That Real Blind Tech Show: Recent Episodes
Brian Fischler, Ed Plumacher, and Allison Meloy
A podcast Hosted by Brian Fischler, Ed Plumacher, and Allison Meloy discussing the good and bad of assistive technology for the low vision and totally blind. Key topics include Apple’s VoiceOver, Amazon’s VoiceView, Windows Narrator, Freedom Scientific Jaws, Described Video, and basically any product that talks to you. We are not NPR, as we are an entertainment technology show.
It's an all new That Real Blind Tech show with the old school gang of Allison, Brian, Ed, and Jeanine.
Since most of you come to That Real Blind Tech Show for your scientific news, we kick the show off discussing the most interesting and strangest theory on how life on this place called Earth began.
Boy the Japanese sure can innovate as they are now selling human refrigerators because it is so damn hot everywhere.
If there's an app for it, then it must mean the paranoia is real, introducing the Anti-Zuck Bluetooth sniffer app. Some how the old Sham wow infomercial comes up, and if you are like us and wondering what ever happened to the Sham wow Guy watch this YouTube clip about him.
Do we now need a Tick Tock for Dummies, or is that just called Tick Tock? Tick Tock videos are advising people to put their phones in the fridge when they heat up.
Would you take $50 bucks to let an A.I. start up read your mind to train their A.I.?
Jeanine then gives us her recap of this year's ACB Conference.
Then A special quick version of the Blind Feud pops in, asking what is Arizona State the first University in the country to now be offering a major in?
It's then on to Clauding where Brian gets some feedback on his new favorite jingle on the show, and then discusses his experiences with the submission of the That Real Blind Tech show app and App Store Connect. It has not been a good experience.
Allison then discusses the excitement behind launching her first project in to GitHub the Accessible Virtual Machine. She discusses the work behind it, the feedback, and the feeling of empowerment upon launching it all. Sorry for no link to the project as the link Allison provided us did not work, so reach out to her if you want to get it.
Brian then discusses rebuilding his personal website from the ground up. His website had not been updated in 12 years, and he previously had to pay people to update his website for him, you can check out the new site here.
Jeanine then lets us know what she has been up to with Clauding.
And even though Brian claimed he was not going to build until he got past the App Store Connect nightmarish process, he lied to you and himself, as he introduces the latest project he is working on, and of course, he built a little jingle for it as well.
OpenAI announced they will be coming out with a ChatGPT speaker. Which then leads us to discussing what Smart Speakers we are still using.
And it's more of What's Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
It's an all new that Real Blind Tech show with Allison, Brian, and David discussing the latest news in tech that is important to the blind and low vision.
We kick this episode off with a series of announcements. The biggest being the all new That Real Blind Tech Show iOS app, which as of this release is still awaiting approval from Apple to be released. So much for that 48 hour that Apple claims 90% of apps get approved in. It should be released any day in the next week.
Brian discusses some of the fun he had when posting the app for approval to Apple's App Store Connect, while it is accessible the usability could be massively improved.
Our next announcement is that Laugh For Sight will be returning for our 19th year at Gotham Comedy club on Monday, October 26, 26, NYC. This year we will be donating all proceeds to InTandem and the Seeing Eye. Stay tuned for many more announcements coming soon.
And Football season is almost back so if you are interested in joining us in playing either Fantasy Football or the new College Fantasy Football, shoot us in an email at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, spots are avail on a first come first serve basis, and spots are already limited.
Brian then gets derailed talking about seeing Bon Jovi at Madison Square Garden a few nights ago.
If you hate Brian's Bon Jovi love, then skip ahead in the show to about 31 minutes which is where Allison discusses running the most current iOS beta.
The Meta Glasses are getting more backlash from celebs we have never heard of or care about.
We then enter the terrifying part of this episode as we discuss how a pilot answering one text message destroyed his life. This is similar to what Brian has been dealing with now for 7 months.
You can now recover access to your Google account with a Selfie video.
The way we have purchased iPhones is about to change, as Apple is moving to leasing iPhones, and if you miss a payment, Apple will be able to deactivate your phone, yeah, nothing could go wrong here!
We then dive in to Clauding as Brian and Allison discuss the states of their latest projects, we ask David if he has taken the dive yet, and we discuss some of our frustrations with Claude Van Damme. This is a segment you will not want to miss as someone vomits in their mouth, and the show kind of temporarily goes off the rails but in a good way.
Who knew that voice mode wasn't in the latest versions of Claude?
Lawmakers are preparing a bill that will require all A.I. systems to have a built in kill switch.
And it's more of What's Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech show as Brian, David, Ed, and Jeanine gather around the campfire to discuss some tech and the resolutions from this year's National Federation of the Blind or For the Blind conference.
We kick the show off with a little homage to the village People, because what blind tech show wouldn't?
Brian then tells a bizarre encounter he had on the streets of New York City.
Brian then gets in to his latest travel adventures and a couple of fun stories from the cruise he just got back from. Everybody then discusses their Fourth of July celebrations.
And a quick round of that Real Blind Feud pops up. Question, What is New York State the first to ban?
Be My eyes announced they are finally coming to the Mac Desktop, but as our man on the ground at the NFB Conference David tells us, the announcement of all this went a little off the rails.
Meta is rumored to be working on a pair of Smart Glasses that will be recording all the time.
We then discuss our latest work with our Claude projects. Brian discusses where he is at with his Baseball SIM game and That Real Movie quiz. Jeanine then discusses the Eleven Labs project she has been working on.
Chat GPT has debuted their new work agent, GPT 5.6, and a new voice mode.
Our man on the ground David, then gives us his recap of this year's NFB conference.
And finally we dive in to the NFB 2026 Resolutions as only That Real Blind Tech show can.
And it's more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech Show with Brian once again flying solo as he walks you through VibeCoding. Even if you think VibeCoding is not for you, stick around and give it a listen, as you will be amazed at how simple it really is.
Brian will walk you through working with Claude to build actual real life web based and iOS apps, Xcode, Terminal, and demo part of his web based Baseball SIM and iOS That Real Movie Quiz game.
The first thing Brian walks you through is some of his work in Claude with his Baseball SIM. You will see how he talks to Claude and the responses he receives.
After walking you through some prompting to Claude and its responses on fixes to his project, Brian then walks you through the main menu structure of his Baseball SIM game. Then he walks you through the Dashboard to the game. This is where a lot of the fun is located. Brian SIMS a game and shows you the box score for that game, where the Yankees win, Yankees win!
Then you will get to see or hear some real gameplay with the announcer in action.
After the Baseball SIM demo, Brian begins discussing the Movie Jeopardy game now called That Real Movie Quiz game he is creating. The game is in very early Test Flight stage with a working prototype.
First thing Brian walks you through is some more prompting with Claude, but this time he is recording all of his work in real time. Claude leads Brian through some file replacements which then leads him in to Xcode.
Brian then fires up That Real Movie quiz on his iPhone, but runs in to an issue where there are only two categories on the Board. Not to worry, as running in to issues is part of working, designing, and developing with Claude.
Brian then takes a break, and gets back in to it all the next day and describes what went wrong with his That Real Movie Quiz iOS game.
Then it is back to Claude to find out what caused this issue in the latest build of the game.
Off the air, Brian made the necessary fixes to That Real Movie Quiz, and he then demos the current final product on his iPhone.
That Real Movie Quiz is now in early beta testing, and if you would like to test out the app through Test flight on your iPhone, shoot us in an email to ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, and we will get back to you, or Brian will get back to you, or an unfired intern will get back to you. Basically someone will get back to you.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech Show, and a different kind of episode as Allison, Brian, and Jeanine get together for a Special Report on VibeCoding. What's the old saying? If you can't beat them, join them.
We kick the conversation off discussing when we first learned about VibeCoding.
We discuss our first experiences with VibeCoding when we sat down at the computer and typed that first prompt to Claude.
We go in to the difference between a chat and a project on Claude, and why you may choose to use a project.
We then discuss issues we have had when working on a project and how we got around the issues.
We then dive in to some of the projects we are working on and some of the upcoming projects we would like to begin working on. Don't steal our ideas, unless they will turn out better than our ideas!
And off of our ideas we give you breaking news of a possible new website page coming to you pretty soon.
And like anything worth doing we then discuss the possibility of people stealing or copying your ideas and trying to make something you create their own.
And because if That Real Blind Tech show is one thing, it is educational, face falling on the floor laughing emoji, but we do talk about what we have learned since we started VibeCoding.
We then answer the question can anyone quickly get started with VibeCoding.
And of course with anything now a days, we dive in to the possible dangers of VibeCoding.
We then venture in to how Allison built an app for iOS and tested it on her phone.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech show as Allison, Brian, and David are here to discuss this year's WWDC in a way that no other Blind Tech Show can.
The show kicks off discussing some of the crazy happenings in New York City and it is only going to get crazier as the 250th comes the weekend of July 4th. Strange things have been afoot in the New York City sewer system!
We then give you a quick preview about our next episode which will be all about VibeCoding.
All of the FIFA World Cup games will air with an audio described track through the Fifa app.
We then dive in to our WWDC26 recap and no big surprise as the keynote was almost entirely about Apple Intelligence. Take two for Apple as they introduce Siri A.I. A stand alone Siri app will be coming to your devices. Siri mode will be coming to the camera app giving us a whole new visual intelligence experience.
Unfortunately for our friends in the EU do not expect any of these smarter Siri features any time soon.
Additionally, if you want to run the newest Apple Intelligence features for some of them you will need to be on a newer device.
Safari is getting a big makeover, but will you actually use any of the new features?
iCloud Plus subscribers will get new additional benefits for apple Intelligence.
And it's more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha reading.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech Show super cool Brian demo, as Brian noticed a few things going on on the Innosearch and a long over due accessibility web improvement to amazon on the Mac.
Brian starts off discussing the newly implemented under $25 fees that are appearing on Innosearch. He walks you through a demo of searching for Men's Boxers, adding to the cart, and then the new under $25 handling fee Innosearch has implemented. Next he demos the bizarre behavior on Innosearch after you decide to look for a second product. These demos are done on the Mac using Safari. You may experience different behavior on the PC or in Chrome or other browsers on the Mac.
Brian then goes over to Amazon to demo the very positive and long over due heading and screen reader navigation improvements in safari on the Mac. We now have keyboard shortcuts on the Mac that actually work in most places. Brian walks you through navigating search results in Amazon which still leave much to be desired, and then he shows you how searching directly for a product in Google might get you to the product page directly faster.
Brian attempts to use the keyboard shortcut built in to Amazon to get a product description, and when it fails to work, he then demos the fantastic new heading structure on amazon.com. He then demos how quick and simple it is to add a product to your cart with the keyboard shortcut.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech Show and since we have a new intro for our show we got the entire gang here of Allison, Brian, David, Ed, and Jeanine.
We kick the show off discussing a Little Rock and roll and Billy Idol of all things. Which then leads to our first That Real Blind Tech show firing in quite awhile.
Brian discusses seeing Bruce Springsteen at Madison Square Garden. And the talk of the Boss then leads to us discussing our new theme song.
Eventually we get in to the news with a story for the ages as a beloved Walrus Penis Bone has gone missing from a bar in South Jersey. And we finally have an answer to the age old question, is it safe to use a laptop on your lap?
Will Privacy workers ruin Smart Glasses for people with disabilities?
Boston Logan Airport is launching a pilot program of people getting to the airport 25 miles away and going through TSA there, what could go wrong with this?
We then discuss #GAAD and what has it accomplished over the past 15 years. Ed discusses the #GAAD event he participated in with Meta Labs.
In recognition of #GAAD Apple unveiled the new accessibility features coming in the next operating system.
We then touch on all the sink holes popping up in New York City.
We then dive in to Google Io, and start out discussing Vibe Coding apps and will this lead to further inaccessibility.
Google has multiple pairs of Glasses coming later this year, the first pair we discuss is the Project Aura Glasses which are more VR glasses.
Google will also be releasing an Audio only Gemini Glasses, but do not call them Glasses, they are Intelligent Eyewear.
Get ready to do everything in Google in the search box.
Google Gemini Agents will become more personalized.
At the end of the day all of these A.I. features and the usability of it all will come down to two things, the accessibility of it all, and more importantly, will you actually trust using it.
We then dive in to some new products we have gotten recently. Brian kicks it off discussing the DOT digital Business Card which you can buy on amazon. Brian then mentions he bought the Anker Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro Buds that just were released on May 21st, however, as they did not arrive until after we recorded, and the app and touch screen have several accessibility issues. The app and touch screen are pretty much unusable by someone who is blind. We will discuss this further on our next show. David then discusses the Pocket A.I. Recorder he just ordered. And while it is not a typical Allison return, she is gifting her current Mac Book Air and replacing it with the latest Mac Book Pro. Jeanine then discusses the Hapware Band she has ordered, so expect a lot of product discussions on the next few shows as we receive these products.
And it's more of What's Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech show long awaited new demo, as Brian woke up early and decided to do something about his frustration with the state of navigation and usability of ChatGPT on the Mac with VoiceOver.
Welcome to the first ever GPT smack off!
Brian will run you through ChatGPT, ChatGPT Desktop, Google Gemini, Gemini Desktop for Mac, and Claude and compare all of them for ease of use, navigation, and usability with VoiceOver on the Mac.
So grab a beverage, kick back and enjoy.
Brian starts off walking you through the current navigation issues in both the web based and desktop ChatGPT apps. They end up getting a D minus for his usability score.
Next up is Gemini web based and desktop apps. Brian gives web based Gemini an A for its ease of navigation and great heading structure. It blows the doors off the current state of navigation on ChatGPT. Remember this demo was done on the Mac in Safari, you may experience different behavior in chrome on the Mac, and of course on the PC.
Brian ends up giving the Mac Gemini Desktop app a C, so if you are going to use Gemini on the Mac stick to the browser version, it is a much smoother navigation experience.
Brian is using Claude for the first time and like web based Gemini, he gives web based Claude an A as well, so se la vie to ChatGPT and their continuing downward spiral with screen reader usability.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as Allison, Brian, David, and Jeanine are back together again to discuss all the latest tech news with of course some other nonsense.
A few episodes ago Ed educated us all that it is no longer a crime to urinate in public in New York City. Who knew Ed actually knew what he was talking about!
According to a recent Web Aim report, the web's accessibility has gotten worse over the past year. In other bad accessibility news, the government has extended the deadline for state and local websites to be accessible to everyone for another year until April 2027.
And in our new segment, It Could Only Happen in Florida, the Florida Attorney General is looking in to going after ChatGPT for its assistance with murders!
Why no mention of security? Why is it always privacy, privacy, privacy?
Just when we thought Claude was the responsible A.I., it goes and deletes a companies entire database. Whoops.
We then dive in to discussing OpenClaw, is it the most useful piece of software ever created as some claim, or a disaster waiting to happen?
We then get a review of the Rocked Glasses and compare them against the Meta Glasses.
You may have heard by now that Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple's CEO, we discuss what his legacy will be. We then discuss the five best products launched during the Tim Cook era.
A recent rumor claims that iOS 27 will make our Air Pods a lot more powerful. Yeah, but do you believe a single thing coming out of apple anymore?
As we continue on the Apple rumor front, is the Vision Pro already Sleeping with the fishes? And yet another Apple rumor has Apple potentially ditching MagSafe.
And it's more of What's Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as Allison, Brian, David, and Jeanine get together to discuss the latest tech news.
We start the show off answering the age old debate, what would win, an Uber Eats robot or a train?
The days of stopping at rest stops on a long road trip could be over thanks to a Chinese car company and their new patent.
Google is finally going to take action against sites that are Back Button Hijacking.
Netflix all new designed Apple TV app is a disaster.
We then talk the app that the blind community is going Ga Ga for, Orion.
If you would like to read Brian's entire article about the state of sports, Fantasy Sports, and Sports Gambling Accessibility you can read it here.
Google launched its Mac Gemini Desktop app.
Perplexity launched Personal computing on the Mac, if you want to pay for it.
Claude Mythos claims to have discovered security vulnerabilities all over the internet at every company everywhere, or is this just a PR stunt by Anthropic?
Since we discussed a lot of A.I. models here we then discuss our go to model we are using.
Apple is rumored to launch another 15 products later this year. We discuss the phones, computers, watches, Air Pods, iPads, and other rumored goodies. And Apple Glasses are rumored to be coming.
Is there any saving the disaster that Windows 11 is?
If you have not been paying attention, you may have missed that the cost of everything is going up. We start this segment off discussing the ridiculous price grab by New Jersey Transit for the World Cup. Brian then goes off on a rant that he is not from New Jersey despite what another blind tech show claims.
Netflix is raising their prices for the second time in less than two years. Add YouTube Premium as another service raising its prices. Amazon Prime Video is now calling their ad free tier Prime Video Ultra, and yup it is raising prices. And the price raising is not limited to streaming services, as Microsoft has raised prices on all their Surface Books. And if you can't beat them you might as well join them, so Samsung announced it is raising prices of its devices in the U.S.
And it is more of What's Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as Allison, Brian, David, and Jeanine get together to discuss the latest tech news.
We start the show off answering the age old debate, what would win, an Uber Eats robot or a train?
The days of stopping at rest stops on a long road trip could be over thanks to a Chinese car company and their new patent.
Google is finally going to take action against sites that are Back Button Hijacking.
Netflix all new designed Apple TV app is a disaster.
We then talk the app that the blind community is going Ga Ga for, Orion.
If you would like to read Brian's entire article about the state of sports, Fantasy Sports, and Sports Gambling Accessibility you can read it here.
Google launched its Mac Gemini Desktop app.
Perplexity launched Personal computing on the Mac, if you want to pay for it.
Claude Mythos claims to have discovered security vulnerabilities all over the internet at every company everywhere, or is this just a PR stunt by Anthropic?
Since we discussed a lot of A.I. models here we then discuss our go to model we are using.
Apple is rumored to launch another 15 products later this year. We discuss the phones, computers, watches, Air Pods, iPads, and other rumored goodies. And Apple Glasses are rumored to be coming.
Is there any saving the disaster that Windows 11 is?
If you have not been paying attention, you may have missed that the cost of everything is going up. We start this segment off discussing the ridiculous price grab by New Jersey Transit for the World Cup. Brian then goes off on a rant that he is not from New Jersey despite what another blind tech show claims.
Netflix is raising their prices for the second time in less than two years. Add YouTube Premium as another service raising its prices. Amazon Prime Video is now calling their ad free tier Prime Video Ultra, and yup it is raising prices. And the price raising is not limited to streaming services, as Microsoft has raised prices on all their Surface Books. And if you can't beat them you might as well join them, so Samsung announced it is raising prices of its devices in the U.S.
And it is more of What's Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, join us on the Twitter @BlindTechShow
It's the That Real Blind Tech show 200th Episode spectacular, so for this huge achievement, we got the entire gang of Allison, Brian, David, Ed, and Jeanine together to talk about little tech news, and do more reflecting about the past 199 episodes.
We kick the celebration off with some pre-celebration music which then leads in to the amazing creation from M.C. Goldstein. It is sure to quickly run up the Billboard charts to number 1 if the billboard charts still exist in 2026. We know Casey Kasem would have been a huge fan.
Did we actually ever land on the Moon? We discuss the Artemis launch from this past week, and Brian's conspiracy theory about it.
The NYC MTA has found yet another way to screw with accessibility with public transportation.
You can finally change your gmail user name, but there is a catch, this feature is only available to those in the United States.
While some of us are rooting for facial recognition to come to the masses, a woman in Tennessee is definitely not one of them as police used facial recognition to arrest her and send her back to a state she claims she has never stepped foot in.
A recent study finds that LLM's will protect each other over following prompts to delete one another. Oh shit, that can't be good.
Sixty civil society organizations claim everyone on the planet will be harmed by facial recognition. Yeah, how many people with disabilities were asked about this?
We then kick off a look back down memory lane and the past 6 years and 200 episodes of That Real Blind Tech show. There's the Blind Feud, favorite moments, technology and accessibility fails, and of course the regular That Real Blind Tech Show humor. We kick the look back off with what else, but the history of how That Real Blind Tech show came to be. Next it's a special That Real Blind Tech show centric Blind Feud, followed by a bunch of questions about technology and changes over the past 200 episodes.
And it's more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading and of course the full entire Fahrvergnugen hit song. And a special homage ending.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as Allison, Brian, David, and Jeanine tried to get together to record as usual on Zoom, but what a shit show of accessibility Zoom has become. We thought we would never be able to record again, and right before our 200th episode since we changed from That Blind Tech Show to That Real Blind Tech show.
Brian then goes in to his psychic abilities as if you listened to our last episode he was ready for a meteor to hit the Earth, and one actually did!
We then bring up the sad news about the possible demise of Innosearch.AI.
Breaking news, there are still some good people on this place we call Earth, as a 78 year old man was working as a Door Dash Driver, and a bunch of people got together, put up a Go fund Me, and the dude is now rich.
Google is rolling out free personalized intelligence to all of its United States Gemini users.
Apple announced the upcoming release of the Air Pod Max 2, but does anyone really care?
And in our second segment of does anyone care? Amazon is rumored to be working on designing an Alexa powered phone.
We then discuss That Real Blind Tech show going to Taiwan.
Brian then dives in to his full recap of this year's CSUN AT Conference. He starts off discussing his and Dr. Bryan Wolynski's presentation at this year's Conference, Artificial Intelligence, In and On Your Face. Brian then discusses all the networking he got done at this year's conference and some of the people he hung out with. He then discusses some of the companies that had a big presence at this year's Conference. We then discuss the big announcement coming out of CSUN, all the disability focused apps coming to the Meta Frames, and soon.
Brian then recaps his post-CSUN Hollywood adventures, and it is more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech Show, as we bring you our annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference Preview with Allison, Brian, and Jeanine. However, only one of us will be making an appearance at CSUN.
Way before we get in to our CSUN coverage, we kick things off discussing how do you know when your historic unbelievable bad luck may be turning around for the better? Which then leads back to the theft and hacking Brian went through and discussing that an iPhone hacking tool is now in the hands of Russian spies.
We then discuss the bizarre story of the woman who is dealing with reverse porch piracy.
Brian then discusses finally setting up his ally Glasses and his first experiences with them.
Next up we discuss who is watching the watchers, meaning the peeps wearing the Meta Glasses. And we finally have a name for the facial Recognition feature coming to the Meta Glasses, it's called NameTag.
Which leads to us discussing Royal Caribbean banning Smart Glasses on its cruise ships.
Could using VoiceOver get you kicked off a United airlines flight soon? And here is the entire bullet point on United Airlines of something that could get you kicked off a flight that Brian could not get through. • Passengers or Passengers' Service Animals whose conduct is unlawful; indecent, lewd, or sexual in nature (including viewing offensive content); harassing; disruptive; disorderly; offensive; abusive; unsanitary; or violent.
We then dive in to our CSUN 2026 Preview as Brian will be presenting once again with Dr. Bryan Wolynski at this year's CSUN Conference on Wednesday at 11:20am, it will be one of the most entertaining sessions at this year's CSUN as they discuss Artificial Intelligence, In and On Your Face. Jeanine then fills us in on some of the big stuff coming out of Aira for this year's Conference.
Apple announced a bunch of new products this week, but are any of them worth getting? We start discussing the new M5 Mac Book Pro. But Allison roles us right on it to the new M5 Mac book Air, as she feels that is the computer in the Mac line up to get. Which then rolls us in to discussing the new Mac Neo versus a Mac Air. Apple also released the budget friendly iPhone 17E.
We then dive in to the Apple 26 feature for the phone app to go unified or old school.
We then discuss two new iPhone apps for the blind Curb to Car and Vision AI Assistant. Are they ready for prime time?
Google Gemini has now joined a lot of the other ChatBots as they have been hit with their first wrongful death suit.
We then discuss the troubling news of what the Department of Defense is doing to Anthropic, and what this could mean for tech companies in the future.
And it's more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech show as Brian, David, Ed, and Jeanine gather around to discuss the latest greatest tech news.
We kick the show off discussing the bizarre week down in El Paso, Texas.
Then it is the return of the popular That Real Blind Tech show Feud as we ask our contestants what are Door Dash Drivers now getting paid to do?
We then discuss a CNN article about Menfluencers filming themselves hitting on women. Will this ruin Smart Glasses for the blind? And how in the world is CNN's accessibility so awful in 2026?
A new dating app called Score is using credit scores to make its matches.
Next we discuss the new Be My Eyes Workplace.
We then discuss using What Three Words with Aira.
We then do the That Real Blind Tech show version of Double Tap as we play some emails we received after the last episode.
We then discuss the possibility of Facial Recognition coming to the Meta Glasses, and how the media has approached this story.
Claude's new free version can now connect to several apps and help you create all kinds of documents.
We then dive in to the bizarre article about people going on dates with A.I. chat bots. Seriously, we are not making this up, it is happening right here in New York City!
How shocking the new Smarter Siri is rumored to be delayed yet again. And the next Gen Air Pod Pros 4 are rumored to have cameras built in to them.
And it's the return of What's Pissing Off Brian Now and more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech Show with Allison, Brian, David, and Jeanine. This episode is a tad different then our usual episodes, as we focus on iPhone security, as Brian shares the disaster he has been going through after being robbed.
This episode is not for the faint at heart, as we kick the show off discussing how to kill a rogue A.I.
We are approaching the Justice Department's deadline for all U.S. State and Local Government websites needing to be accessible as of April 24, 26. Do you think it will happen?
After being discussed on our CES recap episode, David went out and placed his order for the Lumen Glasses, no not those, the other glasses, the RockIt Glasses.
We announce the all new The all Blind Fantasy Baseball League will be relaunching this season. If you want to play Fantasy Baseball with us on Yahoo Fantasy, email us in at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com.
We then dive in to the disaster that Brian has been dealing with for the past ten days. Yes, his iPhone was stolen, but that is where the nightmare only begins. You will have to hear it to hear what happened and how to prepare and prevent something like this from happening to you.
And after we terrify you, it's more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech Show with Allison, Brian, David, and Jeanine. We kick the year off with yet another show that goes off the rails fairly often. Boy would we have gotten canceled if we left the outakes in!
We kick the show off discussing the worst houseguest or squatter of all time!
We then discuss the six personality traits people who are cool have globally.
We then play and discuss a clip from WFAN about Stevie Wonder.
It's great to learn that luxury goods are now made as crappy as everything else. We discuss the state of products with a focus on the quality of the Meta Glasses.
Have you ever wanted to turn your iPhone in to a Blackberry? Well now you can with the Clicks Power keyboard.
The new horror film A24 turns podcasts in to the new Nightmare on Elm Street.
Did you know there is such a thing as gifted dogs?
We then dive in to our annual CES coverage, starting out discussing what else, but Smart Glasses. The first pair we discuss is the latest coming from Rokid. And a lot of us are interested in the Rocked Glasses, but not the Lumen Glasses out of Romania that are specifically designed for the blind. We do not give a great review of the Lumen Glasses, trust me, you will want to hear it. So if the Lumen Glasses are not for you, how about a pair of Smart glasses with Pet Translation?
Razer is developing a pair of Smart Headphones with cameras.
A blind developer has developed a haptic wristband that will decode facial expressions.
Because most of us are Apple users, we discuss the best Mac and iOS accessories announced at CES.
And then it is finally time to discuss the strangers weirdest things coming out of CES this year.
We then discuss the WTF robots that were announced at CES.
And it's more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
And you will want to stay to the very end to hear about the lawsuit that is currently taking place.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as Allison, Brian, David, and Ed get together for the That Real Blind Tech Show year end spectacular. Jeanine was suppose to join us but she forgot how to read and tell time.
We kick the show off discussing the announcement that The Rolling Stones have canceled their 2026 worldwide tour, and it is for the most unlikely reason.
We then move on to discussing the news that iOS 26.3 will bring AirPod like pairing to third party devices in the EU> Oh no.
Waymo's go bonkers in San Francisco Blackout.
We then tackle the yearly discussion of Don't Get Scrooged with scams this holiday season.
We then discuss how Roomba invented the smart vaccum and lost the future.
We then dive in the Instacart debacle that Instacart has been using A.I. and dynamic pricing to charge different customers different prices on the same item. Which then led to lawmakers looking in to taking action against Instacart. After a really bad ten days for Instacart, they claim they have ended using their A.I dynamic pricing program.
We then dive in to our year end review spectacular portion of the show, starting off with discussing the new internet slang that Gen-Z gave us in 2025.
Next up we discuss the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Apple in 2025. Next up we discuss what could have been one of google's worst years, turned in to one of its best. We then discuss how A.I. broke the smart home in 2025.
We then get personal with you starting out with our favorite tech innovations and products of 2025. Next we discuss our biggest tech disappointments for the year. We then discuss a couple of personal goals we were proud of in 2025. And it wouldn't be a year end review if we didn't discuss our regrets for the year. And we end discussing what we are looking forward to in 2026.
And it's more of What's Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading end of year style.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech show as Brian is joined by Dr. Kirk Adams to discuss Kirk's background, the state of accessibility, employment, and Kirk's Cyber security training program.
Brian kicks the interview off getting Kirk's opinion about the state of accessibility as 2025 comes to an end.
We then discuss some of Kirk's career highlights.
This rolls us in to discussing the still staggering unemployment rate of the blind, and raises the question of how important is braille in 2025.
Next we discuss Kirk's consulting business Innovative Impact. Kirk then tells us about the Apex Program.
We then discuss the failure of some blind organizations promoting blind individuals to the executive level.
And finally we dive in to some career advice for those blind students out there and what they may want to think about as far as career paths.
You can reach out to Dr. Kirk Adams on Linkedin.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech show with Brian, David, and Jeanine. We have a little fun and then dive in to the latest tech news.
Brian starts things off discussing a fun experience we all have when walking the dog.
Be My Eyes won Apple's App Store of the Year Award for Cultural Impact, and on a bigger note there is a spotlight on Brian in the Be My Eyes monthly newsletter.
We then get in to the serious news of the episode as we discuss why it is important to take a Fart Walk after a big holiday dinner meal.
Nothing says comedy more than Elon Musk and Grok, as Elon thinks Grok is hilarious for roasting your co-workers.
Looks like we can finally kiss the Metaverse goodbye.
Do people hate you because you have a wonky internet connection?
Oxford's word of the year is RageBait, and yes, it is one word.
We then dive in to our least favorite conversation topics at the Holiday dinner table.
Brian then discusses his disasterous trip back to NYC. Will the airports ever get a clue?
Are ads going to ruin ChatGPT?
Will generative A.I. be smarter then a Noble Prize winner or your average bear?
Will the Anthropic 9 save the world?
If you are a bad person and have friends who use Android devices, the good news is you can now Air Drop things to them.
Amazon is now using A.I. to create season recaps in Prime Video, but will they have audio description?
In celebrating 40 years of Accessibility, Apple has released a case with a Kung Fu grip, ok, not really a Kung fu Grip, but a grip for people with hand issues.
We then dive in to our annual Black Friday shopping extravaganza, but do to us running long on our last episode, we skipped it, only to run even longer this episode, so no worries since we blew past Black Friday, we are assuming some of you may still have some shopping to do. We discuss our favorite places to shop. We discuss our Holiday shopping experiences, what we still want for the holidays, and what we have bought so far.
And it's more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech show with once again just the guys, so if you are looking to join us as a regular podcast host since the ladies have turned in to giant flakes, email us in at ThatRealBlindTechshow@gmail.com, as we may have an opening soon! Yeah, yeah, the ladies claim to be busy with work and life.
We kick the show off with an advertising disclaimer about possibly looking for a new CoHost.
After our house cleaning we start the show discussing a recent article in the NY Post, asking what is A.I. ruining for children worldwide? Brian turns the question in to our second version of the Blind Feud.
A common theme on this episode is stupidity, so we move on to discussing why I.Q. levels are dropping for the first time in decades. Which then leads us in to the dumbest thing we heard this week, Elon Musk's comments that money will cease to exist and work will be optional in the future.
And continuing on our stupid theme, the internet now claims that Diet Coke is the Millennials cigarette.
Europe wants to cut down on those pain in the ass cookie pop ups we have been getting for the past few years, but hey isn't Europe also the continent that created this whole issue?
The NFB has partnered with Eleven Labs, and this conversation goes a tad bit off the rails.
Vispero is starting to make use of User Accounts.
Be My eyes is a finalist in the Apple App Store Awards.
Brian and Ed then recap their epic experience down in Austin, Texas at the Blind Travel Summit.
David then tells us about the NFB Pennsylvania Summit.
And it's more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech show, with once again just the boys bringing it to you as Brian, David, and Ed get together to discuss the latest tech news.
We kick things off discussing Laugh For Sight 18 which all three of us were at on Monday, October 27th at Gotham Comedy Club in New York City.
Brian and Ed then discuss what they are looking forward to at the Blind Travel Association Summit that they will be attending next week in Austin, Texas. David then fills us in on the upcoming NFB Pennsylvania State Conference he will be attending.
Some things you just can't make up. Wait until you hear what the Louvre's cyber security password was? How in the world did anyone figure it out?
Brian then tells the story of the disappearance and resurrection of Squeaky Sam.
David then tells us about his experience with audio at a Philadelphia Phillies game.
Brian then discusses his new work flow on the iPhone for reading notification articles from apps that are having focus issues.
A report claims that Meta makes about 7 billion a year from Scam ads and has no plans to do anything about it. Which leads us in to discussing the accessibility of ads, and companies hiding ads from screen reader users in their design.
We then discuss then ways you can use your iPhone's USBc port other then for charging your iPhone.
We then dive in to ChatGPT and wonder if the quality of it is beginning to go down the rabbit hole with Siri and the A Lady. And David tells us about his experiences with the new A Lady Plus.
Apple is planning on using a custom version of google Gemini to power A.I. Siri, but does anyone at this point even care anymore about an A.I. powered Siri?
Amazon is suing Perplexity because they are helping people with their holiday shopping on Amazon.
We then give you the first ever segment of the Blind Feud as we discuss what professions do you really not want using A.I.
Since Brian turned his television on for the first time in two years, we discuss accessible TV sets. We also discuss the reintroduction and potential update coming to the 21st Century communications Act. We then discuss our current television and screen reader situation. Brian then tells us about a new feature for streaming that he just discovered in iMDB.
We then briefly discuss the Meta Vanguard and Ally Glasses, and it is more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It's an all new That Real Blind Tech Show with just Brian and the Ladies. That's right it's Allison, Jeanine, and Brian bringing you the latest Assistive Tech news without the dudes. Or well with one dude.
We start off on a somber note mourning the passing of Kiss'es Ace Frehley, and then dive in to the upcoming Laugh For Sight on Monday, October 27, 2025 at Gotham Comedy Club in NYC. For tickets go here.
Our first article we discuss is a fun one as a Brain Fart Scientist explains why NFL players from the ball at the goal line.
We go from a Brain Fart study to a study about why birds poop on certain cars more than others.
We have had a lot of rebrandings this year, but thanks to Maxwell House we may now have the dumbest rebranding of all time!
The Department of Justice once again has decided to shelf any new ADA ruling on Digital Accessibility.
Do you find that you are chronically online? And is it a bad thing?
It's the end of an era as Tivo sleeps with the fishes as they stop selling dVR's.
Roku's new Voice Assistant can answer questions about what you are watching, but yeah how is Roku's accessibility?
Since it has been a few weeks since we last recorded, and once again pardon the audio on this episode, as someone had a brain fart and hit the wrong keyboard shortcut causing us to be unable to record on multi-track, but we dive in to all the new products that Amazon announced. The conversation then strolls in to Alexa Plus.
Open A.I. wants ChatGPT to be your future operating system. Would you want that?
Figure A.I invented a humanoid robot that can do the dishes, fold your clothes, and tidy up a room.
The Albanian Government has appointed the first A.I. official to its Government.
Is your electric bill insanely high? Maybe you should check how close you are living to a Data Center. Which leads us in to discussing how we are using A.I.
We then get Jeanine's opinion of Mac OS Tahoe and how it is running with VoiceOver. We then discuss the new M5 Macs that were just announced, and the rumored release in late 2026 of the first touch screen Mac.
We briefly discuss some new products we got and that will be arriving soon. And it's more of What's Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Straming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show, and for the first time in awhile, it is just the boys are back in town, as Brian, David, and Ed discuss the latest tech news.
After a little house cleaning we kick the show off with the First Annual That Real blind Tech Show Most Delusional Asshole of the Year Award!
Next we discuss the serious VoiceOver bug that has been affecting some users during the installation of iOS 26, and that rolls us in to the installation bug affecting some Samsung TalkBack users with their latest update.
Neon, the viral app that pays people to record their phone calls goes offline less then 24 hours after it became a hit.
We then discuss how far a smarter Siri is behind every other company according to an article in Bloomberg.
Google has launched Search Live. Big deal or just more of what we already have?
We then discuss to upgrade to Alexa Pro or not to.
Brian then discusses heading down to the M-Enabling Conference that he will be speaking on a panel at from October 6th to the 9th.
We then dive in to all the announcements that came out of Meta Connect. We first discuss the huge news that Meta will be opening up their Smart Glasses to Developers. We got the new Meta Ray Bans version 2 with double the battery life. Next meta announced the new Oakley Vanguard glasses with louder volume. And finally the third pair of new glasses that Meta announced gives us the exciting new Meta Ray Ban Display. So why would any blind person why to buy the Meta Display? Well they come with a built in screen reader and other accessibility settings! We wrap up our Meta Connect coverage discussing why your Meta Glasses still may never replace your iPhone.
So what’s next for Meta? How about Humanoid Robots.
Brian then discusses his new Apple Watch Ultra 3.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as the gang of Allison, Brian, Ed, and Jeanine are all back together for the first time in awhile.
We kick the show off discussing the recent reunion between the Boss and Courtney Cox at the U.S. Open.
Is it a sign that the Apocalypse is near now that they are turning Mt. Sinai in to a tourist hot spot?
If you are reading these show notes on the toilet, here is why it may not be good for your health!
Apple has released the RC versions of Mac OS Tahoe, iOS 26, and others. Jeanine shares her experiences running the betas of iOS 26 and Mac OS Tahoe from a VoiceOver user perspective.
We then dive in to our thoughts about the Apple Awe Dropping event. We discuss the one thing missing from the Apple event, A.I. We then move to discussing the launch of the iPhone Air. Next up we discuss the new iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max. And then there’s the regular iPhone 17, we give it its do amount of time. Centerstage is coming to the iPhone for all you Selfie experts out there. Liquid Glass is coming to all the new devices, will it be the first thing you turn off? The new higher end phones will come with a Vapor Chamber, what the heck is a Vapor Chamber?
Apple has launched the Apple Watch Ultra 3. Also being released is the Apple Watch Series 3. All the new Watches will be able to detect Hypertension. And of course Watch Series 11 will also be released.
Apple launches the Air Pods Pro 3, but will they actually connect to the device you want them to? The new Air Pods 3 offer Live Translation and built in health features.
Apple announced a bunch of new accessories including a new MagSafe Battery specifically for the iPhone 17 Air. We also are getting new iPhone cases and an all new cross body strap.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show as Allison, Brian, David, and Jeanine are back together to talk about little tech along with a tad of A.I. Because why wouldn’t they?
We kick the show off discussing the recent story of a florida man being captured on his Ring Doorbell being attacked by a bear. Yes, a bear in freaking Florida, man.
We then get our first A.I. story of the show as Taco Bell has said No Mas to A.I. Drive Through Windows.
TSA has banned some new items from being carried on to a plane, but what is more impressive is some of the items you can take on a plane with you.
We then discuss the Ally Solos Glasses which were recently announced.
We then discuss the fascinating story about where do Waymos go when they are not driving passengers? They have to go somewhere.
Next we discuss the news about Glide not coming to Europe any time soon.
Are A.I. Agents still closer to science fiction than reality? Which leads us in to complaining about stupid articles behind the paywall and then how to get around it.
Blind people get ready to rejoice as Meta is moving ahead with Facial Recognition on their next pairs of Meta Glasses. And on a related note, Meta has released six new pairs of the Meta Oakleys, well actually only six new colors for the lenses and frames.
We then discuss the fun article How to Win friends and Influence ChatBots.
