Sight and Sound Technology Podcast

As the Covid-19 strain of the Coronavirus makes itself felt throughout the world the way in which we work and live has changed immeasurably in a very short time. We want you to know that in the midst of this significant change and upheaval, the team at Sight and Sound Technology remain available to support and assist our customers.

We’re meeting the newest member of the Sight and Sound Technology team on this episode. Will Marshall is an Assistive Technology trainer working in Scotland. We find out about Will, his work and how he’s been teaching himself JAWS over the last few months.

As part of our on-going 'Meet the Team' series, we are introducing Alastair Mackay, who works with sight and sound as a customer trainer and Assistive Technology Sales executive in Scotland. We learn about Alastair's work and what he does when he's not working hard for Sight and Sound!

In this episode, Stuart introduces us to the newly arrived ElBraille, the revolutionary Windows 10 device that works seamlessly with the Focus 40 5th edition Braille display from Vispero.

Our final podcast of 2019 features a sit down chat with our very own Glenn Tookey, Chief Executive of Sight and Sound Technology.   Stuart reflects with Glenn on the year that was for the company, what’s coming in 2020 and we find out how Glenn will be spending the time off! Happy Christmas from all at Sight and Sound Technology!

We're delighted to meet and chat with Mike Adams on this episode of our podcast. Mike is CEO of Purple, an organisation changing the disability conversation with businesses and disabled people. Purple see disability as a value opportunity and Mike is leading the development of products and services which are beginning to transform the landscape across all business sectors. Purple Tuesday, created...

On Friday 18th of October we launched a very exciting partnership with Enable Ireland and the Disability federation of Ireland, who have jointly come together to form Freedomtech and the CHAT community. In this episode of our podcast, our reporter Cathal Joyce goes along to the launch to find out all about it.

If you missed our webinar on October 30th, here's the audio from the session that explored the new features in JAWS 2020. You'll learn about enhancements in the JAWS cursor, how to customise the virtual cursor's behaviour on a per-tab basis in Google Chrome and much more.

ON this episode we’re all about featuring great people and organisations who have recently come on are radar, and who we encourage our listeners to check out! Karen Wilson, Education Advocate with Angel Eyes is here to tell us about the work of this wonderful charity, who provide services and supports for families throughout Northern Ireland. Anna Sheils-McNamee is the author of ‘My Dad’s Blind’,...

Sight and Sound Technology's Matt Pateman, Ash Cross, Sharon Lyons and Stuart Lawler are all on-hand in our technology surgery to help answer any questions from attendees. This is the final session in the Summer School series.

Session 4 in our Summer School series features Stuart Lawler, country manager at Sight and Sound Ireland, who describes and talks us through the use of the Focus Braille display family from Vispero.

Ruth Gallagher Carr, our Business development Manager for Scotland, is with us for session 3 of our Summer School series, to take us through the Zoomtext Magnification package.

In this second Summer School session, Ash cross from our tech support department brings us through the extensive Ruby range of magnifiers from Vispero.

In the first of our series of Summer School sessions, Sharon Lyons introduces us to keyboard shortcuts for Windows, Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel.

We’re excited on this episode of our podcast to announce details of the first ever Sight and Sound Summer School, a series of webinars, which are taking place on the week of August 12th. Our Sales and Marketing Manager Carla Barker is with Stuart to tell all. Sam Coulson is the latest recruit to Sight and Sound, working as an Assistive Technology Sales Executive covering the North of England. We m...

July is a very busy month at Sight and Sound and we've news about our presence at Sight Village Central on July 9th and 10th and our Vispero events and exhibitions in Dublin on July 15th and Glasgow on July 16th. Julie Rodaway demonstrates the Focus 5th edition Scratchpad and how it can be used to quickly take notes and export them to other devices.

Sight and Sound Technology developed the Getting AT Ready events to provide Disability professionals in Further and Higher Education (FE and HE) the opportunity to share best practice, learn about new technologies and to hear from experts, so that they are equipped with the knowledge and tools to develop existing accessibility policies and procedures. This episode is devoted entirely to our 2019 e...

This episode is shorter than usual, but we think you'll be very interested in listening in! As we celebrate 40 years of providing high quality products and services across the UK and Ireland we are launching some promotional offers and Stuart, along with Sharon Lyons tells us all about them. Sharon stays with Stuart for the remainder of the episode to conclude her segment on Windows Mail.

On this episode we’re welcoming two brilliant new starters to the Sight and Sound team. Sharon Lyons joins the Dublin office as a trainer. We find out a little about Sharon and she commences what will be a regular series of shortcuts, this time looking at Windows Mail. Carla Owen joined us in early February as Sales and Marketing Manager. We hear a little about Carla, her work and what she enjoys...

On episode 6 of our podcast Stuart introduces us to a newly added feature that was released as part of the January 2019 JAWS and Fusion update. You’ll see how easy it is to add Vocaliser Expressive voices right from the JAWS voice settings window. We meet Tom Forsyth and Laura Maclean who have jointly developed a really great solution to assist with sighted guiding called the Ramble Tag. Finally,...

Happy new year from all at Sight and Sound Technology! This episode is all about great people doing great things! We meet Robbie Forde, a blind motivational speaker who has recently branched into stand-up comedy. Amie Hynes Fitzpatrick has low vision and is an active blogger. She talks about her blog, her use of technology and her plans for the year ahead. Finally, Stuart shows us the power of the...

Welcome to our Christmas 2018 Podcast, and Merry Christmas from all at Sight and Sound Technology! On this episode we meet Jenny Axler from Selvas, formerly known as Hims. Jenny talks about the Braille Sense Polaris, and the recently launched QBraille XL, and also gives us a fascinating glimpse into her life as an American lady, totally blind living in Korea. Stuart speaks with Aram Hekimian, CEO...

Welcome to our very first webinar from Thursday November 1st 2018. Stuart Lawler talks us through the new and exciting features in JAWS 2019, including faster start-up and a more responsive overall experience, improved performance in Office 365 applications, notification of spelling errors in Word and Outlook 365, Phonetic speaking of characters during navigation and much more. We are also joined...

On this episode we have details about an online training event we are running to coincide with the launch of JAWS 2019. Stuart speaks to Austin Avalos who introduces us to the Sunu Band, a cool piece of wearable technology, which is now available for sale. Finally we take a quick look at the latest update to the Braille Sense Polaris from Hims.