Tech Talk
Discussing all types of accessible technology for blind and partially sighted people.
New episodes every Tuesday at 1pm, repeated on Thursday at 9pm and Saturday at 5pm.
The 'Tech Talk' team try out all types of technology from a blind and partially sighted perspective. Find out about new products, from specialist equipment to off the shelf solutions, and hear from the people who make them. Get involved or join the conversation by emailing [email protected].
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Tech Talk 582: Apple Event Reactions, EKSA H6 Headphones Review, Innosearch AI Return
This week, we’re hearing about updates to the shopping assistant ‘Innosearch’, Jakie Brown puts a new pair of wireless headphones through their paces, plus we’ll be sharing our thoughts on the Apple Event 2025.
Tech Talk 581: 'Made By Google' Reaction, STEM Charity Work, AI Safety
This week, Steve Nutt runs down some the big announcements from the recent ‘Made By Google’ event, we hear about the STEM Charity that’s been established to help blind and partially sighted young people, plus, how can you keep yourself safe when using AI? Hubert Pawelkiewicz has been finding out.
Tech Talk 580: Amazon TV Cube, AI Chatbots, Emails
This week, we’re continuing our series on getting to grips with AI chatbots, plus, we’ll be tackling some of your emails.
Tech Talk 579: JAWS Pricing, Orbit Player, Using Chat Bots
This week, we’re getting to the bottom of the recent changes to the pricing models for the JAWS screen reader, we’ll start our new series on Artificial Intelligence, plus, Venkatesh Chari joins us to talk about the new ‘Orbit Player’ from Orbit Research.
Tech Talk 578: Ally Solos Glasses, Beta Testing Safely, Ad Spiers
This week, we’re speaking to Envision about the new ‘Ally Solos Glasses’, Hubert tackles the question of if beta testing is a safe way to test new features before the general public, plus, we’ll be tackling some of your emails.
Tech Talk 577: AI In Museums, Audible App Demo, Wesley Martin
This week, we’ll hear how Envision are changing the way blind and partially sighted people access museums, we speak to technology enthusiast Wesley Martin, and Hubert Pawelkiewicz tries out the Audible audiobook and podcast app from Amazon.
Tech Talk 576: Johnathan Mosen Returns, Passenger Assist Chatbot, Your Emails
This week, we’re speaking to assistive technology expert Johnathan Mosen, Hubert Pawelkiewicz tries out the new AI chatbot available on the popular ‘Passenger Assist’ app, plus we’ll be exploring another ‘Tech Timeline’.
Tech Talk 575: 'Wing It' App From APH, 'Land Of Livia' Demo, Tech Timeline
This week, Jackie Brown speaks to American Printing House about the ‘Wing It’ app for the Monarch Braille display. Plus, Hubert tries out the accessible iOS game’ ‘Land of Livia’.
Tech Talk 574: Envision's 'Ally' AI Assistant, ‘Land of Livia’ Game, Using A Mac After iOS
This week, we’re talking about ‘Ally’ the AI assistant available on Envision smart glasses. Plus, we’ll be speaking to the developers of ‘Land of Livia’, an accessible ‘idle adventure game’ for iOS devices.
Tech Talk 573: Sight Village Central, Action Audio, Last FM Demo
This week we’re catching up with all the action from this year’s Sight Village Central exhibition, with vendors like Luna Glasses, TAVIP and Humanware. Plus, details of a new trial of ‘Action Audio’, which is aiming to keep blind and partially sighted tennis fans up to date with on-court action.