And on a terrifying note, A.I. ransomWare has arrived.
We then discuss the recent announcement between the beta partnership between Be My Eyes and Amtrak. Amtrak has also finally rolled out their new Acela trains, but don’t expect them to get you to your location any faster!
Apple TV Plus has hiked its price to $13 a month. Is it time to start dialing back all those streaming services?
We then talk about the all new redesign that came to the new ESPN app, but same old same old Worldwide Leader in Inaccessibility at ESPN.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show with Allison, Brian, David and Jeanine.
We kick the show off discussing the very important study that calculates your chance of being killed by an Asteroid.
Next we discuss the new redesign that came to Innosearch.
Video game makers have begun to roll out accessibility labels.
Disney will be killing the stand alone Hulu app.
We then discuss the ACB’s call for accessibility experiences with several financial institutions.
Jeanine then shares her experiences running the latest iOS beta. Brian then cuts in with a phone call that he got recently.
Brian then announces that Laugh for Sight will be returning for its 18th year at Gotham Comedy Club in NYC on October 27. 2025.
Brian then discusses his new Meta Oakleys.
A Tick Tock video is promoting a sticker to block the recording light on the Meta Ray Bans.
Brian then discusses the issues he has been having with Lift. Lift will now let you favorite and block drivers but the only way to do it is immediately after a ride ends. And could you imagine Lift or uBer charging you more for a ride because your phone’s battery is low? It could happen!
Did you know that excessive use of A.I. ChatBots could cause a.I. Psychosis?
A single poison document could leak secret data via ChatGPT.
Microsoft Researchers have revealed the top 40 jobs most in danger due to a.I.
ChatGPT has launched a faster smarter GPT5. ChatGPT5 brings four new personalities that you can choose from. And it’s supposedly the end of bullshit A.I., as ChatGPT will be more honest with you and let you know when it does not know something. And we discuss the seven newest ChatGPT features you must check out.
We then dive in to discussing medical and start off with our strangest blind experiences at a medical office.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show as fresh off of Convention Season, Allison, Brian, David, and Jeanine sit down to discuss the 2025 Conventions and the Resolutions coming out of them.
We kick off the show with a little housekeeping and then Brian discusses his on going battle with his HomePod Mini’s.
We then discuss Blindness and the Meta Ray Bans going main stream and a great interview on the most recent VergeCast podcast which also includes an interview with friend of the podcast, BE My eyes, Mike Buckley.
Ever lose something while traveling? Well, it is probably in Alabama!
An idiotic Judge slapped down Click to Cancel.
Brian then dives in to a story about his window air conditioner. Brian then discusses the awesome accessible experience he has been having with physical therapy.
OKO has been acquired by Synapse, and is once again free to everyone.
Open A.I. announced its new version of Operator is coming to do your clicking. Additionally, Open A.I. and most of the A.I. companies seem to be on the way to launching their own browsers.
We then get in to our convention coverage as David tells us about his experiences getting to and attending this year’s NFB Convention.
We then discuss the NFB’s 2025 Resolutions.
We then get Jeanine’s recap of her experience at this year’s ACB Conference.
We then discuss the ACB 2025 Resolutions.
We then move in to some of the new products we have gotten. Brian has preordered the Meta Oakley’s, which have yet to arrive. Prime Day came and went and Brian got a Walking Pad, the HyperDrive 6 in 1 with Touch Controls, and the Lisen ultraslim MagSafe Battery. Allison, David, and jeanine then share their recent purchases, but failed to send over the links to them, so they are just awful terrible people.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading. We kick off the segment discussing the newly announce Big Bang Theory spinoff coming to HBOMax.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show with Brian, David, ed, and Jeanine.
We kick the show off mourning actor Michael Madsen. We then intro a new segment What did VoiceOver say.
AMC Theaters is warning movie goers to now expect 25 to 30 minutes of ads before a film.
We then discuss the recent study that claims eating dairy before bed can lead to nightmares.
Ring Doorbell will begin providing video descriptions.
Meta announced the new Meta Oakley’s which will go on presale July 11th.
Zuckerberg is going old school Cosa Nostra in the A.I. talent recruitment wars.
Microsoft is ending support for passwords in the Microsoft Authenticator App.
We then discuss the European accessibility Act which went in to effect on June 28th. We discuss how this act may affect accessibility in the United States.
A new feature in iOS 26 will pause your FaceTime video when someone starts undressing. Will an emergency brain transplant save Siri? iOS 26 will be adding a useful Wifi feature for when you are traveling.
50 years ago a single keystroke at Apple changed the world.
We then get in to our Conference preview as we enter Conference season. We discuss the XR Access Conference Brian attended, David gives us a preview of the NFB Convention being held in New Orleans, and Jeanine gives us a preview of the aCB Convention being held in Dallas.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show as Allison, Brian, David, and Jeanine recap this year’s WWDC.
We kick our review off with Brian discussing his recent experiences on his Delta flights to San Francisco, and some odd things happened.
We kick off our WWDC coverage discussing the sentiment of the angry mob outside Apple HQ letting their feelings be known about the state of Apple Intelligence. We move on to discuss the new Liquid glass coming to all Apple devices and what this will mean for Assistive Tech users.
We then discuss all the new features supposedly coming to Apple Intelligence some time in the next millennium. We discuss the new Apple Visual Intelligence not to be confused with the Apple crappy Visual Intelligence for the blind that launched last year.
Is Apple punting on Siri updates? Don’t expect an updated Siri to at least Spring 2026.
We then dive in to a list of accessibility features coming in iOS 26. We hope this list we located is not rumor and is actually fact.
iOS 26 will bring massive changes to your Home Screen, but which screen is your Home Screen? And Apple Intelligence will give us a new look to messages and the phone app. We then discuss the new features coming to Notes and Reminders. Apple Maps is getting a new look and a few other things.
Apple Music will be getting a pinned list.
Boarding Passes will come to the Apple Wallet which in turn will then get live activities.
We then discuss our favorite items from the list of all the things Apple failed to mention.
The share Sheet is getting a makeover.
Your Apple Wallet will now track all of your shipments you receive an email notification about.
Spotlight in Mac OS Tahoe will become much more powerful. Spotlight will be getting Quick Key commands you can customize. Spotlight will also get the long wanted Clipboard History.
The Apple Watch will get a new wrist gesture to dismiss notifications and phone calls. We then discuss all the other features coming to the Apple Watch, spoiler alert it is brief.
The iPad will be getting four new apps. Much more exciting then the new apps is that the iPad will be getting the menu bar. The file structure is getting a much needed overhaul.
And finally we discuss all the new features coming to air Pods.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Brian brings a demo to you about the long awaited answer to how in the world can I labeled my photos so I know what the heck they are.
Full disclose, Brian did not figure this out, we heard it from a friend who, heard it from a friends, who, and you know how the rest of the song goes.
So kick back, raise the feet up, and learn how to finally label your photos on iOS.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Brian brings a demo to you about the long awaited answer to how in the world can I labeled my photos so I know what the heck they are.
Full disclose, Brian did not figure this out, we heard it from a friend who, heard it from a friends, who, and you know how the rest of the song goes.
So kick back, raise the feet up, and learn how to finally label your photos on iOS.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show with Brian, Ed, and Jeanine.
We kick the show off discussing the important article that discusses how researchers are still trying to discover how tickling works, yes, tickling!
Jeanine then tells us about Project Astra and the announcements that came out of Google IO about Aira. Which leads us to discussing Aira pricing plans.
Amazon has introduced AI powered audio summaries for easier shopping, but are they actually there?
We then move over to discuss Google IO and start off discussing the announcement that google is working on a pair of SmartGlasses. Google Gemini live and screen sharing is rolling out to iOS devices. We then discuss everything else mentioned at Google IO< which is pretty much Gemini coming to everything Google.
We then dive in to Windows and examining what a train wreck the new Outlook still is for accessibility. A special shout out to friend of the show David Kingsbury, the author of the windows Primer 4th Edition. If you are a Windows user, it is a must read.
Because Apple can’t innovate anymore, they are planning on a massive rebranding. For the first time since 2015, Apple executives will not appear on this year’s WWDC Talk show Live.
We then dive in to our annual WWDC Look Back and examine what we were excited about, what we are still using, and what is still missing from iOS.
And it’s more of what’shat’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show as Brian sits down with Mike Buckley, CEO, Be My Eyes and Patrick Long, CEO and Co-Founder, Innosearch.AI.
You have probably heard by now about the exciting new partnership between Be My Eyes and Innosearch.AI, well join us for a behind the scenes look with some humor along the way.
We kick the show off discussing how Be My Eyes and Innosearch.AI came to their strategic alliance.
We discuss a special cash back offer you will receive when using Innosearch.AI through the Be My eyes app.
Patrick fills us in on the highly demanded food and grocery delivery feature, what they have been working on, what it will be, and when it may launch.
We then discuss Be My Eyes and Innosearch.AI’s experiences from this year’s CSUN.
Which leads to a conversation about how exciting the times are we live in for accessibility with A.I.
We then discuss the obstacles and difficulties of expanding services beyond the United States.
Brian then brings up his CSUN presentation and the Be My A.I. Celebrity Doppelgänger Challenge.
Patrick discusses the insanely popular Innosearch.AI shop by voice feature.
Mike then discusses some possibilities he hopes for in the future to combine using your Meta Glasses, Be My eyes, and Innosearch.AI. and thinking about this, I have to quote Bill and Ted, and say “WHOA!
Patrick then discusses the Innosearch.AI ctrivia nights and community involvement.
It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show as Brian sits down with Mike Buckley, CEO, Be My Eyes and Patrick Long, CEO and Co-Founder, Innosearch.AI.
You have probably heard by now about the exciting new partnership between Be My Eyes and Innosearch.AI, well join us for a behind the scenes look with some humor along the way.
We kick the show off discussing how Be My Eyes and Innosearch.AI came to their strategic alliance.
We discuss a special cash back offer you will receive when using Innosearch.AI through the Be My eyes app.
Patrick fills us in on the highly demanded food and grocery delivery feature, what they have been working on, what it will be, and when it may launch.
We then discuss Be My Eyes and Innosearch.AI’s experiences from this year’s CSUN.
Which leads to a conversation about how exciting the times are we live in for accessibility with A.I.
We then discuss the obstacles and difficulties of expanding services beyond the United States.
Brian then brings up his CSUN presentation and the Be My A.I. Celebrity Doppelgänger Challenge.
Patrick discusses the insanely popular Innosearch.AI shop by voice feature.
Mike then discusses some possibilities he hopes for in the future to combine using your Meta Glasses, Be My eyes, and Innosearch.AI. and thinking about this, I have to quote Bill and Ted, and say “WHOA!
Patrick then discusses the Innosearch.AI ctrivia nights and community involvement.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show with the entire gang Allison, Brian, Ed , and Jeanine talking the latest nonsense and tech.
We kick the show off discussing the PornHub Awards and what they have in common with Ed.
Thanks to Gen-Z audio cassette tapes are making a come back!
Max is changing their name again, can you guess what the new name will be?
LG was recognized for their excellence in accessibility in Bangkok.
Tim Dixon published an interesting article about Password Managers and Accessibility.
We then get to discussing Global Accessibility Awareness Day and Apple giving us Accessibility Nutrition Labels. Say what?
Meta is rolling out for the blind on the Meta Ray Bans for customers in the United States and Canada. We then discuss how Meta is advancing accessibility.
The biggest coming together since Chocolate met Peanut Butter is Be my Eyes and Innosearch. Be My Eyes also announced a new redesign to their Desktop PC app.
We then discuss Google Gemini Live with screen sharing and using your android camera. Google will be launching a whole new OS redesign.
Brian then discusses some new products he recently purchased. First up are the Panasonic Technics 100. Next Brian discusses the awesome Anker SoundCore Portable 2. And then Brian discusses the SoundCore Liberty 5 by anker Ear buds.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show with the entire gang Allison, Brian, Ed , and Jeanine talking the latest nonsense and tech.
We kick the show off discussing the PornHub Awards and what they have in common with Ed.
Thanks to Gen-Z audio cassette tapes are making a come back!
Max is changing their name again, can you guess what the new name will be?
LG was recognized for their excellence in accessibility in Bangkok.
Tim Dixon published an interesting article about Password Managers and Accessibility.
We then get to discussing Global Accessibility Awareness Day and Apple giving us Accessibility Nutrition Labels. Say what?
Meta is rolling out for the blind on the Meta Ray Bans for customers in the United States and Canada. We then discuss how Meta is advancing accessibility.
The biggest coming together since Chocolate met Peanut Butter is Be my Eyes and Innosearch. Be My Eyes also announced a new redesign to their Desktop PC app.
We then discuss Google Gemini Live with screen sharing and using your android camera. Google will be launching a whole new OS redesign.
Brian then discusses some new products he recently purchased. First up are the Panasonic Technics 100. Next Brian discusses the awesome Anker SoundCore Portable 2. And then Brian discusses the SoundCore Liberty 5 by anker Ear buds.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show as Allison, Brian, David, and Jeanine get together to discuss a lot of A.I.
We start off with a few announcements.
Apple is not having a good run of it, as Hackers can now access your devices via AirPlay. Apple released a video urging iPhone users to delete Google Chrome. Will the latest ruling in Apple VS Epic have drastic changes with the App Store?
Will the Department of Justice anti-trust ruling ruin google Search?
Lift has launched Lift Silver for older customers, will it mean an improvement for riders with disabilities?
The new StellerTrek is here for the low low price of $1750.
We then discuss Leasey and its new sports and games feature.
We then welcome David to the Meta Ray Ban family. Meta has changed the name of MetaView to the Meta A.I. app with a bunch of new features. We discuss the ridiculous new discuss friends feature in the app. We then have some fun with the new digital companion and how it will talk dirty to you.
A new North Carolina bill would require people to share their Identification with social media websites.
Microsoft has made CoPilot Vision available for all Edge users, but does anyone care?
OpenAI has rolled back the latest ChatGPT for being to much of a kiss ass.
Perplexity’s new Voice assistant supposedly succeeds where Siri fails.
And it’s more of what’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. While no tech on this episode, Brian sits down with Steve Grillo to discuss his memoir Gorilla Parts.
Steve has a unique background, and stories that are must hear having worked on the Howard Stern Show for 8 years. So sit back and relax, and enjoy a conversation that you are guaranteed to not hear on any other blind tech show.
We discuss how Steve got the nickname Gorilla and how it came to be a thing on the Howard Stern show.
We discuss how Howard Stern has avoided repercussions for behavior that is no longer tolerated.
We then talk about Steve and Stuttering John’s fallout and make up years later.
We then discuss some of Steve’s favorite moments from working on the Stern Show which includes being a PA on the film Private Parts.
Next we dive in to the writing process of his book, Gorilla Parts, which then leads to Steve’s friendship with Mark Hamill.
We then discuss one of Steve’s side hustles, working at Scores in NYC.
We then discuss the Howard Stern movie Private Parts and the Legendary Pig Vomit character.
We then dive in to what it was like growing up with a blind Aunt. Which leads to a conversation about guide dogs and past experiences.
We then dive in to Steve’s time on the set of the sopranos on and off the camera.
We then define what a Grip does on a film set in case you do not know.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. While no tech on this episode, Brian sits down with Steve Grillo to discuss his memoir Gorilla Parts.
Steve has a unique background, and stories that are must hear having worked on the Howard Stern Show for 8 years. So sit back and relax, and enjoy a conversation that you are guaranteed to not hear on any other blind tech show.
We discuss how Steve got the nickname Gorilla and how it came to be a thing on the Howard Stern show.
We discuss how Howard Stern has avoided repercussions for behavior that is no longer tolerated.
We then talk about Steve and Stuttering John’s fallout and make up years later.
We then discuss some of Steve’s favorite moments from working on the Stern Show which includes being a PA on the film Private Parts.
Next we dive in to the writing process of his book, Gorilla Parts, which then leads to Steve’s friendship with Mark Hamill.
We then discuss one of Steve’s side hustles, working at Scores in NYC.
We then discuss the Howard Stern movie Private Parts and the Legendary Pig Vomit character.
We then dive in to what it was like growing up with a blind Aunt. Which leads to a conversation about guide dogs and past experiences.
We then dive in to Steve’s time on the set of the sopranos on and off the camera.
We then define what a Grip does on a film set in case you do not know.
To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, join us on the Twitter @BlindTechShow ,
It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. Allison, Brian, Ed, and Jeanine are back together with all their wackiness and latest tech news.
We start off with what else but President Trump, as Trump signed an executive order to make showers great again. Staying with politics, is it A.I. or A1? The Social Security Admin announced it will be moving all future communication with the press and the public to X.
We then discuss how much we love Innosearch.ai. And you can now call Innosearch.ai at 800-55-ShopGPT.
A company claimed to be using A.I. for all checkout on its site only to be exposed to actually be using no A.I. and actually using people.
Get ready for the accessibility of DoorDash to get even worse as they are now experimenting with robot delivery.
Apple hurriedly shipped 600 tons of iPhones to the U.S. A behind the scenes look at Apple tells us that the disaster of Siri has been a multi-year managerial massive car wreck.
Opera showcased the future of web browsing and if it is accessible, it sounds impressive. Which then leads us to discussing the new Guide thing which could be a thing or not a thing.
If you allow it, ChatGPT will now remember your conversation history.
Meta claims its new version of A.I. is less woke.
A recent survey finds that most Americans don’t trust A.I. or the people behind it.
We then dive in to some new products we have bought, including the must have sofa chair, the Starlight Zero Gravity Recliner. Allison is back in the Sonos ecosystem which then led to a conversation on what speakers we all have in our pads.
And it’s a very special much longer version then ever of What’s Pissing off Brian Now, and a normal size version of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as the full gang is back together again for the first time in a month.
We kick things off discussing the new conversational A Lady Plus and which devices it will be coming to at first.
Google’s Gemini will now let you make A.I. conversational podcasts from deep research. Oh god, just what we need more podcasts.
A new video game initiative will make it a lot easier for disabled gamers to discover which video games are accessible to them.
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) will be going in to effect on June 25, 2025, is this the accessibility act that we have been screaming for for years?
We then dive in to the good and bad of asking or accepting sighted assistance when traveling. Does this make you a bad blind person?
It’s not a good time to be Apple as their A.I. crisis has escalated with a major executive shake up. In the most obvious class action lawsuit of all time, Apple is being sued over false advertising for Apple Intelligence. A analyst posed the best question to Apple, are they having their Windows Vista Moment? And no, that is not a good thing!
We then discuss the demise of the Celeste Glasses. Are is coming to iOS, will you get it?
Brian then discusses yet another epic trip to this year’s CSUN where he also was a presenter for the first time. We play a few fun demos from the presentation including the new fad hitting the nation, the Be My A.I. Celebrity Doppelgänger Challenge. If you try it at home please email us in your Celebrity doppelgänger so we can read it on the show at ThatRealBlindTechshow@gmail.com
Brian then dives in to his full week at CSUN recapping the best parts from the people he met, the exhibit hall, sessions, and of course the parties and nightlife at CsUN.
After Brian’s CSUN recap he discusses his pre and post CSUN travels which culminated in a total of 13 days all over California, and ended with a tough Escape from L.A.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as the full gang is back together again for the first time in a month.
We kick things off discussing the new conversational A Lady Plus and which devices it will be coming to at first.
Google’s Gemini will now let you make A.I. conversational podcasts from deep research. Oh god, just what we need more podcasts.
A new video game initiative will make it a lot easier for disabled gamers to discover which video games are accessible to them.
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) will be going in to effect on June 25, 2025, is this the accessibility act that we have been screaming for for years?
We then dive in to the good and bad of asking or accepting sighted assistance when traveling. Does this make you a bad blind person?
It’s not a good time to be Apple as their A.I. crisis has escalated with a major executive shake up. In the most obvious class action lawsuit of all time, Apple is being sued over false advertising for Apple Intelligence. A analyst posed the best question to Apple, are they having their Windows Vista Moment? And no, that is not a good thing!
We then discuss the demise of the Celeste Glasses. Are is coming to iOS, will you get it?
Brian then discusses yet another epic trip to this year’s CSUN where he also was a presenter for the first time. We play a few fun demos from the presentation including the new fad hitting the nation, the Be My A.I. Celebrity Doppelgänger Challenge. If you try it at home please email us in your Celebrity doppelgänger so we can read it on the show at ThatRealBlindTechshow@gmail.com
Brian then dives in to his full week at CSUN recapping the best parts from the people he met, the exhibit hall, sessions, and of course the parties and nightlife at CsUN.
After Brian’s CSUN recap he discusses his pre and post CSUN travels which culminated in a total of 13 days all over California, and ended with a tough Escape from L.A.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show with the entire gang here as Allison, Brian, Ed and Jeanine discuss the latest tech news, or in this case lack of news.
We kick things off discussing the death of the Humane A.I. Pin, really, Humane, we barely got to know you!
uBer wants to making riding with your service dog easier.
If you are rich off your ass and afraid to walk down the streets of New York City on your own, there’s now an app for that!
We then dive in to Allison’s issues with her latest experience with Mac OS Sequoia.
Apple announced the iPhone 16E, we discuss the device and who it is for. The great news for blind people interested in the iPhone 16E is that it will support Apple visual Intelligence.
Google is rolling out Google Lens Search to its iOS apps, it will most likely not be accessible, but one of us has an idea how to make it accessible.
Brian then discusses the HomePod hell he is living in.
The conversation then turns to asking the question is accessibility going down hill because of privacy and extreme security concerns? On a somewhat related note, apple has refused England’s demand to create a back door to its devices.
We then discuss a few apps we love using in the work place.
We then preview this year’s CSUN Assistive Tech Conference taking place in Anaheim, CA March 10 to the 14th, as a certain someone will be presenting at this year’s conference.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now, and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show with the entire gang here as Allison, Brian, Ed and Jeanine discuss the latest tech news, or in this case lack of news.
We kick things off discussing the death of the Humane A.I. Pin, really, Humane, we barely got to know you!
uBer wants to making riding with your service dog easier.
If you are rich off your ass and afraid to walk down the streets of New York City on your own, there’s now an app for that!
We then dive in to Allison’s issues with her latest experience with Mac OS Sequoia.
Apple announced the iPhone 16E, we discuss the device and who it is for. The great news for blind people interested in the iPhone 16E is that it will support Apple visual Intelligence.
Google is rolling out Google Lens Search to its iOS apps, it will most likely not be accessible, but one of us has an idea how to make it accessible.
Brian then discusses the HomePod hell he is living in.
The conversation then turns to asking the question is accessibility going down hill because of privacy and extreme security concerns? On a somewhat related note, apple has refused England’s demand to create a back door to its devices.
We then discuss a few apps we love using in the work place.
We then preview this year’s CSUN Assistive Tech Conference taking place in Anaheim, CA March 10 to the 14th, as a certain someone will be presenting at this year’s conference.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now, and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show with Allison, Brian, and David.
We kick things off discussing the fascinating article about a Gaming Accessibility Advocate that may have never actually existed!
Next we discuss some guys who started a scam and learned the hard way that it is probably not a good idea to call the people you are pretending to actually be!
A company called Zulu has released an iPad Death case that allows you to take all your secrets with you to the grave.
Amazon is rumored to be unveiling Conversational Alexa on February 26th.
The conversation then moves to discussing the battery life in Smart Glasses and what this means for the future of Smart Glasses.
The Icon Factory has released a new social Media app called Tapestry.
We then tackle the latest in A.I. DeepSeek, and our thoughts about using an A.I coming from China. If a certain Senator has his way using DeepSeek will land you in the slammer! No surprise as it has already been discovered that DeepSeek is sending its users information to Chinese government servers. If you are not going to trust an A.I coming from China, how about one coming from France?
How odd, Google’s Super Bowl Gemini commercial shows off what A.I. does best, hallucinating.
Don’t expect Apple Glasses any time soon.
David then fills us in about his NFB D.C. experience meeting with politicians to make blind and low vision people lives better. Oh, what a nice guy.
Brian then discusses his experience getting his guide dog Wesley’s vaccination records updated with the airlines.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show with Allison, Brian, and David.
We kick things off discussing the fascinating article about a Gaming Accessibility Advocate that may have never actually existed!
Next we discuss some guys who started a scam and learned the hard way that it is probably not a good idea to call the people you are pretending to actually be!
A company called Zulu has released an iPad Death case that allows you to take all your secrets with you to the grave.
Amazon is rumored to be unveiling Conversational Alexa on February 26th.
The conversation then moves to discussing the battery life in Smart Glasses and what this means for the future of Smart Glasses.
The Icon Factory has released a new social Media app called Tapestry.
We then tackle the latest in A.I. DeepSeek, and our thoughts about using an A.I coming from China. If a certain Senator has his way using DeepSeek will land you in the slammer! No surprise as it has already been discovered that DeepSeek is sending its users information to Chinese government servers. If you are not going to trust an A.I coming from China, how about one coming from France?
How odd, Google’s Super Bowl Gemini commercial shows off what A.I. does best, hallucinating.
Don’t expect Apple Glasses any time soon.
David then fills us in about his NFB D.C. experience meeting with politicians to make blind and low vision people lives better. Oh, what a nice guy.
Brian then discusses his experience getting his guide dog Wesley’s vaccination records updated with the airlines.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, join us on the Twitter @BlindTechShow , or leave us an old school phone message at 929-367-1005.
us on the Twitter @BlindTechShow , or leave us an old school phone message at 929-367-1005.
It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as the entire gang of Allison, Brian, Ed, and Jeanine are back together for the first time in 2025.
We start things off discussing an iPhone disaster.
We then discuss an article about a NYC Skin doctor who has been injecting his patients with phony Botox from China which led to some interesting side effects.
Netflix’s recent massive growth has led to another price increase for the service.
Cash App which owns Square was hit with a multimillion dollar fine over having a useless customer service phone number.
Elon Musk in his continuation to be the most unliked man on the planet admits to paying people to play video games for him to level up.
We then recall our low vision days and discuss the fun of changing a Halogen bulb. We then discuss the new updates to innosearch.ai flight searches. We then discuss the need for a blind dating app.
Open A.I. is getting ready to release Operator which will be able to control your computer and perform tasks.
Allison then interjects with some not surprising news if you have listened to this show for awhile.
And how dumb has Siri gotten? Well just ask it for a Super Bowl Winner?
Android is bringing next gen bluetooth to hearing aids and screen reader connectivity improvements for braille keyboards. Samsung and Google are working together to develop a pair of AR Glasses. Google will now let you control your Chromebook with your face.
We then discuss what we would want to put in a time capsule for someone 500 years from now to know what life was like in 2025.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s 2025 and it’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. Brian, David, Ed and Jeanine get together to kick off the new year mostly discussing CES. Not to worry as they are also up to their usual antics as well.
They start things off discussing what could already be the story of the year. We shit you not, but half of Americans carry around a spare pair of underwear! Which then leads to the questions all listeners have always had about the Hosts of That Real Blind Tech Show, Tightey Whiteys or Boxers?
We then move on to a serious topic and discuss how the New Orleans terrorist used the Meta Frames to plan part of his attack, and what this could mean for the development of technology that could assist people with disabilities.
We then discuss OKO moving to a subscription base for their service. Will you subscribe to it?
Next up we discuss the fun ride a man had in a Waymo self driving car.
AccessiBe finally has to face the music as the FTC has hit them with a million dollar fine.
Then it is on to our review of CES 2025. The first product we discuss is a new laptop from Lenovo that can grow, yes grow. While none of us see a lot of use in a laptop that can grow, the anger Solar Beach Umbrella and Power Packed Cooler could be in some of our future’s. Razer is coming out with a new gaming chair the Arielle for those hard core gamers who suffer from Ass sweat! With all the robots at CES, we discuss the one that won the prize for cutest robot. HumanPod Ear buds are the latest exciting wearable, but will they be accessible? The roboRock Saros Vacuum will be able to pick up laundry and other stuff lying around the house. Schlage is coming out with a new Smart Door Lock that you will be able to unlock with your palm. Tapo is coming out with a Smart door Lock with a year of battery power. We close our 2025 coverage of CES discussing the Electric Salt spoon.
It’s not just us that think Apple Intelligence is proving to be anything but intelligent! We then discuss our thoughts of Mac OS Sequoia.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new end of the year That Real Blind Tech show. Yes, we know it has been awhile since our last episode, so we got Allison, Brian, David, and Ed together to record one final episode before the end of the year.
We kick the show off discussing the biggest story of the year. The NYC and New Jersey Drone phenomenon. And just in case they are from another planet, let us from That Real Blind Tech show be the first to say welcome back E.T.
We then discuss the shopping site innosearch.ai.
We then discuss the Solos airGo 3 Glasses and the new Solos AirGo V glasses. Gemini 2.0 is here with real time video, kind of. You can access the real time video at www.aistudio.google.com. Meta Ray Bans is introducing live video in the Meta Early access plan. You can sign up for early access to features here.
The FBI has warned that two factor SMS authentication is not secure after the worst hack in U.S. history.
Amazon is bringing accessibility improvements to fireTV, but one giant thing is missing from all of it.
We then move our focus to 2025, as it is coming up quicker then you think. We discuss whether or not 2025 will finally bring the SmartHome revolution we have been waiting for.
One Arizona school is looking to get rid of all their Teachers, yes, no teachers!
Apple is already being pressured to drop A.I. News Summaries.
ChatGPT now has a phone number you can call when not connected, disappointingly, it is not 8675309.
The EU is considering demanding that Apple open air Drop to everyone. And the EU will be enforcing stricter accessibility guidelines as of June 2025.
We then discuss our favor Holiday movies with Audio Description. And yes, Die Hard is a holiday movie! We then discuss what we are looking forward to in 2025.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
We close with a somber goodbye to our friend John Panarese. You will be missed. Thanks for all of your help over the years.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show, and just in time for your holiday shopping, Brian is flying solo with a demo of Innosearch.ai, a site that is revolutionizing online shopping for the blind. This site is so awesome you will end up spending money you don’t have! Ok, we do not recommend you spend money you don’t have, but we do recommend that you listen to this amazing demo of Innosearch.ai.
Brian walks you through the layout of the site. You get a sales and most popular products section. Brian then does a few searches and walks you through navigate the search results, the product pages, and the unique Innosearch A.I. feature which will give you tons of information of products that you will not get from mainstream retailer shopping sites, well not all mainstream shopping websites.
Brian then takes you through adding a product to your cart, and the checkout process.
Now while this site has a lot of promise, the first time checkout as you will hear was not the smoothest of experiences, and can be improved.
Brian then walks you through a search for Bose Noise Canceling Headphones, Purina Lamb and Rice Dog food, and Scottevest clothing.
Next Brian takes you through the booking a flight option. Unfortunately, due to the lack of filter options and every element being labeled as a heading this searching for flights is not ready for primetime. Hopefully with more design this could eventually be a great option for booking flights.
To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at ThatRealBlindTech
It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show, and just in time for your holiday shopping, Brian is flying solo with a demo of Innosearch.ai, a site that is revolutionizing online shopping for the blind. This site is so awesome you will end up spending money you don’t have! Ok, we do not recommend you spend money you don’t have, but we do recommend that you listen to this amazing demo of Innosearch.ai.
Brian walks you through the layout of the site. You get a sales and most popular products section. Brian then does a few searches and walks you through navigate the search results, the product pages, and the unique Innosearch A.I. feature which will give you tons of information of products that you will not get from mainstream retailer shopping sites, well not all mainstream shopping websites.
Brian then takes you through adding a product to your cart, and the checkout process.
Now while this site has a lot of promise, the first time checkout as you will hear was not the smoothest of experiences, and can be improved.
Brian then walks you through a search for Bose Noise Canceling Headphones, Purina Lamb and Rice Dog food, and Scottevest clothing.
Next Brian takes you through the booking a flight option. Unfortunately, due to the lack of filter options and every element being labeled as a heading this searching for flights is not ready for primetime. Hopefully with more design this could eventually be a great option for booking flights.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show, and just in time for your holiday shopping, Brian is flying solo with a demo of Innosearch.ai, a site that is revolutionizing online shopping for the blind. This site is so awesome you will end up spending money you don’t have! Ok, we do not recommend you spend money you don’t have, but we do recommend that you listen to this amazing demo of Innosearch.ai.
Brian walks you through the layout of the site. You get a sales and most popular products section. Brian then does a few searches and walks you through navigate the search results, the product pages, and the unique Innosearch A.I. feature which will give you tons of information of products that you will not get from mainstream retailer shopping sites, well not all mainstream shopping websites.
Brian then takes you through adding a product to your cart, and the checkout process.
Now while this site has a lot of promise, the first time checkout as you will hear was not the smoothest of experiences, and can be improved.
Brian then walks you through a search for Bose Noise Canceling Headphones, Purina Lamb and Rice Dog food, and Scottevest clothing.
Next Brian takes you through the booking a flight option. Unfortunately, due to the lack of filter options and every element being labeled as a heading this searching for flights is not ready for primetime. Hopefully with more design this could eventually be a great option for booking flights.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. This time the ladies were traveling so it is Brian and Ed, with that David Goldstein guy popping on yet again.
Since we acknowledged Jeanine’s traitorous anniversary on the last episode, it was time for Brian and Ed to acknowledge their anniversary.
Brian then brings up his recent trip in to the DMV.
We then discuss the phrase Crash Out which is abuzz all over the internet.
Next we discuss an interesting article asking if the development of A.I. has already peeked as companies are struggling with the development of their latest A.I. models.
Google dropped an iOS Gemini app. Have you checked it out yet? Which then leads us to discussing paying for different GPT services.
iOS 18.2 will put a Super Charge in to your air Pods. We discuss people’s first experiences with Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.2 and what Apple Visual Intelligence could mean for the blind.
Apple is rumored to be working on an iPad Home device that will hang on your wall.
We then discuss the list of impressive speakers that will be appearing at the virtual Sight Tech Global Conference. You can register for the free conference here. David then fills us in what took place at the NFB Pennsylvania Chapter yearly meeting that just took place in eerie, PA. Since we were talking conferences, we bring up CSUN which is only five months away, as Brian will be presenting at this year’s CSUN, the 40th anniversary of CSUN.
Since we are entering the holiday season we then discuss our go to shopping sites and what we carry with us when ever traveling. Our go to tech bags.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. This time the ladies were traveling so it is Brian and Ed, with that David Goldstein guy popping on yet again.
Since we acknowledged Jeanine’s traitorous anniversary on the last episode, it was time for Brian and Ed to acknowledge their anniversary.
Brian then brings up his recent trip in to the DMV.
We then discuss the phrase Crash Out which is abuzz all over the internet.
Next we discuss an interesting article asking if the development of A.I. has already peeked as companies are struggling with the development of their latest A.I. models.
Google dropped an iOS Gemini app. Have you checked it out yet? Which then leads us to discussing paying for different GPT services.
iOS 18.2 will put a Super Charge in to your air Pods. We discuss people’s first experiences with Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.2 and what Apple Visual Intelligence could mean for the blind.
Apple is rumored to be working on an iPad Home device that will hang on your wall.
We then discuss the list of impressive speakers that will be appearing at the virtual Sight Tech Global Conference. You can register for the free conference here. David then fills us in what took place at the NFB Pennsylvania Chapter yearly meeting that just took place in eerie, PA. Since we were talking conferences, we bring up CSUN which is only five months away, as Brian will be presenting at this year’s CSUN, the 40th anniversary of CSUN.
Since we are entering the holiday season we then discuss our go to shopping sites and what we carry with us when ever traveling. Our go to tech bags.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, join us on the Twitter @BlindTechShow , or leave us an old school phone message at 929-367-1005.
In honor of the New York City Marathon, it’s a marathon all new That Real Blind Tech show episode. Since Ed was out of town yet again, filling in is David Goldstein, along with Allison, Brian, and Jeanine.
We kick the show off acknowledging a very special one year anniversary. Then we dive in to recapping this year’s amazing Laugh For Sight which was held on Monday, October 28, 2024 at Gotham Comedy Club in New York City.
It is then on to the story everyone will be talking about as scientists have discovered that animals are getting just as sloshed as humans.
Next we discuss the disturbing trend of people applying for ghost jobs.
A Russian court has hit Google with a whopper of a fine.
We then get to A.I. Corner and start off discussing Open A.I.’s search engine which is now live for paid subscribers. Claude now has a desktop app. Google Maps is getting an A.I. infusion and you will be able to ask it questions about restaurants and get A.I. created results. We then talk about the massive update that just came to seeing A.I. and now being able to get short video descriptions. We dream about what these descriptions for video could eventually be, and David tells us about his awesome Seeing A.I. shortcuts that Brian has stolen and made his own.
We then move on to discussing our experiences with iOS 18.1 and 18.2. Here are 10 new non-A.I. things you will be able to do in iOS 18.2. We discuss the new category feature coming to mail in iOS 18.2. Next we discuss Apple Visual Intelligence and ChatGPT with Siri.
Apple announced all new M4 Mac mini, iMac, and Mac Book Pros. The Mac mini chose an odd place for the power button which has the internet cracking up.
And then it is the show interruption to end all show interruptions. You will have to hear it to believe it.
And yeah, we went a little long on this show, but we finally get to Allison and Jeanine’s experience testing out the glide device.
We get really sidetracked again, but it’s worth the listen, and we fairly get to David’s experience at the Governor’s Mansion.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading
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In honor of the New York City Marathon, it’s a marathon all new That Real Blind Tech show episode. Since Ed was out of town yet again, filling in is David Goldstein, along with Allison, Brian, and Jeanine.
We kick the show off acknowledging a very special one year anniversary. Then we dive in to recapping this year’s amazing Laugh For Sight which was held on Monday, October 28, 2024 at Gotham Comedy Club in New York City.
It is then on to the story everyone will be talking about as scientists have discovered that animals are getting just as sloshed as humans.
Next we discuss the disturbing trend of people applying for ghost jobs.
A Russian court has hit Google with a whopper of a fine.
We then get to A.I. Corner and start off discussing Open A.I.’s search engine which is now live for paid subscribers. Claude now has a desktop app. Google Maps is getting an A.I. infusion and you will be able to ask it questions about restaurants and get A.I. created results. We then talk about the massive update that just came to seeing A.I. and now being able to get short video descriptions. We dream about what these descriptions for video could eventually be, and David tells us about his awesome Seeing A.I. shortcuts that Brian has stolen and made his own.
We then move on to discussing our experiences with iOS 18.1 and 18.2. Here are 10 new non-A.I. things you will be able to do in iOS 18.2. We discuss the new category feature coming to mail in iOS 18.2. Next we discuss Apple Visual Intelligence and ChatGPT with Siri.
Apple announced all new M4 Mac mini, iMac, and Mac Book Pros. The Mac mini chose an odd place for the power button which has the internet cracking up.
And then it is the show interruption to end all show interruptions. You will have to hear it to believe it.
And yeah, we went a little long on this show, but we finally get to Allison and Jeanine’s experience testing out the glide device.
We get really sidetracked again, but it’s worth the listen, and we fairly get to David’s experience at the Governor’s Mansion.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. Join Brian, Ed, and Jeanine as they discuss the latest tech news.
We kick things off about the United States being under attack by robot vacuums.
We then go down memory lane as we discuss our experiences with a blast from the past, remember Blockbuster Video!
Laugh For Sight is only a week away, for tickets go here.
Jeanine then fills us in recapping the NFB and ACB Uber and Lift protest that took place in San Francisco.
Now that two of us have been running iOS 18 for a bit we discuss our experience with the new terribly designed photos app, and the age old dilemma of why in the world can you not rename a photo in iOS. We then discuss iOS 18.1 which will be dropping on October 28th and the limited Apple Intelligence features that will be there. Here are all the Apple Intelligence features that will not arrive until iOS 18.2 and beyond.. Have you tried the new Password Manager? It’s not great, like most things Apple these days. And your PayPal balances will be coming to the Apple Wallet.
Is it a good time to upgrade to the new iPad mini? Brian then discusses his new iPhone 16 Pro and Apple Watch 10.
Yes, Ed had been quite for awhile, but now is his time to shine as he tells us about the International Blind Baseball Tournament he just competed in, and then his get away to Italy.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading
It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as Brian sits down with the C.E.O. of Be My Eyes, Mike Buckley. Join us for a conversation about the exciting new partnership between Be My Eyes and Meta, and a whole lot more.
