Talking Technology with V I Labs

On this episode of Talking Technology, we explore the WeWALK smart Cane and ask how technology can be used to enhance the traditional long cane we know and love. 

Jean Marc Feghali Chief Innovation Officer at WeWALK tells us about the WeWALK smart cane too and shares some exclusive news on their ever expanding WeAssist service. 

We dive into all the new products from Apple, discuss the new tech support hub from Vision Ireland, and say hello to Zippay, a new payment service from AIB, Bank of Ireland, and PTSB.

Joe shares info on a new archive of Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh’s GAA commentary, and in a week where Ring announced a new Irish voice for Ring video doorbells, David shares how he just missed out on the job.
The archive : TheReplay.ie
2:16 Voice Notes
12:54 WeWALK Smart Cane and the WeAssist service
39:29 Elaine discusses the Tech Support Hub and Vision Ireland’s  Tech Clubs.
49:33 Talking Technology News
68:01 Outro
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On this episode of Talking Technology, we catch up with Lucia Pintado Gutierrez to learn about her ADESI research looking at audio description in Ireland. 

We explore the newly announced Be My Eyes Workplace in Tech News, and speculate on what new fancy toys we might be getting at next weeks Apple event.

Joe investigates why David made the RTE News, and shares details of a new public Consultation being conducted by the Irish government into the cost of disability.

Handy links

Cost of disability survey: www.Gov.ie/COD 

Read the Audio Description research: https://adesireland.com

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0:18 intro
2:18 contact details
3:41 tactile images and the World Unseen exhibition
12:29 Lucia Pintado Gutierrez on her Audio Description research
33:30 Talking Technology News
50:57 Outro
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The International Association of Accessibility Professionals, in association with Vially, brought their EU conference to Dublin last week. David caught up with some of the speakers from the event to learn more.  

Vision Ireland’s group CEO, Chris White, calls for stronger leadership and enforcement of the European Accessibility Act, and explains why Vision Ireland made a complaint to the Irish Aviation Authority.

Susanna Laurin from the IAAP tells us about the organisation and its role, and gives her view on how the European Accessibility Act is working so far.

Shadi Abou-Zahra, from Amazon, tells us what it’s like leading accessibility for one of the world’s largest companies. How do you ensure accessibility across a company with such a wide variety of products? Shadi tells us more. 

We discuss Narrator, paper travel passes, and rodents in this week’s Tech News. And we tell you about a new course now available on Vision Academy.

All that and more on this week’s episode of Talking Technology.

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0:00 intro 
3:01 WhatsApp Voice Notes 
12:41 Chris White
21:40 Susanna Laurin
32:19 Shadi Abou-Zahra
42:43 Talking Technology News
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On this episode of Talking Technology, we’re discussing all things Braille.

Peter Claridge-Bowler tells us about the Brailliant BI 20 and BI 40 X Braille displays from Humanware. Are they any good?

Lina Kouzi from the Vision Ireland library and INBAF tells us about the new unified Irish Braille code, and what it means for those who have been using the Irish language Braille code previously.

And we catch up with Mairead O’Mahony to learn about the Vision Ireland Braille team and some of the services they provide.

It’s all buses and advertising in this week’s tech news, and we of course discuss the weather. It wouldn’t be an Irish podcast if we didn’t, now would it?

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0:00 intro (and a discussion on the weather)
2:48 Voice Notes
15:59 The V I Labs Braille team
18 53 Brailliant BI 20 and BI 40 x Braille displays
34:07 Unified Irish Braille
47:33 Talking Technology News
59:45 Outro
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On this packed episode of Talking Technology, we catch up with Rhonda Bassett-Spiers, the CEO of Jaws maker Vispero. We discuss what’s new in Jaws and Zoomtext, and we hear details of an entirely new product currently in development. 

We discuss Vispero accounts and changes to how Jaws and Zoomtext licences work, and could Vispero partner with or purchase Be My Eyes? We discuss all that and more.

Dereck Carolan joins us to share some of the services offered by V I Labs at Vision Ireland, also teasing some of the courses on the way this January.

We have coverage of the consumer electronics show in tech news, as well as discussion of major accessibility issues at Leinster House. 

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0:00 Intro

3:14 Voice notes

22:18 An interview with the CEO of Vispero 

49:38 What is V I Labs?

1:02:52 Talking Technology News

1:18:29 Outro
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