avoid missing important texts.
Tech News
We discuss upcoming assistive technology events, the WeWalk webinar, and new wearable navigation technology.
Links
The Tech Docs website 
AppleVis
Suno AI
WeWalk: 
Braille dictionary web app
Worlds biggest chocolate dispensor
Disclaimer
The Tech Docs are not responsible for anyone accidentally asking Siri questions it cannot answer, spending three hours creating AI songs, buying unnecessary gadgets, or becoming convinced that someone owns a chocolate dispenser. Any technology diagnosed during this episode has the right to seek a second opinion.

A gloriously relaxed episode with a masked producer who simply *will not* stay in the control room. Round table, a raid on the inbox, a singing controversy settled, and then the big one: audio description — the good, the bad, and the chase detail nobody asked for.
Round the Table
Jackie’s deep in a funny ghost-and-detective series. Ken hit a slump in a fifteen-book saga and is parking book five. Jade declares school OUT for summer — and bought a mystery tech toy she refuses to name. Pat’s still abroad, still allegedly looking for the airport. Stuart’s keeping quiet with a holiday on the horizon.
The Inbox
Was it AI or Stuart? Listeners voted AI. Listeners were wrong — the SkyStream song was Stuart Lawler himself, from an old blind guys chat podcast.
Michael asks: tech you once swore by but no longer touch? A grand tour follows — the Optelec Compact Mini, a deafening talking timer, talking weighing scales, Calibre cassettes, and the legendary Nokia 9210i Communicator.
John asks: will the Docs ever sing the ending songs? Official answer: no. Not no no no. Just no.
We’re on TikTok
Find us at tick tock, discovered by amused sisters before we could announce it ourselves.
The Main Event: Audio Description
Sparked by the petition over RTÉ not describing the FIFA 2026 World Cup, the Docs dig in: what AD actually is, why sighted folk use it too, and how subjective the “right” amount of detail really is. First encounters, RTÉ Jr praise, Apple quietly adding AD tracks to films you already own — and the frustration of patchy description on streaming on-demand.
Tech Doc Tip
Ask Siri for the last five messages or emails from a specific person and have them read aloud. Bonus: the new iOS 27 Siri is, so far, doing none of what it promises. EU listeners, the wait continues.
Listener Challenges
- Say “the tech docs are on TikTok” ten times fast in a 90-second voice note. Pull it off and we’ll sing an ending song LIVE — under protest.
- What is Jade’s mystery tech toy? Send your guesses.
Get in Touch

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Extra Links
Blind guys chat
Meenies Anonymous 
Fifa audio description patition 
The  Tech Docs are not responsible for audio description turned on for absolutely everything, sudden nostalgia for the Nokia 9210i, unnamed alexa timers,  or messages read aloud at full volume on a crowded bus.
And a very happy birthday to our masked producer, Stuart Lawler — the king of tea and the man behind the curtain.

What’s  Up  Docs
Take Two. The gremlins are mostly gone. One remains. He lives here now. He's weird throwing water at him didn't work.
Jackie — 145 books in. Debating whether Mr. Bump was actually visually impaired.
Ken — Three books into The Grey Man series. Up until 1am. No regrets.
Pat — Live from the States at 31 degrees, ice cream in hand, scouting tech.
Stuart — Retained Irish blind tennis number one. 5th singles, 3rd doubles at UK regionals in Loughborough. Also reading God is Disappointed in You.
Jade — Huge congratulations to her sister Taylor. Leaving Cert survivor. She’s free.
Listener Emails
Jackie Coyle named the Andrea Mara book. It Should Have Been You. All Jackies know books.
Pat answers a listener question on spoken content with screen magnification: Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → Speak Screen → Control Actions → set Double Tap to Speak on Touch.
ScribeMe Interview
Stuart and Jackie talked to Mark Morad, founder of ScribeMe. Fascinating story. The app is back on the App Store. A pair of Meta glasses may have been ordered as a result by somebody.
Main Topic: Tech Toys
Jade — Fisher Price radio. Cassette tapes. Microphone. Mother suffered greatly.
Jackie — Franklin Language Master. Recently deceased,  Moment of silence observed. baby doll she shuck by the neck.
Ken — Atari. Sat on it. R.I.P.
Stuart — The talking watch. Cock-a-doodle-doo. Banned from school.
Stuart (from the control room) — Toy lawnmower used as a proto-cane on Rosses Point Beach. Click, click, click. An origin story.
Jackie — Inflatable guitar as mobility aid in hospital. Why? Still unclear.
Pat - watch with red light up digits  turned him into Super Pat when used
Tech Doc Tip
Customise your VoiceOver gestures. Settings → Accessibility → VoiceOver → Commands → Touch Gestures. Change what you can’t do to something you can. There is a reset button. Blame Jackie if needed.
Listener Challenges
What was your first tech toy?
Name Stuart’s lawnmower.
Name our gremlin.
Is the outro music Stuart Lawler or AI?
Get in Touch
Email: [email protected]
Website: thetechdocpod.com — now with 90-second voice notes.
Links
ScribeMe
 Out of Sight with Joe G 
Gremlin Pest control
Disclaimer: The Tech Docs are not responsible for gremlins multiplying, the Franklin Language Master’s passing, concerned motorists on the Rosses Point Road,  or VoiceOver gestures gone rogue.