We start off discussing the Earth shattering news about the partnership between Be My Eyes and Meta for the Meta Ray Bans and how it all came together. Which leads us in to discussing how the next phase of the beta study will work. We even get a possible wide release date for everyone.
The conversation then moves to A.I., because of course it would.
We then discuss Be My eyes rescuing AppleVis and why it was so important to save it.
We then discuss data because after all it is Meta.
The conversation then moves to Open A.I. and the next version of ChatGPT that everyone is waiting for.
We close up with discussing what is next for the Be My Eyes Empire.
And stay tuned to the very end for a very special Be My Eyes and That Real Blind Tech show announcement!
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. It’s Brian and the ladies as Ed is off jet setting around Europe. Don’t worry we gave Ed use of the That Real Blind Tech show jet and credit card.
We start off discussing the unique set of circumstances we were podcasting under.
By now you have probably heard that the Mayor of New York City has been arrested by the FBI, but did you know that he told them he could not remember his passcode to his iPhone? We give Mayor Adams the first ever That Real Blind Tech Show Honorary Award.
Karma is a bitch as we check in on the status of the Rabbit R1 and the Humane A.I. Pin.
Click to Cancel becomes the law of the land in California.
If you have an iPad M4 and went to update it to iPad 18 and couldn’t find the update, you’re not alone!
Rogue amoeba the software maker of Audio Hijack finally gets to the 21st Century with their installation process of their software.
You have probably heard by now that Meta and Be My Eyes have entered in to a partnership to bring Be My Eyes to the Meta Ray Bans. We get Jeanine’s unique perspective of all the announcements from Aira’s viewpoint. Jeanine also tells us about the current beta program at Aira where you can connect to an agent using WhatsApp on the Meta Ray Bans. We then explore the Be My Eyes Meta details that have come out so far. Envision is also partnering with Meta. Wow, somebody must feel left out! We then discuss some of the other upgrades coming to the Meta Frames. Celebrity voices are coming to the Meta Frames. We then properly get to the segment of the show according to the outline where we discuss Llama 3.2. And Meta announced that their AR Orion project is the future.
We then get to the Apple part of the show and Allison discusses her new iPhone 16 Pro Max.
We then begin to discuss our thoughts of iOS 18, iOS 18.1, and iOS 18.1 Beta 5. Seriously Apple get your shit together. Jeanine then tells us about her experiences with Mac OS Sequoia as the only member of the team who has been brave enough to update to it.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
Which leads to us discussing the upcoming rally against Uber and Lift.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show with the entire gang back together to recap the Apple Glow Time event in a way that only That Real Blind Tech Show can do.
We kick the show off with an exciting upcoming trip by Ed, and as we stumble through our intro Jeanine fills us in on how Aira Audio Described the debate. We then discuss the breaking news right before we recorded of Jon Bon Jovi talking a jumper off of a bridge.
Next we discuss the story of Gen-Z pissing everyone off with their new fad of filming their airport tray’s.
Brian then tells us all about this year’s 17th annual Laugh For Sight NYC at Gotham Comedy Club on Monday, October 28, 2024. For tickets go here. And one of our Hosts will soon have their own swag, hmm, who could it be?
If you are interested in attending the Lighthouse guild Mac versus PC Accessibility Smackdown on September 17, 2024 at 3pm Eastern Time on Zoom, you can register for it here.
Not everyone was tuned in to the Apple event as Pornhub’s tracking metrics didn’t drop everywhere during the event.
We then finally get around to discussing the apple Event It’s Glow time. We start off discussing if screen real estate makes a difference for gesture and braille with a lower case b input users. It was only quickly mentioned but could apple Visual Intelligence LookUp only available on the iPhone 16 Pro and up cause a lot of blind people to get new phones? We then discuss the new camera button coming to some of the phones. During the event apple kept pimping out the bigger battery life, so how much bigger is it? Here are the biggest differences between the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro.
Apple announced a new Mag Safe charger, don’t buy it. Apple finally killed the lightning cable for all new products.
Apple announced the air Pod 4’s, making the Air Pod product line very confusing. The Air Pod Pro 2’s will be able to replace hearing aids for people with low to moderate hearing loss. Will Air Pods doubling as hearing aids challenge new social norms?
We got the Apple Watch Series 10, and one of us already ordered one. Sleep Apnea detection comes to the new watches.
We got a drop date for iOS 18 on Monday, September 16th, and fortunately Allison and Jeanine have been running the betas. Additionally, Mac OS Sequoia will also be dropping on Monday, but none of us have been beta testing it. Apple will actually allow users to stay on iOS 17 and still get security updates.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show with the entire gang back together to recap the Apple Glow Time event in a way that only That Real Blind Tech Show can do.
We kick the show off with an exciting upcoming trip by Ed, and as we stumble through our intro Jeanine fills us in on how Aira Audio Described the debate. We then discuss the breaking news right before we recorded of Jon Bon Jovi talking a jumper off of a bridge.
Next we discuss the story of Gen-Z pissing everyone off with their new fad of filming their airport tray’s.
Brian then tells us all about this year’s 17th annual Laugh For Sight NYC at Gotham Comedy Club on Monday, October 28, 2024. For tickets go here. And one of our Hosts will soon have their own swag, hmm, who could it be?
If you are interested in attending the Lighthouse guild Mac versus PC Accessibility Smackdown on September 17, 2024 at 3pm Eastern Time on Zoom, you can register for it here.
Not everyone was tuned in to the Apple event as Pornhub’s tracking metrics didn’t drop everywhere during the event.
We then finally get around to discussing the apple Event It’s Glow time. We start off discussing if screen real estate makes a difference for gesture and braille with a lower case b input users. It was only quickly mentioned but could apple Visual Intelligence LookUp only available on the iPhone 16 Pro and up cause a lot of blind people to get new phones? We then discuss the new camera button coming to some of the phones. During the event apple kept pimping out the bigger battery life, so how much bigger is it? Here are the biggest differences between the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro.
Apple announced a new Mag Safe charger, don’t buy it. Apple finally killed the lightning cable for all new products.
Apple announced the air Pod 4’s, making the Air Pod product line very confusing. The Air Pod Pro 2’s will be able to replace hearing aids for people with low to moderate hearing loss. Will Air Pods doubling as hearing aids challenge new social norms?
We got the Apple Watch Series 10, and one of us already ordered one. Sleep Apnea detection comes to the new watches.
We got a drop date for iOS 18 on Monday, September 16th, and fortunately Allison and Jeanine have been running the betas. Additionally, Mac OS Sequoia will also be dropping on Monday, but none of us have been beta testing it. Apple will actually allow users to stay on iOS 17 and still get security updates.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, join us on the Twitter @BlindTechShow , or leave us an old school phone message at 929-367-1005.
It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show, The Boys style as Brian and Ed are joined by David Goldstein and Nick D’Ambrosio to discuss the fun of playing fantasy football, and offer some helpful hints to those people who have never played fantasy football before and are thinking about playing this upcoming season. We reflect a little on the All Blind Fantasy Football League Mini Documentary.
We talk about yahoo Fantasy and their fantastic accessibility on iOS and Android.
We then let Nick stick around as we discuss an article about cyber hacking and the all time greatest mispronunciation of a specific word that you will have to hear for your own to actually believe!
Is Cable TV road Kill and on the way out?
Will the U.S. government look to break up Google and what would it mean for the consumer? And is Apple next on the Justice Department’s list? We then briefly discuss Pixel phones.
We then continue our conversation from our last episode about Apple Intelligence being more of a concept then a reality. The iPhone 16 is rumored to be getting a new button, why apple, why? Mac OS Sequoia will require regular permission checks when using certain apps. And the E.U. will be forcing Apple to have App Developers provide an address, phone number and email on all paid App Store pages.
Sonos is considering relaunching their old app. On a some what related note, Sonos has laid off another 100 employees.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. The entire gang of Allison, Brian, Ed, and Jeanine are back together for the first time in awhile.
We start with a brief conversation about Sell and Venmo. Which then leads us in to the first ever death segment of That Real Blind Tech show, as we discuss the demise of AppleVis. You can read David Goodwin’s article about shutting AppleVis down here at least until August 31st. And as soon as the paint dried on the news of AppleVis shutting down, Orcam while not publicly, but it has been announced that Orcam will halt development of visual aides.
Switching from dying products to new products, would you wear an always listening A.I. pendent?
We then discuss Google pulling their Gemini A.I. ad from the Olympics after the backlash it received.
In our favorite story for this episode, Epic’s Tim Sweeney is blasting Apple’s Find My for actually tracking the thief who stole his MacBook. Say what!
Logitech wants to sell you one more mouse for the rest of your life, but they also want you to pay a subscription for it! What, again!
Siri supposedly seems to get better in iOS 18.1, but does it really? Allison has been running iOS 18.1 and gives us her opinions of how things are running so far. We then discuss everything Apple Intelligence can and can’t do in iOS 18.1. It ends up iOS 18 could be the safest way to use ChatGPT. And will this whole partnership with ChatGPT blow up in Apple’s privacy face? We then talk about the new feature coming to iOS 18 called reduced interruptions for notifications. And would you like to unlock your iPhone with your heartbeat? Apple once thought of it.
So the whole CrowdStrike thing happened in between us recording, and now we have all heard of CrowdStrike. Delta’s CEO question if this sort of crash could ever happen on the Mac? This leads to Allison telling us about all the fun of traveling on International CrowdStrike Day, and the fun that ensued from all of it. We then find out all about Allison’s cruise. Which then leads us to talking more about the Meta Ray Bans.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. The entire gang of Allison, Brian, Ed, and Jeanine are back together for the first time in awhile.
We start with a brief conversation about Sell and Venmo. Which then leads us in to the first ever death segment of That Real Blind Tech show, as we discuss the demise of AppleVis. You can read David Goodwin’s article about shutting AppleVis down here at least until August 31st. And as soon as the paint dried on the news of AppleVis shutting down, Orcam while not publicly, but it has been announced that Orcam will halt development of visual aides.
Switching from dying products to new products, would you wear an always listening A.I. pendent?
We then discuss Google pulling their Gemini A.I. ad from the Olympics after the backlash it received.
In our favorite story for this episode, Epic’s Tim Sweeney is blasting Apple’s Find My for actually tracking the thief who stole his MacBook. Say what!
Logitech wants to sell you one more mouse for the rest of your life, but they also want you to pay a subscription for it! What, again!
Siri supposedly seems to get better in iOS 18.1, but does it really? Allison has been running iOS 18.1 and gives us her opinions of how things are running so far. We then discuss everything Apple Intelligence can and can’t do in iOS 18.1. It ends up iOS 18 could be the safest way to use ChatGPT. And will this whole partnership with ChatGPT blow up in Apple’s privacy face? We then talk about the new feature coming to iOS 18 called reduced interruptions for notifications. And would you like to unlock your iPhone with your heartbeat? Apple once thought of it.
So the whole CrowdStrike thing happened in between us recording, and now we have all heard of CrowdStrike. Delta’s CEO question if this sort of crash could ever happen on the Mac? This leads to Allison telling us about all the fun of traveling on International CrowdStrike Day, and the fun that ensued from all of it. We then find out all about Allison’s cruise. Which then leads us to talking more about the Meta Ray Bans.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. It’s an episode like none other as Brian sits down with a lot of the cast, and the Creator, Director, and writer of the all blind sitcom pilot, Don’t Look Now.
Joining us on this exclusive behind the scenes look at don’t Look Now is Rebecca S. Meadows The Co-Creator, Executive Producer and she also plays Becca, Brian McCarthy who plays Drew, Michael Gallant who plays CJ, Jamie Jung the Casting Director and he also plays Billy, Olga Itsenko who plays Olga, and the Creator, Director, and writer Geno Marks. We get to know a little bit about the cast members and then find out how Don’t Look Now went from its early conception to the filmed pilot episode.
We find out a little bit about everyone’s first impressions with Don’t Look Now, and then Jamie gives us a peek behind the scenes at the casting process.
We then get everyone’s thoughts on what first drew them to Don’t Look Now.
Michael then tells us how he prepared to play someone who is totally blind.
Brian McCarthy takes us behind his process to playing Drew and Olga lets us know what her experience was like as a first time actress.
Which then leads to the cast discussing how comfortable everyone felt on set and around each other. They became a true ensemble.
Geno then tells us how he and Frank the Director of Photography approached working with a mostly blind and low vision cast.
We then get the opinions of the cast what it is like to be sitting in the theater for the premiere of their work in front of an audience that is seeing the show for the first time.
Which leads us to getting everyone’s favorite memory from the set.
You can keep up with Don’t Look Now on Instagram and on their official website.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. Brian, David, and Jeanine get together to recap the ACB and NFB Conferences.
We started recording minutes after reports started that Trump had been shot, and not knowing if it was fake news, we had to go with the information we had at the time of recording. Which leads us in to some of the news that came out about Aira during the conferences.
We then start off discussing the report that Air BnB fails to protect its guests against spying cameras. Which then leads us to discussing if we ever get freaked out that someone is filming us.
Just in time for Prime Day, Amazon’s A.I. Shopping Assistant is rolling out to everyone in the U.S.
We then dive in to Conference season as David explains to us what happens all day at the NFB Conference. David then fills us in about the exhibit hall at the conference. David then fills us in how the resolution voting process works. We then discuss the nightlife at the conference. We then discuss the Saturday night screening of the blind sitcom Don’t Look Now which screened at the Regal Cinema in Orlando. According to a recent survey more authentic disability is wanted in film and T.V.
We then move to discuss some of the latest Aira announcements and some of the fake news that was spreading around at the conferences.
Jeanine then fills us in on her experiences at the ACB Conference in Jacksonville. Jeanine tells us about her experience demoing the Guidance Mobility device. Jeanine then tells us about the other items she got to check out at the conference.
After reviewing our conference experiences we decided to go ahead and recap this year’s NFB Resolutions. So sit back and get ready for some insanity. You can read all of the resolutions here.
And we actually remember to read a couple of the emails and it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. Allison, Brian, Jeanine, and David Goldstein pinch hitting for Ed get together to talk some tech and other nonsense. It is a long one, but well worth the listen, as we cover a lot of interesting topics and some insanity occurs along the way.
We start off discussing the latest update to Twitter which has reportedly on iOS broke a lot of accessibility, but the good news is Spring for Twitter still works on both iOS and Mac.
Brian then discusses the CVPR conference he just spoke at in Seattle. The conference is all about computer vision and A.I.Next Brian discusses his jaunt off to L.A.
We then discuss the recent article that pooping on the Moon is a messy business. You got to love articles like these! On a brilliant Segway, it ends up Perplexity is a bullshit machine!
No surprise that a research study has proven that when it comes to hiring people with disabilities ChatGPT has been proven to be ableist. Which then leads us to discussing the blind American adult unemployment rate.
An A.I. Al Michaels will bring you daily personalized Olympic updates on Peacock.
Yelp of all places is adding more ways to search for businesses and accessibility.
Would you pay an extra five to ten bucks a month for a smarter Alexa?
We then discuss fun with google sheets. Soon in Google Chrome Mobile you will be able to call restaurants, get reviews and perform other tasks from the address bar. We then discuss what our go to browsers are on both desktop and mobile. It is rumored that you will eventually be able to make Gemini sound like your favorite YouTuber.
We then dive in to the upcoming NFB and ACB conferences. Jeanine will be attending ACB, while Brian and Vice-President David will be at the NFB Conference in Orlando.
While it is early in the iOS 18 beta cycle, we are hearing that currently iPhone Mirroring is completely inaccessible. Despite reports, no, apple and Meta are not considering an A.I. partnership. And you will not want to miss the first ever and probably last ever version of That Real Blind Tech Show trivia.
We then talk about the Meta Ray Bans which almost all of us are rocking now, and of course someone got a new laptop, I wonder who?
And it’s a quick What’s Pissing Off Brian Now, and more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. Brian and Jeanine sit down with Martijn Van Der Spek to discuss his new app PiccyBot. You can download the iOS version of the app here.
Martijn tells us all about what PiccyBot is and does. The app is specifically designed for the blindness community. Some of you may remember the app Talkin Goggles that Martijn created back in 2012/13. We find out the meaning behind the name PiccyBot.
We find out how the blindness community came to discover the app and how it has been received so far. We then find out how iOS 18 could affect PiccyBot.
We then get a demo of Jeanine using PiccyBot and dispel the long time rumor that her husband Kent does not exist! We still have some hesitation to believing he is real!
Martijn then tells us what he would like to bring to the app in future versions of PiccyBot. We then discuss the different subscription levels.
And for our few Android listeners, yes, PiccyBot is available also on Android here.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show where our show notes are written and not corrected by any A.I. Allison, Brian, and Jeanine get together to recap and give our thoughts on all the big announcements from WWDC 24.
We start off with a story about a phone booth, yes, a phone booth.
Elon Musk has gotten a remote tribe in the Amazon connected to the internet, and you would never guess what has happened!
We then discuss the pilot for a new sitcom called Don’t Look Now. This sitcom is all about the blind starring the blind, and produced by some of the blind. There will be a very private screening of the sitcom in Orlando, Florida on Saturday, July 6, 2024. If you would like to be invited to the VIP very important people, not visually impaired people please email us at ThatRealBlindTechshow@gmail.com and we will work on getting you an invite to attend the premier event.
We then discuss the XR Access Conference that Brian just attended out on Roosevelt Island in New York City. This then leads us in to a conversation about the Meta Ray Ban Glasses.
We then dive in to our recap of this year’s WWDC. We start off discussing the newly announced Apple Intelligence. And after years of false promises will Siri finally get smarter? We discuss some of the things the new Siri will supposedly be able to do. And here is how Siri will work with ChatGPT in iOS 18. And there are a bunch of new writing tools that will be powered by A.I. We then discuss all the new A.I. features coming to mail.
The iPhone, iPad, and Mac will be getting a new Password Manager application. The app will also work on your Window devices.
In iOS 18 and iPad 18 customizing your Home Screen will be a lot easier. And thankfully the global issue of iOS not supporting RCS messaging will be over. Control Center will become a lot more useful. Image Playground is another new app coming to iPhones and Macs. And there is a massive redesign coming to the Photos app.
We then discuss all the new features coming to the iPad which are pretty much the same as the iPhone except you also get a calculator.
Tap to send cash will be a new feature in iOS 18.
Live phone recordings is a new feature that won’t end in spectacular disaster.
iOS 18 will now alert you when you are using a slow charger, but there is a catch.
We then discuss all the new features coming to Mac OS Sequoia. iPhone Mirroring is coming to the Mac, but will it be accessible? Safari is also getting a massive revamp with a ton of A.I. features.
Non-verbal gestures are coming to Air Pods near you.
There are a lot of new health and fitness features coming to the Apple Watch along with Live Activities. The translate app makes its way to the watch in Watch OS11.
AppleTV gets a feature called Insight also known on Amazon Prime as X-ray.
And Brian finally gets to find out if the Geek was back!
And of course it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. It’s a threesome as someone on the show does not know how the calendar and reminders work on the iPhone.
We start off insulting a member of our show, because we like to make fun of each other. It makes us feel more secure about our own lives.
We kick our stories off discussing that Atari recently purchased Intelivision, and yes this article is from 2024. Which leads us to a discussion about the potential rise of the Audio Video Game.
Thanks to Autio audio can now entertain you on those long road trips.
We were thrilled to learn friends of the podcast OKO has been nominated as a finalist for the 2024 Apple Design Awards.
Be My A.I. in partnership with Microsoft launched their all new PC Desktop which can currently be found in the Windows Store.
It’s then back to the Mac as we discuss the A.I. Mac plug in TypeAhead.AI.
Could the double level airplane seat be coming to an airline near you?
And of course right before we start recording Apple and Open A.I. reportedly have come to an agreement to have ChatGPT on iOS 18. We then got some leaked reports about Project Grey Matter out of Apple for iOS 18. In iOS 18, A.I. will give you more control to control specific features of apps using Siri, but don’t expect this feature to Abe available this year, why would you? The conversation then turns to should apple be announcing features that will not arrive for close to a year?
Of course Washington wants new A.I. laws to protect Hollywood and famous rich people. And on a related note, who knew that celebrity voice erotica is all the rage these days! We then dive in to what voice would be our ideal VoiceOver voice.
We then finally get to our yearly look back of wWDC 23. We discuss if we are any closer to being able to talk with our animals?
We then talk about the latest update on the Mac and Apple breaking QuickNav yet again. Seriously we will eventually get in to our Look Back of WWDC 23. We discuss Passkeys,
New voices, point and speak, personal voice, new auto correct and spelling features, and of course improved diction. Seriously how much worse has dictation gotten on the iPhone in the last year. We got a new Name Drop feature. We got a Journal app. We got Air Tag Sharing. We got new interactive widgets to the iPad. PDFs are now in Notes and supposedly more editable. Web Apps and Widgets came to the Mac. We got safari profiles, or did we? Snoopy and Woodstock came to the Apple Watch. Apple Health will now send you surveys and make suggestions when you are not feeling well. We’re calling Bullshit here!
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading, and an ending that is absolutely classic.
It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. It’s a threesome as someone on the show does not know how the calendar and reminders work on the iPhone.
We start off insulting a member of our show, because we like to make fun of each other. It makes us feel more secure about our own lives.
We kick our stories off discussing that Atari recently purchased Intelivision, and yes this article is from 2024. Which leads us to a discussion about the potential rise of the Audio Video Game.
Thanks to Autio audio can now entertain you on those long road trips.
We were thrilled to learn friends of the podcast OKO has been nominated as a finalist for the 2024 Apple Design Awards.
Be My A.I. in partnership with Microsoft launched their all new PC Desktop which can currently be found in the Windows Store.
It’s then back to the Mac as we discuss the A.I. Mac plug in TypeAhead.AI.
Could the double level airplane seat be coming to an airline near you?
And of course right before we start recording Apple and Open A.I. reportedly have come to an agreement to have ChatGPT on iOS 18. We then got some leaked reports about Project Grey Matter out of Apple for iOS 18. In iOS 18, A.I. will give you more control to control specific features of apps using Siri, but don’t expect this feature to Abe available this year, why would you? The conversation then turns to should apple be announcing features that will not arrive for close to a year?
Of course Washington wants new A.I. laws to protect Hollywood and famous rich people. And on a related note, who knew that celebrity voice erotica is all the rage these days! We then dive in to what voice would be our ideal VoiceOver voice.
We then finally get to our yearly look back of wWDC 23. We discuss if we are any closer to being able to talk with our animals?
We then talk about the latest update on the Mac and Apple breaking QuickNav yet again. Seriously we will eventually get in to our Look Back of WWDC 23. We discuss Passkeys,
New voices, point and speak, personal voice, new auto correct and spelling features, and of course improved diction. Seriously how much worse has dictation gotten on the iPhone in the last year. We got a new Name Drop feature. We got a Journal app. We got Air Tag Sharing. We got new interactive widgets to the iPad. PDFs are now in Notes and supposedly more editable. Web Apps and Widgets came to the Mac. We got safari profiles, or did we? Snoopy and Woodstock came to the Apple Watch. Apple Health will now send you surveys and make suggestions when you are not feeling well. We’re calling Bullshit here!
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading, and an ending that is absolutely classic.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. It’s a threesome as someone on the show does not know how the calendar and reminders work on the iPhone.
We start off insulting a member of our show, because we like to make fun of each other. It makes us feel more secure about our own lives.
We kick our stories off discussing that Atari recently purchased Intelivision, and yes this article is from 2024. Which leads us to a discussion about the potential rise of the Audio Video Game.
Thanks to Autio audio can now entertain you on those long road trips.
We were thrilled to learn friends of the podcast OKO has been nominated as a finalist for the 2024 Apple Design Awards.
Be My A.I. in partnership with Microsoft launched their all new PC Desktop which can currently be found in the Windows Store.
It’s then back to the Mac as we discuss the A.I. Mac plug in TypeAhead.AI.
Could the double level airplane seat be coming to an airline near you?
And of course right before we start recording Apple and Open A.I. reportedly have come to an agreement to have ChatGPT on iOS 18. We then got some leaked reports about Project Grey Matter out of Apple for iOS 18. In iOS 18, A.I. will give you more control to control specific features of apps using Siri, but don’t expect this feature to Abe available this year, why would you? The conversation then turns to should apple be announcing features that will not arrive for close to a year?
Of course Washington wants new A.I. laws to protect Hollywood and famous rich people. And on a related note, who knew that celebrity voice erotica is all the rage these days! We then dive in to what voice would be our ideal VoiceOver voice.
We then finally get to our yearly look back of wWDC 23. We discuss if we are any closer to being able to talk with our animals?
We then talk about the latest update on the Mac and Apple breaking QuickNav yet again. Seriously we will eventually get in to our Look Back of WWDC 23. We discuss Passkeys,
New voices, point and speak, personal voice, new auto correct and spelling features, and of course improved diction. Seriously how much worse has dictation gotten on the iPhone in the last year. We got a new Name Drop feature. We got a Journal app. We got Air Tag Sharing. We got new interactive widgets to the iPad. PDFs are now in Notes and supposedly more editable. Web Apps and Widgets came to the Mac. We got safari profiles, or did we? Snoopy and Woodstock came to the Apple Watch. Apple Health will now send you surveys and make suggestions when you are not feeling well. We’re calling Bullshit here!
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading, and an ending that is absolutely classic.
To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, join us on the Twitter @BlindTechShow , or leave us an old school phone message at 929-367-1005.
To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, join us on the Twitter @BlindTechShow , or leave us an old school phone message at 929-367-1005.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. With an epic week in tech, we got the entire gang here to recap it all. We kick things off about pickles, but unlike a dirty pickle, this story is about a frozen pickle.
We then get a little side tracked about mice, alligators, and gerbils as only That Real Blind Tech show can do. We then get a lesson about the streets of Japan.
We then discuss the issue with the latest Jaws update.
We then dive in to the debacle known as the Sonos update.
Apple and Open A.I. are rumored to be finalizing details to have ChatGPT in iOS 18. We got our iOS 18 accessibility enhancements announced the day before Global Accessibility Awareness Day. In iOS 18 you will be able to use custom phrases to trigger actions. Here is a list of all the new accessibility features mentioned by Apple coming in iOS 18.
Open A.I. has unveiled ChatGPT 4 Omni, and it is pretty impressive. And because one article cannot sum it all up, here’s a second article discussing some of the other capabilities of ChatGPT 4o. Open A.I. will also be launching a Mac Desktop app, not available just yet as we have checked. ChatGPT will soon be able to see everything on your Mac or iPhone screen. Is this the beginning of the screen reader evolution? But the biggest thing coming out of Open A.I.’s announcements was Andy Lane showing off the next generation of vision as a blind person using ChatGPT 4Omni.
We then move on to discussing all the announcements that came out of Google IO. Android phones will now be able to tell if someone snatches your phone out of your hand. Gemini will also be getting better at understanding what is on your phone’s screen. Google glass may be dead, but Google is working on a new prototype of glasses. Android phones will soon allow you to use your face to control your cursor. Who knew with the explosion of A.I. that it would lead to Google actually cleaning up its search? Google has a lot of new enhancements coming to Android tool Lookout.
We then spin the bottle and go around the table as most of us have been buying new things. Products discussed here include the new iPad Pro, Meta Ray bans, Zoom Essential H6, and more.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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The entire gang is back together in full for the first time in awhile. We kick the show off discussing a woman who has it much worse with the airlines then any guide dog handler!
Apple has announced an event for May 7th, but it is most likely just an iPad event. Apple has struck up talks again with ChatGPT to possibly include in iOS 18, what would this mean for Apple’s own Generative A.I.? Apple has yanked three apps from the App Store that could create nude A.I. fakes. Here at That Real Blind Tech Show we’re not always about the positive so we discuss the worst ever of WWDC. Once again only one of us was not aware of this feature, as did you know that your iPhone has a white noise machine built in to it?
We then discuss the status of Google search and the man credited with killing Google search. Only over due for about a decade Google’s Groups IO finally has gotten an accessibility update, but one major thing is missing from the update.
We then discuss the state of the Smart Home, and what happened to all the innovation with Smart Homes. Has the economy and inflation killed the Smart Home? Remember Matter?
Like the A.I. Humane Pin, the early reviews are in for the Rabbit R!, and the reviews are not stellar. With all these handheld devices coming out, is the future of A.I. still our phones?
Ed then tells us about the recent conference he attended in Arizona Move United about adaptive sports.
Will a new scenic app from Honda make those long drives for blind people more scenic and eventful?
Ed then tells us about a little side project of his that happened this past week.
And its more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show minus one Ed as he is sick again, but the rest of the gang is here and well.
We kick things off discussing the eclipse because why wouldn’t we? We then discuss the death of O.J. Simpson, again because why wouldn’t we?
We then dive in to the tech news and start off discussing the conclusion to the VoiceDream Reader controversy and how the blindness community responded to it.
And our new favorite term, Subscription Creep has hit 2/3 of Americans.
Early reviews of the Smart A.I. Humane Pin have not been good or kind. Will the Rabbit R1 be everything we were hoping the Humane A.I. Pin was going to be?
Microsoft is annoying users with a full screen pop up to upgrade to Windows 11 even if your machine cannot update to Windows 11.
Well everyone on That Real Blind Tech show except Brian knew that their iPhone had a secret code scanner app. Who knew? Is the Apple Vision Pro the most underwhelming Apple Product ever and are we still excited about it? Even with Apple Vision Pro being a swing and a miss for us we are still hopeful for Apple Glasses eventually. Is your Apple Watch suffering from Ghost Touch? Why has Apple paid millions to Shutter Stock to help train its Generative A.I. Program? Apple is planning a big M4 Mac update for A.I., ugh. And because WWDC is only two months away we decided to discuss some of the hottest iOS 18 rumors.
And as usual we get sidetracked and start talking about the A.I. app Pi. Which then leads us in to a conversation of will A.I. be revolutionary for screen reader users and accessibility? Only problem with all of this is that under a newly proposed law A.I. companies will have to fess up on what they are using to train their A.I. models before releasing them.
We then discuss the upcoming conference for VizWiz that Brian will be speaking at and recall the history of Vizwiz. Which then leads us down memory lane of all the computer vision apps that have come and gone over the years.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new extra extra big That Real Blind Tech show as it’s our 2024 CSUN recap episode. It is so big that we have the ladies Jeanine and Allison recording with friend of the podcast David Goldstein and because someone who edits the show got sick we then have Brian and Ed recapping CSUN as well. It all comes together in one giant Kumbaya podcast episode for your listening pleasure.
Jeanine starts out discussing the announcements made by Aira at this year’s CSUN. We’ll give you a clue it has something to do with A.I.
And because Brian and Ed were not here yet, Allison, David , and Jeanine then discuss the braille with a lower case b keyboards announced at this year’s CSUN.
We then cut to our main men on the ground at CSUN for their insights in to everything they experienced first hand at this year’s CSUN.
Brian and Ed start off discussing a recent article by a man who is losing his vision that appeared in the Atlantic, and they could not disagree with the article more. They then discuss the upcoming release of David Kingsbury third edition of the Windows Screen Reader Primer. And then discuss the upsetting news about VoiceDream Reader moving to a monthly subscription model even if you have bought a lifetime license.
Mike Buckley then pops by to discuss the latest announcements coming out of Be My A.I.
Brian and Ed discuss the multiple cocktail hours they hit at CSUN, OKO, the new Guidance Guidance System, Celeste Glasses, Enivision AI, Vispero, Deque, WeWalk Cane, Fa Fable, Stevie Wonder, Irish Car Bombs, Google Suite, and much more that they experienced in person at CSUN.
It’s then back to the ladies and David for some more banter and more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show and the full gang is all back together. We kick the show off discussing the last episode, and Brian’s thoughts of it.
We then kick things off discussing letters of recommendation and how idiotic universities and the government can be when it comes to technology.
Since a lot of Labs listen to our podcast, we discuss the article about how scientists recently discovered a gene that leads to most Labs being obese.
Who would have thunk it, but the WiFi at Google’s new Mt. View office sucks big time according to employees.
Windows is ditching Android and Amazon apps.
Apple Podcast has introduced transcripts in iOS 17.4. If you blinked you might have missed the introduction of the new Apple sports app. We then discuss the rumored iOS 18 accessibility improvements. This leads to us discussing the horrific bug still in Google Chrome on the Mac which has yet to be fixed and makes chrome pretty much unusable to VoiceOver users.
Twitter has introduced phone and video calls for all users. Did anyone on the planet want this? Not only can Twitter’s new calling feature open you up to more scams, but it can also possibly expose your IP address. Here’s how to disable this call feature in Twitter. MuskButt plans to hide the Likes and ReTweets counts in future versions of Twitter.
Brian then dives in to recapping his latest travel adventures with the airlines and a guide dog, Lift and uBer, and other fun things that happened along his journey from San Francisco to L.A. to San Diego. Allison also discusses her recent trip to New Mexico. And we all discuss some of our favorite travel apps. And you can check out the full Saturday Night Live Alaska Airline clip here. We then discuss walking ones guide dog while using an umbrella in a massive storm.
We then discuss the upcoming CSUN Conference as Brian and Ed will be attending. We start off discussing some of the sessions that have caught our attention. We some how get off on a tangent about inclusive design versus accessibility. We then dive in to the exhibitor list and what booths we plan on popping by.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Now that we are on a regular two week recording schedule, someone was missing from this episode, but of course we needed him to edit the show, hence the delay of the release. Hmm, who is not here?
The gang kicks the show off discussing using Chat GPT to find information in large PDF documents.
Without Brian here and after some character assassination the gang finally gets going and discusses the recent cellular outage that affected a lot of the nation. This then leads to discussing how dependent we blind people are on our technology.
Apple is rumored to be introducing generative A.I. to Siri in iOS 18.
Jeanine then discusses her recent experience with ChatGPT and using it to build a press release. T.J. then tells us about how he has been using A.I. at work. Jeanine then discusses more about how she has been using A.I. to create slides and spreadsheets. Ed discusses showing off the features of ChatGPT to the students he teaches, and Allison discusses how she has been using A.I. in her every day life.
And because it’s not all A.I. the gang then discusses YouTube TV, the Fire TV, Hulu and some other streaming services they have been using lately.
Allison then talks about her new pair of Sony headphones, but because Brian was not here she got away without mentioning what freaking model she got. Come on guys! Well jeanine attempted to get Allison to give us the model number. Jeanine then discusses her new pair of AfterShockz.
Jeanine then lets everyone know that Aira is currently looking for beta testers.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show, as Allison, Brian and Jeanine get together as Ed fell under the weather.
We kick things off discussing the brilliant clip of Larry David on the season premier of Curb Your Enthusiasm and his experience with Siri. It is must watch, and can be fully viewed here.
We then dive in to a story because we care about Steven Scott and the latest fiasco regarding Apple Maps in Scotland.
A guy on Tinder used ChatGPT to speak to 5000 women and met his wife doing it.
Some how a 200 foot radio tower went missing in Alabama.
iTunes for Windows was broken in to three useless apps.
Did you know that certain hand gestures can cause fireworks and other behavior in FaceTime and other video call applications?
We then discuss the Apple Vision Pro and the fantastic article written by Brian Giles on AppleVis. Apple has put together a decent document on using Vision Pro with VoiceOver. And could Vision Pro’s shortcomings lead to its eventual success?
We then dive in to the A.I. portion of the show as we start off discussing an interesting article about how artificial gen intelligence could redefine accessibility.
Amazon is getting ready to launch an A.I. shopping assistant named Rufus.
Jeanine then walks us through some pretty cool things she has learned to do with ChatGPT. And people as usual Jeanine did not send me the links for the show notes, not to call her out or anything.
Apple has released an open source A.I. image editor.
And why are people saying that Google’s new A.I. Gemini is full of ghosts?
Brian then discusses a couple of upcoming podcasts he will be on. Coming to a podcast player near you. He also discusses the role he auditioned for and plays a clip of his acting.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show, as Allison, Brian and Jeanine get together as Ed fell under the weather.
We kick things off discussing the brilliant clip of Larry David on the season premier of Curb Your Enthusiasm and his experience with Siri. It is must watch, and can be fully viewed here.
We then dive in to a story because we care about Steven Scott and the latest fiasco regarding Apple Maps in Scotland.
A guy on Tinder used ChatGPT to speak to 5000 women and met his wife doing it.
Some how a 200 foot radio tower went missing in Alabama.
iTunes for Windows was broken in to three useless apps.
Did you know that certain hand gestures can cause fireworks and other behavior in FaceTime and other video call applications?
We then discuss the Apple Vision Pro and the fantastic article written by Brian Giles on AppleVis. Apple has put together a decent document on using Vision Pro with VoiceOver. And could Vision Pro’s shortcomings lead to its eventual success?
We then dive in to the A.I. portion of the show as we start off discussing an interesting article about how artificial gen intelligence could redefine accessibility.
Amazon is getting ready to launch an A.I. shopping assistant named Rufus.
Jeanine then walks us through some pretty cool things she has learned to do with ChatGPT. And people as usual Jeanine did not send me the links for the show notes, not to call her out or anything.
Apple has released an open source A.I. image editor.
And why are people saying that Google’s new A.I. Gemini is full of ghosts?
Brian then discusses a couple of upcoming podcasts he will be on. Coming to a podcast player near you. He also discusses the role he auditioned for and plays a clip of his acting.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as Brian sits down with Dr. Bryan Wolynski from the Lighthouse Guild in New York City fresh off of this year’s CES and ATIA conferences.
We start off discussing this year’s CES Conference and the most interesting things that caught Bryan’s attention. How odd we start with autonomous vehicles. We discuss the fun part of locating your vehicle when it arrives.
Next up was Robot Dogs. Blind brian’s Guide Dog Wesley was not a fan.
Bryan then dives in to the Eureka Park area at the Venetian Hotel where all the start ups are located and some real innovation is being done.
We discuss the newly released app OOrion that helps people discover items around them. We then discuss another app Bryan got introduced to called From Your Eyes. We then dive in to the obstacle avoidance apps that were on display at CES. We then discuss OneCourt for the blind sports fan out there. And the impressive work that AARP is conducting. We wrap up our coverage of this year’s CES discussing an award that the Lighthouse Guild NYC won.
We then jump in to this year’s ATIA Conference that just wrapped up. Surprisingly Apple was an attendee at this year’s conference. We then discuss a company called Audible Sight whose goal is to allow you to produce your own audio description for your videos. Next up is Orcam and E-Sight.
We then discuss CSUN which will be happening in mid-March.
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It’s the first That Real Blind Tech show of the new year, and we got the entire gang here. It’s a blind tech podcast so we start off with what else, but a state of the podcast.
We then kick the year off with the story of the year. Yes, we are getting it out of the way early as eBay executives sent critics of eBay a bloody pig mask among some other things. And yes, if you criticize us you may want to check your mailbox for a bloody pig mask!
Microsoft is set to take one of your keyboard keys away for Co-Pilot, how will this affect screen readers workflows?
Over the holidays Be My A.I. announced a new feature to set up a group of friends and family.
Brian then goes in to a recent negative experience he had with an Amazon product, and is still trying to figure out what to do about it.
We then discuss the meal delivery service factor 75.
Google Assistant will be losing 17 features in the coming weeks, unfortunately most of them are voice related.
A.I. George Carlin releases a comedy special that George Carlin would have hated.
Apple Vision Pro is up for preorders on January 19th, delivering on February 2nd, here’s what will be in the box. Apple is only producing 80,000 Apple Vision Pro’s for launch day. Additionally, if you want a demo of Apple Vision Pro it looks like Apple will only be demoing the device on launch weekend.
We kick off the CES portion of our show discussing the clicks iPhone case. Who knew we already had a replacement for the Humane A.I. pin in the R1. All the Apple Gear announced at CES. We then discuss some of the weirdest and coolest gadgets we heard about at this year’s CES. And with a lot of us here at That Real Blind Tech show being insomniacs and bad sleepers, we were very interested to learn about the Brain Band.
