Tripple W or Talking Tech for May 20 2025
iSee - Using various technologies from a blind persons perspective.Show Notes
Plaud AI Pin
If you have ever felt a FitBit, this is the size of the Plaud AI pin. As I said in the episode, app mainly works ok, device is ok to use.
The Speaker I talked About for $13 Au
Small speaker that did USB, 3.5, and Bt plus had FM radio. Volume was good, FM good, connectivity via Bluetooth poor, and making sure it was charged was almost useless via the micro USB. Attracted me because of the FM chip and the volume was great. If you search for Bt speaker with UsB, 3.5, and FM radio that is really really cheap at $13 that will probably be it.
Ray Ban Meta Glasses on the Vision Store
As I said in the episode, lots of places to purchase this, not NDIS funded, main demos probably at major VA sites, and two corrections to VA Store promo: you can hear the audio from the glasses via the person next to you, and its not a good idea to Bt connect them to any thing else as you will have issues reconnecting them to your phone again with the Meta AI app.
https://shop.visionaustralia.org
Apple Accessibility Sneak Peak from GAAD 2025
Looks very interesting , especially the Braille Note taker, and using continuity iPhone camera as a portable VM on your Mac. API opening up for camera based assistive apps on the Vision Pro looks interesting as well, but quite happy with my Ray Bans.
As I sign Off this week
Testing JAWS sneak build that works with the Monarch, Tactile View Beta tactile images with the Monarch, and Wing It app all demos coming from me in August when this should all be released fully. Of course, I will be doing demos when I get my hands on the development builds of IOS etc once WWDC is happening.
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More from iSee - Using various technologies from a blind persons perspective.
Between this podcast and the last, the following 3 questions were asked and answered.
Yes, this is the QWERTY version of the BrailleNote evolve BT (Braille input keyboard) from Humanware. Enjoy.
Simply get RIM from getrim.app for your device, in this case Windows (Evolve), and then download the RIM app from the iOS App Store and away you go by simply using a keyword. Nothing could be easier or free via the keyword option. I'm going to upgrade mine to a subscription option as I'm so impressed by this product.
In other words, using JAWS on the Evolve is just like using JAWS on a Windows laptop with some things to be aware of: different way of doing numbers, function keys mainly.
In this demo, I explain how to choose your preferred reading input and output table, and then have a bit of a play around with the Braille Editor, and Word.