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Episode 95: Braille and Tech come to Lisburn in February
February is a busy time for our friends at RNIB and specifically in their Northern Ireland team. Two events of note are running across two days.
On Tuesday February 25th the RNIB Braille and Beyond library tour comes to Lisburn City Library, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.
On Wednesday February 26th RNIB Northern Ireland's Technology Fair, now in its second year, will be taking place at the Lagan Valley Island, also in Lisburn, from 11:00 am to 4:30 pm.
Stuart catches up with RNIB's Jackie Brown to find out more.
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Episode 94: AI innovations from Envision and Blazie Engineering
Welcome back to another episode of Sight and Sound Technology's podcast. This time we're talking all things AI.
Envision have recently launched Envision Ally on their smart glasses as well as putting the Ally app for iOS and Android into public beta. Stuart is joined by Envision's co-founder and CEO Karthik Mahadevan to tell us more.
You can give the Envision Ally app a spin on your platform of choice if you wish by using the links below.
iOS:
https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ally.me%2Fbeta%2Fios&data=05%7C02%7Cstuart.lawler%40sightandsoundtechnology.ie%7C5e499efbe8454c7763e108dd317b730e%7C9d76d91d0dda48c3aa025a7a6056bfc0%7C0%7C0%7C638721128478320082%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=sAm8xDvDxd8kOTkfRFEHv%2BfJqXCbrxVMr%2Fh31YOKSlI%3D&reserved=0
Android:
https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ally.me%2Fbeta%2Fandroid&data=05%7C02%7Cstuart.lawler%40sightandsoundtechnology.ie%7C5e499efbe8454c7763e108dd317b730e%7C9d76d91d0dda48c3aa025a7a6056bfc0%7C0%7C0%7C638721128478347137%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=l0%2FOG72Jaaf3tvPpvZT02w3Ys1ObCQTB%2FeUxsr%2FTY4Y%3D&reserved=0
Our friends from Blazie Engineering have just released a new and exciting application called Blazie Agent, that allows you to use Chat GPT from anywhere on your computer, as long as you have the JAWS screen reader running. Stuart is joined by Blazie's Kelvin Duncan to learn more.
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Episode 93: Introducing Paige Braille and welcome Alan Taylor
As we join in the world-wide celebrations of 200 years of Braille here at Sight and Sound Technology, we’re delighted to introduce another Braille device to our portfolio. Paige Connect transforms the classic Perkins Brailler for instant translation and gamified learning on any device.
Stuart meets with Gregory Hargraves from Paige Braille to find out more.
Alan Taylor has recently joined our Scottish team to head up our training function north of the border. Stuart meets Alan to find out a little about him and his role.
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Episode 92: The Canute Console from Bristol Braille Technology
Bristol Braille Technology have been synonymous with the development of multi-line Braille technology for more than 10 years. We are very excited to unveil the Canute Console which is just entering our product portfolio.
On this episode Stuart meets Stephanie Sergeant and Ed Rogers from Bristol Braille Technology to learn more about this device.
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Bonus Episode: SmartVision 3 audio tutorial
In episode 91, we introduced Will Carter, from our tech support team, who had produced a comprehensive audio tutorial for the SmartVision 3 mobile phone. This episode features the full tutorial for easy access.
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