We then dive in to our reviews of the Meta Ray Ban Glasses and our initial experiences with the Celeste Glasses.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an absolutely epic end of the year That Real Blind Tech Show which brings the entire gang and more together. We end 2023 squashing our beef with another Blind Tech show. We once and for all settle the beef over who The Real Mr. F is.
After some fun we eventually get to discussing our favorite tech products of the year, as after all we are a tech show believe it or not.
Of course with all of us here we have a little trouble getting through all our favorite tech products, but along the way you will get to learn a little about how That Real Blind Tech show, Double Tap, and ICantCU found our ways in to the spectacular podcasts we are today.
Yes, it took us this long to get through all of our tech products, but trust me you will not want to miss the insanity that ensues along the way. If we were up for an Emmy this would be our submission episode!
And it’s an extended Watcha Streaming, watcha Reading with our guests.
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It’s an all new That Real Real Blind Tech show as the entire gang of Allison, Brian, Ed, and Jeanine are back together again for the first time in awhile. The Fab Four is back baby, sorry David.
We kick off the show discussing new social networks which leads to us discussing old social networks.
We then dive in to our back and forth with the gang over at Double Tap and Mr. F, and a response you must hear to actually believe.
A boy in England has an issue with the Nerd Face emoji, and who knew there was a nerd face emoji?
We then revisit a topic from years ago, should you be force quitting your apps, and is juice jacking real?
No you don’t need to turn off the Name Drop feature on your iPhone, despite what the coppers are saying.
How out of control has tipping gotten?
Be My A.I. beta and Seeing A.I. finally have come to Android phones.
Ends up the Open A.I. Board wanted the Altman firing to be a secret until it happened, how did that work out for the board? And why has the entire A.I. world been talking about Q star? We then discuss what we use Chat GPT for. We then discuss adding Chat GPT to our action button, which leads Jeanine to discussing her new favorite app.
Brian then talks about his Audio Hijack issue which led to a trip to the Apple Store and then to a purchase.
And since Brian has a new purchase we figured we would discuss what steps we take when setting up a new computer. Which then led to a little winter cleaning.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show, and the episode that almost never happened. It’s a packed studio with Allison, Brian, Jeanine, and David Goldstein once again pinch hitting for a sick Ed.
After some fun technological difficulties, we kick things off discussing the NFB Pennsylvania state conference that both Brian and David were just at. And Brian doesn’t even live in the state of Pennsylvania. Jeanine then fills us in on the ACB Ohio conference she just attended and the special message that was waiting for her at the conference. Which then leads us to a new term, BBB, and you will have to listen to learn what it mean.
Is. Amazon working on a new operating system?
Microsoft is rebranding Remote Desktop as Windows app, but will it be for enterprise users only?
Apple has followed IBM, and Disney, Comcast, and Paramount have all paused advertising on Twitter because MuskButt it an idiot.
It has been a crazy past few days since Open A.I. fired C.E.O. Sam Altman. What will this mean for the future of Be My A.I.? And because we are not a daily podcast or a breaking news show, before we could get this episode released Sam Altman has returned to Open A.I. and is back as their C.E.O., and the board is out.
Be My A.I. has now expanded in to customer service with their partnership with Microsoft.
Is the Singularity closer than we think, and is it real?
The Humane A.I. pin sounded like a game changer for the blind at first, but then we checked out their website. And their demo got a few things wrong with their A.I.
With A.I. being the rage these days, no wonder Cambridge Dictionary chose Hallucinate as the word of the year.
We discuss Black Friday and if we will be shopping for anything, or has Black Friday jumped the shark. While none of us were that excited for Black Friday, we were all very interested to learn about the strangest gifts found on the internet.
Supposedly in Watch OS 10.2 you will once again be able to flick through your watch faces like you used to be able to.
And it is an absolutely epic What’s Pissing Off Brian that you will not want to miss and more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. The entire gang is almost here, we’re missing Ed, but we got David Goldstein pinch hitting for Ed as we recap the Apple Scary Fast event. But not to worry our show includes a lot more than the Apple event included.
We kick the show off discussing traitorous behavior, and how silly other blind podcasts can be. Yes, we are quite the critics.
We then play a clip of Brian on the news discussing this year’s Laugh For Sight Comedy Benefit which was at Gotham Comedy Club on Monday, October 30th, yes, the same time as the Apple Scary Fast event. We bet we were much more entertaining, as David and Brian discuss this year’s benefit.
We then discuss a very interesting spam email Brian got.
We then discuss the Beatles new song which made use of A.I. in its development. Is this a good thing?
YouTube is cracking down on ad blockers causing a mass exodus from them.
Introducing the world’s first ChatGPT indoor camera. Could this be something for the blind and useful if it is accessible? On a related note world powers got together as they claim they want to contain A.I. And it took President Biden watching the latest Mission Impossible movie to get concerned about the future of A.I.
We then finally tackle the latest Apple event Scary Fast. Apple announced new M3 Mac Book Pros and a new 24 inch iMac. Instead of discussing the newly announced Macs, we discuss which Macs we are currently running, and our current opinions and issues with the state of VoiceOver on the Mac. And we’re all trying to figure out why Mac accessories are still lightning charging.
And finally, finally Brian remembered to include some of the VoiceMails and Emails we have gotten in to the show. Thanks to everyone who called and wrote in.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show with the entire gang here. We kick off the pre-roll with the first ever That Real Blind Tech Show talent competition where Jeanine dominates, and others just try.
After our intros and a brief discussion about the horrific event that transpired this past weekend, we get in to some nonsense to hopefully put a smile on your face.
Our first article we discuss may be of interest to those Ring Doorbell owners, and how you can get Amazon to give you 1 million dollars!
You will not believe this next one as a man was sentenced to 9 years in prison in England for his A.I. girlfriend talking him in to attempting to kill Queen Elizabeth. Disclaimer this took place while she was still alive, and we can not confirm or deny that this was Steven or Shaun from Double Tap!
Remember that call for a pause on the further development of A.I.? Well, it didn’t work.
The reviews are in, and so far A.I. is a money pit that isn’t paying off. Here is the must see YouTube video of a British Comic speaking before Oxford University about the environment that Brian mentions.
Can’t green and blue bubbles live together in perfect harmony? And on a side note who the hell knew there were different colored bubbles in your text messages?
87% of American teenagers own an iPhone.
This year’s Laugh For Sight NYC Comedy Benefit is coming up on Monday, October 30th at Gotham Comedy Club, you can purchase your tickets here.
Future iPads may be able to charge your other devices through its screen.
Is your iPhone shutting off in the middle of the night? You’re not alone.
We then discuss Allison’s new AirPod Pros with a USBc charging case, and how often we charge our AirPods.
We then get a little sidetracked in the first ever That Real Blind Tech show singing competition, but you will not want to miss it and make sure to submit your vote for a winner at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com.
The only thing worse then the state of things at Twitter is the stuff that is going on in house at Twitter. And in another poor decision by Musk, Twitter removes headlines from news articles causing accessibility to go down hill for screen reader users.
We then have a discussion of the top five apps we use on a daily basis, not necessarily accessibility focused, but we end up only doing three rounds, as we get a little sidetracked. If you listen to the full episode you will discover why we cut it short a little later in the show. You will not want to miss it!
It’s a special What’s Pissing Off Brian Now, with a bunch of quick hitters, and we get a What’s Pissing Off Jeanine and Allison, with a very special reaction by ed that you will not want to miss.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Joining Allison and Brian is T.J. Meloy, as we had to exclude Ed and Jeanine since they are not rocking all new iPhone 15’s. We decided to jump on and discuss our new iPhones along with a little other tech news.
We kick things off discussing the latest coming out of Be My Eyes. On a related note ChatGPT announced they are rolling out chat and visual capabilities. Amazon announced they invested 4 billion dollars in OpenAI competitor Anthropic.
The reviews have been less than stellar for Apple’s leather case style replacements. Brian has had an adventure finding just the right case for his new iPhone 15.
We then dive in to our initial thoughts of our iPhone 15 Pro’s and Allison’s iPhone 15 Pro Max. We discuss the Action Button and the disappointment of it not being an Actions Button.
We then dive in to some of the interesting issues we had setting up our new iPhones. Wow, wouldn’t it have been nice to know that you need to perform an update to your brand new iPhone before transferring your data!
Brian then discusses the issue he had pairing his old Apple Watch to his new phone.
We discuss speeding up the Siri voice and personal voice.
We then tell you whether or not we will be updating to Mac OS Sonoma which dropped earlier this week.
It’s a quick What’s Pissing Off Brian Now, as Amazon announced they will start putting more ads in its content unless you pay extra to get rid of them.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show where the entire gang is back together to discuss the Apple Wanderlust event, the products we have already ordered, and much more.
We start off discussing why we recorded this episode later than usual. Hey, like we have said before, we got busy lives.
Apple kicked off its Wanderlust event with a video of how Apple products have saved lives. Well let’s just say this gentleman did not make the video as his butt dial triggered the S.O.S. alert.
No, Mexico did not discover alien life!
And in the in you can’t make this shit up corner, a woman mistakenly swallowed an AirPod thinking it was a vitamin.
One of us picked the wrong week to join BetMGM.
We then discuss some disturbing trends going on with the tremendous Be My Eyes Virtual Volunteer. Thank you very little ChatGPT. After we recorded, Be My Eyes released the following statement about what has been going on with ChatGPT and photos with people in them.
We then discuss the chaos of what was Apple new product launch day.
Then one of us does a total about face about an Apple product they said they had no interest in. Hmm, wonder who the flip flopper could be?
We then dive in to the Apple event. Not to worry as we assume you have most of the details elsewhere so we go through everything only as That Real Blind Tech show can. We start off discussing all the new iPhone 15’s that were announced. We discuss the new action button coming to the Pro lineup and what its capabilities will be. We discuss the switch from lighting to USBc and how the port will be standard USBc. Relax everyone, it has been confirmed that the Apple cloth will work with all iPhone 15 models! The iPhone 15’s USBc will be capable of reverse charging for your other Apple USBc devices, and possibly non-Apple USBc devices. Apple in iOS 17 has introduced 20 new ringtones.
We then get to iOS 17 and the bugs we have been having. Since iOS 17 launched today, you may have already updated, but if you did a backup, you can probably still roll back to iOS 16 until Apple stops signing it which could be the end of the week. Remember, not everyone will have the same bugs. We discuss being able to invoke Siri without the Hey and using back to back commands.
Apple announced the new Apple Watch 9 and Ultra 2. The sighted community went all gaga over the new hand gesture feature announced, but is it really a new feature? On device Siri processing also comes to the new Apple Watches.
Apple introduced new Air Pods with a USBc case. Bad news if you only want the new case.
Mac OS Sonoma will drop on September 26th. Chrome on the Mac will soon get access to iCloud keychain.
While none of us have this product yet, it sounded to cool not to mention. The Flic Twist Button for all your smart home products.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. It is just Brian and the newly named Bladies, Allison and Jeanine. We start off with a little pre-ramble discussing tech frustrations. Yes, it happens to us tech Gods.
We then kick things off discussing exploding microwaves, and microwaves catching fire. If you have a great microwave for the blind, do let us know.
Horrifying news, as scientists have proven that Beer Goggles are not real! Next up, who knew Astronauts were such Messy Marvins?
We then discuss the two new apps here to replace Microsoft Soundscape, Soundscape and Voice Vista. Jeanine tells us about her recent trip to Hawaii and her experiences using Voice Vista. Jeanine then tells us about a new app she recently discovered to help you read touch screens called Echo Batix.
An impossible Apple security vulnerability has appeared to riders of the NYC MTA.
England could soon ban Apple security updates.
We then discuss Facebook’s new Threads app, which leads us down the social media rabbit hole to Mastodon. Facebook now has a new privacy setting where you can beg Facebook pretty pretty please don’t use my data to train your A.I. Europeans may soon have the option to pay for an ad free Facebook.
No surprise, since Twitter rebranded to X, App Store downloads have dropped significantly. Are you waiting for the day when you can make a phone or video call through Twitter?
We then dive in to the rumors about the upcoming Apple Event on September 12th, Wanderlust. We discuss the iPhone models that could be in our future, battery issues some of us have been having with our current models, and the dynamic island and its usefulness. We then discuss the rumored new action button which will replace the mute button. And of course we need to mention the rumored switch to USBC. We then discuss the new AppleWatch rumors. AirPods are rumored to also be making the switch to USBC charging. We then wonder if we will hear more about the Apple Vision Pro? And finally one of us is hopeful that the rumor of a new iPad mini is true.
We then discuss some helpful information if you are running an M Series Mac and having issues with VoiceOver volume when booting up.
Apple will soon be ending all Social Media customer service support.
And it’s more of Watcha Watching, Watcha Streaming.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show, Brian is joined by Developer, Writer, and Fellow Podcaster Casey Liss from The Accidental Tech Podcast. Casey is the developer behind the new fantastic CallSheet iOS app. The app works fantastically well with VoiceOver, and we highly recommend subscribing to the app if you are a TV and Movie fan.
We kick the interview off actually talking about Brian and a little behind the scenes about his Top Gear appearance.
Casey then tells us how he came up with the idea for CallSheet, and then walks us through how the app ended up being fully accessible for VoiceOver users. Casey explains how Swift UI Kit makes it easier to design apps with accessibility in mind.
Casey tells us about meeting one on one with an Accessibility expert at Apple during WWDC, and how beneficial it was to him.
We talk about Casey’s fellow podcasters John Siracusaa and Marco Arment from the Accidental Tech Podcast, and discuss how Marco was helpful in the development of CallSheet.
We discuss the Yahoo All Blind Fantasy Football League Mini Documentary and how it was all born out of accessibility and communication.
We then discuss the subscription plans in CallSheet and what they include. Casey then tells us what developers think about short and long term when setting subscription costs.
We then talk about the moved.org where CallSheet’s information is sourced from and whether or not you can update information on it.
We then discuss possible CallSheet integration with Plex and Channels. Which leads Brian to mentioning Audio Description and how fantastic it would be to have a service that mentions whether or not a title has Audio Description.
Casey tells us a little about his podcast The Accidental Tech Podcast and you can subscribe to it here.
You can keep up with all things Casey on his website. You can also find Casey on Mastodon and Instagram.
We finish up discussing Mastodon and the blind communities exodus from Twitter, or whatever they are calling it these days.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show, as most of the gang is back together for the first time in a month. Allison, Brian and Ed discuss some tech, interesting articles, and share some laughter along the way.
We kick the show off discussing the Inaugural Laugh For Sight Long Island which took place on August 7th. We then get a little self involved as we realize our third anniversary since our rebrand came and went without a party or anything.
We then discuss the recently released Voice Vista. The app that replaces the now defunct Microsoft Soundscape. Ed gives us an example of how he uses beacons to map out places in Central Park, which then leads us to discussing indoor navigation in unfamiliar layouts.
We then discuss the possible dumbest rebranding of all time, Twitter to X. We then turn our attention to the latest updates on the bout of the Century, Musk V Zuckhead.
Google Chrome is getting ready to start using Generative A.I. to summarize articles. Is this a good or bad thing?
We then discuss a must read article, The Origins of Your Favorite Swear Words.
We then discuss two new exciting apps. First up is an app called Beeper which is currently on a wait list, then we discuss a fantastic fully accessible replacement for iMDB, CallSheet.
With the cost of streaming services going up everywhere, are you cutting back?
Scammers are now coming your phone number. Is this fear mongering or real?
You will soon be able to get food delivered to you at your airport gate, but will any of it be accessible?
And it’s the return of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now, an extended version, and more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. The entire gang of Allison, Brian, Ed, and Jeanine are all here with are great audio back to normal now that we are off the road.
We start things off discussing Ed and my Flight for Sight travel adventures, and some fun recording issues we ran in to while on the road. Allison then lets us all know what Brian is like as a houseguest. To learn more about Flight for Sight check out their website.
We then dive in to the 2023 NFB Resolutions discussion, and you can read all of the resolutions that were passed here.
While we don’t cover all the resolutions that passed, we do start off discussing resolution 1 which has to do with web accessibility and the Department of Justice.
Resolution 2 deals with state VR and their usage or lack of usage of funds.
Resolution 3 has to do with the accessibility of Twitter.
Resolution 4 was about accessible absentee voting.
Resolution 5 has to do with real time audio delays at live sporting events for the four major sports.
Resolution 6 is about the enforcement of 508, and thank goodness Jeanine was here to explain 508 to all of us.
Resolution 8 has to do with the Department of Transportation.
Resolution Now we get in to the silly resolutions, as Resolution 13 has to do with the way chat bots and A.I. define blind peeps.
And we came up with the best solution to Resolution 15 the inaccessibility of CSPAN votes.
We then get an update from Jeanine about her time at this year’s ACB Conference.
Then we hit up an email and recent phone call from our buddy over the pond.
And if you are in the Long Island area, make sure to come out to the Inaugural Laugh For Sight Long Island on Monday August 7, 2023. For tickets.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show and ICantCU Combo Podcast, as our friend David Goldstein joins Brian and Ed at the NFB Conference 2023 to recap our three day experience at this year’s conference. We recorded this podcast at two in the morning, so we may sound a little tired, and since we were all in the same room, we apologize for the issues with Ed’s mic. Of course with technology, it wouldn’t be That Real Blind Tech Show if there wasn’t a tech issue!
We start off talking about the fun people we met in Houston. Only Brian, David, and Ed could go to a conference with 2800 blind peeps and end up meeting a bunch of sighted people.
We then head back to our arrival in Houston, and the fun we had finding our hotel. David talks about the phenomenal customer service we received during our entire stay at the Embassy Suites Downtown Houston.
We then discuss the iBug Today party that we were invited to, and hit up a little late. David talks about the luck he had at the party. Ed then discusses the difference between beep ball and the Italian Blind Baseball he was discussing with people at the conference.
We then discuss some of the booths we hit up at the NFB conference. And David discusses the blind enterprise program and the struggles he has had with it.
David then tells us about the closing night banquet dinner and it sounds way to confusing and not fun, good thing Brian and Ed will already be out of Houston. We then backtrack and talk about our dinner at Papa Deux that night, and we circle back to meeting our new friends Clay and Bryan.
We then discuss going to the Astros game on July 4th. We discuss our experience with guest services and the real time radio broadcast feed.
We then go in to what caused us to delay podcasting to two in the morning, and it was worth it.
We then all give our opinions of this year’s NFB Conference.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as Brian and Ed sit down with Mike May at the National Federation of the Blind 2023 Conference in Houston, Texas. Our apologies for our tech issue as even though we tested it, Ed’s mic was not hot, so his mic quality is not what you are used to on That Real Blind Tech Show.
Mike discusses using the Good Maps app to get around the Conference and find places of interest in Houston. Mike tells us a little about his career involvement with accessible navigation. Mike then tells us about some of the exciting changes coming to Good Maps Outdoors.
Mike then lets us know what he likes about coming to conferences like the NFB and Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. We discuss what products at this year’s NFB have excited Mike.
We discuss the current 15 to 30 second delay from real time that is occurring on AM/FM radios at Major League Baseball games. At the 2023 NFB Conference a resolution was passed targeting this delay. You can read about the resolution and all the NFB resolutions passed at this year’s conference here.
We then find out why Mike is now consulting with Flight for Sight.
Mike then explains the concept of the power of getting un-lost.
Mike fills us in on his upcoming travels which are fairly extensive.
If you would like to read Brian’s recap about Ed and Brian’s entire time in Houston, a recap of the NFB Conference, the Astros game, and more, you can read it here.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Join Allison, Brian, and Ed as they discuss the latest in tech news.
We start off discussing a follow up article from two episodes ago, as we may be getting the fight of the century!
A New York City man attempted to drive his car in to Google’s Headquarters as he claimed that Google had been torturing him for years, and no, it was not Brian.
Flight For Sight has announced their Inaugural winners, and Brian is one of them. We discuss his upcoming travels that will be kicking off July 1st.
VoiceDtream Scanner has a new name, whoops.
We are thrilled to announce the Inaugural Laugh For Sight Long Island. If you are in the Long Island area, join us on Monday, August 7th at Mulcahy’s in Wantaugh. Join Legendary Comedian Robert Klein, Aaron Berg, Ophira Eisenberg, Brian Fischler with his guide dog Wesley, and Host Brian McCarthy. More to be announced soon. For tickets. This evening will benefit the U.S. Blind Baseball Association and Third Eye Insight.
According to 9to5 Mac third party apps will not be allowed access to the Apple Vision Pro cameras.
The Vision Pro will turn any surface in to a display with touch controls. We then read an email about how the Apple Vision Pro could be revolutionary for those with low vision.
In Mac OS Sonoma and iOS 17, Apple will be giving all Apple ID’s a Passkey. Apple News in iOS 17 will be getting crossword puzzles. iOS 17 will allow you to send any audio to the HomePod using Siri. Scanning QR codes will get easier in iOS 17.
The EU could force all phones to have removable batteries.
The FTC is suing Amazon over deceptive Prime sign up and cancelation policies. Amazon Prime Day has been announced for July 11th.
Logitech suffers stock hit and sarcastic Amazon reviews over sub disaster controller.
We then dive in to Brian’s initial experiences planning his travel for his upcoming Flight For Sight trips, and what a disaster all the new guide dog regulations have created.
And you will not want to miss the very very special message we got, and it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Brian welcomes in Aaron Hale, a motivational speaker, extreme athlete, business entrepreneur, and a Blind Veteran.
We kick the interview off with Aaron telling us how he was blinded in combat as Aaron was in the army and an explosives expert. We find out what it feels like to approach an explosive device, and Aaron shares with us the incident that blinded him.
Aaron then walks us through his recovery process at Walter Reed, and how helpful his introduction to the Bard Talking Book Reader was.
While rehabbing and instructing Aaron was introduced to Homes For Heroes.
Not one to sit around, as soon as Aaron got going on the iPhone, he began researching outdoor activities for the blind. He came across several blind people who have accomplished amazing tasks, and wanted to know how he could get involved with exploring the outdoors as someone who is blind. Which led to him climbing the Andes Mountains with a group of Wounded Veterans.
Aaron and Brian reminisce a little about some of their favorite shows growing up.
Aaron then tells us about when and how he lost his hearing, and what learning he would be deaf blind was like. Amazingly, Aaron all handled it phenomenally well thanks to his sense of humor.
Aaron then shares with us what takes place during the Cochlear implant process.
Next Aaron tells us a little about his time in the Navy as a cook, and how he eventually started a very successful fudge business called Extra Ordinary Delights.
Read about Aaron’s appearance on The Rachel Ray Show.
Aaron then tells us about his continuing involvement with Homes for Heroes, and the upcoming event he is currently training for the Badwater 135 where he will be raising money for Homes For Heroes. If you would like to support Aaron or Homes For Heroes please make a donation here.
We then discuss what the experience with Veteran Affairs has been like.
Make sure to check out Aaron’s podcast Point of Impact.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. Allison, Brian, and Jeanine sit down to recap all the announcements we got at WWDC23.
Even though it is almost an all Apple show, we kick things off discussing a very funny article about Zuckhead.
Unless you have been living underneath a rock, by the way who actually lives underneath a rock? The expression had to come from somewhere. By now you have probably heard that Apple announced Apple Vision Pro. We discuss all the juicy details, and I mean all of them. Unfortunately pre-order’s will not begin until early 2024, so start saving now because the glasses ain’t cheap.
You will control Apple Vision Pro with your eyes, hands, and voice, and we speculate how people who are blind might control the glasses without their eyes.
We then move on to iOS 17. We start off discussing the accessibility announcements that were announced on Global Accessibility Awareness Day. We then move on to the changes coming to phone, FaceTime, and Messages. Auto-Correct will be getting a long over due update, and dictation is supposed to be improved. A new Name Drop feature will make it easier to share contact info, and a new Journal app is coming to iOS.
Air Tag Sharing will now be possible.
The iPad will be getting new interactive widgets and a new locked screen. You will now be able to work with PDFs in the Notes app, and PDFs are supposed to be easier editable, but who knows about the accessibility of all of this.
Mac OS Sonoma is the name of the new Mac operating system. There is a new Mac Air 15 inch and two new Mac Studio’s coming. Web Apps are coming to the Mac along with Widgets on the Desktop. There is a new video conferencing also coming to the Mac. You will now be able to share your PassKeys and Passwords through iCloud, and profiles are coming to safari.
The Air Pod Pro 2’s will be getting two new listening modes a conversational mode and an a new adaptive audio mode. Siri will now supposedly be able to switch Air Play devices with your voice. Oh yeah, I am sure this will work fantastically.
And of course we got the return of the Geek, my favorite Apple employee, Kevin Lynch, Mr. Apple Watch. Snoopy and Woodstock will be coming to the Apple Watch, but wait they don’t talk?
Apple Health will now be able to help people with how they are feeling and depression through private surveys, and suggest advice.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show demo. Brian is flying solo and doing a demo of some new features to the fantastic iOS downcast app.
Brian talks about his history with the Downcast app and why people are flocking away from the Castro podcast player.
Brian starts the demo off exploring the Downcast podcast tab, and shows off some of the individual podcast customization settings. Brian walks you through the play screen settings including the different speed rates you can listen at.
He then jumps you in to the universal settings screen for Downcast.
Brian then walks you through how to create a continuous playlist with a queue and manual sort episodes to play in a unique order. He shows you how to move episodes in a playlist to set your preferences of a play order using the new action options. It is wicked cool.
You can download Downcast here.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. We finally found Ed, he’s in Italy. Ed pops on to tell us why in the world he is in Italy. Also joining us on this episode from Italy is Amanda Maxson, a member of the New York City Blind Baseball team.
We start things off with Amanda explaining to us how she got involved with blind baseball, and what the American team is doing in Italy. Amanda tells us about her love of the 1990’s Yankees, and Brian couldn’t agree more. Amanda then fills us in on what the plan is for the New York City Baseball team once they return from training in Italy.
We then locate Ed, he’s been in Italy. Ed takes a seat in the interviewee chair to tell us about his Italian Baseball travels. He gives us an update on the progression getting Italian Baseball recognized as a Para-Olympic sport.
Ed tells us about the amazing Volunteers that have been helping out with the Blind Baseball team, and how traveling around Italy has been.
Ed tells us about the expansion of Italian Blind Baseball around the United States.
You can keep up with the All Blind Baseball USA Team on Facebook.
And it’s a light version of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Brian is flying solo but is joined by the developers, the C.E.O. Michael and C.T.O. Vincent of the fantastic new app OkO Co-Pilot For the Blind.
Brian kicks things off with finding out what the OkO app is all about, and how the app works. Vincent then tells us what the development process of the app was like.
We find out the meaning of the name OkO and you can find the app in the App Store here.
Michael tells us about the process they went through to make sure the app was safe before releasing it in the App Store, and then gives us a brief demo of some of the sounds you will hear in the app. . He then gives us 5 best practices to do while using the app for the best user experience.
Vincent then tells us about how much battery power the app consumes.
Michael explains to us where they see the future of the app going, and Vincent tells us about some upcoming updates to the app.
You can visit Ayes and Ono on their website. And you can visit them on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at Ayes_AI.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. On this episode it’s Brian and just his gal pals, Allison and Jeanine.
We start off discussing the in product for this summer, blow up hot tubs.
We then begin talking about what else, but A.I., and how in a few years we may be able to talk to and understand what animals are saying.
With everything being A.I. focused these days, is Apple being left behind?
WhatsApp may be leaving Britain due to a new Online Safety Bill.
Twitter has a new C.E.O. Does it matter at all?
Castro has had its share of backwards accessibility lately. One of us is done with the player, so we discuss what podcast players we are currently using.
Brian discusses his meeting with the OkO - A.I. Co-pilot For the Blind developers.
Allison and Jeanine let us know if snooping on your significant others phone is ever ok.
Amazon is working on a new Rosey the Robot with A.I.
Even though none of us are Android users we discuss some of the announcements that came out of Google IO. We discuss that Google plans to super charge search and what the heck this even means. Is Google search reverting back to Ask Jeeves? Google announced the new Pixel Fold, only problem is it still runs Android. Google says it will be rolling out passkeys for a passwordless future. Google announced a re-entry in to the tablet market with the Google tablet and dock, does anyone care?
We do our annual look back on WWDC and discuss what we were excited about, and what we are actually still using that was announced last year. We start off discussing Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro coming to the iPad, deal or no deal. We actually got new hardware at last year’s WWDC and two of us bought one of them. We discuss the new locked screen and the introduction of the dynamic island. They actually claimed at WWDC 22 that Siri was going to get smarter. Wow, they ruined it when iOS 16 launched. We also got the launch of the Apple Watch Ultra. The Mac was suppose to get improved continuity, we don’t think this worked out to well. Other things mentioned at last year’s WWDC StageTime, Free Form, App Windows, and PassKeys. Jeanine and Allison talk about how much they are enjoying Live text.
Brian then discusses the new keyboard he got the protoArc Foldable Multi-Device full keyboard with NumPad. Brian also got his first Apple Air Tag as they were on sale, but outside of traveling, he has no clue what to do with it.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. Brian is flying solo as he welcomes back Mike Buckley, CEO of Be My Eyes.
With the Be My Eyes Virtual Volunteer rapidly evolving, Brian and Mike sat down to discuss how the app has been improving,, how the feedback from the closed beta group has been, and what’s up next for the Be My Eyes Virtual Volunteer.
We discuss the call to action that Elon Musk put out calling for a delay with A.I. advancements beyond ChatGPT4.
Mike then tells us how the Corporate Connection side of Be My Eyes will co-exist with the Virtual Volunteer as they open the beta to some of Be my Eyes corporate partners. Mike gives us a glimpse about how the future of Be my Eyes, the Virtual Volunteer, and Customer service may all work together.
To keep up with the latest developments of everything Be My eyes make sure to visit their website.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Allison, Brian, and Ed gather around the campfire to discuss the latest tech topics. How odd as a lot of it has to do with A.I.
It is being reported that some visually impaired iOS 16.4.1 are having only 30 days in every month. While we could not reproduce this issue we thought it was still worth talking about.
We then dive in to all the hot A.I. topics. We start off discussing the Godfather of Google A.I. leaving the company to warn the world about the perils of artificial intelligence. Next we discuss the NBC Nightly News segment that featured Brian and the Be My Eyes Virtual Volunteer. Microsoft has announced that they are working on a privacy focused version of ChatGPT.
Would you want or trust an A.I. powered Guide Dog out of China?
Criminals are now using Voice Cloning to terrify and scam people. What a world.
With WWDC a month away we figured it was time to discuss some of the rumors we have been hearing about iOS 17.
MuskButt has now owned Twitter for about six months. It has been one heck of a rollercoaster at the Blue Bird. If you have been randomly getting locked out of Twitter account, you are not alone. It’s the end of Twitter Auto-Sharing, or is it?
If Mastodon is not for you, maybe the future BlueSky could be your social network choice.
We then discuss dealing with other health issues on top of blindness and how difficult an additional injury or health situation can be. Have you heard of Transabled?
Amazon launched a new feature called Dialogue Boost, just don’t plan on using it if you like Audio Description.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. Brian and Ed welcome fellow podcaster Shaun Preece to the show for another Trendsetters episode.
We start off learning how Shaun went blind and how his journey to Blind Tech Podcaster God began. Next we dive in to Shaun’s first experiences with assistive technology.
Shaun then hits us with a classic #EBB Embarrassally Blind Blunder story.
Next we find out why Shaun prefers the PC and Jaws over the Mac and VoiceOver.
As a fellow podcaster first on RNIB Tech Talk and now on AMI’s Double Tap, we find out how Shaun began his journey as a podcaster. We ask what it is like working with Steven Scott? And we find out the technology used to record and produce Double Tap. The secret is now out! We also discuss the downside of podcasting, the criticism. Next up we find out what the deal is with Shaun of the Shed.
We then find out Shaun’s opinion about the state of assistive technology in 2023.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as the whole gang is back together for the first time in awhile. We allow you behind the curtain as we leave in some of our pre-show recording as we discuss food delivery services and tipping.
Allison then hits us with an absolute shocker during our intros.
Once we finally get going we start off discussing the strange story where in Houston Apple’s Find My keeps sending people to the same dudes house.
Next up we discuss Brian discussing the Be My Eyes Virtual Volunteer beta on NPR. Followed by the article about MuskButt and several other people in the technology field calling for a slow down of advancements in A.I.
While the big announcement came after we recorded as HBOMax and Discovery will launch as just Max on May 23rd, we wonder if we are panicking to be worried about the apps accessibility and audio description continuing in the new app. Here are all the big announcements.
The FBI has once again warned the public not to use public charging stations for fear of juice jacking. Who the heck knew it was called juice jacking?
Brian has finally installed Mac OS Ventura on his main 2020 iMac so we discuss our thoughts of how VoiceOver is running on Mac OS 13.3. We then discuss the VoiceOver and Siri improvements that showed up in iOS 16.4.
We then discuss how badly the ADA is in need of a digital update. We discuss some of the fun we have each had recently trying to use government websites.
This then leads us to a discussion about whether or not disabled people can expect to have privacy anymore if they want access to information.
We then discuss the recent NY Times article called I Went Blind and I Found It Strangely Exhilarating. Because the Times is behind the paywall we could not post a link to this article, but if you Google The NY Times and Found Going Blind Exhilarating you can get access to the article.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as Brian and Ed welcome in Sam Nikmanesh to discuss a story that is more harrowing than any other story we have ever discussed on the show.
We start off finding out from Sam what it is like to start going blind while living in Iran, and what kind of services there are for people in Iran who are blind.
Sam tells us about her recent travels from her home in Vancouver to Turkey with her Guide Dog Lemon and the misadventures that ensued. The flight there started out well, but getting any place once she arrived in Turkey was when the nightmare began.
Sam and Lemon were constantly encountering wild dogs while in Turkey, but the real scary part of her trip began when she arrived at the airport to continue her trip to England. You will not believe her story about how she was treated by Turkish airlines, and the ordeal she went through to get home.
Sam explains to us how reaching out to Guiding Eyes For the Blind and That Real Blind Tech show was so helpful in getting her home.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. Allison, Brian, and Jeanine get together for a different kind of conversation, not a tech conversation but rather a discussion about Blind Justice.
We start off with Brian’s latest Uber guide dog refusal experience. Allison and Jeanine chime in with their most recent Uber refusals due to traveling with a guide dog. Brian then tells about starting his trip with a refusal and ending it with a refusal in the cab line at LaGuardia.
Brian then talks about some of the fun guide dog adventures and misadventures he had on his recent cruise.
Since we are talking guide dog refusal stories we then revisit Brian’s refusal to a nutritionists office from last year and whatever happened to the complaint he filed.
Brian then talks about his disastrous experience going through TSA at the Miami International Airport.
We then shift focus to talking about our most embarrassing stories with our guide dogs. If you want to catch Brian on Top Gear USA you can view it here sorry no Nash peeing in this clip or audio description. Next we discuss the most annoying thing someone has done to us or said to us about our guide dogs. Lastly we discuss the strangest or funniest thing someone has said to us about our dog.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It is an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Brian is flying solo as Host, and is joined by Hans Jorgen Wiberg, Founder of Be My Eyes and Mike Buckley CEO, Be My Eyes.
We start off finding out how the connection with Be My Eyes and Open AI originated. We find out what some early beta testers are saying about the Virtual Volunteer experience.
We discuss what seems like endless possibilities for the early stages of the Virtual Volunteer. We discuss the closed beta and when people may expect the Virtual Volunteer to come to a public beta.
Hans then explains how the Virtual Volunteer will co-exist with contacting a sighted volunteer.
Currently, you can sign up to be alerted about the beta for the Virtual Volunteer in the Be My Eyes app. You can keep up with all things Be My Eyes on their website and on Twitter.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. Allison, Brian, Jeanine, and Bryan Wolynski get together to discuss the latest tech news and recap this year’s CSUN Conference.
We kick things off discussing Senator Markey’s call for Elon Musk to bring back Twitter’s accessibility team.
Next we discuss the huge announcement out of Be My Eyes that they are using Chat GPT4 to help create an all new Virtual Volunteer.
Chat GPT4 has been released with a lot of improvements. And we discuss the former Siri Engineer who explains why Siri sucks so bad.
We then continue our conversation from two episodes ago about Eleven Labs Voice Cloning, and Jeanine got very creative with it.
Apple is specifically working on a AR/VR headset to help people with vision issues.
Both Bryan Wolynski and Jeanine attended this year’s CSUN, we have them recap the most interesting things they saw and heard at this year’s conference. They tell us about this year’s turnout compared to the past couple of years. Jeanine gives us some ideas that CSUN could adopt to make the conference even more inclusive. Bryan then tells us about his presentation at CSUN about Assistive Technology Interventions and the research he has been conducting. And we hear about some of the more interesting topics of conversations that were being discussed at CSUN.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Brian and Ed welcome Mike Walsh, Founder of Flight For Sight to the show.
We kick things off discussing Mike’s back story being diagnosed with Usher’s Syndrome in his twenties, and how Ushers began to change his life in his thirties. The three of us then compare notes about when we put the car keys down for the last time.
We then dive in to a topic we never ever thought we would discuss on That Real Blind Tech Show, professional mascots, as Mike was a professional mascot for ten years. We get the low down on the San Diego Chicken and Philly Fanatic, and Ed outs himself about a high school job he had.
Mike then tells us about traveling the world with low vision in 2014, and how his experiences led to him founding Flight For Sight. A couple of his highlights include traveling to Ethiopia and attending South by Southwest not in Ethiopia.
Mike then hits Brian up with a question, what is preventing Brian from traveling these days.
We then dive in to what Flight For Sight is all about and start discussing the current $10,000 grant give aways they are running for blind and visually impaired people to travel all over the world. Make sure to visit their website. We discuss the application process and how the grant winners will be selected.
Want to apply for the grant, but having trouble getting started with your own travel idea, why not visit Flight For Sight’s idea page.
Michael then informs us about who is eligible to apply for the grants, and what requirements are needed to prove that you are eligible. We then find out how the grant winners will be selected.
The deadline to get your application in for a Flight For Sight $10,000 travel grant is May 1, 2023, so get cracking on your applications!
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. Brian and Ed welcome in Justin Yarbrough from Deque Systems. Justin will be presenting at this year’s all virtual Axe-Con taking place on March 15 and 16th. You can register to attend the conference here.
We kick the interview off learning a little bit about Justin’s backstory. Justin then explains to us what he does at Deque Systems as an Accessibility Consultant.
Justin tells us a little about his presentation at this year’s Axe-Con. His presentation will be on the second day of the all virtual conference on March 16th and will be about working in Digital Accessibility with a disability.
Justin explains to us what he enjoys about working in digital accessibility, and walks us a little through Deque’s testing philosophy.
We then get Justin’s advice for anyone looking to get in to the field of Digital Accessibility, and learn about Deque University.
Next we dive into Justin’s role as an advocate for the blind, as Justin has written a few articles about the on board flight entertainment systems and accessibility issues specifically focused on United Airlines.
We discuss the current state of web accessibility and what is wrong with it. We get Justin’s thoughts on what you should do if you come across a website or app with accessibility issues.
Justin then tells us about his go to tech products.
Make sure to tune in to Axe-Con on Thursday, March 16th to hear Justin’s presentation, and you can keep up with Justin on Twitter at @FatElvis04 and on his website.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show as Allison, Brian, and Jeanine are together to discuss the latest tech and AI headlines.
We kick the show off discussing why in the world you would want to use a physical pass key. Then move on to discuss the recently released Victor Reader Stream 3.
Is Tick Tock really a threat to the United States national security?
Starting later this month Ring Alarm will require a subscription for basic features users have been getting for free for years.
Are you interested in a brand new Twitter?
And you are not going to believe what Apple is rumored to be doing with USBc.
And it’s the hottest thing since Clubhouse, but Chat GPT is all the rage these days, but will these AI bots be the end of modern civilization as we know it? And we are sure they are not the first, but Cnet has begun mass layoffs after it leaked that their writers got stupid and lazy and used Chat GPT to write their articles. And it’s not just the Journalism world that has been affected by Chat GPT, as the Literary world is now on high alert to ai written stories.
And if you think Chat GPT is terrifying, they ain’t got nothing on what Eleven Lab Synthesized Voices can become. So what we’re basically saying is we’re all screwed!