Tech and Trauma

Jade mutinies and unseats the captain for an episode. Pat is off eating birthday cake somewhere. Declan Meenagh drops in as a guest with DigiCoach updates and stories of teaching blind kids to code in Python. Jackie’s mystery toy is finally revealed, Ken gives us WhatsApp PTSD. And we all confess what piece of tech scares us the most.

Declan’s Coding Corner

Vision Code teaches 11–17 year olds Python on the BBC micro:bit. A major highlight is the seven-board radio instrument they made where shaking one board transmitted a note to all the others.
DigiCoach: peer-to-peer assistive tech coaching through Fighting Blindness. Open to anyone 18+. Free, mostly online with limited in-person sessions. Only available in the Republic of Ireland. Email: [email protected] to sign up.
Jackie’s Toy Reveal!!!
The answer: BrailleSense 6 Mini from Sight and Sound. 20-cell braille notetaker running Android 12.

Tech Doc Consult: Tech That Scares Us

Jade — Kids on screens for homework before they can read and write on paper.
Stuart — Induction hobs, hair straighteners, hot tea, and Lego underfoot.
Jackie — Shredders.
Ken — WhatsApp mishaps.
Declan — App updates that break everything.
The Unmasked Producer — OpenClaw. An AI agent with full system access that can book flights and order things on your card.

Listener Challenges

What tech scares you?
Name the Andrea Mara book about the WhatsApp group chat mishap.

Get in Touch

Email: [email protected]

Website: thetechdocpod.com

Links

DigiCoach
BBC micro:bit
BrailleSense 6 Mini
My Claw AI
Adopt a koala bear
Sight and sound contact: [email protected] 
Disclaimer: The Tech Docs are not responsible for OpenClaw going rogue, shredder-related trauma, Lego pieces left on the floor in the middle of the night, or WhatsApp missteps. Commander Doc — happy birthday.

April FOOLS!!! We have an episode for you.
Whats up docs,
Jade survives CSUN. The rest of the team rant about technology that has personally wronged them. Nobody is put in jail, but it’s a close call.
Jade’s CSUN Dispatches
Four interviews from the exhibition floor. Jade forgot the chocolate at the airport. Moving on.
New Haptics — Codex Braille Display (air bubble tech, multi-line, games included)
Eschenbach — Aftaro (low vision magnifier, clips onto your phone, good optics, minimal lag)
Dot Incorporated — Dot Pad (multi-line tactile display, shows images and graphics)
Selvas — Braille Sense 7 (detachable QWERTY case, touch capacitive cells, no mini this time)
Main Topic: The Tech That Wronged Us
Stuart — Google / YouTube Studio. Inaccessible, locked-down, took a week of suffering. Had to call in sighted people just to click a button.
Jade — The Opti Verso distance camera. Revolutionary in theory — she could see the whiteboard! In practice: a robotic arm she had to manually crank while being Elastigirl. She went back to her old CCTV within the year.
Pat — Siri. Types what he said, then changes it. Does not like the Cavan accent. Has gotten significantly worse since Apple’s AI push.
Ken — Lady A (Alexa). Last episode: raved about her. This episode: she’s actively conspiring against him. Won’t play Cork 96FM without trying to sell him Amazon Music.
Jackie — Apple HomePod (x2). Bought two at €99 each. They do nothing without her phone unlocked and nearby. Currently functioning as doorstops. Not recommended.
Listener Emails
Thanks to Cearbhall O'Meadhra  and Paul Griffith for the well wishes and for tuning in. Paul, thanks especially for inspiring us with the podcast name.
Eamonn asked how text replacement works on iPhone. Stuart explained: type your shortcut plus space, iPhone expands it. Works great for email, addresses, those long Uber messages. Jackie uses it for Irish characters with fádas — though Apple thinks it knows better and will override you with trademark symbols instead.
Listener Challenges
What is Jackie’s mystery new toy? Email your guess.
How many smart devices does Jackie have in her house in Sligo? Closest guess gets a shout-out.
Send in your best text replacement shortcuts, we promise we will try not to  steal them
Get in Touch
Email: [email protected]
Extra links

New Haptics  Codex Braille Display
Eschenbach  Aftaro magnifier
Dot Incorporated  Dot Pad
Raised the Dots podcast
Selvas  Braille Sense 7

The Tech Docs are not responsible for Google-related trauma, any HomePod incidents, or spontaneous Alexa or Siri rage resulting from this episode. Happy Easter.

The Intro episode where the insanity begins.
Meet your tech docs: Stuart, Jackie, Jade, Ken, and Pat.
The hosts introduce themselves and thoroughly prove that this is not the podcast where one can or should seek medical advice.
They outline why they decided to start a podcast and why they chose the name Tech Doc.
This is then followed by a quick round table where everyone talks about what is their favourite piece of technology.
If you want to contact the podcast,
Please email: 
[email protected] 
Tech mentioned links:
Cosori 5.5L Smart Air Fryer
Meta glasses 
eufy robot vacuums
Alexa
Sky glasse
MeacoDry Arete Two 20L Dehumidifier / Air Purifier
Please be aware the hosts are not responsible if you contract madness and/ or insanity from listening to this show.