iSee - Using various technologies from a blind persons perspective.

When your device or software for that matter isn't behaving in the way it should from Humanware in Au, Arthur is your go to person. You can ring 02 9686 2600 (4 then 4) or email au.support@humanware.com. I can be contacted as usual at david.woodbridge@humanware.com or check out our excellent website at https://www.humanware.com (and yes, it'll change depending on what region your in smile). Woody

A bit of a chat episode from me on a number of points of why I find the Meta Ray Ban glasses so helpful. I’ve had mine now for about 3 Months, and for me, they work fine for such AI things: Spot reading (what is this bit of paper or thing in the mail box), What is the main text on this jar or packet, Is my computer screen on (is there anything on the screen), Where are my bins (garbage truck drops...

A demo of the new TTS option for the mantis Q40 as of Dec 2024 software where I take you through using the various options. As usual, enjoy, and david.woodbridge@humanware.com for any comments.  

In this episode I catch up with Vivian Bell Humanware Australia who is our account manager for QLD, NT, and Northern NSW. Low vision specialist, but of course, covering Braille and speech as well. As usual email me david.woodbridge@humanware.com Woody PS one more interview in this initial set of meeting the staff from Humanware Australia, and then my demos, the first one of which will be the new s...

For the next 3 podcasts I will be chatting with several staff from Humanware Australia. First up is Larissa our account manager for Vic, Tas, SA, and WA. Low vision specialist, but of course, also covering blindness related products. As usual, contact me: david.woodbridge@humanware.com   Woody  

In this first episode of Woodys Weekly Wonderings (otherwise called Tripple-W), Scott Erichsen and mysewlf (DAvid Woodbridge) chat about Scott's lengthy career in the Assistive Tech field, and then move on to explore several of Scott's go to tech from the Humanware product line in Australia, including the Monarch Tactile Display. Please email me at David.woodbridge@humanware.com for any questions...

Hi and welcome to another interview for Talking Tech (for iSee) on Vision Australia Radio. And  today, as people might have noticed, I did do a bit of a podcast a couple of days ago on the Big Purple Phone, but I thought it was much nicer to get people actually who manufacture/sell the phone in Australia to come on the program and have a chat about it.    So I'm joined by Libby Henderson, Commerci...

Big Purple Phone Silver Fox   Large print phone for low vision, seniors or people with cognitive challengers.   In the box:   Phone, charger/charging chord, phone case, welcome booklet, Nokia booklets,      Physical Buttons;   Emergency SOS, volume, and power.   Connectivity:   Head phone jack, USBC, and 3.5mm head phone jack. Also Bluetooth and Wifi can be setup.   Features: 6.5 inch screen. Trou...

Hi and welcome to another Vision Australia vision store product highlight demo and in this demo you'll be hearing an interview that I did on my Vision australia radio talking tech podcast on July 16, 2024.  We have an interview from Peter Cracknell  manager of blindness products for Quantum all about the new Mountbatten braille tutor. If you'd like to find more about the Mount Batten braille tutor...

  Hi and welcome to this Vision Store product highlight demo.    In this particular demo, I want to talk about a range of different sized canes that come under the same product name. And what I'm talking about is the KWF telescopic button style canes. So these are telescopic canes that you slide back into a very, very small size. And then of course, telescope out into a full size cane.    Vision S...

Hi, and welcome to this Vision Store product highlight.   In this product high light, we will be talking about the Synaptic software for use with your Android smart phone or tablet.   What is Synaptic:   Synapptic is an all in one software or app package for people who are blind or vision impaired, , that works on android smartphones and tablets.   Synaptic overview:   Find your way around with cl...

Lots of folks have asked for a demo or reminder of what the Mini Guide is as I did not go through the unit when talking about the holder. If you are in Australia, here is the link to the shop website where you can purchase the Mini Guide (as well as the holder if you like).   https://shop.visionaustralia.org/miniguide-ultrasonic-echo-location-detector.html

One of those products you’ve heard about, but when you decide to get it, it blows your socks off. Mini Guide Sonar holder for your cane: adjustable wing nut for the actual cane or handle plus lever to adjust position of Mini Guide bloody amazing smile -  https://shop.visionaustralia.org/miniguide-holder.html

Hable One Quick demo Quick physical whip around:   Front middle slide on/off switch. Back middle USBC port. Back left lanyard. Top 8 Braille keys. Bottom 4 rubber feet at each corner.   Paring to smart phone:   Turn Hable one on. Smart phone Settings, Bluetooth, and select Hable one. Once paired, unit will connect automatically when turned on.   Holding the unit:   Hold unit away from you with the...

A bit of a chat around the Ultra Cane and Sonar Glasses which I'm having a look at in the next few weeks, and as usual, some other stuff smile.  

In this weeks tech chat, we mainly focus on the "why would you want to use the Vision Pro in its current state", some things that would be nice for Apple to focus on, and other stuff smile.  

Some fun outdoor demos to give you a few ideas for enjoying being out and about. And of course, all available fromt eh Vision Australia Vision Store. Have a listen, as I don't want to spoil the fun smile.

Loving the new upgrade to the Brailliant BIX40 which allows you to access books in my case from the Vision Australia library and enjoy daisy books, brf books (such as the Sydney Morning Herald), and my favourite podcast Talking Tech smile.  

In this demo, I give you an overview of the Monarch hardware, and some of the software features.

To find out all of the products described in this webinar for accessing the Printed Word (i.e. Optical Character Recognition OCR or Magnification) If you are in Australia, go to: https://shop.visionaustralia.org or in New Zealand: https://shop.visionaustralia.org.nz Enjoy

Lots of great things to say about Android, some things I wish iOS would do that Android does, and some comments about overall accessibility of Android at least from a screen readers point of view. Enjoy. David  

This feature is available in Australia where the Merchant runs an app on their iPhone to receive either an Apple Pay or in this case paying via a physical card when the limit has reached to enter a pin number for a physical card after it has been tapped on the screen. Merchant simply taps the accessibility options which allows the user to: 2 finger double tap to repeat initial instructions, Single...