Open AI is now making Chat GPT available to third parties. Oh boy get ready for the ride.
Microsoft Windows 11 Preview Editions have introduced new ai features to Bing and Edge, and the next Windows 11 update will come with a bunch of new features for iOS. Phone Link if accessible could be the most exciting feature to come to Windows in years.
We then take a little departure from discussing tech to discuss a few things that we each individually have difficulty with because of our blindness.
And it’s more of Watcha Ya Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Join Brian and Ed as they sit down with Blake Steinecke, Growth Manager and Luke Simianer, CEO of Clusiv.
We start off with Luke explaining to us what Clusiv is all about and how the company got its start. We then get a little background on Blake and find out what he does as the Growth Manager at Clusiv.
Luke then explains to us how they design the curriculumn at Clusiv.
We then find out what barriers Clusiv faces from the state agencies, and what some of their most popular training modules are about.
We then discuss how Clusiv may be utilized at companies with inaccessible propriety software.
Luke then fills us in on what is on the road map for Clusiv, and whether or not Clusiv training will eventually make its way to the Mac.
Luke then explains to us what the Clusiv Lifetime of Learning Promise is all about.
Clusiv is on iOS, and we find out what you can do on the iOS app.
To learn more about Clusiv please visit there website.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show with a fully over packed studio as the entire gang of Allison, Brian, Ed, and Jeanine are all together for the first time in 2023.
We start off discussing the price changes coming to the Envision Glasses. Jeanine then fills us in about the latest announcement coming out of Aira about extra minutes and the special that will continue to run to the end of February. And it’s not just the assistive tech companies that are raising prices, as we discuss the announcement out of Amazon that Amazon Fresh groceries are now going to have different fee levels.
We then discuss the latest update to SeeingAI and Jeanine lets us know about something pretty cool that could be happening.
You may have wondered why Apple doesn’t make AirTags for dogs, well this is why.
Paramount Plus will be merging with Showtime in the coming months. And what in the world is Netflix doing about cracking down on those darn password sharers?
Did you know that supposedly you can track a flight on your iPhone? Of course no clue how well this feature works with VoiceOver. And future iPhones may be able to listen to your chewing and scold you about what you are eating. Yikes.
Who knew that your A Lady echo and dots could have a shelf life.
Ed then gives us a review of the Samsung screen reader built in to most new Samsung TVs.
We then discuss the new products Apple announced the M2 Mac mini, M2 Mac Book Pros, and the new HomePod biggie.
Next we discuss online signature services and compare the accessibility of DocuSign, Dropbox Signature, and Adobe Sign. And why the heck do we still need a signature in the year 2023?
And it’s an extended What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Ed and Brian welcome Nefertiti Matos Olivares to the show. Not only is Nefertiti a fellow blind New Yorker, she works in one of our favorite industries, Audio Description.
We start off discussing one of the many hats Nefertiti wears, that of a Cultural Accessibility Consultant, and find out what the role involves. Nefertiti then tells us about a few of the museums in New York City that the blind and visually impaired can go to and put their hands on some of the exhibits.
Nefertiti then gives us a little of her background story about her vision loss, and early life.
Next we discuss Nefertiti’s time working at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library. And it’s ironic timing as Brian will be leading an iOS Question and Answer this Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 2pm Eastern time. If you would like to attend you can join here.
We then dive in to how Nefertiti got in to working in Audio Description Narration. We find out what recording that first Audio Described track was like, and how she came up with her workflow. We find out how someone builds a career in Audio Description Narration.
Nefertiti then tells us about her role as a Workflow Manager for Quality and Inclusion for Descriptive Video Works.
Which leads us to discussing the Social Audio Description collective, and what their goals are.
We then discuss the ACB’s Audio Description Awards which Nefertiti was the Co-Host for, and actually the Audio Description Narrator live from 30 Rock in NYC.
After a little Will Smith fun, we discuss more of Nefertiti’s current work at Descriptive Video Works.
Nefertiti then explains what ADForward is, and surprise surprise we are on their Mastodon server. We then find out a little about Mastodon as the newish or new to us social network makes our heads want to spin.
And of course it is more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
You can keep up with all things Nefertiti on Twitter and Linkedin.
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It is an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Brian and Ed are joined by Dr. Bryan Wolynski, CTO Lighthouse Guild to discuss this year’s CES conference that Bryan attended in Las Vegas.
We start the show discussing an Australian visually impaired woman being refused a drink at an Australian hotel. This leads to a conversation about why the general public treats people differently that use a white cane compared to walking with a guide dog.
Navilens is partnering with Kellogg to bring accessibility to its cereal boxes.
Linkedin has announced a bunch of accessibility improvements coming in 2023. We discuss the benefits of being on Linkedin, and this leads to a conversation of Dr. Bryan using VoiceOver on his phone for two weeks.
We then briefly discuss the new Book Share app and our thoughts of it.
Twitter not surprisingly have interrupted service on some third party Twitter clients, notably Twitterrific and Tweet Bot. The MuskButt is at it again.
We then dive in to why Bryan is here, and start discussing his experience and what he saw of interest at this year’s CES. Brian with a capital B and lower case I had a brain fart about what CES stands for.
Bryan tells us about the expanding landscape at CES for assistive technology, and we find out if CES will ever grow in to a competitor of CSUN.
Wearables are all the rage these days so we discuss the smart glass technology that Bryan got to check out at CES. Brian got his hands on a pair of the Celeste Glasses which we had their Developers on a few shows ago to discuss.
Next up we discuss autonomous vehicles. They are coming and there is nothing you can do to stop it! And forget about self driving cars, what about a flying car?
We then discuss some of the stranger things that were at CES.
Bryan then tells us about some of the sessions he attended at CES.
And it would not be 2023 if we didn’t discuss Matter.
And to hear more about Bryan’s adventures at this year’s CES make sure to tune in to his Facebook Live this Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 3pm Eastern time on the Lighthouse Guild’s Facebook page.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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We then touch on a few of the main stream tech items Bryan got to check out.
It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Brian and Allison are joined by friend of the podcast David Goldstein to discuss the new price plans announced by Aira today.
Allison, Brian and David discuss their first thoughts after reading about the new price plans, retail prices, and having to call customer care to find out what your price plan will be.
Next Brian welcomes in Troy Otillio, CEO of Aira, and Jeanine Stanley Aira’s Social Media Manager.
Troy and Jeanine walk Brian through the new pricing structure, what retail prices are why the need to post the retail prices on Aira’s website, and why the need to call customer care to find out more information about individual pricing plans.
If you alarmingly reacted to all of this information then you will definitely want to hear what Troy and Jeanine have to say, as Brian was very relieved after speaking to both of them.
Remember you can contact Aira Customer Care directly through the Aira app or by calling 1-800-835-1934 6am PST to 6pm PST, or contact them by email at support@aira.io.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Kicking off the New Year, Brian and Ed welcome in Dr. Joel Snyder, from Audio Description associates and the Founder of the Audio Description Project.
We start the interview finding out how Joel started working in audio description. Joel explains what the early days of audio description was like including how difficult it was to convey what audio description actually was when people had no clue what it was.
We find out that a certain somebody who the Force is strong in is aware of audio description.
Joel walks us through some of the work he has done with museums to make the museums an accessible experience to the blind.
We then discuss how the initial work flows to deciding what would and would not work for audio description came about, and how audio description has changed over the past several decades. We discuss what audio description was like in the VHS and DVD days.
We then find out what Joel’s goals were when he founded the Audio Description Project.
we discuss how different describing a museum tour is compared to film and TV, and how different describing a live event is compared to pre-recorded. We then discuss how amazing most Audio Described content is on the streaming services.
We then discuss Joel’s book Audio Description, The Visual Made Verbal.
The conversation then moves to the networks, Congress requiring a minimum number of described hours, and the job the networks are currently doing with audio description.
It would not be an interview about audio description if we did not discuss the controversial topic of text to speech audio description. Which then turns us to the topic of when content switches from one streaming platform to another, why doesn’t the audio described tracks follow with it.
We wrap up discussing methods of streaming audio described content to your phone and Spectrum Access.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Join us as Brian sits down with Shush Mittal and Smit Patel the creators and developers behind the upcoming Celeste Smart Glasses coming in 2023.
Brian is very excited for the release of these smart glasses that have partnered with Seeing AI. Shush starts off describing what the Celeste Smart Glasses will be able to do and tells us about how the guys came up with the concept of the glasses.
The guys explain what the main differences are between the Celeste Frames and the Envision AI glasses. And we talk about their very affordable price point of $700 US.
We then discuss the question on everyone’s mind, how will people be able to see what I am seeing?
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show.
The gang starts off discussing the announcement that Microsoft Soundscape will be going bye bye in 2023. We then discuss what our go to GPS app will be.
These people took crash detection to a whole new level!
If you had smart toilet on your holiday wish list, it may be waiting for you underneath your tree.
And Brian thought he had it bad for a bit with his Door Dash deliveries. Wait until you hear about this guy and his issue with an Amazon delivery.
We then discuss Sight Tech Global, and why you may want to wait if you have not yet seen any of the videos from this year’s conference. Next up is the ACB 2022 Audio Description Gala which featured several interesting people including a clip of the Yahoo Mini Documentary The All Blind Fantasy Football League.
Will app side loading be coming to the iPhone and will it be a disaster for accessibility?
Next it is on to the latest with Twitter because Elon be flipping back and forth more times than a fat man in a water bed. Is MuskButt stepping down as CEO of Twitter? And because we can do it to, we held our first ever poll on Twitter. And finally MuskButt decided to kill Twitter Audio Spaces.
It’s that time of year, so we thought we would have a little conversation about the difficulties and fun that comes with being blind at a holiday party.
And it is more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. We gathered Allison, Brian and Ed to talk about the latest tech news going around.
We start off discussing a tweet about our last episode, And Everything. Drink!
You may have heard that Aira will be under going some changes. We discuss what has been announced so far.
Menus4All has launched as a paid subscription app, will you be getting it?
If you live in New York City and are searching for a job, maybe this one is for you.
Airplane mode to become a thing of the past as early as next year in the EU.
We then discuss Ed’s new product and something that Allison is shockingly selling, what could it be?
Next we discuss Mastodon, and is it worth your time?
With the end of the year here we thought it would be a good time to discuss the accessibility of our financial and medical applications and websites.
Next we turn our attention to those pesky Windows and Jaws updates, as Brian had a fun experience after not turning his PC on for a few months.
Ed then had a little bit different of a dinner one night that he tells us all about.
And of course it is more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show, and it is amazing how often podcasts imitate life. On our last episode we discussed the blind woman who was not allowed on an Air Canada flight with her guide dog. Well, Brian just was extremely hassled by JetBlue when checking in for his most recent flight about his guide dog and new policies that JetBlue has initiated for people traveling with guide dogs. Amazingly, it is not JetBlue’s responsibility to alert you of these new regulations, you are just suppose to magically know them on your own. Ed and Brian discuss this experience before the gals jump on. Brian and Ed discuss how airlines are utterly failing people with disabilities.
We briefly discuss the latest people fleeing Twitter, and Brian mentions a little bit about the upcoming Sight Tech Global which you can register to virtually attend for free here.
We then move on to discussing iOS 16 and the new feature that allows you to control your iPhone from your Apple Watch and vice versa. Next we discuss iOS 16.2 and the report that there will be a new accessibility mode introduced. Is that a good thing?
With the holidays here we thought we should discuss what all of us pack in our tech go gear. Not to worry no clothes discussed here, just tech stuff. Sorry no time to put the products discussed in the show notes with links as Brian has been on a time crunch and wanted to get the episode out. If you are interested in a product we discussed and you cannot find it on Amazon, drop us an email and we will find the link for you.
We then discuss Brian’s recent visit to the eye doctor and try and understand how in the world people who work at a world renown eye hospital can be so utterly clueless when it comes to helping guide a blind person around.
No surprise, as a couple of Senators have once again drawn up a bill requiring all websites and mobile applications to be fully accessible.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. The entire gang is here in their lair of choice.
We start off discussing the upcoming Sight Tech Global, as Brian will be the Host of this year’s Virtual Conference which you can register for free to attend here.
Air Canada is the latest airline to make a blind person’s life absolutely miserable while traveling with their guide dog. Will the airlines ever get it?
It happened a week ago, but we dive in to the blindness communities reaction to the entire accessibility team being laid off at Twitter. Allison educates us a little about the new social media craze of Mastodon. Or as the kids are calling it, the new Twitter. And finally just when you think things couldn’t get any worse at Twitter Elon Musk goes all nuclear. And because we doubt this will be the last we talk about Elon Musk, we try and decide on a nickname for Elon Musk moving forward.
And because Zuckhead couldn’t take Twitter getting all the press, Facebook/Meta decided to fire 11,000 employees, and did it by email. How classy!
Out of nowhere Amazon announced they are putting the A Lady under a performance review, which made us wonder, could the A Lady have peeked at Amazon?
We have screamed about our frustration for quite awhile about our devices and Bluetooth connectivity, so it is great to see the mainstream is getting on board with this frustration. Here are some basic tips that could help improve your bluetooth connectivity.
After a discussion about an injury a friend of the podcast had, we dive in to the good and bad we have been experiencing on Mac OS Ventura.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Brian and Ed welcome in friend of the podcast David Goldstein to the podcast.
David just popped in to NYC to join Brian and Ed at Laugh For Sight at Gotham Comedy Club on October 24th, so we thought we would have David on to help us recap the long awaited return of Laugh For Sight. This year’s benefit was absolutely epic and featured Legendary Comedian Robert Klein, Aaron Berg, Ophira Eisenberg, Joe Derosa, Andy Fiori, Boris Khaykin, along with Host and Friend of the podcast Brian Mccarthy. Oh yeah, and our pal Jim Gaffigan popped in to do a set. This year’s benefit was also the Inaugural What the F*ck Have the Blind Ever Done For Me Laugh For Sight Lifetime Appreciation Awards. Recipients included Robert Klein, Chris Mazzilli Owner Gotham Comedy Club, Gilbert Gottfried, and Larry Goldberg. The idea of the award is to merge the comedy world with blind tech, and who better to do that then friend of the podcast, Larry Goldberg.
After many mentions on this show during a specific segment of the show, Apple is finally redesigning iCloud.com. The beta which you can now visit is surprisingly off to a much improved start.
We continue on the positive with a fantastic story about a developer that gets accessibility.
The streaming wars are here, and prices are going up everywhere. Will you continue to stream or cut the stream? We discuss which services we are subscribed to, and mass confusion sets in. We then speculate on how the Netflix password crackdown will work as it will kicking in come January.
Even though it was announced over a week ago, we briefly discuss the new iPads launched by apple because we are a blind tech show after all. Next we discuss Mac OS Ventura and how it is currently working, or not working with VoiceOver. And finally it is on to our thoughts about iOS 16.1. The iPhone 14 just came out, so it’s the perfect time for iPhone 15 rumors.
You are not alone if you think you have been seeing just a few ads for gambling in the App Store. And you thought political ads were annoying enough, could you soon be seeing gambling on political race ads?
And has Apple finally turned in to Robert deNiro from Goodfellas with their new in app purchase ad policy?
We then discuss the JackPocket app, a app to buy lottery tickets, which is surprisingly fully accessible with VoiceOver.
With the end of the year creeping up on us, we figured it would be a good time to go around and check out what all of our go to devices and apps were at the end of 2022.
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Now that we have gotten past our massive 100th episode celebration, it is back to podcasting as the entire That Real Blind Tech Show gang gets together to recap the latest tech news.
We start off with a mention that the All Blind Fantasy Football League Mini Documentary has an imdb page.
We start off with a congratulations as one of us lives in the filthiest talking city in the world. And its not NYC!
Wasn’t the whole point of streaming no ads? Well get ready for ads coming to AppleTV. Is anyone surprised that Apple’s crash detection is not working as it is suppose to?
Big Googlie Eyes may save pedestrians from silent vehicles, but what about us blind peeps?
Medical experts say it is healthy for you to disconnect from your phone. Is it possible for blind peeps to disconnect?
Google IO featured Molly Burke, but seriously selfies? We then discuss the newly announce Pixel 7 phones. Next up was the Google Pixel Watch, not quite ready for prime time. And shockingly Google Face Recognition is very far from secure. On the plus side all Google devices will be getting new TTS voices in the coming weeks.
Samsung and Google showed off how their devices will interact once the Matter Standard has launched. It’s going to be pretty cool.
Facebook hosted meta Connect all about VR and AR, but will any of this tech be useful to the blind? Facebook launched the MetaQuest Pro, but what is it and who is it for? Zuckhead says the Metaverse should be open to everyone, but read closer. Meta also announced future wristbands which would allow you to control things in the Metaverse with muscle movement.
Microsoft held an event in which they announced that Apple will be bringing more services to their devices. Of course, the accessibility of them is in question. Microsoft then announced three new Surface devices with one of them starting at the low low price of $4300.
Did you notice that another Amazon Prime Day came and went?
And it is more Voicemails, What’s Pissing Off Brian, and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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We begin the final part of our massive 100th episode clip show celebration with the gang styling and freestylng on Episode 71.
With the huge success of the NumPad Commander a listener requested a demo of the keyboard commander which arrived on episode 72.
Episode 74 was our attempt of multiple host interviewing multiple guests about this year’s CSUn, and the new tech center at the Lighthouse Guild, and also saw the return of friend of the podcast, Dr. Bryan Wolynski.
Episode 75 brought Aira CEO Troy Etillio and Jeanine Stanley wearing her Aira hat to the show.
Episode 76 brought Deque Systems Jon Buonaspina to the show.
Episode 77 brought Ukrainian Helger Kellanstonian to the show. Yes, another April something episode. Additionally, episode 77 brought TJ Meloy back to the show as TJ, Allison, and Brian all had recently picked up Android devices, and talked a little Talk Back and their initial thoughts. Full disclaimer, none of us are still using our Android phones now.
Episode 78 was another demo episode as Brian did a demo of the fantastic item chooser on the Mac along with a demo of the improved dictation.
Episode 80 brought Liz Gutman to the show, Head Writer of Audio Description for IDC.
Episode 81 brought YouTube’s The Blind Life Sam Seavey to the show.
Episode 83 brought the recently rewired not retired Larry Goldberg formerly of Yahoo to the podcast.
Episode 84 brought friend of the podcast Joe Steinkamp back for a recap of Google IO.
Episode 85 had us venture a little out of the tech arena and ask the question, do blind people dream?
Episode 86 was our annual review of WWDC, and we were so thrilled and excited as the Geek was back for Apple Watch.
Episode 87 brought the CEO of the Miami Lighthouse, Virginia Jaco back to the show along with Jorge Hernandez.
Episode 88 was a demo of how to transfer music playlists from one streaming platform to another.
Episode 90 was our demo of the Echo Frames and some big announcements from Aira.
Episode 91 was another episode in our Trendsetters series with PodFather Rodney Edgar.
Episode 92 was our yearly recap of the NFB’s resolutions.
Episode 93 brought friend of the podcast, member of The All Blind Football League, and designer of our website www.blindtechshow.com, David Goldstein to the show.
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We start off our 100th Anniversary Episode part 4 Clip show with the developer of AirBuddy Guide Rambo.
Episode 51 brought the Fantastic Foursome all together on the same episode for the first time with Allison, Brian, Ed, and jeanine for what do you expect but an Apple event recap.
Episode 52 brought skateboarder Justin Bishop to the show.
Episode 54 brought us therapist and Author Rebecca Alexander and Inspiration porn.
Episode 55 brought former guest Joe Steinkamp in as a co-host to discuss a little Microsoft news.
We had a bunch of Apple announcements which then led up to Episode 57 where we spoke with Michael Kalberer.
Episode 58 was our first mention of The Yahoo Mini-Documentary The All Blind Football League that we had filmed a few months ago, and was also TJ Meloy’s first appearance on the show. And Episode 59 brought the entire cast of the Yahoo All blind Fantasy Football league and the principles at Yahoo behind the project to the show.
Episode 61 was our tremendously popular demo of the powerful NumPad Commander for the Mac.
Episode 62 brought blind developer and space man Sina Bahram to the show.
Episode 63 was a special end of the year Festival What’s Pissing Off Brian Now. Because what says anger more than the holidays?
Episode 64 brought fellow podcaster and friend of the show Steven Scott on for a chat about the new show he was launching, Blind Guy Talks Tech.
Episode 65 brought Accessibility Evangelist Samuel Proulx from Fable to the show.
On Episode 66 we began to see the light out of the pandemic and the virtual studios became That Real Blind Tech Show Lairs.
Episode 67 brought us Eric Wickstrom from IDC for a conversation about audio description.
Episode 68 was a demo of the Spectrum Cable App with Cloud DVR.
Episode 69 brought all of us together for our Mac versus PC Smack down.
Episode 70 was a demo of the fantastic Mac mail client and a demo of what a disaster iCloud.com still is with VoiceOver.
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Welcome to part three of the That Real Blind Tech show 100th Episode clip show.
We start off at episode 31, which was an absolutely classic recording.
Episode 32 brought in comedian friend and former Warm Up Comedian at The Late Show with David Letterman, Eddie Brill.
Episode 33 brought us the first Brian flying solo episode and our first demo which was Amazon Prime and Audio Description.
Episode 34 was the first of our only two part episode as it brought Legendary Comedian and Laugh For Sight Headmaster Robert Klein.
Episode 35 brought us our fill in co-Host Jeanine Stanley. She filled in for Allison and the chemistry was pretty good so we kept her around.
Episode 36 was our conclusion of our very special two part episode with Robert Klein.
Episode 37 brought us the first trifecta pairing of Allison, Brian and Jeanine for an Apple recap. However, more importantly, Episode 37 brought us the new That Real Blind Tech Show theme music produced by our good friend Patrick Lafayette.
Episode 38 and 39 brought us some demos by Brian, the first was how to turn off Amazon Sidewalk and the next was the Ultimate Sonos Demo.
Episode 41 brought us our first review of a Microsoft Keynote.
Episode 42 brought us another in our Trendsetters series as we welcomed David Woodbridge to the show.
Episode 43 was another super cool super solo demo by Brian, this time on HBOMax and the Apple TV app which makes fantastic use of the now playing list for all your services except Netflix.
Episode 44 and 45 were our recaps of the NFB and ACB virtual Conferences.
Episode 46 brought us Carl Richardson from the Audio Description Project.
Episodes 47 and 48 brought us demos of the Yahoo Fantasy app and its amazing track record of accessibility and the Underdog Fantasy app.
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It’s a continuation celebration for our 100th episode, as we present you with The Clip Show Part Two.
This episode starts off at the beginning of 2021, as we welcome our good friend Allison Meloy full time to the podcast. Allison was a regular guest on iAccessVO and joined us here regularly starting with episode 14.
Our next few guests included Greg Stilson from The American Printing House for the Blind, Steve Ewell from The Consumer Technology Association, and Shaun Eli comedian friend of Brian’s who worked very hard to make his website fully accessible. It was Episode 17, wow, not sure what was going on with our audio on this episode, as it was absolute crap. Episode 17 was also the beginning of Brian introducing all those fun movie clips that 95% of the listeners enjoy. We did get one email from a listener who absolutely hates them.
Episode 18 brought Jayme Schwartz from Aftershockz to the show. Episode 19 was back to our Trailblazers series with Ricky Enter and friend of the show Joe SteinKamp. Episode 21 was the web developer of Ottoneu Fantasy sports, Nav shah.
It was episode 22 that saw friend of the podcast Dr. Bryan Wolynski make his first appearance on the podcast. Episode 23 brought us Virginia Jack, CEO of the Miami Lighthouse for a conversation about web accessibility.
Episode 25 brought us our first fun with an April fools episode, as blind Olympian Henry McKeller joined the show.
Episode 26 brought over the man you have to blame if you hate Brian’s editing of movie clips, Derek Lane. And staying on our sound trip, Episode 27 brought us Jim Reekes the original creator of the Mac start up chime and the iPhone camera click sound.
Episode 28 brought us Comedian friend Stacey Prussman who at the time was running for Mayor of New York City. She did not win, but that was not our fault.
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Join us for a stroll down memory lane. In honor of the 100th episode of That Real Blind Tech show, it is our absolutely epic five part clip show.
You will laugh, you will cry, you will learn, ok, so maybe there will be no crying, but we can guarantee a few laughs along this stroll down memory lane.
The clip show starts off with Brian babbling on about what the new show will be, then Ed pops in as Brian quickly realized he is better with Ed then without him. Our first few guests you hear include David Kingsbury author of several books helping the blind with PC production, Karen Kramer an O and M specialist with pandemic living advice, Kisiah Timmons from the Yahoo Fantasy accessibility team, and Jeanine Stanley from Aira and eventually also from That Real Blind Tech show.
The next few guests on the show included Dr. Cal Roberts, CEO of the Lighthouse Guild in NYC, our Trailblazers series kicked off with Holly Anderson and Darcy Bernard, and we welcomed in at the end of 2020, our very good friend Brian McCarthy to close out the year, and wrap up the first five months of That Real Blind Tech show.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. We are here primarily this episode to discuss iOS 16.0.2 and new Apple products. It is an Ed less and Jeanine less show as TJ Meloy joined Brian and Allison in their isolated lairs to discuss our new products and thoughts.
We start off discussing the 40 year anniversary of the first emoji being sent and how that day began the descent of modern civilization.
Is anyone surprised or shocked at the lengths Facebook is going to to keep on tracking all of us? Not only are they going around Apple’s privacy road blocks, Facebook is now breaking state and federal law to track all of us.
If you are a gmail user, get ready to have your inbox flooded by unwanted messages from politicians.
We’re all getting another Amazon Prime Day that no one asked for on October 11th and 12th. Does anyone care?
We then dive in to discussing iOS 16.0.2, starting out wondering how in the world Apple could release an operating system that left some VoiceOver users in the dark. Next we discuss focuses and under settings the missing on/off toggle for focuses. We then bring up the app switcher issue some VoiceOver users have been having and try and figure out who realized that if you turn inverted colors off, the app switcher should behave normally. We then get Brian’s F*ck me moment of iOS 16, which is a bad one. Notifications are then discussed and. Door detection is here, door detection is here, just don’t try using it at night.
If you do not want to experience crash detection first hand to find out if it works, definitely check out this YouTube video of some guys who tested it out for all of man kind.
And if you are noticing a battery drain on your phone you may want to consider turning off haptic keyboard.
If you have been getting bombarded with stupid requests asking are you sure you want to paste this here, not to worry those idiotic notifications will be going away in iOS 16.1.
We got new products, we got new products. Allison and TJ tell us about the new iPhone 14’s they are rocking with. We then get Allison and TJ’s thoughts on the locked screen new island. After our visit to the island we move on further down discussing the new Lock Screen. Allison and TJ enlighten us to the new start up and shut down chimes specifically only on the 14 models.
After the new phones, we discuss our new watches as Allison has the new Watch Series 8 and Brian went Mac Daddy with the new Watch Ultra. We talk about the on-screen typing experience, the new action button on the Ultra watch, L5 GPS and using GPS on the watch. We discuss which complications we enjoy using.
And finally all three of us discuss our experience with the new Air Pod Pro Two’s.
We then listen to a Voicemail and an email we received.
Brian then plugs the upcoming Laugh For Sight at Gotham Comedy Club on Monday, October 24th, and tickets can be purchased here.
And it’s a little bit of a lengthy What’s Pissing Off Brian, and we get an appearance of What’s Pissing Off Allison, and more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s a fully packed That Real Blind Tech show lair as the entire gang is here to discuss and recap in our own way the Apple Far Out event.
We start off discussing the name of the event and the new Apple emergency S.O.S. for when you are stuck in the middle of nowhere or Ohio. We discuss our issues getting the event to play in Apple TV, and the opening video to the event.
We then get our iOS 16 beta testers opinion of whether or not you should install iOS 16 on the September 12th release date.
We discuss Apple moving to eSim iPhones only in the United States.
Our watch coverage begins with us discussing an odd arrival time for those it’s time to stand notifications and then gets in to the always on display. The ladies then chime in about the new ovulation tracking coming to the new watches.
We get a little sidetracked with the innuendos, but hey that’s what you tune in for. After Giggles gets it all out, we discuss the new Watch SE2. It’s then on to the new Apple Watch Ultra, and one of us has already placed an order for it.
Next up we discuss the new Air Pod Pros with double the noise reduction. And on Apple announcement day, Bose attempted to steal some of Apple’s thunder by announcing their new Quiet comfort Two ear buds.
Apple announced four new iPhones starting out with the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus but these phones will be running last years chip. The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max will introduce the new dynamic island on the Lock Screen. We are quite curious how all of this will work with VoiceOver. Even though most blind peeps feel blah blah when Apple discusses the camera improvements. We discuss what the improvements mean for text scanning applications and Aira.
And finally we play some messages and emails we have received recently. We promise to get better at playing and reading your emails on future shows. You can call us at 929-367-1005 and tell us what you like, don’t like, agree with, or want to hear us talk about. Or email us in at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com. And as long as Brian gets his head out of his ass and remembers to put the emails and Voicemails in the outline, we will get to them.
And of course it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading!
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The gang is back together again after Ed’s European Vacation.
We kick things off discussing the new alliance between Aira and Envision glasses. Does this change anything for you?
Twitter because it doesn’t know what it wants to be is getting in to podcasts now.
Tesla wants videos of its self driving technology running over dummies of children taken down. Will negative feedback slow us blind peeps from eventually getting behind the wheel?
We are big fans of the Sonos speakers, and rumor has it that their next gen speakers will have directional audio.
We mourn our friends Blind Guy Talks Tech as they transition to Double Tap fully. We have some advice for Steven, please for the love of all that’s holy stop attempting to do a New York accent!
We then start discussing how close we are to the release of iOS 16 and all the VoiceOver issues we are still hearing about is quite troubling.
We then catch up with Ed and review his trip to England, Scotland, and the Netherlands, and find all about the World Blind Baseball Tournament he participated in.
After we examine Amazon’s downward spiral with accessibility across all of their apps. And one of us is just absolutely tired and worn out of reporting nonstop accessibility issues.
And it’s a very special What’s Pissing Off Brian Now as we also get the first ever What’s Pissing Off Ed, and it is a can’t miss that will make you so so so mad!
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
Our apologies to those of you who have emailed us in and left voicemails, we plan to get to them on the next show, blame Ed for the long ass recap of his vacation as we ran a little long.
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It’s a packed again That Real Blind Tech Show lair as we dive in to the American Council of the Blind’s recently released 2022 resolutions. And are we really positive that it is not the American Council For the Blind? And if so, why not?
Some of the jokes are a continuation of our last episode as we recorded both of them together but after an epic historically long recording session, we broke it up in to two episodes. So if you are wondering why we find beeping getting faster and faster kind of sexual, then go listen to the last episode to find out why door detection is just so damn sexy!
You will not want to miss an absolutely classic experience that happened with an Air Pod while recording this episode. Strange stuff. And it was so classic it happened twice, and we left almost all of it in for your enjoyment as it is not always smooth sailing recording That Real Blind Tech show.
Here is the link to all of the ACB’s 2022 resolutions we discuss in this episode.
And we actually did save the best for last, to capitalize or not to capitalize braille!
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It’s a fully packed That Real Blind Tech show lair as the usuals Brian and Allison are here and joined by Jeanine and David Goldstein as Ed tours all over England, Scotland, and the Netherlands, not Neverland which as Brian learned on the last podcast is a totally different place.
You may have heard that crypto theft is on the rise, well Nomad has decided to let the thieves and pirates keep ten percent of their stolen bounty if they return the other ninety percent.
Apple is rumored to be launching a HomePod mini with a screen. It’s the yearly promise of Siri getting smarter, our Beta testers of iOS 16 chime in, and also let us know how door detection works. Unfortunately, passkey our method to a password less future will not launch when iOS 16 launches, and the feature will be bringing us more use of QR codes.
HBOMax and Discovery Plus will be merging in to a single streaming service. And Amazon has acquired iRobot.
It’s a very important What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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The gang is back together again to discuss the latest greatest tech news.
We start off discussing the Zuckhead as he wants to ruin your Facebook and Instagram timelines even more then he already has done.
Interestingly, employees are more concerned about working in the Metaverse than employers.
Next we answer the age old question, why do sighted people make so many more buttdials than blind peeps?
Amazon Drive is going bye bye, will anybody miss it? This then leads us in to discussing our current cloud services that we enjoy using.
This interactive map highlights the most famous person from every city. Unfortunately, the map is completely inaccessible.
Kamala Harris was mocked for using gender specific pronouns and describing what she was wearing to an audience of disability leaders. We try and avoid the politics but thought we needed to discuss our thoughts about this.
It’s then a special early edition of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now, and if you are a guide dog user, you will not want to miss this.
We then check in with Allison, as she is the only one on the team who is running the iOS 16 beta. We find out about focus issues, notifications, and if she has tested door detection yet? The sighted community is claiming that dictation in iOS 16 beta 4 is amazing, but what about the VoiceOver community? Apple has already ruined one of the most exciting features in iOS 16 beta 4, the ability to edit text messages is now just stupid!
The new M2 Mac Air is here. The new M2 Mac Air is here! How was the setup process? What the heck is granting kernel access to a program? The big brain on Allison explains. We then discuss why Apple can’t get TouchID right. We then discuss the debacle known as the Mac App Store and using it with VoiceOver.
We say goodbye to Ed, not to worry, it’s just for the month of August, and find out what Ed will be up to.
Join us on Thursday, August 4th to learn how to play fantasy football and about the fantastic accessibility of the Yahoo Fantasy iOs app. Join members of The All Blind Fantasy Football League as we discuss our history of playing fantasy football, why we play, what we like, different styles of play, and more. This event is being hosted by the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, and registration is required. You can register for free here.
And it is a very memorable Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Brian and Ed welcome in good friend David Goldstein to the podcast. David is a long time member of the All Blind Fantasy Football League, a web designer and marketer, and a fellow podcaster.
We start off discussing the Podcast Roundtable that all of us were on, on July 6th, and presented by the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library.
We then go back to the beginning of David’s vision loss. David walks us through his early years, the 18 surgeries he has had, and how he has learned to cope with his vision loss.
We touch a little on Fantasy Football as the season is approaching and David is a long time member of the All Blind Fantasy Football League and was featured in the Mini-Doc that Yahoo Fantasy produced about the league. If you have not seen the video, watch it here.
David is a member of his local NFB Chapter. We dive in to his role with the chapter, and what he likes about the NFB. David recently started helping out at a BEP stand. We learn about the accessibility tools used at the stand, and a little bit about the BEP program.
David is a fellow podcaster with two shows, iCantCU and White Canes Connect. We discuss how David got started in podcasting, and what he likes most about podcasting. We find out how difficult it is to do a solo show, you paying attention here ed?
We then discuss David’s work designing the all new www.BlindTechShow.com website, how he got in to web design, how he became familiar with Wordpress design, and making accessible websites.
You can keep up with David on and find him on Facebook and LinkedIn.
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It’s a fully packed That Real Blind Tech Show lair as the entire gang of Brian, Ed Allison, and Jeanine are all here to discuss a recap of the NFB Conference and some other current tech topics.
We start off with the very self indulgent uber exciting news that we have finally launched our own website, www.BlindTechShow.com. Brian learned if you don’t capitalize the letters to our name, it sounds very weird in the outline for the show. A very special thanks to friend of the podcast, David Goldstein for building our website. Check it out, we guarantee you will love it.
The iOS, iPad, and we think Mac OS public betas are now live. Will you be a beta tester or not? We then talk about AppleVis finally getting with the times and finally allowing beta testers to discuss the beta operating systems on their website.
YouTube is finally rolling out picture and picture on its iOS app, but none of us are happy about it.
Conference season is mostly over. We start off discussing how each conference handled hosting a conference as we continue to live in a pandemic world. We get Jeanine’s thoughts about what she got to check out and enjoy at this year’s NFB Conference, besides coming home with Covid. Jeanine walks us through all the Braille, yes, Braille with a capital B, devices that she got to put her hands on at the conference. And yes, she asked permission before touching any of them!
With both the ACB and the NFB presenting resolutions to Congress to help improve the lives of the blind and visually impaired, are they canceling each other out by not having one direct united approach to Congress?
We discuss this year’s NFB resolutions, and would have posted the link in the demo, but at the time of writing this the NFB’s website now says page not found when trying to read this year’s resolutions. Hmm, very strange stuff.
We threw this article in to our discussion of the NFB’s Resolutions 13 and 14 about Lift and Uber, as CNN published this fantastic article about how ride share services are still failing disabled customers.
Even though Amazon Prime Day has come and gone, we discuss what we purchased this year, or didn’t purchase.
We then discuss why bluetooth remains an incredibly frustrating technology after two decades, and who bluetooth is named for.
And it’s an all encompassing What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and more of Watcha Streaming, watcha Reading.
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Brian and Ed welcome in Rodney Edgar to the That Real Blind Tech show lair for another Trendsetters episode.
Rodney began podcasting back in 2009 with the show Tech Access Weekly. We find out how Rodney and his wife Erin started the show, what gave them the idea for the podcast, and what tools they were using back then to produce the podcast. Rodney walks us through his workflow of putting the show together.
That’s right, Brian let it slip out, as Blindtechshow.com will be launching some time this week, so check back soon. And as we launch our website for our show, we find out what caused the demise of Tech Access Weekly.
We discuss the fun of going to the ATM when you are blind as Rodney used to work in banking and ATM coding.
Rodney then explains to us how he ended up on the Podcast High Contrast. Rodney walks us through reviewing products and software and being brutally honest about it all to their listeners.
We find out how Rodney got in to a career in coding and web design. He shares with us some of the biggest accessibility design issues facing developers.
We discuss how podcasting has evolved, and how advertising is ruining a lot of podcasts.
Rodney shares his advice for those low vision and blind people wanting to get in to a career in web development.
You can keep up with Rodney on Twitter.
And it’s a special with Rodney Edgar Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show product unveiling, as Brian could not wait to get in to the That Real Blind Tech show lair to discuss his new Echo Frames with you.
Brian walks you through the design of the glasses, what the buttons on the glasses do, and how the touch pad works. He talks about the differences between the Bose Frames and Echo Frames so you can make a good decision about which pair of Smart Glasses may be right for you.
Jeanine Stanley then pops in from Aira and That Real Blind Tech show. Jeanine is here to share some very exciting announcements coming out of Aira over the next few days and at this year’s NFB and ACB Conferences.
To get in on the Aira Desktop beta please visit Aira here.
Aira is at this year’s NFB and ACB Conferences so you can learn more about everything going on at Aira at the conferences or just listen to this entire episode for the other very exciting announcements coming out from Aira.
Then it’s a brief What’s Pissing Off Brian Now.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show with the gang in their separate lairs. And we start talking about how someone wants to copy That Real Blind Tech show and build their own lair.
China claims it has discovered aliens, but then quickly deletes the report. How did a man in Japan lose his entire town’s digital information?
The A Lady may soon be able to mimic the voice of a deceased relative. Creepy or cool? Instagram is testing out a new tool that will be able to tell your age by scanning your face. Again, creepy or cool?
It has been awhile since the three of us recorded last, and one of us, has a new M1 Mac Book Pro. Who will never guess who, and you will not want to miss the story behind the purchase, as it was not bought at your every day retailer. Brian then tells his adventure with his Air Pod Pros and what he learned at the Apple Store that you may be able to try and do if your Air Pod Pros are making funky noises. Rumors be running wild that the Air Pod Pro 2’s could have heart monitoring and work as hearing aids.
Allison is the brave one as she is running both the iOS and Mac betas. Even though the betas are in the very early stages we figured we would find out what she likes so far besides the Eloquence voices. This some how leads to a debate about the Singaporean English voice and what the heck language do people speak in Singapore if there is no language called Singaporean?
The fun continues with a little more smack talk with the guys and gal over at Blind Guy Talks Tech.
In iOS 16, you will now be able to mark junk text messages as spam. Personalized Spatial Audio is coming to Air Pod Pros, but we have no clue what this means or actually will be, but Apple claims it is a thing. Here’s a list of what features will not be coming to Intel Macs and what features may not be ready when OS Ventura is released in the fall.
