Sight and Sound Technology Podcast

Jamie Mcallister went from having almost perfect vision to being totally blind over a 10 year period. Since lockdown started last year, Jamie has discovered podcasting and joins Stuart to talk about his shows and where you can hear them.

Wayband is a brand new navigation device that connects via Bluetooth with a smartphone and uses proprietary technology to communicate information through touch. Stuart sits down with Keith Kirkland co-founder of WearWorks to find out all about it.

If you’re a regular listener to our podcast you’ll know that we love hearing not only about new and interesting technology, but about how people with disabilities are doing new and exciting things. On this episode Stuart meets with Alex Gibbons, who runs 'The Doctor Who the target world' podcast and tells us about himself and the show. Rosie Dempsey lives in Belfast and has just launched an EP of...

On this episode we meet Shane Lowe, Community Manager, who introduces us to Supersense. Supersense is the smartest and simplest scanner application for the blind and the visually impaired. It is fueled by unique AI technology and a super-accessible user interface.

We're delighted to welcome Pramit Bhargava, founder of Louie Voice to Webinar Wednesday. Imagine being able to fully control popular Apps and phone functionality with just voice commands! By just giving voice commands to Louie Voice, you can Book a taxi, enjoy your favourite videos on YouTube, send Text or Audio Messages, Share Audio & Video, Make Audio & Video Calls, fully Manage your Con...

Mike Calvo and Matt Campbell are two veterans of the Assistive Technology industry. Since they launched Serotek 20 years ago, they've been pushing the boundaries to significantly increase access to content for people with disabilities. In this extended edition, Stuart is sitting down with Mike and Matt, as they reveal Pneuma Solutions, their latest offering, and demonstrate Scribe for Meetings, wh...

On this episode Stuart meets Idan Meir, co-founder of RightHear. RightHear is a service that uses indoor micro-positioning technology for the benefit of people with low vision and other orientation challenges. The people behind RightHear believe that everyone should feel able, included, and empowered everywhere. Their aim is to make the world a more accessible place for everyone.

Louie Voice is an Android application that will let you fully control your phone & Apps with just voice commands. On this episode, Stuart meets Pramit Bhargava, Louie Voice's inventor, to find out all about it.

Envision Glasses bring Envision’s award winning software to smart glasses, enabling an unprecedented experience of hands-free and unobtrusive access to the visual world. With features ranging from real-time text recognition to video calling, Envision Glasses opens the door for the future of wearable assistive technology. In this session, Karl Brealey and Stuart Beveridge take us through this excit...

Welcome to the last episode of the Sight and Sound Podcast for 2020. We want to go out with a bang and we have something very exciting to reveal! We're delighted to introduce the Envision Smart Glasses, which have just joined our product range. Stuart meets Pierre Kegels to find out all about these exciting AI wearables. Stuart Beveridge from Scotland has been using these glasses since the start o...

We’ve reached the end of a hugely eventful year for everyone. Now it’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy Sight and Sound technology’s Webinar Wednesday Big Christmas Quiz. Six contestants join us live to play for an Amazon gift voucher to the value of £100 or €100.

Welcome to the latest episode of the Sight and Sound Technology podcast. On this show, Stuart is meeting Graham Coath and Pete Quinn, who are introducing a new virtual event platform called Remo. Made by a remote team, Remo makes it really simple to create a delightful, immersive virtual space that empowers people to communicate, connect, and collaborate with each other just like they would in rea...

Today we’re delighted to welcome our friends and colleagues from Blazie Engineering, who have created a set of scripts to significantly enhance the functionality of Microsoft Teams when used with the JAWS screen reader. Blazie Engineering is the premier organisation in the UK and Ireland for provision of Scripting, consultation, assessment and provision of high quality, technically advanced access...

Welcome back to another Desert Island Tech. On this episode, Stuart meets Lord Colin Low of Dalston, who has been a lifelong campaigner for the rights of blind and disabled people, especially in the field of education. Former Chair, now Vice President of RNIB, and Immediate Past President of ICEVI (International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment), he taught Law and Criminology...

Scope Eyecare has been championing children’s futures for many years by fundraising and supporting sight loss charities. In their latest fundraising campaign, the #6MinuteLockdown, Scope employees will blind fold themselves for six minutes and complete an everyday task.   Throughout November, they hope to raise significant funds for ChildVision in Ireland and the Royal Society for Blind Children i...

We’re always excited at Sight and Sound when a major release of JAWS, Zoomtext and Fusion becomes available. Now that the 2021 version of all three products are released, we are keen to spend some time showing you all that is new in JAWS, the world’s most popular screen reader. In this session Eric Damery, Vice President of Software Product Management and Jan Bloem, International Sales Manager fro...

For blind people around the world, Braille is integral to our lives. We use it numerous times every day, to do all sorts of things, and there’s no doubt that it has been instrumental in linking education to better career prospects. At Sight and Sound Technology, we’re passionate not only about how Braille is used right now, and the technology that works alongside it, but to look at how Braille is...

With increased restrictions in England and Ireland to curve the spread of Covid-19, technology is more important than ever to keep us all connected. Our latest Webinar Wednesday session discusses enhancements in iOS 14, the importance of services like WhatsApp and Zoom and we answer questions from our audience. Our guest on this session is Kerie Doyle, a long-time user of Assistive Technology and...

You've probably heard about Linux, as it’s the operating system behind many of the devices that we all interact with every day, but just what can it do and how can people with low or no vision use it? This webinar Wednesday is devoted entirely to Linux accessibility and usability for screen reading, magnification and refreshable Braille technology. Our guest presenter for this session is Andrew El...

On this episode we meet Siobhan Meade, who has created a very active and engaging presence on YouTube. We learn about the videos that Siobhan has put together and a little about how she does it.

We're celebrating World Sight Day this year with a reflective look back at a few pivotal moments within the Assistive Technology industry, and some of the key points that shaped it. On this episode Stuart meets Tobias Winnes, Vice President of International Sales at Vispero. Tobias was involved with Henter-Joyce from the very early days, and talks about the beginnings of JAWS for windows.

This year, we are starting our celebration of World Sight day with a special Webinar Wednesday event.  For people with low or no vision, technology is probably the greatest enabler, affording access to education, employment, independent travel, books and so much more.  On this special Webinar event, we’ve brought together a panel of users who are journeying with technology as they live an active l...

On this episode we meet Nina Chesworth, who lives in Manchester. Nina shares her own incredible story of her sight loss journey. You can find out more about Nina by visiting her blog at  www.blindbutsound.co.u k or on Twitter  www.twitter.com/blind_but_sound

This week we're delighted to meet and chat with Julian Jackson. After 5 years as Director of Development and then Senior Adviser to a leading eye research charity, Julian launched “VisionBridge” in June 2016, supported by a growing nationwide group of academic researchers, clinician scientists, clinicians and patient advocates. He continues to build on the work he started in 2014 to support innova...

How many times have you said ‘let me check the diary’? For many of us an electronic diary is a core part of our digital arsenal and, in many cases, we’re accessing it on more than one device. So, what’s available and how does all this tech work? IN this session, Sight and sound Technology’s Sharon Lyons and Stuart Lawler explore two big players in this space, with calendar offerings from Google an...