Prime Day 2022 will be July 12 and 13, but the sales have already begun, and Brian and Allison already jumped on the massive sale for the Echo Frames.
CNN was baffled that there are PodFasters out there. Obviously the crack writers at CNN have never ever met a blind person.
And for the inner hippy in all of us, we found this article about soundscapes from all over the world that you can listen to to chill out.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading!
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It’s been awhile, but it’s another Super Cool, super Solo That Real Blind Tech Show demo from Brian. With more big companies playing nice together, it was about time for Brian to ditch his subscription to Amazon Music, and switch to Apple Music as part of the Apple One Plus option.
The issue with switching music providers is how do you take your playlists with you that you have been spending so much time creating over the years. Well, with the help of a third party free website, called Tune My Music,
The good news is with Tune My Music you can transfer playlists between almost any music provider. The disappointing news, at least on the Mac, is you have to take all of your playlists with you, as the feature to deselect individual playlists is not accessible. Still, even with this issue, we thought it was worth it to demo how to take all of your music playlists from one provider to another.
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It’s an all new fully packed That Real Blind Tech Show lair, as Brian and Ed welcome in Virginia Jacko, CEO of the Miami Lighthouse and Jorge Hernandez, IT Manager for the Miami Lighthouse.
We kick things off catching up with Virginia since we last spoke with her mid-pandemic, and find out how things have been going at the Miami Lighthouse.
We then learn what Jorge does as the IT Manager on a day to day basis.
Next we dive in to the headache of web overlays and where we are in fighting the battle against them.
The conversation then moves too distant learning, and the importance of teachers understanding basic accessibility and accessible instruction.
Here is the web accessibility Overlay fact sheet we discuss during the interview.
The Miami Lighthouse was heavily involved in reviewing the Presidential candidates websites during the 2020 election. We find out if politicians are following the Lighthouses’s advice on the importance of making their website accessible as we approach the Mid-term elections.
Virginia then walks us through one outstanding example of a case where The Florida Division of Blind Services really excelled.
We then discuss the differences between working with younger and older visually impaired and blind individuals.
We discuss policy of government agencies, and the Lighthouse, and how important tackling the mental health side of blindness needs to be.
Virginia then explains to us some of the non-technical services that the Miami Lighthouse offers.
We find out how and who is eligible for services from the Miami Lighthouse.
There are several ways to keep up with the Miami Lighthouse. If you are eligible for services through them, you may want to check out their online shop. To check out all of the amazing services the Miami Lighthouse offers, please visit their website.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show, and we have found Jeanine, she’s alive, and we sucked her in to the That Real Blind Tech Show lair for a massive recap of WWDC 2022. So welcome back Jeanine Stanley, and Allison Meloy is here as well. Sorry Allison no creative lengthy intro for you.
We start off finding out what the Matrix has been like, as that is the only reasonable explanation to where has Jeanine been.
We start off discussing the new S lady, er, well it took us awhile but eventually we found a name for the new Sonos assistant, how about the S dude! We don’t believe it is taken yet.
Next before jumping in to everything WWDC, we discuss a landmark lawsuit coming in from Australia against Google and YouTube.
Then it is on to WWDC 2022. We start off discussing the high quality audio description for this year’s keynote, what some of our highlights were and if we had any disappointments from the keynote.
We got two new Macs coming next month, an M2 Mac Air and a M2 Mac Book Pro. Will either of these devices be in any of our futures? We also got a new Apple 35W charger that will have two UsbC ports.
We discuss the rumor that Eloquence voices are coming to the iPhone and Mac. We cannot confirm or deny this rumor. We then get in to what excites us most about iOS 16. We then discuss all the changes coming to the newly redesigned locked screen. Next we will be getting iCloud Family Sharing of the photo library. You will now be able to edit and delete sent messages, however, people will be able to tell that changes have been made to the message. Siri is going to kind of get smarter, as she will now be able to hang up phone calls and add emojis. Medication tracking is coming to the health app. Safety Check, a new feature will help people escape domestic violence. iOS 16 apps will now need to ask permission to access the clipboard, ugh. Haptic feedback will be coming to the keyboard, really, we thought it was already there for VoiceOver users.
Apple Pay later is coming to Apple wallet, but is this really a good thing? Shockingly, we learned Apple Maps currently does not have multi-stop directions, well it will in iOS 16.
We talk about sports scores and play by play coming to sports, and if you are an Apple News Plus member, you will be able to get news about your favorite teams, but some of us already have apps that do this. The Home app will get an all new badly needed redesign.
In our favorite segment of the keynote, the Geek was back, as he told us all about the new Watch OS. I love this guy! We are not runners on this show, but lots of new things for those of you who have been known to run. More on sleep tracking to, but nothing about keeping Freddy out of those dreams.
Mac OS Ventura is coming and is supposed to improve continuity between all of our devices. We discuss the new Stage Time coming to FaceTime and Zoom, and the new Desk. View. We try and figure out what the difference is between deleting a sent message and recalling one, as some of this stuff got quite confusing. Free Form collaboration is coming to the Mac, but will it be accessible, and useful? Stage Manager is yet another feature coming to the Mac, but again, will it be useful for VoiceOver users? And yet another new feature called App Windows will be coming to the Mac. Head can explode now.
The biggest most revolutionary announcement at this year’s WWDC, in our opinion, is PassKey, Apple’s attempt to replace old school annoying passwords. Wow, if this actually works.
The long awaited global nightmare of the iPad not having a weather app is over!
We discuss Live Text and Jeanine gives us an example of how she has used it.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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The gang is back together again in the That Real Blind Tech Show lair.
On this episode we start off discussing WWDC, oh wait, that is still a few weeks off.
What does Morgan Freeman and Zuckhead have in common? Well, you will have to listen or read this article to find out.
We figure that we’re all adults here, well maybe except for Brian, but we still discuss how Pornhub has changed the world.
In the absolutely ridiculous portion of the news, California parents will soon be able to sue over their children’s social media addictions.
In more sensible news, Apple is reminding developers that by June 30th, if their app offers the ability to create an account, it must offer the option to delete an account. In a totally utopian world, Apple wants you to be able to switch devices just by picking one up.
Netflix is stepping up its commitment to Audio Description and Captioning. Did you see the memo the CEO of Netflix sent to woke employees? We did.
One of us never dreams, so we thought it would be a good time to ask, do blind people dream? And if so, do they dream visually or in sound? And if you dream, what about nightmares too?
From dreams and nightmares to employment of the blind and low vision. We thought it would be a good time to re-visit how much of a struggle it still is for many people in the low vision and blind community to find suitable employment. And does remote work lead to more low vision and blind people getting employed?
In honor of the upcoming WWDC from Apple, we decided to take a look back at last year’s WWDC to recall what excited us about new features, and what we think about those new features now that we have been using them for a year. Hold on to your hat for this ride!
The one thing that does have us excited about WWDC 22 is the recent mention of Door Detection coming in the next iOS update, hopefully it will not be as much as a lame duck as recent iOS new features.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading!
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as Brian is joined in the That Real Blind Tech Show lair by Joe Steinkamp. Joe is here to discuss all the exciting news that came out of this year’s Google IO.
We start off discussing Joe’s tweeting habits during big tech announcement sessions, and then directly move in to why Talk Back still sucks so bad.
We then dive in to the big announcements that came out of this year’s google IO. We start off discussing the upcoming Pixel Watch and Fit Bit accessibility. We then discuss Google copying Apple, which leads us in to discussing Google Glass.
The word accessibility came up several times during Google IO, but not in the way we would have hoped.
The conversation then turns to Android 13.
Google announced the Google Pixel 6A, who is this device being marketed towards? And Pixel Tablets again.
We then discuss both Google and Apple’s current business philosophies, and the state of accessibility development.
And of course it is more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
You can keep up with Joe at Blind Bargains. And make sure to follow Joe on Twitter.
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Brian and Ed are back in the That Real Blind Tech Show Lair, and are thrilled to be joined by the recently rewired, not retired Larry Goldberg. Larry just left Yahoo, as their Head of Accessibility.
We start off asking Larry about the future of accessibility at Yahoo.
We revisit our history over the past few years with Yahoo and the All Blind Fantasy Football League. If you have not seen the mini documentary about The All Blind League, you can watch it here. If you are interested in joining the Second All Blind Fantasy Football League which will be launching this August, email us in ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com to reserve your spot.
Coming up in just a few days is Global Accessibility Awareness Day which Larry is involved with, we get his thoughts about where the state of accessibility is in 2022. Larry is also involved with XR Access, a group who’s goal is making augmented and virtual reality accessible to all, we dive in to what is coming up with them as their virtual conference will be June 9th and 10th.
We then begin our stroll down memory lane with a This is your life with Larry Goldberg. We discuss some of Larry’s career highlights, some lesser known moments of Larry’s career, and of course discuss all the amazing achievements Larry has accomplished in the name of accessibilityy.
We discuss how a USC Broadcast graduate ends up working in accessibility. Larry explains how captioning eventually led to audio description in television and film. We discuss the early days of audio description and how audio description has evolved here in 2022.
We then talk about Larry’s involvement with the 21st Century Communications Act, and find all about Teach Access.
We wrap up discussing what we can look forward to from Larry Goldberg the Consultant. You can keep up with Larry through his LinkedIn page.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as the gang is back together in their still socially distant lairs of choice. We start off again with a little peek behind the curtains to our discussion before we actually hit record. Ok, so record had obviously already been hit, but we speak freely until we actually kick off the show.
Once we get rock and rolling, we start off discussing Global Password Day. Who even knew this was a thing? So for the big day, we discuss our latest methods of managing all those messy passwords. In honor of Global Password Day, Apple, Microsoft, and Google have come together looking to get rid of passwords! And to do so they will be using Fido.
CNN Plus Sleeps with the fishes! We didn’t even get to talk about the launch. And is Netflix adding ads?
At least as of June 1st on this show we will have some competition for the name the S Lady.
Apple has announced they will be lowering trade in prices on all devices not named iPhone. Since we have the queen of returns on our show, we thought we would get Allison’s expert advice on how she maximizes value on all those returns.
VoiceDream Reader has come to the Mac, but why would someone need or want it?
Some users are having a weird iOS bug where Apple Music is replacing other music providers in their dock. Conspiracy theorists are out in the millions!
With Edge recently passing Safari as the second most used desktop browser, we thought we would visit our go to browsers of choice.
We discuss the recent article about best wireless headphones in 2022.
The conversation then moves to the word Transitioning and why is this word used so predominantly in the blindness community. One of us has a big issue with it. Bet you can guess which one of us does!
Next we discuss our favorite items from the recent article top ten cellphone myths.
We then go over a couple of emails from Dan and Mary regarding a blunder that happened with the release of an episode a few weeks ago.
Finally, it’s a classic story from Brian, and more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now, and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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Brian and Ed welcome Sam Seavey to the That Real Blind Tech Show Lair. If Sam’s name is not familiar to you, his YouTube Channel probably is as Sam produces The Blind Life.
Sam takes us through how he started The Blind Life originally known as The Blind Spot, what made him want to get in to producing videos for the blind and low vision, and his experience with Android devices of all things.
We discuss some of the initial accessibility barriers Sam faced when he launched his YouTube channel, and what some of the challenges he faces producing his channel in 2022.
Sam then shares his experiences being back in person at ATIA and CSUN conferences this year.
Since we are both tech shows, we discuss reviewing products and how we handle a product that we just cannot give a positive review about. We then tackle the common complaint that assistive technology products are overpriced.
Here at That Real Blind Tech Show, our setup is fairly simplistic, as we just work with audio. We were quite curious to learn about Sam’s setup for filming video, and how accessible the products he uses are for the blind and low vision. Sam tells us about the first Sony camcorder to have a screen reader built in to it, but hold your horses, as the screen reader is still unfortunately, in its development stages.
While Sam’s The Blind Life Channel is completely free to view and subscribe to, he does need to eat, so if you are a fan of his content we discuss the different subscription levls he offers.
We then get Sam’s advice for people in our community who have been thinking about starting their own YouTube Channel.
You can keep up with Sam on The Blind Life YouTube and Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, now on Tick Tock if you use this one.
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Brian and Ed welcome Liz Gutman from International Digital Center (IDC) to the That Real Blind Tech Show lair.
Liz is the Head Writer for Audio Description at IDC. She explains to us what that entails, how she first learned about audio description, and how she got involved with working in Audio Description writing.
Liz pulls back the curtain a little, and lets us know about her process for writing an Audio Described script. We discuss the difference between good and not so good audio description, and learn that putting together an Audio Described script is more of a team effort than you would think.
We ask Liz if the studios and production companies are aware of the difference between high quality audio description and the other stuff.
We then discuss Brian’s experience reading his first Audio Described track and Liz’s experience working with him.
Liz then explains to us what her experience was like writing the Audio Described script for Bridgerton. You can read the article that both Liz and Brian are quoted in about Audio Description in the Wall Street Journal.
Liz is now teaching Audio Description writing with her former mentor Colleen Conner and while the current classes are completely sold out, you can learn more about them here. You can keep up with all things Liz by following her on Twitter.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as the gang is back together and one of us has an all new podcast lair.
We start off discussing the fun back and forth we have been having with our friends over at Blind Guy Talks Tech.
We begin our tech segment of the show discussing how Uber and Lift’s initial response to the NYC Subway shooting was to hike all passenger fares in time of an emergency. Did you hear the one about the cops that pulled over a self driving car in San Francisco? We did.
Elon Musk is interested in buying Twitter. His bid came in just a smidge ahead of ours.
In our legal corner this week, some Russians are attempting to sue Netflix over them shutting down in their country.
Zuckhead wants Meta’s AR glasses to be Facebook’s iPhone moment. Here’s a role reversal, Apple is now calling out Facebook for their plans to take 50% from Mettaverse sales. Apple is rumored to be testing a feature that would allow app developers to automatically charge users for subscription price increases. Bad apple, Bad Apple. Are Apple’s own privacy concerns getting in their own way of innovation? With WWDC sneaking up on us, we decided to put together a wish list for Apple stock app improvements. You may want to hold off on buying a new Mac anytime soon as Apple is rumored to be working on 9 different M2 Macs.
We then check in on our Android experiences and discuss our thoughts of using the device, the gestures, and whether or not we plan to keep our Android phones.
We then discuss the state of accessibility for a few apps that are really failing pretty miserably.
We then talk about a new topic, NFT’s. We actually had to look up what they are!
In honor of Spring Cleaning, we decided to talk robot vacuums. If you have a model you are loving, please do let us know and email us in at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com.
And of course its more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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Brian is once again flying solo for another super cool, super useful That Real Blind Tech Show demo. He has the keys to the That Real Blind Tech Show lair, and can get in it any time he chooses.
First a test as the 144th person to email us in at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com wins a million dollars. Full disclosure, there is absolutely nothing true about this previous statement, and no moola is being given away, just testing if you actually read the show notes as Brian mentioned on this episode.
Brian starts off demoing the item chooser on the Mac and how useful it has become in his daily workflow. He shows off the benefits of using the item chooser on the desktop and how it will not work in mail. He goes through using first letter navigation to quickly find emails, and then back to the item chooser in safari and numbers. Brian shows the difference between using the item chooser and web item rotor.
Brian next walks you through using your Jump Command, VO J in finder windows and Mac mail. He demonstrates the issue in Mac OS Monterrey where you cannot get rid of the toolbar in finder windows or you will lose access to your side bar. Brian then shows you how to quickly add a folder to your side bar and dock as well as remove them.
Lastly, Brian shows you how to enable dictation on your Mac and gives an example of how improved dictation is on the Mac.
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Brian and Ed welcome in Helgar Kellanstonian to the That Real Blind Tech Show lair for an interview you must hear. And that is all we can say about it in the show notes.
After our conversation with Helgar. Ed vanishes, and Allison and TJ Meloy enter the lair to discuss Android of all things. Yes, Android. Allison and TJ recently purchased Motorola Droids and Brian picked up a Samsung Flip Z3. Hey, it’s the 90’s all over, and we are flipping phones closed again.
We start off talking about why we wanted to dive in to the Android ecosystem, getting started with TouchID, and the ease of the setup process.
We give you our initial thoughts of the Talk Back screen reader and how steep we feel the learning curve is for new Talk Back users.
We discuss some of the main similarities and differences between VoiceOver and Talk Back. Some likes and dislikes, and some of the first few apps we have downloaded and played around with.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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Brian and Ed welcome in Jon Buonaspina to the That Real Blind Tech Show lair. Jon works for DeQue Systems.
Jon begins with telling us what DeQue Systems does, and what his role with the company entails. He then lets us know how someone without a visual impairment ended up working in accessibility.
We then get Jon’s thoughts about whether or not the Department of Justice should implement some kind of minimum web accessibility standards, and yes, we hate using the word minimum.
Jon discusses some of the tools he uses when working with a client, and how he learned screen reader technology.
The conversation then turns to Laugh For Sight and The roast of Brian Fischler which Jon was at.
If your company is in need of accessibility fixes, maintenance, help building your companies accessibility team, please reach out to Deque Systems here.
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Brian welcomes Troy Otillio, CEO of Aira and Jeanine Stanley, Aira Social Media Manager to the virtual That Real Blind Tech Show lair. While
We start off discussing what made Troy initially want to invest in the future of Aira.
Jeanine then tells us what she does at Aira as their Social Media Manager.
Troy then tells us about the exciting new Aira Desktop which is in the works and will be launching later this year. Jeanine tells us that Aira Desktop will be coming to both the Mac and PC.
Troy discusses with us how Aira has been handling the worker shortage, and how it has effected them.
Jeanine tells us about the Airacast which you can subscribe to here. Troy then tells us about the sustainability of Aira, and how Aira is working with employers.
Jeanine then tells us about some of the more humorous social media encounters she has had.
Troy then tells us about the benefit of using multiple visual interpreter services.
Jeanine then tells us what she enjoys most about working at Aira.
Troy informs us how you might be able to bring an Aira hotspot to your city or business.
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It is a super duper ultimate packed That Real Blind Tech Show lair as Allison, Brian, and Ed are joined by Dr. Bryan Woolenski to discuss the new Tech Center that was recently launched at the Lighthouse guild NYC, this year’s CSUN, Axe-Con, and much more.
We start off discussing a recent survey which decided on the happiest places on Earth. What, no Disney Kingdom?
Walgreens is replacing fridge doors with digital screens. Is this leaving the blind further behind? Netflix is claiming people who are sharing their passwords are preventing Netflix from producing great content. Are you one of these horrible people? Some of us are, Microsoft Edge now provides screen labels, err alt text for images. and proud of it. And it looks like the Smart Home of tomorrow will once again be delayed. Does it Matter?
Ed then joins Dr. Bryan in the interview chair as we ask them about the new tech center recently launched at the Lighthouse Guild NYC. We discuss both Bryan and Ed’s roles at the Lighthouse Guild NYC, what the Lighthouse Guild NYC hopes to accomplish with the new tech center, and the benefits of all the services the Lighthouse Guild NYC offers its customers.
Dr. Bryan was at CCSUN, so we welcome Ed back to the interviewer side of things, and we discuss what Dr. Bryan enjoyed about CSUN 2022, what impressed him, Gaming, and the benefits of being back at an in person conference.
The musical charts continue as Brian with an I moves in to the interviee chair next to discuss his presentation with Yahoo Fantasy at this year’s Axe-Con. Allison and Ed hold Brian’s feet to the fire with a Congress like questioning of him.
And of course it is more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading!
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show, join us as we talk some tech and create a new word. Allison, Brian, and Jeanine gathered together in the That Real Blind Tech show lair to discuss the Apple Event and some other tech topics.
We start off discussing the good of social media, and a unique way that people are using Air BnB to help send money to people in the Ukraine.
After discussing the Ukraine, we move on to the bizarre story about a man in Florida who was killed by a co-worker while in a Port A Potty, yes, while in a Port A Potty.
Does your FitBit have you all hot and bothered? Well, you are not alone. And we have heard of cellular networks throttling your connection speed, but now, phones are throttling app speeds, this is a new one. And Dropbox finally got an update out for M1 Macs, but what about M1 Ultra Macs?
Axe Con will be taking place on March 15th to the 17th, and you can catch Brian as part of the Yahoo Fantasy, It’s not just a game panel on Tuesday, March 15th at 130pm EST. You can register to attend this massive accessibility focused conference for free here.
Apple kicked off its March event discussing two new colors for the iPhone 13 lineup. Apple must not have gotten the memo as AppleTV Plus is now offering Friday night baseball, of course there would have to be baseball played for this to happen.
The first new product that Apple announced is the iPhone SE third generation. This could be the most popular model of the iPhone for people who are blind. The M1 chip now comes to the new iPad Air.
Apple then announced the launch of the all new Mac Studio. Is it a laptop, desktop, bird or plane? And to monitor or not to monitor? On a more serious note, if someone is buying one of these new Mac Studios and using VoiceOver, should they bump up the Ram on a M1 machine.
We are not sure of the accessibility of the OCR Scanning Pen, and how accurate you need to be with it, but this could be a very promising product for the blind.
You are going to start hearing a lot about Matter, a process that will make all of your Smart Home devices communicate with each other better.
And of course it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s another super cool, super solo, That Real Blind Tech Show demo coming at you. Brian is alone in the virtual lair again, and thanks to an email, decided to put together a demo of the Keyboard Commander for you.
Should you be up on how to use the Keyboard Commander, skip ahead to the second part of the episode where Brian will demo some of the serious navigation issues with the Mac Catalyst designed apps and VoiceOver.
Brian walks you through his set of keyboard commanders that he uses on a daily basis. He then walks you through how to set up a keyboard commander to open a program, and follows that with setting up a keyboard commander to perform some VoiceOver specific tasks like setting different keyboard commanders to control your system volume and your VoiceOver voice volume.
Brian then decides to torture himself, and show you the myriad of issues with Catalyst designed apps and VoiceOver. He starts off with messages, then moves to the Music app, and finally ends up in the worst of all the catalyst designed apps, the App Store.
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The gang is back together once again in the That Real Blind Tech Show virtual lair.
We start off talking about a possible Y2K Part two on the news that the chrome and Firefox browsers may stop working with some websites as they hit version 100.? Then it is on to Brian’s latest favorite story of the year, about a man who shut down his town’s internet while trying to curb his kids screen time.
Facebook continues to rebrand and they have changed the name of the News Feed to, well, you will never guess what! And blow the dust off the app, but we actually have some KNFB news.
If you have an old PC or Mac lying around as a paper weight then you may want to think about turning it in to a chrome book using the new Google Chrome flex. But of course, is the process accessible?
We then talk a little medical science and if we have ever been approached about a cure for our blindness. This leads us to the disturbind story of Second Sight and Argus the second. On a some what related note, are carriers shutting down 3G networks too soon? And on the heals of 3G going bye bye, Wifi 7 is coming, but wait didn’t Wifi 6 just get here?
With inflation rocketing up we decided to discuss a little prep work for making sure those finances are secure. We then dive in to how much each of us is worth, and you might be surprised by this! We then discuss the rising cost of Amazon Prime and Netflix.
CSUN is coming up in March, but has the conference Jumped the Shark?AxeCon is coming this March 15th to the 17th, you can sign up to virtually attend here.
We have emails. If you tell them the email address ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com they will come!
It’s a new segment, Tweet of the week.
Then it is more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now, and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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It’s an all new Super Duper Super Cool That Real Blind Tech Show demo as Brian was flying solo and decided to put together a demo of Mac Mail and talk about why he loves it so much.
Brian first discusses the two main view options for mail, the great way with the mail preview pane closed, and the annoying way with the mail preview pane opened. He walks you through using mail in both of these view modes, and demonstrates the different behaviors.
He then walks you through working with multiple mailboxes. Why this is a fantastic way to organize your email through iCloud. How to move a message to a mailbox, how to create a new mailbox, and how to delete a mailbox. He also shows you why it is best to use Mac Mail with QuickNav turned off and how to work with message threads.
Brian then attempts to walk you through iCloud.com and creating a mail universal rule, but unfortunately, iCloud.com is still a freaking train wreck for VoiceOver users.
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The entire gang is back together again, and we snuck Jeanine in to the That Real Blind Tech Show Lair. We left some nonsense in at the beginning to give you a peak in to our non-podcast minds, as it cracks us up.
We start off discussing Apple suing a Ukrainian filmmaker over his film titled Apple Man. We continue moving forward with the legal part of the show as FlickType’s lawsuit versus Apple will be moving forward.
We then dive in to UnderscoreGate. Next we dive in too Quick Notes and where the heck is it for VoiceOver users? Can one of us be right and completely wrong at the same time? After that we discuss the soon to arrive universal control and how it is much much different than side car, but hey people are confusing them. You may want to hold off installing the Mac OS 12.3 beta if you are a dropbox or One driver user. iCloud Keychain will be adding a notes component in iOS 15.4. It looks as if sports scores and favorite team news may be coming to Apple News.
Action Audio brought the Australian Open to blind tennis fans in a new way, but was it helpful or did it remind you of Atari tennis?
Aira has partnered with the NFB, and will help anyone take a Covid test.
Aira will also be describing the Super Bowl pre-game show The Puppy Bowl, and the half time festivities on February 13, 2022. Additionally, if you are a football novice or newbie, you can tune in early and get a Football 101 presented to you by Brian and Liz Loza from Yahoo Fantasy Football. Sign up here.
Thanks to an email from Rebecca Skipper, we decided to have a PC versus Mac smack down, or smack off. We kick it off discussing our most used apps on our PC or Mac. We then discuss a few of our favorite things that are unique to the PC or Mac. Next we hit upon limitations to an operating system. And we touch on the ease of access getting started as a newbie to an operating system, and how difficult it may be to troubleshoot. We wrap up our PC versus Mac smackdown discussing which OS each of us believes is easier to get up and running with faster as a new screen reader user.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading!
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It’s another super cool, super solo That Real Blind Tech Show demo. This time Brian is left alone in the podcast lair and he demos the Spectrum Cable app and the incredible improvements that have been made to this now fully accessible iOS app.
Brian walks you through all the tabs in the app, the Home Screen, live TV, channel guide, on demand content, and the most fantastic feature, the cloud DVR. The Cloud DVR now allows you to play content with its Audio Described track. Hold on to your socks and shoelaces, this is going to be a fun ride.
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Brian and Ed welcome to the That Real Blind Tech Show virtual lair Eric Wickstrom, Director of Audio Production at IDC.
With a career very heavily focused in audio production, we find out when Eric first learned of Audio Description and what he enjoys most about making TV and film accessible to everyone.
We discuss Eric’s time at the USA Network along with some of their hit shows like Suits, Burn Notice, Psych, and why the network moved away from its Characters Welcome approach.
We dive in to the F Word on Network TV, and the humorous use of it, and removal of it.
We talk about USA Network and the inception of Audio Description arriving to the network.
We discuss how much influence blind organizations have on Audio Description, and who drives the most change in the business.
We also discuss the cost of adding an AD track, and why it is logical to just do it.
Of course, Netflix comes up and their amazing commitment to Audio Description.
Since we have an expert on the podcast, we find out why one streaming service may have a title with Audio Description but then that same title shows up on another streaming service without Audio Description. We want to know why! We also dive in to the difference between high quality audio description versus subpar audio description.
We talk about some of the challenges describers face when describing for a totally blind audience versus a low vision audience, and the tough calls they need to make.
We then tackle the difficult conversation of Text to Speech automated audio description, and how it affects the industry.
Eric tells us what it is like to work with blind describers, and it is something he is willing to share with his competitors if any of them want to take him up on it.
We wrap up discussing whether or not the Academy may ever recognize Audio Description as a category, as they seem to have an award for everything else.
To keep up with Eric, make sure to follow him on Twitter. To keep up with the Audio Description Training Retreats, you can follow them as well on Twitter.
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For the first time in awhile, the full gang is back together in the newly renamed Podcast Lair. With 2022 off to an Evil start, we figured we would ditch the bunker for a lair!
We start Evil 2022 off with the story that shocked all of us, no pun intended. Alexa telling a little girl to do something with a penny.
We briefly discuss fantasy football, because one of us is a Champion We then touch on Sports Online gambling becoming legal in New York State!
911 is taking a page out of Aira’s playbook, as they are looking to live stream through your camera to see what’s going on.
AT&T and Verizon have agreed to put the expansion of their 5G Networks on hold. Well, at least for now.
MobilEye the former parent company of Orcam is working to release a fully autonomous vehicle by 2025.
Forget about the latest Apple iPhone rumors, we want to discuss the one about Google paying Apple to stay out of the search engine business.
WORDLEis the hottest thing on the planet other than South Florida. Even though we are not sure of the accessibility of the game, WORDLEBOT at least is bringing accessibility fixes to tweets about the game.
Outside of WORDLE the next most popular word we have been hearing is Metaverse. So, what is it?
We begin our CES segment coverage discussing what else, but autonomous vehicles. Singled announced a lightbulb that could track your sleep at CES. Finally, what we have all been waiting for, our pets can now text us! The one thing that we all want from this year’s CES is a Sound Bar that can send music to you without the use of headphones! Schlage Smart Locks will allow you to put your key in your Apple Wallet. Dell obviously does not listen to Apple customer feedback as they have brought a Touch Bar to their new model laptop and got rid of the headphone jack.
One of us had a major screw up on our PC. We talk about things not to do when installing new software.
New products. If you are a Mac user and in need of a new keyboard, look no further than the Logitech MX keys for Mac. If you are a Air Pod Max owner, check out this new charging stand from Satechi. And of course, it would not be a That Real Blind Tech show if one of us didn’t return a Mac Book Pro.
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading!
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To kick the new year off, Brian is joined in the Virtual That Real Blind Tech Show Studio by Samuel Proulx, Accessibility Evangelist for Fable.
Samuel tells us what the missions of Fable are, the meaning behind the name, and what an Accessibility Evangelist does. We then find out what Fable’s short and long term goals are.
We discuss how Samuel got in to working in accessibility, long history working with screen readers, and what he enjoys about working in accessibility.
If you are interested in learning more about Fable and interested in becoming part of the Fable Team, you can learn more about it here.
We get Samuel’s opinion on screen reader overlays and find out Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading up in Canada.
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Brian and Ed welcome Steven Scott in to the That Real Blind Tech Show virtual studio.
We try and find out the dirt behind Steven leaving RNIB Tech Talk, and discuss his new podcast, Blind Guy Talks Tech, and what he hopes to accomplish with his new show.
Steven walks us through his early days working in radio. Yes, radio. It was a thing back then. We find out how he went from being a rock DJ to NewsRadio to RNIB Tech Talk.
We discuss the negativity of social media and have some fun with it.
We then go back to the beginning and find out what caused Steven’s vision loss and how it affected him growing up. Some how this leads to what we would be doing had we not lost our vision, and one of us wonders if it would have been a life of crime, and what prison might be like for the blind.
We then revisit the first days of RNIB Tech Talk and how it all began. We find out who was a major influence on Steven, and then move on to finding out how Double tap came to be
We discuss the synergy between Steven and his various Co-Hosts. . We also discuss how funny translates on our podcasts, and why it is so important to be real. And of course the conversation moves towards some of our favorite feedback we have gotten over the years, and some of the more bizarre feedback.
We then discuss the AfterShockz OpenComm’s and Bose Frames.
You can keep up with Steven on Twitter and make sure to tune in on January 10th for the launching of Steven’s all new podcast Blind Guy Talks Tech.
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With the end of 2021 here, and Ed and Allison off with holiday family responsibilities, Brian decided to creep in to the Virtual That Real Blind Tech show studio and drop some of What Is Pissing Brian Off as 2021 rounds out. Not to worry, he made it a festive What’s Pissing Off Brian with demos to go along with it all.
Brian starts off discussing the iOS Paramount Plus app, its accessibility issues, and the baffling commitment to Audio Description by CBS. How can shows have audio description on every other episode? Does no one at CBS or Paramount check this stuff? Here’s an idea Paramount Plus, hire a blind dude or dudette to make sure this does not continue to happen in 2022. Brian gives a brief demo of the layout of the app.
Next Brian walks you through the accessibility issues when trying to order groceries through the Amazon Prime section in the Amazon iOS app. While it is usable, it is quite a frustrating mind numbing experience.
Next it is off to the Mac and VoiceOver running OS Monterrey. Brian shows you the disappearing desktop, why you can no longer hide the toolbar in finder, but can in mail, and the hilarious dictation Siri VoiceOver bug.
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Brian and Ed welcome Sina Bahram in to the Virtual That Real Blind Tech Show studio.
We find out from Sina what it is like to experience zero gravity as Sina was part of the first all disabled crew to get to experience what space flight feels like. Sina then tells us how he got involved with Astro Access.
Sina then walks us through the age he was diagnosed with a vision issue and how it affected him growing up.
We find out how Sina got involved with coding at such a young age, and how he got his Masters in Computer Science Engineering. Which then led to his work with museums all around the world.
We then discuss the Aria AT Project, a project which aims to conquer the mountain known as screen reader inoperability. We discuss companies getting it right and how important it is for companies to be thinking about universal design from day one.
The conversation then moves to accessible overlays and what a scam they are for companies trying to fix their website accessibility. To view the overlay fact sheet click here.
Make sure to keep up with Sina on Twitter and on his blog on his website.
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It has been awhile, but once again it is Brian flying solo with a super cool super helpful super useful demo, that is basically, pretty super.
Brian will walk Mac users through using the NumPad Commander. He walks you through how to enable the NumPad commander, how to toggle it on and off, his NumPad Commands, how to customize your own NumPad commands, and shows some of the commands off in action.
The fantastic option about making use of the NumPad commander, is you can do a lot with one hand, and you can also have hundreds of NumPad commands when you make use of the modifier keys the Zero key, Shift, Control, Option, and command.
A possible bug with using VoiceOver single key navigation may have reared its ugly head while doing the demo as Single Key Quick Nav seems to not always work when browsing the web in OS Monterrey. Brian left this in the demo as a few days later when testing Single Key Quick Nav it failed yet again.
Brian also will walk you through working with web spots, how to set one up, how to navigate with them, and discuss why they are so valuable.
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The gang is back together to discuss the latest tech news after our two fantasy football centric episodes. Jeanine is pinch hitting for Ed, as Ed had some bad clams, and we will just leave it with that.
We start off discussing the story that one lucky or unlucky individual can sell their face for the price of two hundred thousand dollars to be the face of PromoBot robots moving forward. If you are interested in selling your face then go here.
Sight Tech global will be December 1 and December 2, you can register for the free virtual online conference here. Friend of the podcast, Larry Goldberg and Brian will be presenting on a panel at the conference.
Jeanine then fills us in about the Carroll Centerer Virtual Technology Fair that took place on November 23rd.
Some Tesla owners got locked out of their cars by the Tesla app, and boy did we laugh our asses off about it. HBOMax and Air Pods, Pod Pros, and Maxes are not playing nicely together, well at least for sighted people! Amazon has released a Mac stand alone app for amazon Prime, and while the design is clunky, the catalyst designed app seems accessible.
We discuss Black Friday, because some of us want things, and some of us may flip flop about what we want. We then discuss our go to shopping apps and the state of these apps accessibility in November 2022.
It’s the story that will not go away, Apple is on track to deliver a fully autonomous self driving car by 2025. Will this happen? What laws and regulations will need to go in to affect for a blind person to take control and get out on the road? Apple is also bringing Do It Yourself fixes for iPhones and Macs to the masses in 2022.
With security vulnerabilities not going away, we revisit what we are doing to keep our passwords safe and unique.
We then discuss a few new products that are actually not Apple! But of course at the end of the day, it all comes back to Apple, as Windows could potentially becoming to M1 Macs after a contract between Qualcomm and Microsoft expires. We then discuss a brilliant plug in for your Mac, VOcr. You can download it from GitHub. Here is the direct download link.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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Once again, it is an overstuffed That Real Blind Tech Show virtual studio, as Brian and Ed welcome members of Yahoo that were instrumental in the production of the Yahoo Mini Documentary about The All Blind Fantasy Football League. We also welcome in all members of the league who were able to attend this year’s live in person draft to get their thoughts on the documentary now that it has been released.
We kick this episode off with Larry Goldberg, Yahoo Head of Accessibility.
You can read the article that came out in 2020 about how The All Blind Football League started here.
To register for free for the upcoming Sight Tech Global on December 1 and 2nd, where Brian and Larry will be presenting the documentary and discussing the company/consumer relationship for inclusive design click here.
We then welcome in Libby Luna, the Producer of the Yahoo Mini documentary. We discuss what the post production process was like, and how she came to cut 8 hours of filming down to just under five minutes.
Next up is Brian’s nemesis Lord D’ambrosio Vader. Seriously everyone, Nick and Brian get along just fine. Nick shares with us his love of fantasy football and a little adventure he had at the border getting to New York to film the draft.
We then welcome long time listener first time caller Allison Meloy to the show to get her initial thoughts of seeing the documentary, and find out what she hopes it will accomplish..
David Goldstein then stops by to discuss how much he enjoyed meeting everyone in person, what the filming experience was like, and his thoughts of the mini documentary.
Then it’s part time That Real Blind Tech show host Jeanine Stanley. Jeanine discusses what it was like drafting a fantasy football team for the first time, how much fun she has had playing fantasy football, her thoughts about the documentary, and how to and how not to properly smack talk!
Up next is TJ Meloy. TJ co-manages his team with Allison, and tells us how surprised he is in how much fun he is having with fantasy football. TJ chimes in with his thoughts about the documentary.
Following is Frank Hipolito. Frank is leading the league in points, and talks about how much fun it was meeting everyone in person, and learning about everybody in the league.
Dominick Petrillo, a part time contributor to The Athletic then joins us, discussing his first year in the All Blind League.
The last member from The All Blind League to pop on with us is Richard Guerrero. Richard talks about how much fun it was meeting everyone in person and how much he has enjoyed playing fantasy the past few years. He then lets us know what he thinks of the documentary.
It would not be a full recap of our experience without an interview with Edith, Nick’s better half, who was one of our sighted guides during filming.
Last but definitely not least, Colin Bright, the Lead Motion Graphics Artist from Yahoo joins us to discuss his thoughts of the entire filming process, fantasy football, and the post production process of working on the documentary.
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Allison, Brian, and Ed welcome Jeanine and TJ Meloy in to a fully overpacked overstuffed virtual phone booth studio to discuss our experiences filming the Yahoo All Blind Football League Mini Documentary that was just released on Yahoo and Yahoo’s YouTube channel.
Before we dove in to our filming experience, we had to start off talking about a certain member of the That Real Blind Tech show Team who ended up flip flopping more times then a fat man in a water bed and now owns a new Mac Book M1 Pro. Whom, I wonder who it could be?
That person gives us a break down of their experience with the new Mac Book Pro and their thoughts so far of the base model. We then discuss whether or not Keyboard Maestro is still a useful tool for Mac users.
We then discuss the Air Pod Maxes as one of us took the leap, and TJ chimes in with his thoughts about why he loves the Maxes almost as much as he loves Allison.
The Bose Frames will soon have some competition as Anker will be releasing the SoundCore Frames.
Ed has been testing out the Envision AI glasses for a few days, and gives us his initial thoughts of them.
Since our last episode iOS 15.1 has been released giving us SharePlay for some music and movies. Will any of us ever use this feature
We then dive in to why all five of us are on this episode. We wanted to share our experiences filming the Yahoo Fantasy All Blind football League Draft mini documentary which you can now view on Yahoo and the Yahoo Fantasy YouTube Channel. Here is a direct link to the mini documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHz6gPnQg8g.
. We discuss our experiences being on set, and our hopes for what the mini documentary may accomplish. We also discuss what it was like for all of us to finally meet in person and how having met in person, it has brought out a lot of smack talk in The All Blind football League.
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Brian and Ed welcome Michael Kalberer in to the virtual That Real Blind Tech show studio. Michael is an uplifting spirit as he lives with both blindness from LCA and Cerebral Palsy.
Michael is a big sports fan and tells us what it was like growing up with multiple disabilities and still participating playing sports. We discuss how he handled being ten years old with CP and then being diagnosed with a visual impairment.
Michael explains to us what it feels like being told you are unemployable and how he proved the person wrong who told him that.
We discuss how Michael discovered he had been misdiagnosed with RP, and how randomly speaking at a Foundation Fighting Blindness seminar led to a clinical trial that changed his life.
Michael was one of the first people in the world to undergo the Brilliance trial. We find out what goes through your mind the night before being one of the first to undergo a clinical trial. He then explains to us what CrispR is.
Michael is a member of The All Blind Fantasy Hockey League, we discuss how he uses accessible technology to follow his team. Even though Brian could talk all day about Fantasy, we get back on track with Michael discussing the first year of the results for him through the Brilliance trial.
To keep up with Michael make sure to visit his website. You can also find Michael on Facebook.
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The gang is fully back together after a busy weekend and start of the week to talk the latest Apple announcements and a little other tech news.
We start off discussing some changes you may or may not want to make to VoiceOver when getting a new device. And some basic maintenance you will want to do when starting with a new Apple device.
We then discuss the serious accessibility bug that has been affecting many Amazon VoiceOver users on iOS.
On a more positive Amazon note, Amazon music will now allow unlimited subscribers to play music with spatial audio on their headphones of choice.
NASA may not let a legally blind individual boldly go where no man has gone before, but Astro Access will!
In the dumbest news of the week, Facebook is rumored to be changing their corporate name. We speculate on what a few of their new names may be.
We then dive in to the latest Apple announcements. We start off discussing the newly announced Mac Book Pros. Here’s a comparison of all Mac Book M1 Pros. Only Apple, after dropping two plus grand on one of these machines if you want to fast charge the 14 inch model you will need to still buy a $20 dongle. Seriously, only 11 hours of web browsing battery life on the new 14 inch model, is that enough? Dogs and Cats everywhere rejoice, it’s the return of MagSafe charging for the new Mac Book Pros! Oops, the notch comes to the Mac Book Pros, but Apple decided to not share this with everyone in house.
Apple’s new GAM 140 Watt charger is supposedly a game changer, Ed explains to us why that is the case.
Here is a comparison of the newly announced Air Pod 3’s to the Air Pod Pros. We would highly recommend you spend the extra moola to get the Pros.
Seriously Apple, a micro fiber cloth for $19?
Apple announced a new $5 music plan, but who is it for?
The most anticipated feature of Mac OS Monterrey will not be released on release day.
Don’t go to Brazil to buy your Apple products. They’re a little expensive there.
And in some non Apple news, Google announced the Pixel 6, the prices have some of us thinking.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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[MUSIC PLAYING] - You're listening to "That Real Blind Tech Show" with Brian and Ed.
BRIAN FISCHLER: I have a name for my chronic pain. It's called Ed.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: I wanted to say first we've met in New York.
ED PLUMACHER: I've read your book. I found it to be brutally honest and very straightforward.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: I think that the most important thing that I can tell people is that you want to find a therapist who specializes in grief and loss.
ED PLUMACHER: Hey Brian before we move on, I just have one question. I'd like to have your definition of inspiration porn?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Oh my God. Ed, you are a doll to take this. Oh, man. I just-- I am just tickled. I wish I had popcorn here
BRIAN FISCHLER: I don't wake up anymore and think of myself as a blind person. It's just life. It's what it is.
- Here is Brian and Ed.
[APPLAUSE]
BRIAN FISCHLER: Welcome back to another "That Real Blind Tech Show." With me today as always or almost as always is my partner in crime, Ed Plumacher. How are you doing today, Ed?
ED PLUMACHER: I'm doing well there, Brian. How are you today?
BRIAN FISCHLER: I am fantastic 'cause the weather is getting ready to turn. And you know, if there's one thing I like it's cold weather and everything. I'm one of those freaks.
- You guys are freaks.
BRIAN FISCHLER: That likes it cold and everything.
ED PLUMACHER: Yeah. From a boy-- a boy from Florida loves a cold. That's interesting.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Hey, born in New York. It wasn't my fault. My parents dragged me kicking and screaming to Florida at four years old and everything. But I've been back in New York since 2000 though. So it's been a pretty long time.
ED PLUMACHER: Yeah, but you're still a Gator at heart.
BRIAN FISCHLER: When it comes to football. That's about at football, Florida Gators fan. That's right we got-- we got a game tonight and everything. But we're not here to talk football today because joining us today is a friend of mine who has Usher syndrome. But she's much more than that. She's a best selling author. She's an extreme athlete. She's also a psychotherapist. And if you listen to this show you know two things. I'm definitely a psycho who's in need of therapy. How are you doing today Rebecca Alexander?
[LAUGHTER]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: I knew there was something like that coming. I was just waiting to figure out what it was going to be. And, of course, I couldn't have predicted it. I'm doing well and I'm very happy to be joining you guys today. So Thanks for having me.
ED PLUMACHER: Well, thanks for joining us, Rebecca. It's great to meet you.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: He is well.
BRIAN FISCHLER: So Rebecca, let's start at the beginning. It's like, welcome to your life on "That Real Blind Tech Show." Take us back to when you were first diagnosed with a vision loss.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Right. All right. So yeah. So I was diagnosed actually with retinitis pigmentosa, RP with the age of 12. I had difficulty seeing the blackboard at school. I was in the sixth grade. I told my dad. He took me to an optometrist. The optometrist said there was something in the back of my eye that his equipment wasn't sophisticated enough to identify what it was. So he sent us to an ophthalmologist. I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. So we went to UCSF and, you know, they did all of the different tests that they did. I guess this was in the early '90s. And you know, the contacts with the wires coming out of them, the Goldman.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Mh-hmm.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: You know, field of vision that we all know and love. And you know, for me at the time, I was just like, Oh, Jesus. All of this to get glasses. But-- so they, you know, told my parents that I had RP. We decided, I guess, to get a second opinion. We Went to Stanford and came up with the same information. So, you know, I was 12 years old. I don't know how you tell a 12-year-old that they're going blind when for all intents and purposes, at the time I could see relatively well. I grew up with dogs, so I tripped over them constantly.
You know, there were various things I had difficulty seeing at night. All of the usual symptoms you would expect. But I was also scared of the dark. So maybe I thought that, you know, it was just me being scared of the dark. And yeah. So that was my original diagnosis with RP. And so when we started getting involved, you know, with the Foundation Fighting Blindness and everything. At the time, we only knew that I had RP, that I had retinitis pigmentosa. I was told at a young age that I had what was called a cookie-bite of hearing loss. And they thought that it was from having frequent ear infections. There was not a connection made really between the two.
I used to watch TV out of the side of my left eye. And you know, what we came to deduct over time was that my left ear was always my stronger ear. So I think it was sort of this superimposed wave that I created to adapt to my hearing loss by, you know, cocking my ear, or my left ear, or my better ear forward to watch TV.
BRIAN FISCHLER: You know, it's funny Rebecca, you mentioned that afraid of the dark thing, and it reminds me when I was a kid. You know, what movie scared the bejesus out of me?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Can't wait.
BRIAN FISCHLER: "ET."
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Elliott.
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What?
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Elliott.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Oh, yeah. So scary.
BRIAN FISCHLER: And my mom said to me like 10 years ago, she said, "Brian, do you think that you were afraid of "ET" because you had a vision loss problem?" And I said, no mom I think I was just a giant freaking pussy.
[LAUGHTER]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah. That day, you too was scary. And when the whole scene with him with the stuffed animals. Ay-yi-yi.
BRIAN FISCHLER: That glow in the dark finger freaked me out. Elliot.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Oh, no. Hold on it.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Elliot. Yeah. I believe it freaked me out, man.
[LAUGHTER]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Toddler of young age, I went to like, a friend's house, and her mom just did not supervise us, and I think we had "Freddy The 13th" on. And I must have been in like, the second grade. So needless to say, I slept in my twin brother's room for good. I don't know when did I stop sleeping in this room. Like, a year ago.
[LAUGHTER]
Now-- but I always slept in his room for a good four years or so. Because I was just absolutely scared shitless.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah. This movies will do that to you and everything.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah.
ED PLUMACHER: Aside from, you know, being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, later on, I guess, usher syndrome, reading your book, I read about this your devastating accident which had a major impact on your life as well. Can you tell us a little bit about that?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah. You know, it's interesting because I wrote a memoir as you know. And thank you for reading it. And I know that generally, I assume that it usually ends up in people's bathroom as wonderful toilet reading. So I appreciate your taking the time. But what people oftentimes don't know is they think, Oh, yeah, here's a woman who wrote a story about-- her about her life living with a condition that causes death blindness. But a huge part of my life and to this day was impacted by this very serious accident I was in at the age of 18. I went out with some friends after, I guess, we were maybe celebrating graduation from high school or 18.
We stopped at a school playground, and just pounded alcohol, and made it to some nightclub for 18. And you know, I don't know whatever it was we made it there. I was OK to get in and soon after was too drunk. And so we had to go home. And my friends brought me home and put me into bed. And, of course, I don't remember any of this. But at some point, I got up to go to the bathroom, presumably at about maybe four or something in the morning. And I was still so, you know, delirious and intoxicated that instead of going from my bedroom door I went from my bedroom window.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Oh my God.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: And I fell out and onto our-- yeah, flagstone patio. I fell about 27 and 1/2 feet. So it's about almost three storeys. And I broke just about everything in my body. And I was supposed to be going to college in the fall. But, of course, those plans were pushed off. And I had just about every part of my body casted. Shattered my left foot, shattered my left hand, broke my right hand, broke my back. And the only thing that wasn't casted or broken was my right foot or my right leg. And so after, you know, many surgeries and bone graft from my hip to rebuild my foot, I was only allowed to leave the hospital when I was able to get myself out of a hospital bed into a wheelchair and out of the building in the event of a fire. That's how they determine whether you're ready to go home.
But the problem was the only thing I could use was my right leg. So I spent a lot of time, you know, in the hospital just figuring out how to get myself out of the hospital bed using just my right leg. And so I was home and recovered for a long time. And I still look back at that time as probably the point of really where I developed resilience and strength, not knowing that I would need as my diagnosis would be realized a little bit later on. Yeah.
BRIAN FISCHLER: That's incredible. I can't imagine the state of mind you must have been in while all that was going on. What was that like? Do you recall what it was like? I mean, was it just depression, mass depression or--
REBECCA ALEXANDER: You know, it's interesting because I was in-- so there is a combination of things, right? I mean, it forced my life to absolutely slow down. Everybody, including my twin brother who does not have RP or usher syndrome, they were going off to college. You know, my high school boyfriend, everybody was leaving. And it wasn't, like, I was staying home and I had some cool internship or that I was working. I was literally relegated to a bed and a wheelchair. I had visiting nurses that came to bathe me. And they couldn't bathe me in a shower or even a tub because I had so many casts. So I literally sat on a closed toilet seat with a visiting nurse in my birthday suit with--
BRIAN FISCHLER: Hmm.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: You know, a washcloth and soap. And we would just pass it back and forth. And-- and so it was an incredibly humbling experience, to say the least. You know, I had like, a calendar and I would cross off each day. And the one thing I look forward to were those doctors appointments or the physical therapy appointments that I had to put my body back together again, one bone at a time. And it was incredibly painful physically. But I think the drive and the motivation I found then was just to feel like I was going to be human again.
So yeah. It's a good question. I mean, you know, one of the biggest things that I contend with now is, yes, the vision and the hearing loss. But like many of us, I live with chronic pain. And I've lived with chronic pain for the last 20 something years since that accident. And that's another piece of life that I think we don't often hear people talk about.
BRIAN FISCHLER: I have a name for my chronic pain. It's called Ed.
[LAUGHTER]
ED PLUMACHER: There you go. Heard it.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Oh, man.
ED PLUMACHER: When I read about your rehabilitation, the one thing I did come across with Rebecca is that you were able to get through that because you just had this incredible determination and-- and an awful lot of grit. Just reading that story was one of the most incredible things I've read about someone overcoming a tragic accident like that.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah. You know, I will tell you that the simplicity that you have to minimize your life to and how chaotic our lives have become, we create problems for ourselves, we create drama. I mean, to me, as wonderful social media is-- and this is how, you know, this podcast is likely going to be disseminated and get out there, it also can be sort of the bane of our existence. You know, and where people really sort of, create so much more than they knew to.
- Hi. This isn't real. You know what it is? It's St. Elmo's Fire. Electric flashes of light that appear in dark skies out of nowhere.
[GASPING FOR BREATH]
[BANGS]
[CRIES]
Sailors would guide entire journeys by it. But the joke was on them, there was no fire. There wasn't even a St. Elmo. They made it up. They made it up because they thought they needed it to keep them going and things got tough.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: For themselves. So needless to say, it was an incredibly trying time. But I was told by doctors, you know, at 18 that I was never going to walk properly again. That I was never going to be able to do a lot of things. And I could either accept that or I could say, you know what? Let's see. Let's see what I'll be able to do. And I think that. What's interesting is, you know, as I was growing up before they knew what my diagnosis was-- and I should mention as many of us have experienced, it wasn't just my diagnosis with RP, my parents were getting divorced at the same time.
- We're dealing with a lot of shit.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: And that really did a number on me, you know. So it's like, my parents told us they were getting divorced. It was a very difficult divorce and experience. And then I get this diagnosis. And it's not I never felt like I was the reason why my parents got divorced. I know that, that sometimes is a misconception. But I did feel like there was just a lot going on. And so I think that when all of this was happening before I got my official diagnosis. I was in the fourth grade when they separated and soon later divorced. I think that the teachers told my parents that I was going to be a cheerleader, that I had my head in the clouds, you know. They didn't know about my hearing loss and vision loss so much. And those were the messages I received.
And my brother, my twin brother was just like, killing it. You know, I was such a great athlete. And I was a good athlete, but I wasn't like you know the star of the team or anything. I mention this because it's amazing. How I think that having all of these messages that I received early on, how I came to use them and be like, yeah, no, I think I'm going to be the one to determine what my life is going to look like and what I'm going to be able to accomplish. And I think that when I got, you know, this information from the doctor that I wasn't going to be able to walk properly again, I will always have a little bit of a limp with my left foot-- But you know, I've climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, I've swam from Alcatraz to shore. There's a lot of things that I've done since that accident that I was told I would never be able to do. So there's sort of, interesting parallels between the two.
BRIAN FISCHLER: That's awesome. Now this next question it's kind of, I guess, a two-parter now. You've always been very athletic, I guess. One, what do you like most about competing? And two, do you think your drive for competing is what helped you get through everything you were going through?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah. You know it's interesting. I think so. I grew up with brothers. Right. So I was always like the designated referee for whatever we were was playing. Which was basically like, you know, just sit on the sideline, we don't really need you, but we'll let you play. And I think that I felt to a certain extent, like, in order to keep up. I kind of, had to, you know, really-- I mean, try to be a good athlete. I wanted to emulate what my brothers were doing. I wanted to fit in a bit. So I think, sort of, started there. But the computing thing is actually less about other people and more about myself. I'm highly competitive with myself of just wanting to prove myself to myself. If that makes sense.
But what I will tell you is that I do like competing. I do like being one of the stronger people in the room, or in the class, or on the team. I loved being picked first or early when they would pick teams for PE or whatever. But it's more about the way that it makes me feel. You know, that when I'm actually being physically active, I am so aware of the things that I can do and not focusing on the things that I can't do.
- Every man dies. Not every man really lives.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: And so that feeling of just being so alive, so present, so in the moment. Because we are incredibly capable of getting lost in-- in our own minds.
BRIAN FISCHLER: That's very true.
ED PLUMACHER: I know that having competed, and been very athletic, and everything, and then, you know, gone through your rehabilitation, and gotten older and things, you took up big classes and even took that as so far as to become a spin instructor. So is that a major part of your life today?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah. You know, so I became a spin instructor for a couple of reasons. First of all, I was in graduate school and I obviously was paying a ton of money to go to school. I was doing work-study, but Lord knows how much that pays. And so I figured, well, if I'm going to join a gym, I might as well get paid to use the gym. So part of it was just, you know, for financial reasons of just wanting to have this side income and also be paid to work out. And on the other hand, what is more ideal than being in a dark noisy room than being the one to control the lights and the music.
[LAUGHTER]
It wasn't like, I had to worry about hearing what the person was saying, or what music they were playing, or choosing, or how loud it was if I was the one running the show.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
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I thought of being an instructor, sir.
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Top Gun.
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Yes, sir.
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God help us.
[LAUGHTER]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: And that was really a part of why I became an instructor. I've always loved music from all different genres. And so I thought that really what makes a spin class good is not how hard the person works you but where they transport you in terms of the music. So music selection was a huge piece of that. Yeah. It's-- it's a good question. And it's still very much a part of my life today. Not necessarily-- not definitely spinning but I also do a lot of high intensity interval training. So yes.
BRIAN FISCHLER: And you've been doing this more over Zoom since the pandemic hit, correct?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yes. It's fantastic. I mean, there's nothing better for people who are low vision than to control the space that they exercise in and what are their obstacles are. And so I had to acquire a lot of exercise equipment during the pandemic in order to be able to work out from home. But secretly I love it.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Ed and I, are only a fan of the 12-ounce curl exercise, correct Ed?
ED PLUMACHER: No. Mine's are 16. I do pints.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Oh. OK.
[LAUGHTER]
So yeah. We're-- were not known for exercise on "That Real Blind Tech Show." I may have to change a few things here once we get back to, you know, post [INAUDIBLE]
ED PLUMACHER: Well, you'll have to join one of Rebecca spin classes, Brian.
BRIAN FISCHLER: I'd have to get a bike, and I don't know where it would go in this apartment and everything.
ED PLUMACHER: Brian, two things. You have to get a bike and then you have to get an insurance policy and made me as the beneficiary.
[LAUGHTER]
BRIAN FISCHLER: Now along with obviously teaching spin, we've mentioned that you're a psychotherapist. Now, I imagine with therapy-- and maybe I'm completely wrong, that a lot of therapy-- a therapist job is observing their clients and listening. As somebody who lives with ushers, how do you get over those two things? How do you as a therapist view your patients?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah. You know, it's interesting. We live again, in a time and place where you can Google anybody and everyone. So I don't know when people come in to see me, whether they've googled me and they know who I am, or whether they just think that I'm a psychotherapist. And they don't know that I wear cochlear implants, that I'm low vision. The environment for me to be in one on one in a quiet room is ideal particularly for somebody with-- you know, who lives with Usher syndrome. So that-- that's sort of, one piece of it. And I have my central most vision. I don't know where I'd say. Maybe I'm between 10 and 12 degrees. I'm not really sure it's probably closer to 10.
So-- but I don't hide it. I mean, I don't. If it's not relevant to the work that I'm doing, I won't necessarily volunteer and like, here, I know you're here to talk about your stuff, let me tell you what mine is. Because the reality is this isn't about me, it's about somebody else. But I will tell people when they come in immediately that I wear cochlear implants. And so if I don't hear them and I ask them to repeat themselves, it's not because I'm not listening, it's because I may have missed what they said. Because I want people to know that I'm tuned in. And I think it's important to know that the people we work with are human and have their own stuff.
One of the things I remember when I was doing my psychoanalytic training, I was applying for further education and advanced training at the American Institute for Psychoanalysis, and one of the analysts who ran the program, sat me down. I had to be interviewed. There's all this pomp and circumstance, and nonsense, and this hierarchy. And she basically just flat out said to me, so what are you going to do? How are you going to treat people when you're blind? And I wanted to say, fahrvergnügen you.
[LAUGHTER]
BRIAN FISCHLER: Good for you.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: I mean, but I literally-- and that was it for me that less than-- it was so offensive to me and hurtful. If I'm being honest, it was just so hurtful. Right?
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: But like, as soon as I went blind that I would be useless?
BRIAN FISCHLER: Mm.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: But what more importantly, it wasn't about me. This to me said, this is someone who's incredibly narrow minded. This is somebody who doesn't have the ability-- and even someone as a psychotherapist. As someone who's the head of this program that, that was the first question she thought to ask, it was deeply disappointing. And that was the deciding factor, this is not the place where I'm going to receive further training. And not to mention everything I went through before then to try to let them know that the accommodations I needed for reading materials. You know, these are reading materials that came from like, the '70s that were in like, a six-point font.
BRIAN FISCHLER: That's what we call a shitty psychotherapist.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah. Yeah.
- I am handicapped. I'm psychotic.
ED PLUMACHER: She skipped the lesson plans on empathy.
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BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Right. I know. I mean, it's like, I didn't know if I could say, like, I'm not sure if you're serious or not, right now but it's very concerning.
BRIAN FISCHLER: So 30 years ago, Ed, she would have been a multimillionaire as a psychotherapist because A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R would have been pretty close at the front of the yellow pages.
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REBECCA ALEXANDER: Fair enough.
ED PLUMACHER: Unfortunately half our audience doesn't even know what yellow pages are.
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BRIAN FISCHLER: Well, that's because they're blind.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Your blogging made me feel old.
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ED PLUMACHER: What was it that inspired you? What made Rebecca Alexander even want to become a psychotherapist?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah. That's a great question. You know, it's interesting. I originally you know, I went to Columbia and did a dual degree in public health in clinical social work. And part of the reason why I did two master's degrees was not because-- but while I was always interested in doing work abroad. I applied for the Peace Corps when I got out of college.
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REBECCA ALEXANDER: I basically threw that application process realize, like, wait a second. You know, I grew up speaking French and I wanted to go to a francophone part of Africa. I was always fascinated by developing countries and Africa in particular. So I thought, all right. I'll go do the Peace Corps for a couple of years. And when I went through the application process, I started to realize just how remote some of these places and villages were. And it wasn't like of my hearing aids broke down, like, all right. Let's just go hop over to the audiologist and get these bad boys fix. Right.
BRIAN FISCHLER: There was no Costco?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: No, yeah. No Costco. And so I had to sort of, re-evaluate what it was that I was interested in. But I was always fascinated. I was medical sciences health promotion, disease prevention. So I had a lot of interest in that. But after I got out of school, I had to really think about what was sustainable for me for long term. And what I really enjoyed and what I really enjoyed most was learning about the human condition. You know, because I think that's what I've been most fascinated by is how people do what they do? How we become who we are? How we manage to face the challenges we face? You know. And what adversity does to us?
And so you know in my own process of coming to terms with the condition that causes death blindness, I do go through a lot of therapy myself. Going through parents who divorced at a young age for me that again that really did a number on me. So I found that it was incredibly useful for me in developing my own sense of identity. When I graduated from Columbia, I actually worked as a school social worker at the School for the Deaf in Brooklyn. And that's where I mastered my sign language. And later became well versed in tactile sign language, which is the language of the deafblind.
And I think that partially for me, a lot of doing this work of being a psychotherapist, and also learning sign language, and then becoming more immersed in the blind and the DeafBlind, and the deaf communities is developing tolerance with the discomfort. Because I think that so many people will be, like, yeah, you know I started reading your book. And I'm, like, hey, way too close to home. I couldn't do it, just couldn't do it.
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And I'm, like, all right, you know, but I also think that we are so afraid to go there. And I think developing distress tolerance you know being in that position of really facing the stuff that makes us most uncomfortable as part of how we develop that resilience and empathy.
BRIAN FISCHLER: I'm one of those people that doesn't like reading books or watching movies about people that are-- I guess, when I was first going blind, I didn't like it. Now it doesn't bother me, I'm so used to it and everything. But do you see a lot of deafblind or just blind clients?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: You know that's interesting, isn't it? Because I have more deaf patients than I have blind and/or low-vision. And you know, there's a lot of people who have asked me why that is. Interestingly, I do think that the deaf community is a very social community. It's a very gossipy community in many ways. And so I think that partially, there have been people I haven't been able to take on because they know each other. And so I've had to refer them out. I also when I've had deaf patients, I've had to spread them out so that they're not in the waiting room together or anywhere close to each other.
But I have found-- and I'm curious to hear your thoughts from both of you on this. I have found that it seems that there's a tremendous amount of shame that can go into going deaf and going blind. But I have found that, that shame seems to be more pervasive among the low-vision community, the people losing their vision than even the deaf community. And I don't know. It's been very sad for me to see. But even coming to terms with using a cane, I found that people will not start using a cane until anywhere between about 5% to 15 years after they have been recommended to start using a cane. And so I think there's a lot of shame around it. There's a lot of-- I don't know I'm curious to hear your thoughts on that.
BRIAN FISCHLER: I think it's just that blind people are more--
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BRIAN FISCHLER: Up than deaf people. [CHUCKLES] Ed, do you have a--
ED PLUMACHER: Yeah. Well, I think part of it too is Rebecca is our exposure to low-vision and blindness comes from the retinitis pigmentosa side. In the blind community, those with RP I've often heard it referred to as the death of 1,000 cuts. Because for most of us, not all, but, you know, 'cause some-- some of the progression is very rapid. It's just this long protracted degradation of vision that you just seem to adapt to certain levels and then next thing you know, all of a sudden, you know, it's gotten worse again and it's gotten worse again.
So-- so yeah. It could be this part of shame, this part of denial, my vision hasn't changed for a while, maybe I'm going to beat this thing. Or maybe-- maybe I'm one of those few people that can be in my late '60s, early '70s and still have 2020 central vision, even though it's only three or four degrees. You know, I could maybe have that just night blindness. So you know, all those things come into play. So people spend more time trying to figure out how to slow down the degradation than they do about moving on with their lives and living life, you know.
And that was part of the experience I had as well. And it wasn't until I finally came to terms with my loss of vision and then dealing with that. And just moved on, and embraced the cane. And embraced all the rehabilitation training I got and technology training I got after that to really go on and live a fulfilling life again, that I just overcame. That I'm comfortable in my skin today but it was a long, long process.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah. And getting back to being more serious about it, Rebecca, I was working in Hollywood when I first started losing my vision-- and it was interesting that you used the word shame. It wasn't anything I could control. But thinking back, I did feel a lot of shame. I remember I wasn't walking with a cane. You know, this was the '90s where people weren't as understanding in corporate America as they are today. Where I had to keep hidden that I was losing my vision and everything. Because it was viewed as a weakness, as a skill set almost. Not something that I was living with and could thrive with.
And I was in my '20s, I was 21, 22. So mentally I don't think I was capable of really saying, you know, I'm going blind, does it affect me? Yeah, we're driving. That sort of, thing. But I'm still capable of performing at an extremely high level. And I wasn't the person I am now. So I think with going deaf or blind, and deaf blindness, everybody deals with it differently. I mean, it depends on your economic situation. It depends where you are age wise in life. It depends how mature you are and everything.
And yeah. It's great nowadays that there are so many services and psychotherapists like, yourself. That people who are dealing with this, whether it's somebody that's new that's dealing with it or somebody that's been dealing with it their whole life, It's great that there are so many resources to help people cope and deal with things. 'Cause everybody deals with traumatic issues throughout their life when they're younger as well as older.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah. You know, I think that one of the most important things people often will reach out to me and ask me, you know, if I am taking new patients, clients, whatever. And/or they, you know, live in some part of the country-- you know, this is pre-COVID. During COVID, I definitely took people on in all different parts of the country, because we could. And the HIPAA laws were alleviated, so that we could work across state lines. But when people ask me, like, what type of therapist they should look like-- because we do need more therapists who are low vision or not just people who are actually born blind. Because we all know that that's a spectrum, too, right? People who are born blind, versus people who have progressively lost their vision.
I think that the most important thing that I can tell people is that you want to find a therapist who specializes in grief and loss. Because one of the primary things I think we don't really talk about just in general, in life, is how much grief and loss is a part of our lives, not just when you lose a significant other, a loved one, or a close friend, or for my case, a beloved pet, but when-- just the experiences of grief and loss, as they come in all different forms.
And it may be a stage of life. It may be hearing. It may be vision. It may be just mobility functioning. There are so many different ways in which we experience loss. And we don't talk about it as though it's a part of the human experience, a human condition. And yet it is an integral part of our lives. And we have to allow the room and the space for it, so that we can alleviate that shame and so that we can be more open about what we go through, right, and share the experience with others.
BRIAN FISCHLER: You know it just hit me do you think that Tony Soprano seeing a therapist made therapy- because, you know, there was a time where therapy was looked down upon, not on the therapist, but on the individuals that were in therapy. Do you think like a macho movie TV character like Tony Soprano regularly seeing a therapist has helped maybe more people go out and seek a therapist for help?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: You know, I think it would be an excellent case study for someone to study and maybe media and psychology to see whether the impact was there, certainly. I certainly think that it didn't hurt.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: But I think that it was absolutely fascinating. People love movies or shows where there's therapy involved. They want to know what goes on in there, right? I think that there's probably a good chance that it had an impact on the number of men--
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: --who go in and seek therapy. I mean, the number of men that I have in my practice now is far greater than it ever was at any other point in time.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah. Yeah, I'd be curious to know that. That'd be an interesting case study.
ED PLUMACHER: Well, I have a question for you, Brian.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah?
ED PLUMACHER: Going you with your media genre and everything-- so what came first, Tony Soprano seeing a psychotherapist or "Analyze This," with Robert De Niro and Billy Chris?
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REBECCA ALEXANDER: [CHUCKLES]
BRIAN FISCHLER: "Analyze This," I believe, came out first. It came out like six months before the "Sopranos" aired, I believe. I'd have to double check that. But I remember thinking, wait a minute. Didn't they just do this as a movie and everything? But that was more a comedy.
But it was interesting the timing. I believe "Analyze This," the first one, came out about six months before "The Sopranos" aired, and everything. So it was very close, though, and everything. A lot of ideas-- I mean, look at "Tombstone" and "Wyatt Earp." The same exact story came out six months apart and everything. So just because one person has an idea doesn't mean another person has it. Sometimes Hollywood runs with both of them.
Now, we know you can't get into too many specifics about specific clients, Ed Plumacher. But is there a more--
REBECCA ALEXANDER: [LAUGHING]
BRIAN FISCHLER: --humorous story?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Oh my God, Ed, you are a doll to take this. Oh man. I just-- I am just tickled. I wish I had popcorn here. Anywho. So is there-- oh, man, how many do we-- I mean, how much time do we have? That might be another show.
BRIAN FISCHLER: One or two [INAUDIBLE].
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah, OK. Well, so, listen. You know, there are certainly the number of fetishes that I see out there, unlike anything I've ever known before. We walk right into that. This is-- what is this? PG-13?
BRIAN FISCHLER: Ish.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: But--
ED PLUMACHER: You can't talk about Brian's fetishes. [LAUGHING]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Right.
BRIAN FISCHLER: No peanut butter and the dog, no, no, no, no.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah, no, we NDA'd that one. So here's what's interesting. I mean, you know, to stay on theme with this and not to become that therapist that ever discloses anything that could be seen as immoral or unethical, I will tell you that I have had many people come in, you know, who have googled me. I've had people tell me-- someone who-- I could barely hear her speak.
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REBECCA ALEXANDER: And so I had to say to her-- because she was talking about a lot of things. And this is not someone who are vision or hearing issues.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Mm-hm.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: But I could really hear her speak, because she was talking about a lot of things she hadn't talked about out loud with anyone before really, let alone a stranger or therapist. And I finally said to her, listen, unless you want me to come over and sit on your lap, I--
BRIAN FISCHLER: [LAUGHING]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: --I can't-- I can't hear-- I can't hear you. And I certainly can't help you, if I'm not able to hear you. And ultimately, I ended up having to terminate with this client, because I really felt-- it was so weird that I felt this tremendous sense of, you know, just lack of ability in helping her. Because clearly, even me asking her to speak up and even at some point jokingly saying, "unless you want me to sit on your lap, we're not going to make any progress."
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BRIAN FISCHLER: You didn't have to end up wearing a puffy shirt like Jerry Seinfeld, with--
ED PLUMACHER: I was thinking the same thing.
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REBECCA ALEXANDER: Oh, my goodness. No. But maybe that would have saved me.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: But I've definitely had many people ask me if I can see them. I've had many people say that they don't know if I'll be able to help them, because I'm going blind, you know. And I get caught off guard here and there by people who ask me questions that are like either-- partially, it makes you think, at least initially, really, in your mind, you thought that was the way you should have asked that question or make that statement?
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REBECCA ALEXANDER: But you know, people are human. I mean, they're flawed characters. We all are, right?
BRIAN FISCHLER: You know, I'm thinking about it now. And I would also have to think there's a certain segment of society that would like going to a blind therapist. Because you're not judging them visually at all.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah. You know, there's so much that we pick up for visual cues in terms of whether someone's holding a pillow in their lap, because, you know, in some ways, they're guarded, or they're trying to sort of protect themselves, or block themselves from me really seeing them. Or maybe they're repeatedly tracing over the lines of the texture of a pillow. There are so many different visual cues that we get from people that also occur, actually, in terms of the way that-- in the way that they speak and whether their speech is pressured, and whether they're speaking loud or whether they are speaking or softly, and how long it takes them to be able to process a question and respond.
And so it is interesting how, I think, we're able to adapt our abilities as they continue to change and start to have to rely on other cues to process or try to help someone understand why they may be communicating or handling things the way that they are.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Now, does it mean something different if they're closely holding a pillow, compared to closely holding a Japanese sex pillow on their lap? [LAUGHING]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: You know, that is an excellent question. I'm going to leave that one to Ed.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Ed?
ED PLUMACHER: [LAUGHING] Gee, thanks. You'll have to tell me your experience, Brian. I don't have a lot of experience with Japanese sex pillows.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Hold on. Let me lay down. Let me lay down.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: [LAUGHING]
ED PLUMACHER: [LAUGHING] I'd like to know what situations you've run into. I mean, you moved to Manhattan. You've lived in New York City for a while now.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah.
ED PLUMACHER: Being a woman in New York, how often would you have somebody come up to you, a guy in a bar-- Hey, how are you doing? You just start talking. What do you do?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Right.
ED PLUMACHER: What do you do? All of a sudden, you mention, oh, I'm a psychotherapist. And you just see them, like, fade away. [LAUGHING]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Totally. Well, and this is what's funny. I don't know if you guys-- you know, it's a show. It's not a movie. But I don't know if you guys remember on "Saturday Night Live," I believe it was Will Ferrell who was playing Alex Trebek. And he was one of the candidates. And I think it was what's his name, the wonderful comedian--
BRIAN FISCHLER: Sean--
REBECCA ALEXANDER: --that just passed. It was Sean Connery. You're right. Sean Connery was playing it. And I think it was--
BRIAN FISCHLER: It wasn't Norm MacDonald. No, he played Burt Reynolds.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: He played Burt Reynolds.
BRIAN FISCHLER: One of my favorite-- I'll let you tell it.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: OK, but-- so it was Will Ferrell. And he said, yes, I will take "The Rapist" for 200, please.
BRIAN FISCHLER: "The Rapist."
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BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah. [LAUGHING]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: "The Rapists." And I have to tell you, to this day, it's one of my favorite jokes of all time. When people say, so you're a psychotherapist? And I say, excuse me, I'm a psycho, the rapist.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Psycho the-- the-- that's therapist.
ED PLUMACHER: [LAUGHING]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Oh my God, it is fantastic.
BRIAN FISCHLER: It is. It is so funny.
ED PLUMACHER: Absolutely. Absolutely.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Totally. But to answer your question, Ed. When I was coming to terms with using my own cane, I remember years ago-- and then, let's be clear. The first four or five times, six times I used my cane in public, I cried, which fortunately, when you live in New York City, if you're using a blind person's cane, and you're walking down the street and crying, it doesn't draw that much attention.
But I do remember walking down the street. I must have been in my, like, mid to late 20s. And I was practicing with the cane. Wasn't psyched about using it. And I see there's this group of, like, hot guys walking towards me. And I'm like, well--
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REBECCA ALEXANDER: Great. I'm sorry, fahrvergnügen great.
ED PLUMACHER: That's correct.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: I mean, [LAUGHING]. But you know, just like-- and I mean, it was-- at the time, of course, it was just like, of course, you know. All I could think-- I was like, these guys aren't looking at me. All they see is this cane and like, completely dismiss me as a potential girl that they'd want to-- forget about date, want to hook up with.
And you know, I think being able to face that and have to kind of keep walking-- because so much of what we go through, whether it's with vision loss or hearing loss or both, or whatever our circumstances are, is a lot of trying to cover up or mask whatever it is we're contending with to the general public. And I wasn't able to mask it. It was something that I was, like, quite literally facing my fear of using my cane and having this group of guys walk towards me and just having to sit with that.
And it was wildly uncomfortable, and yet it was so crucial to my own ability to just come to terms with it. Like, this is what it's going to feel like, and it doesn't feel good. And guess what? Life has a lot of that in it.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah.
ED PLUMACHER: Yeah. Yeah, you know, you have a-- you have a lot of great experience that you've put together throughout your life. You wrote a book, "Not Fade Away." You mentioned earlier that some people have told you it hits too close to home. I've read your book. I found it to be brutally honest and very straightforward at times, yet it was hitting very close to home. What inspired you to write this book and tell your story?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah. You know, that's a good question. There was a piece written about me for "New York Magazine." I want to say it was like 2008. And it was-- I think it was called "Going Blind and Deaf in a City of Noise and Lights."
And so a literary agent came across it. And he approached me. And I must have been 28. And he said, you know, I think you should write a book. And I was thinking-- we met for lunch at a diner. And I'm like, nobody wants a 28-year-old writing a memoir. Like, you've got to be pretty full of yourself to think that you have things to say that someone's going to want to hear.
So some time passed. And I started doing more work just with various organizations, just to raise awareness. You know, my brother is a NBC White House correspondent. And he's an anchor of the "Today Show" on the weekends and does NBC "Nightly News."
And so he had a couple of stories about me on the "Today Show," which I was tremendously grateful for. Because for us, it was about getting awareness out there and letting people know that they're not alone. And so after a fundraiser I did-- a spin-a-thon, actually, to raise money for Usher syndrome, it was written up in the "New York Times," the Nostalgia section. What do they call that-- the ladies' sports section?
BRIAN FISCHLER: [LAUGHING]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: And where all the wedding announcements are, or whatever. It's probably not PC now to say that.
ED PLUMACHER: That's Brian's favorite section. [LAUGHING]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Oh, naturally.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Hey, a guy can have dreams about his big day.
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REBECCA ALEXANDER: So the same literary agent approached me again. And I must have been, I don't know, 31 or so. And I figured, you know what? All right, let's do this. Because at the very least, I want people to know, that what they go through, that they're not alone, you know? So it's a very lonely experience to go deaf and blind, especially in your 20s and even in your 30s.
And so I used a lot of my journal writing. And it was very cathartic. It was incredibly cathartic to write.
BRIAN FISCHLER: While putting your book together, what technologies did you use to write your story?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Large font. And I had my literary agent's wife, she co-wrote with me. So I would literally go there to their apartment in Brooklyn twice a week, and she would ask me questions. And at times, when it was just too much for me to be typing and rechecking it, she would ask me a question. And she would type up what I responded with. And then we would review it.
So this was-- I'm 42 now. I think it came out when I was 34. 34? Or 35-- I don't even remember. But it's funny now, when I think back on the book. It's a little cringey, because I feel like so much more has happened, and then I've grown up a lot--
BRIAN FISCHLER: Sequel.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: --since that time.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Sequel.
ED PLUMACHER: Sequel. [LAUGHING]
BRIAN FISCHLER: The best thing about using a large font when writing a book, you're like, God, I feel like I only wrote 20 pages. And then you read it in large font, and it's, like, 234 pages. [LAUGHING]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: I wrote a chapter and I'm like, so, I guess this'll wrap it up, huh? 300 pages. Great. Yeah. So you know-- and now-- I think I told you, Brian. But we're-- they're in the process of making my book into a movie. And so dealing with all of that has been just nothing shy of a total headache and dealing with the anticipation of how much feedback you're going to get. Because as you know on social media, people-- there's nothing people like more than being offended. They're like waiting--
BRIAN FISCHLER: Oh God.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: --to have commentary and be offended.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Has the actress followed you around at all yet or not yet?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: We're getting there. Yeah, we're just-- Yeah.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Can you say who's going to be portraying you? I believe I read it online.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah. So I think we're-- we're in transition now, luckily. But you know, this is another debate and probably a subject for another podcast conversation, as-- and people are saying, well, we want authentic representation.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Oh God, yeah.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah.
ED PLUMACHER: That's why when they do the movie, Rebecca, and they do the segment on your appearance on That Real Blind Tech Show-- because we know it's going to be a pivotal point in your life--
BRIAN FISCHLER: [LAUGHING]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Naturally. Naturally.
ED PLUMACHER: You know, I expect when Brad Pitt follows me around to play me, that it won't be too disruptive at work.
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REBECCA ALEXANDER: Well, you know, we may have to speak to his agent about that.
BRIAN FISCHLER: I get that whole debate. They want authenticity. But it's gotten a little out of control. And was Emily Blunt going to play you initially? Was that who it was?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yes. Yeah, that's who they announced. And you know, it's funny. I mean, this is the way this goes, that people-- I mean, I found out as everybody else did. I guess it was posted to whatever online website or social media. And I just had a slew of text messages, like, Oh my God, that's amazing. And I was like, what's amazing? I mean, I really didn't know--
BRIAN FISCHLER: Really?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: --earlier than the rest of the world. And we've come a bit further now. Netflix bought the rights to it. I actually am not against authentic representation. But I will say that I agree with you.
What's interesting is that you need to find someone then. And you know, they have asked me many times, because there are all of these different types of organizations who, in my opinion, have capitalized on disability, who claim to be sort of in an effort to increase awareness and representation of people with disabilities. But I actually think that, in some ways, they take advantage of it.
And disability is so broad, that you guys know-- I mean, people-- I'm a disability rights advocate. And oftentimes, people will say, well, you know, I have a friend with cerebral palsy, or I have a friend who uses a wheelchair. And I'm like, listen. I have plenty of friends who use a wheelchair or maybe have cerebral palsy, but I'm not an expert. Because that's not my disability.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: You know, I'll stick to the blind and the deaf thing. That's kind of my jam. But so-- so basically, when they ask me about it, I have found that historically, people with vision loss are just as ignorant and uninformed about hearing loss as the sighted community and the hearing community. It's just so-- it's just complicated. And we'll see what happens.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: See what happens.
ED PLUMACHER: When your book became optioned, was that something that-- did you pitch the book to them, or did they come knocking at your door. Or how did this whole process start?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah. You know, I was actually about to give a book talk when my book came out in Los Angeles at a Barnes and Noble there. And-- do Barnes and Noble still exist? They do, right? I don't know.
ED PLUMACHER: Yes. Yes.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Anyway, so-- OK, that's good news. I'm glad that people are still able to read, not simply just what's posted online. Anyway, so I was heading into the Barnes and Noble. And I got a call from my literary agent. And he asked me if I was sitting down, and I said, no.
So I found a seat on a bench next to a homeless guy in Santa Monica. And so he just told me-- I did not mean to sit down next to a homeless person, but you know that vision loss thing, how that goes. And he just told me that they-- there were two different producers, or directors, who were interested in purchasing the rights.
And so I had to go-- I interviewed both of them and ended up going with the movie option. Because I was told TV never-- I don't know. In the whole-- listen. Every time I talk to Hollywood, I feel like I need to take three showers after I've gotten off the phone with them.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Well, after this podcast, you only need two. So we're--
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Oh, that's good news.
BRIAN FISCHLER: --one step above Hollywood. Well, we'll be keeping our fingers crossed and following along to see, you know. Hopefully, it makes its way to the big screen or the streaming string or some kind of screen, and everything. Because it's a phenomenal story. But what advice might you have for other deaf-blind writers out there as far as getting their story to the page? Even if it's not going to end up in a big Hollywood movie, would you encourage others to share their story?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Absolutely. You know, I think that these days, there's so many options for self-publishing. The publishing world has really been hit hard because of digital media, right? And these days, sadly, it seems that one of the primary factors or what helps people decide whether they're going to sign someone to write a book is even how many followers they have on social media, which I think is too bad. Because I think there is an authenticity that comes with not having to follow so closely in the mainstream.
But more importantly, everyone has a story. Everyone has their experience. And I've found that reading memoirs throughout the years has been incredibly helpful to me, even if it's somebody who has been through a totally different experience than I have, that has nothing to do with losing the vision or hearing. There's always pieces in their book that resonate with me, that really, again, amount to being just human.
And so I encourage people to write. I think that if you are trying to do something more ambitious and write and be published, that when we start writing for an audience, that's when we lose our voice, that you really need to write for yourself. You need to write thinking that you're not writing to a mass audience, but maybe to someone who is like your best audience.
In my case, I'm my older brother's best audience. He's so funny. And so people often say that I'm his best audience. But who is your best audience? Who is someone that you feel most comfortable sharing your stories with? And so maybe write as though you're writing to that person or write it as though your journaling. And I think that when we try to be too specific in terms of writing a book and wanting to let it go to the masses, that we lose the integrity and the authenticity of our voice.
BRIAN FISCHLER: I think that's excellent advice.
ED PLUMACHER: Yeah, if we ever write a book, Brian, we could use That Real Blind Tech Show audience, you know, because it's only three people we have to worry about.
[LAUGHTER]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Well, now it's four, Ed. You've got four people now.
ED PLUMACHER: Excellent. You've accomplished so much. And you mentioned that you were 42 years old. And wow, you've done so much in those 42 years. What does the future hold for Rebecca Alexander?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: That's an excellent question. You know, hopefully, the future holds for me more dogs in my life. One thing that makes me happier than anything is our dogs. But people say, like, what's next for you? Like, you've climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, and you swam from Alcatraz to shore. What are we going to do next?
And for me, I think a lot of what I would love to be able to do is just be able to sit with the things that I have accomplished and continue to work with organizations and people individually to improve their accessibility. I mean, for people with vision and hearing loss, one of the things that I think my biggest goals right now is, is to take this age-old idea of disability as inspiration-- I mean, we all know what inspiration porn is-- and to move away a bit from the inspiration porn and start moving towards less about what people have overcome in spite of their disability and more of who people are and "oh yeah, they have a disability."
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: I just think it's become a little bit too inspiration porn. And we need just to start making things more mainstream. Accessibility needs to be more mainstream.
BRIAN FISCHLER: There's nothing I hate more when it's somebody that I've just met or I barely know, and they give me the you're my hero. I'm like, you don't know me.
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- Come on, you little party girl. That's it. Come on. Fun little games-- you want to play the fun little games? Come on, you nasty little, cute little baby. What are you doing? Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, stop. Don't-- don't, don't.
She's smiling at me. She's playing fun little baby games. She don't know me. She doesn't know my address. Do you know my address, you little [INAUDIBLE].
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BRIAN FISCHLER: You know, it's just insulting and everything. I can't stand that, and everything, because--
ED PLUMACHER: Well, if they knew, they wouldn't say that.
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- Whatever. I don't have to be like everyone. Some people don't like me. I don't like certain people.
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ED PLUMACHER: [LAUGHING]
BRIAN FISCHLER: I'm pretty guarded. I live a for-- I live a fairly private lifestyle, not--
ED PLUMACHER: Yeah.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: [LAUGHING]
ED PLUMACHER: Hey, Brian, before we move on, I just have one question. I'd like to have your definition of inspiration porn.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Me?
ED PLUMACHER: Yeah. [LAUGHING]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah, we want to know your definition, Brian.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Well, I can't. [LAUGHING] Ed wants me to tell us-- he's been trying to get me to tell the-- I could tell Rebecca. This part will not make the show. Basically, I would sum it up in two words-- Ed's sympathy f--
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- Fahrvergnügen.
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REBECCA ALEXANDER: Oh, man. I don't know why that won't make the show. That's fantastic.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah. It-- I don't know. We'll see. Maybe-- maybe I'll edit it and put it-- I'll have to hear how it sounds. But--
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah.
BRIAN FISCHLER: --there's a story behind that that definitely can't make the show, but--
ED PLUMACHER: [LAUGHING]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Well, then by all means, I got to hear that story.
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- We interrupt our program at the request of the White House. This is the emergency broadcast system. All normal broadcasting has been discontinued during the emergency.
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REBECCA ALEXANDER: That's different.
[LAUGHTER]
You said, I get them all the time?
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yes. Yeah.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: That's fantastic.
BRIAN FISCHLER: So Ed loves bringing up that story, and everything. And he--
REBECCA ALEXANDER: That's fantastic.
BRIAN FISCHLER: But now getting back to, though-- seriously, though, Rebecca, what's your definition of--
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah. [LAUGHING]
BRIAN FISCHLER: --inspiration porn?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Well, so inspiration porn is people get these, like, videos. First of all, inspiration porn happens at the end of NBC "Nightly News." It happens at the end of, like, the whatever the nightly news story is. It's not just NBC. It's ABC. It's CNN, as other stupid news broadcasting has it, where their end story is the "make you feel good" story about the family who's--
The husband and father, he became an amputee, because his Humvee was hit when he was in Afghanistan. And look, they've retrofitted his house. And so now he can live like every other person. And he has just all of the retrofitting to live a comfortable life, which is incredible, which is wonderful.
But the fact that this is something that we do so that people can say-- here's how I explain inspiration porn. When I was being trained, an analyst once said to me, that when someone calls you an inspiration, what they're saying is better you than me.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Hm, yeah.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: And that always stuck with me. Because what it is is that that makes me feel so much better, knowing that this person-- his quality of life is not just reduced to having a disability. Or when sometimes, we see the video clip of someone who been cochlear implanted, and they're activated for the first time, and let's say it's a child. And that child's face lights up the first time they're given access to sound.
And then the video clip stops. And the person watching it, who has no experience with hearing loss, is like, oh, I'm so touched. This deaf kid now can hear again, and life has gone-- everything is, like, just improved for them. And it's nothing like that, you know, that it's just sort of a way that we try to create this us and them, that somehow, people who have disabilities are people we should really feel sympathy for, or that we should pity in some way, or that we should hold in different regard than we do anybody else.
BRIAN FISCHLER: So Ed, would do you say my definition as sympathy--
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- Fahrvergnügen.
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BRIAN FISCHLER: --was way off?
ED PLUMACHER: [LAUGHING]
BRIAN FISCHLER: I like that we can all have different definitions of it.
ED PLUMACHER: You know, every perspective is your own reality. So-- [LAUGHING] But I love-- I love Rebecca's definition. It was awesome.
BRIAN FISCHLER: And I do, too. I do, too.
ED PLUMACHER: Now that we've exhausted that, can we move on to perspiration porn?
[LAUGHTER]
BRIAN FISCHLER: Rebecca, in my opinion, you deal with everything so fantastically well. If I was somebody out there that's newly dealing with Usher's or losing my hearing or vision, what advice might you have for somebody that's new to this journey?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: You know, I think that we have a tendency in general, whether, again, it's Usher syndrome, RP, [INAUDIBLE], whatever you're-- whatever you're facing, whether it's disability-related or not, we just macro everything. We look at the bigger picture, and we overwhelm ourselves. We become incredibly anxious, because we think way too far ahead.
And we don't think about the here and now. What are you to do to get through today, what I need to do this week? And I think that when we start to think too far ahead-- you know, if I were ever to think of myself, when I was younger, as being as deaf-blind as I am now, I definitely would have said, I'd rather die.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah, me, too.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: And I mean, hands down, no question-- I mean, when I gave a TED Talk, that was, I think, the first line of my TED Talk, is that if someone told me 20 years ago that I was going to be deaf and blind, or whatever, I would tell you I'd rather die.
And the irony is that my life is far more meaningful and more fulfilling now than it ever was at the time. But we can't quite wrap our heads around that, when we get an overwhelming diagnosis, because I think we have to allow ourselves to go through the process of whatever stage we're in, when we're in it, and not think further ahead than that. You have to be where you are.
And I think sometimes, when I've spoken on panels, and they say, what advice would you give to a parent whose kid, whatever the case is? And people say, well, you just have to teach them to be self-confident. Like, you guys both said, we didn't get here overnight.
There's a lot of grit. There's a lot of tears. There's a lot of discomfort. There's a lot of humanity in the process. And unfortunately, you have to really allow yourself to just be where you are.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah. Yeah, it's-- Ed and I, we've both all, like yourself, Rebecca, have gone through our trials and tribulations. And I've been to my own hell and back in everything. And I think everybody's experiences are different. And it's how you handle it.
And the one thing that you could take away from this, you're going to get through it. You're going to get through it. Things can change for the positive. And I don't wake up anymore and think of myself as a blind person. It's just life. It's what it is, and everything.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah. Yeah, and I also think it's important for people to know that there are-- there is hope out there, you know, that yes, you're right. I mean, socioeconomic status has a lot to do with what we have access to. But there are tremendous resources out there that are not costly, too.
And there are a lot of people in the community who are doing a lot of important work and that can be supportive and helpful. And so I think part of our biggest issue of reaching out to that is not wanting to admit or acknowledge that we're a part of it, that maybe that-- that we ourselves live with whatever that community lives with. And you can go and reach out to those people and also, still not accept that that is something you feel comfortable acknowledging as something you live with. They can coexist.
ED PLUMACHER: Yeah, that's the one thing that I wanted to say, too, is that in this day and age, there's no reason to go through this process alone.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah.
ED PLUMACHER: In the age of internet and social media, the number of agencies and organizations and government agencies that are involved in helping people with disabilities, whether-- regardless of what it is-- that's why I really enjoyed your book, Rebecca. Because, like I said before, it was brutally honest.
And yes, it is close to home. And the reality is, people think that they're experiencing all these feelings and that they're unique to them. And when you get exposed to whether it's a support group or therapy or you read a book like yours, you realize, oh, this isn't unique. Other people feel this way. Other people overcome these things. And that could be the start of a path to just overcoming your obstacles and just leading the way to a fulfilling life.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Mhm. And you know, to add to that, Ed, one of the things that I really try to focus on in my practice, and just sort of generally as my message, is that, to me, I think we have to also turn a little bit away from overcoming obstacles and talk more about living with them. Because I'm not going to overcome blindness.
I mean, sure, listen. I told Brian at some point when we were having a conversation, that I was told, when I was 12, that in 10 years, there would be treatment. I'm 42. So if I was hanging on that, there would-- it would-- and simply sitting around waiting for that, imagine how unfulfilling and simple and not in a positive way my life would be, that I would be missing out.
So I think that people really also have to learn to live with these things, not just think about, how do I overcome this? How do I live with it and incorporate it into my life?
ED PLUMACHER: Good point.
BRIAN FISCHLER: I've got one last question for you, Rebecca.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah?
BRIAN FISCHLER: So your life story turns into this huge film, Academy Award winner. And what's it going to be like when people, like, know you, and they want to come to you, and they're like, wait a minute. Your story has been told. It's so big, everybody knows who you are. Isn't it going to be a little strange, when-- at least, I imagine your hourly rates will skyrocket, and everything, for therapy, and everything. What's that going to be like, when people actually know you before they come through the door?
REBECCA ALEXANDER: You know, that's an excellent question. Because I'm not there. I have no idea. And it's one of my biggest fears, actually. I think that living those-- as you know, Brian, you have a pretty public life. I don't think that having a public life is something that I have aspired to, which sounds like, really? Well, then why are you doing all this?
For me, all of this has just been to raise awareness and to really let people know that they're not alone, because of how isolating it is. So it scares me. The more you put yourself out there, the more you put yourself out to scrutiny and to other people's criticism. But what I can say is that I am not the therapist for everyone. And thank God.
Because I think that-- I remember somebody asked me a long time ago, when I wrote my book, well, who's your audience? And like, at the time, I was like, I don't know. Everybody could read my book and find something that they relate to.
And I remember this guy saying, that's the kiss of death, that no, you want to know who your audience is. You want to know who the people who are touched by your story. And so the same is true, I think, for being-- finding a therapist, that there are likely, people out there who will not want to see me for exactly what you describe. Like, now I know too much about her.
Or maybe people will see this about me and say, I didn't want to read it, and I didn't want to see it, because I don't want to know this. But I'm touched by the very little that I know about your story. But I think that being an open book has been one of the most freeing things that I've ever done. Not hiding my disability has been one of the most relieving and freeing experiences that I've ever given myself.
BRIAN FISCHLER: That's awesome. And where can people find you? I think-- I know you're on Instagram, I believe.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Yeah. Facebook. Yeah, so my Instagram and Facebook, I believe-- and full disclosure, I have a have a social media assistant, A, because I suck at it; B, because I don't particularly enjoy it that much. But I do think that it's very important. So @Reb_Alexander, @Reb_Alexander. And on Facebook, I am Rebecca Alexander, author, I believe. But @Red_Alexander is my social media handle.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Cool.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: And my website is RebAlexander.com. And my psychotherapy practice is RebeccaAlexanderTherapy.com-- a lot of options.
BRIAN FISCHLER: I'm going to check as soon as we hang up here if the @inspirationporn is taken on Twitter.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: No, you-- if--
BRIAN FISCHLER: [LAUGHING]
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Wait a second. Wait, Brian. You have to tell me. If it isn't taken, or even if it is, you have to tell me. Because if I can change my social media handle, I think that would be the one that would make me make the switch.
BRIAN FISCHLER: You'll probably have to be, like, @inspirationporn204, or something, because there's that many.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: No, I'm just going to say, I'm going to be @inspirationporn99999999999--
BRIAN FISCHLER: There you go.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: --something like that, yeah.
BRIAN FISCHLER: There you go.
ED PLUMACHER: I just want to say, Rebecca, I've really enjoyed this afternoon. It's been so much fun to meet you, to have you on the show. I thoroughly enjoyed your book, and I'm looking forward to the movie and the sequel.
REBECCA ALEXANDER: Likewise. Thanks for having me, guys. You're a lot of fun.
BRIAN FISCHLER: Yeah. Yeah, we don't take disability that serious. But anyway, for now, we are That Real Blind Tech Show, and we are out. We are That Real Blind Tech Show. You can email us in Thatrealblindtechshow@gmail.com. Join us on the Facebook, in our Facebook group, That Real Blind Tech Show. Tweet us at blindtechshow, or leave us an old school phone message at 929-367-1005. And for now, we are out. There you go.
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It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Pinch hitting for Ed is Joe Steinkamp who joins Brian and Allison in the virtual studio to discuss all the latest greatest tech news.
It’s the hundred year anniversary of the white cane . Is it time for a robotic cane, and would you trust it?
Twitter is developing a pop up to warn people who are too stupid to realize they are about to get in to a Twitter beef!
GoodMaps is now free on both iOS and Android. The app is off to a good start with outdoor mapping, but the future could be in indoor mapping. Our conversation strolls in to some of our other favorite navigation apps including Blind Square GPS, Google Maps, Lazarillo, Microsoft Soundscape, and a mention of Apple Maps.
Because we have Joe here, we figured we would speak a little Microsoft, it also helped that Microsoft had a slew of announcements over the past few weeks. Have you installed Windows 11 yet? Joe explains to us some of the new designs to Windows 11.
We then jump in to Microsoft’s version of the iPad and mass confusion the name of all the Surface devices. And yes, after hearing Joe explain them all, Brian felt like his head was going to explode.
If the Surface line wasn’t confusing enough, try figuring out all the different Microsoft Office packages now available. Our favorite is the Ewok Office.
It wasn’t all Microsoft as Amazon had a slew of announcements. The most notable, Astro. Will this be a help to the blind or just a giant hinderance? This leads us to discuss how much information is too much information?
And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming Watcha Reading.
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Brian and Ed welcome Best Selling Author, Psycho-Therapist, Spin Coach, and all around great gal Rebecca Alexander to the That Real Blind Tech show Virtual Studio.
We begin at the beginning as where else would you begin? We start off discussing when Rebecca was initially diagnosed with a vision loss. Rebecca then tells us about the very serious accident she had that changed her life at the age of 18. We discuss Rebecca’s uber competitive drive which helps her deal with a lot of what she has over come.
We then discuss a passion of Rebecca’s, spin class and working out. Ironic as you won’t find any of the Hosts of That Real Blind Tech show with 10 miles of a gym.
We then dive in to Rebecca’s work as a Psycho Therapist. We discuss some of the obstacles she has faced, dealing with deaf blind and blind patients, and discuss why so many people feel shame when dealing with loss.
We wonder if a macho character like Tony soprano regularly seeing a therapist has helped society evolve and lessen the stigma of seeing a therapist.
We ask Rebecca if she is able to share some of the more humorous things she has heard over the years.
We then dive in to what made Rebecca want to share her very personal story with the world in her book Not Fade Away. And what it has been like anticipating the book hitting the big or streaming screen.
Rebecca then offers some advice to anyone who has been thinking about sharing their life story in print.
Having accomplished so much, we had to find out what is up next for Rebecca.
You can keep up with Rebecca on Instagram, on Twitter, on Facebook, on the web, and for therapy you can find her and her services here.
We will be releasing a fully transcribed version of this interview in the coming days.
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It’s an Ed less podcast, as Ed is refusing to update to iOS 15, that’s 15 not 5. So without Ed, Brian, Allison, and Jeanine gather in the That Real Blind Tech Show virtual studio to discuss all things iOS 15.
They start off discussing if they have preordered any new devices.
We then discuss the disappointing news of no Touch ID returning to an iPhone for the next two years. Which causes the gang to reminisce about their phones prior to their first iPhones.
Eventually we get to discussing iOS 15. We start off with some of our favorite likes and dislikes of iOS 15. We are purposely not listing all our likes and dislikes in the show notes so you will have to listen to the episode to hear them!
We believe it was Shakespeare who said to Url on the bottom or url on the top!
After a lengthy discussion of our likes and dislikes of iOS 15, we dive in to some of the smaller less noticeable changes such as using Siri for sharing in native Apple apps, the native Apple weather app is finally useful, and will you be coming the digital legacy for anyone?
Safari offers some neat new features in the actions rotor when your focus is on the URL.
And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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Brian and Ed welcome Justin Bishop in to the That Real Blind Tech show Virtual Studio. Justin who has Retinitis Pigmentosa does not let that stand in his way as a professional Blind Skateboarder.
Justin walks us through losing his vision, and what it was like getting back on a skateboard after his vision loss. He explains to us how he uses sound as audible markers while skateboarding, and how he developed the cane technique he uses.
He tells us about some of the bums and bruises he has collected along the way, and some of his more humorous encounters.
Along with being a Blind skateboarder, Justin also distills his own Whiskey. Being that both Brian and Ed are big fans of Whiskey, this caught their attention. Justin walks us through his process and the accessibility of distilling booze.
The conversation then turns to Orcam as Justin is a big fan of the Orcam Myeye.
We then talk Audio Description and Alt text for images, as Justin’s wife provides the Audio Description for his longer videos.
To follow Justin on his fully described Instagram page visit him here. Check out Justin’s videos here.
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It’s a Super Sized gathering of the entire That Real Blind Tech Show team, as Allison, Brian, Ed, and Jeanine get together to discuss all the new Apple products.
The gang starts off talking about meeting each other in person for the first time.
We then welcome newbies Allison and Jeanine to The All Blind Fantasy Football League and hear about their first weekend experiences.
Amazon tried to steal Apple’s thunder a few days early as they announced a slew of new TV sets including the Series 4 and new Omni line.
On this show because we don’t care about all the fancy dance colors of the new iPhone 13, we discuss the new A15 bionic chip, and what the heck it is. A fully loaded iPhone 13 will cost you a pretty penny or penny, or your first born, your choice. Apple finally has upgraded the base amount of storage to 128GB. James Bond would be happy to know that all iPhones will now have Duo SIM capabilities.
iOS 15 not 14 will be dropping on September 20th. Will you be installing it on opening day?
We are not sure but Brian could be the only person on the planet who is excited for the iPad mini Series 6 finally arriving on Earth. With Apple’s Centerstage camera feature coming to the newly announced iPads, now you to can roll around like a monkey and still stay in frame with the people you are speaking with!
The Apple Watch Series 7 was announced and we are pretty sure they will be bigger but not in inches in millimeters., The Series 7 will be getting a full on screen keyboard. Which could only mean one thing, another lawsuit against Apple by FlickType.
And with the birth of new products, it means the death of others!
And of course it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming Watcha Reading.
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Brian welcomes in Gui Rambo the developer of AirBuddy .
We discuss what AirBuddy is, why you want it, how it will make using Apple Ecosystem Headphones work with your Mac so much smoother.
We discuss the work a developer needs to take in to consideration when designing and updating an app with accessibility in mind. We walk through some of the features to AirBuddy, and things that are on the horizon for future versions of AirBuddy.
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We finish up discussing a new Buddy product that Gui is working on.
Brian then demos how to use AirBuddy with VoiceOver
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The gang is back together in full for the first time since Butch and Sundance last rode together, and we start off with a little fun, or well, at least letting you see behind the curtain of what takes place prior to us hitting that record button.
Once we get rambling, we start off discussing the mass exodus of stylists from Stitch Fix. Don’t always just read a headline, as the article may be completely different than the headline!
The U.S. government will be streamlining the process supposedly to make it easier for people with severe and permanent disabilities to have their student loans forgiven when they have been unable to find employment.
Netflix has begun rolling out Spatial Audio to Air Pod Pros near you.s
We live in a very different scary world today when Facebook needs to block friend lists of people in Afghanistan. On an unrelated note, China has passed the world’s strictest data privacy law. And in the final article from our international tech segment we discuss Russia demanding that Apple remove an Opposition Party’s app from its App Store.
We suggest making use of Aira to help store your proof of vaccination, we discuss an article about the way the mainstream has been digitally doing this.
With so much news everywhere these days, we thought it would be a good time to review some of our favorite news apps. Honestly, there really isn’t anymore news today than there was yesterday!
Apple rumored to be hosting multiple events in September to announce new products. We guess that means more episodes of That Real Blind Tech Show. It was a good thing that Ed was here so he could explain to us why Apple’s CSAM system is extremely dangerous and will kill us all!
Flick Type keyboard for the Blind sleeps with the fishes and the developer blames Apple.
Several iOS 15 features will not be ready for launch day.
And its the return of What’s Pissing Off Brian and more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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Demo Month continues as Brian walks you through another fully accessible Fantasy Football game. This time he is doing a demo of the fantastic fully new accessible Underdog Fantasy. Underdog Fantasy offers Best Ball contests along with weekly one day daily contests where you can draft a new team each week.
Best Ball fantasy football has become all the rage the past few years, as the game is also known as set it and forget it. With Best Ball Fantasy Football, once the draft is completed, there is no week to week management for your team. What you start with is what you finish with. You can check in as often as you like to see your team move up the standings. At the end of the season, the team with the most points wins the pot.
Brian walks you through the layout of the Underdog Fantasy app. He demonstrates how to enter a contest, add players to your queue, re-order players in your queue to your liking, and walks you through how to organize your pre-draft rankings for faster contests.
Brian then dives in to Underdog fantasy on their website.
On the website you will see additional fantastic accessibility navigation methods you can use such as heading navigation, use of the web rotor, and item chooser Additionally, you will get to hear some specific help tags specifically built in to Underdog Fantasy’s website for screen reader users. .
Brian walks you through removing a player from your queue of preferred players, walks you through how to reorder your preferred player list, and how to pre-rank your players on the website.
On a very sad note, neither Ezekiel Elliott or Tyree Hill made it to Brian when it was his next turn to pick.
Please make sure to tweet Underdog fantasy thanking them for their fantastic accessibility improvements on the Twitter at @UnderdogFantasy
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It’s another spectacular That Real Blind Tech show demo. This time, Brian walks you through the Yahoo Fantasy Football app for iOS.
Brian briefly discusses the difference between season long, daily fantasy, and Best Ball Leagues. He describes how to join a Yahoo Fantasy football League. Brian then walks you through the my team home screen, the main tabs you will use, and the league screen.
Brian then walks you through once of his head to head baseball weekly matchups to give you an idea how football scoring matchups will work. He follows that with joining a football mock draft, and showing you how VoiceOver works when live drafting.
For you hard core fantasy football fanatics, Brian finishes with walking you through how to pre-rank your draft rankings using Google Chrome on the Mac.
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Brian and Ed welcome Carl Richardson, Co-Chair of the Audio Description Project for the American Council of the Blind to the show. We start off discussing how Carl came to be at the ADP and what his role is at the ADp.
We then discuss the panel that Carl moderated at this year’s ACB National Conference on Audio Description. All 8 major streaming services were represented on the panel about Audio Description.
We then discuss some of Carl’s favorite features of Audio Description, and the age old question with Audio Description should the describer describe it before or after it happens?
Carl and Brian then share some of their more interesting experiences with Audio Description at the movie theater. What’s a movie theater? It’s a big room where people used to conjugate to all watch the same movie at the same time, but that’s not important right now.
Just like us, Carl is also a podcaster. Carl’s podcast Picture This is all about audio description, and you can subscribe to it here.
We then discuss some of the various ways for you to get audio Described content, as there are so many ways to access this content these days.
The conversation then turns to the controversial topic of Text to Speech Audio Description. .
We also discuss what to do when your local Network affiliate breaks audio description being passed through. And if you have had it with cable make sure to read Carl’s excellent article about cutting the cord which can be found here.
For any and all your questions about audio description, find out what is playing on Network TV with audio description, find out what is streaming where with audio description, and pretty much find anything about audio description in the universe please visit the Audio Description Project.
You can find the full ACB 21 Audio Description Project session that Carl moderated with the 8 major streaming services here.
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It’s an Ed less That Real Blind Tech Show, as Allison and Brian wonder twin powers unite to bring you the latest all new That Real Blind Tech show.
Listen in to find out what baffling phrase is setting off Brian’s A Lady devices. Strange stuff!
We then discuss self flying planes, seriously self flying planes, they are coming, well some of us think sooner than later. Epic Games is back at it, now they are suing google.
A German man tried an interesting experiment as he sent Air Tags to Tim Cook, Elon Musk, and North Korea. Definitely check out this video about it.
Virtually go where ever you want with Amazon Explorer.
Google Maps can now tell you when your train is too crowded for comfort.
Are you ready for some Fantasy Football? As the new football season approaches, and thanks to popular demand from last season, The All Blind Fantasy Football League will be launching a second All Blind Fantasy Football League. If you are interested in getting in on the free fun, email us at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com to reserve a spot.
Aira 2.0 will be launching possibly by the end of the year. We discuss some of the exciting additions coming to Aira.
Allison and Brian then dive in to their experiences and recap of this year’s ACB Virtual Conference.
Allison and Brian then discuss updating apps and whether or not apps are breaking all accessibility less frequently these days.
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The entire gang is back together again in their cardboard basements of choice.
We start off discussing the Linuk Foundations launching an open voice network to build an industry wide standard. Leakers are reporting that Lidar will only be available on the iPhone Pro 13 models. Will that affect your decision?
We have told you multiple times to never ever quote That Real Blind Tech Show, well now you may never ever want to quote Mashable, as they get things wrong to! They claim Spatial Audio will not work on the iPhone SE, but it indeed does. Verizon customers can now enjoy numbers attempting to spoof theirs being blocked.
The NFB has wrapped its 2021 National Conference. We start off our recap discussing the impressive Crowd Compass app that was used for this year’s conference. Allison and Brian then discuss their take aways from the sessions and exhibitors that caught their attention. They were both really impressed with everything Amazon had to discuss.
We include a sample of text to speech audio description and a little error that TTS can make.
We then dive in to reviewing this year’s NFB Resolutions, and amazingly we agree with almost all of them.
Since we last recorded Allison made the jump to a new Smart Speaker setup. She has joined the Sonos ecosystem after hearing a phenomenal demo The Ultimate Sonos demo. We wonder where she heard it? We then discuss setting up the Eero Mesh Router network, while fully accessible, you can encounter some fun if you previously have both a 5G and 2G network.
Your VoiceMails can now be heard on That Real Blind Tech Show. We got a great call about our review of the Saetchi Multi-Device keyboard. A listener suggests the Mathias Multi-Device Bluetooth keyboard which sounds fantastic despite only a 3.7 review on Amazon.
And it’s the return of What’s Pissing Brian Off and more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading!
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It’s another spectacularly awesome That Real Blind Tech show demo. Brian flying solo as he demos the HBO Max iOS app accessibility along with how to play Audio Description.
Brian walks you through the Home screen of the app, how to get audio description playing, how to add titles to my list, heading navigation of the app, and the design quirks to finding my list. He also walks you through the search functionality of the app
Brian then walks you through the Apple TV app and how to make use of the continue watching feature with HBO Max and other applications. He then demonstrates how to move around to different seasons and episodes for a tV series. He then explores the library tab where all of the movies and TV Shows you have purchased through iTunes are located.
Brian finishes showing you how to search for a movie if you are uncertain where it may be streaming through the Apple TV app.
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Allison and Brian present another in our Trendsetters series as they welcome Sir David Woodbridge in to the That Real Blind Tech show virtual studio. For those of you who follow assistive technology, David Woodbridge needs no introduction, so we have a little fun with our intro.
We find out was David a techie before he went blind, and what his first introduction to screen readers were. We discuss our different approaches to inaccessible design.
Being a Mac guy does David ever find himself running back to Windows to perform any tasks? Even though David is a Mac guy, he has had some early exposure to the Windows beta 11 preview, and he gives us a little sneak peak to it.
We then discuss David’s role at Vision Australia, and how he landed there. Along with David’s first experience with an iPhone.
We go through David’s office tech gadgets aka The Boys Play Room, and find out if David ever wants to go back to working out of an office.
We delve in to podcast studio mishaps, because it happens.
We find out what David enjoys about enlightening someone who is new to blindness.
Would you believe that David likes to pull people’s leg? You will after you hear his stories of house and car hunting! The conversation then turns to a cure for blindness, do we need it, no, would we take one, heck yes.
We then find out what David likes most about getting to test out new technologies, and the frustration about new products arriving later in Australia then they do in the United States and other parts of the world.
David’s podcast ISee Using Various Technologies From A Blind Person’s Perspective just past the one million download mark. We ask David how he got in to podcasting, what the early days were like, and what he hopes people take away from his podcast.
We finish with getting Watcha streaming Watcha Reading David Woodbridge version.
You can keep up with David by listening to his podcasts and following him on Twitter at @dwoodbridge.
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Wait for it, wait for it, the gang is back together for the first time in awhile.
We start off discussing a recent petition started in England demanding that all content aired and streamed provide audio description. You can sign the petition here. We then discuss a bill being drafted before the U.S. Congress to make it easier to cancel those pesky renewal subscriptions.
Peacock TV finally comes to Fire sticks, but will it be accessible? If you are not an Apple TV Plus fan, make sure to double check when your subscription ends, as many people will start paying for the service on July 1. Facebook has begun to roll out Live Audio Rooms, but is it to late for them to get in on the Audio Social Media game?
We then tackle all the announcements coming out of Microsoft about Windows 11 arriving later this year. Android apps will be coming to PCs. One of us is not thrilled about all of the choices we will have, can you guess who?Windows 11 Home will require an internet connection and Microsoft account to install, could this be an issue for screen reader users The one word missing from the entire Microsoft keynote was Skype, did anyone miss it?? With Skype down and out, Microsoft Teams will now be integrated throughout the windows 11 operating system. Are the days about freaking out about the mention of an all new And will iMessages finally be coming to the PC? gone?
Prime Day has come and gone, we recap what we purchased this year. Brian got a new battery pack he highly recommends and can be found on Amazon here. Brian is also a fan of the new lighting cable in a keychain and you can check out this product here.
We dive in to a little talk about the beta for iOS 15 as two of us have been running it on our devices.
And if you have not experienced Spatial Audio yet, run to your nearest Apple store to get a pair of Air Pod Pros or Maxes because it is freaking mind blowing!
There’s no What’s Pissing Off Brian this show, but of course some hilarity ensues in place of it, and it is more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading!
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Brian is back once again flying solo for another demo, this time he will be demoing three new products from Satechi. With Amazon Prime Day starting in a few hours, some of Satechi’s products may be on sale on Amazon. If not, you can buy these products directly from Satechi, and they often have sales on these items.
First up is a brand new bluetooth keyboard Satechi just release, the Slim X2 Bluetooth keyboard.
The second Satechi product discussed in the newly released 5 in 1 stand and hub for iPad Pro.
The third and final product reviewed by Satechi is a 5 in 1 Charging Station Dock with two USBc ports, two USBa ports, and a wireless charging pad. This product has been lowered to $47.99 already from its initial $60 price.
Happy hunting on Amazon Prime Day!
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Brian is flying solo once again for another That Real Blind Tech show demo. On this episode Brian demos the Sonos Roam along with the Sonos app, and a third party Watch App called Lyd that really compliments the Sonos system quite well, and gives you complete control of your Sonos system from your Apple Watch.
Brian also demos the new feature exclusive to the Sonos Roam that will quickly transfer music from the Sonos Roam to any other Sonos speaker and vice versa.
Here’s a link to the Lyd app in the iTunes App Store.
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We decided to put together a quick demo for you on how to turn off Amazon Sidewalk through the Amazon Alexa app. Amazon Sidewalk is a new feature that Amazon has decided to opt most people in to automatically. The Sidewalk feature creates a low band bluetooth bridge that will help keep people’s devices connected in your neighborhood. Until we get a better understanding of what this really is, you may want to turn it off.
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Allison and Brian are joined by Jeanine Stanley pinch hitting for Ed. Hold on to your shoelaces as the gang is going to discuss all the announcements coming out of Cupertino and how we feel they will effect accessibility.
We kick off the show discussing a few things Apple did not discuss during WWDC. First that out of the top selling 1000 apps, two percent of them are scams, and careful if you send your iPhone in to Apple to be fixed, you may want to make sure you have removed certain things from your phone first.
We dive full on in to WWDC, starting off asking was anyone disappointed with no new hardware announcements? Then before we jump in to the slew of updates Apple announced are coming this Fall we ask are we freaking out that accessibility issues are coming? You have probably heard by now that FaceTime is getting a few tweaks, will they put Zoom out of business? And now you can FaceTime with your Android and Windows friends. Notifications will have a whole new redesign with more customization and a new notification summary. Apple Live Text will bring OCR to the camera app! Will you be adding your identification to your Apple wallet?
Live listen on Air Pods will be getting a steroid boost and Notifications while wearing Air Pods will now be announced.
iPad OS will see multitask and split screen keyboard commands, the app library and widgets will finally come to iPad OS, plus Quick Notes will becoming to all apps on the iPad. ,
Because everything needs a summary these days, privacy will be getting its own summary. Even with iCloud Plus you still will not be able to live on in the cloud after you die, at least not yet, sorry Brian.
Siri will now suck on third party devices!
We barely cover Watch OS 8, and you will have to listen to know why. What will you be asking your Apple TV to play hands free?
Mac OS Monterrey is on its way and its all about continuity but can we please get freaking handoff to work properly first. And tab groups will be coming to safari.
And even though he has nothing to do with Apple, we had to talk about Jeff Bezos going to space. What would those Pigs in Space think!
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Join Brian and Ed for the exciting conclusion of The Definitive Robert Klein interview.
We start off with the ancient philosophers question, is it easier to be born blind or go blind later in life.
We discuss Robert’s experience in politics, sign language interpreters on stage, and Ralph Lauren of all people.
We then discuss Robert’s many appearances as Host and a guest on The tonight Show along with his own show Robert Klein time which aired on the USA Network for two years.
Here’s Brian on Top Gear USA Blind Drifting with his Guide Dog Nash.
We then stroll down memory lane and revisit some of the Hollywood Royalty that Robert has worked with throughout his illustrious career. Robert discusses his idol Jonathan Winters, and the effect he had on Robin Williams.
We close our definitive interview with Legendary Comedian Robert Klein discussing how the cancel culture will effect the future of stand-up comedy.
We close with a fun story about John Oliver, and get Robert’s opinion of one of the hottest names in comedy today.
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Brian and Ed are joined in the That Real Blind Tech Show virtual studio by Jeanine Stanley, pinch hitting for Allison.
Because it could only happen in 2021, we start off discussing a man being killed by a dinosaur, yes, a dinosaur! IBM has created an app to help blind people stand in line and socially distant, but will it see the light of day before the next pandemic?
We are still two and a half years away from 2024, well two of us are still two and a half years away. According to a recent study by 2024, the average American will be subscribed to five streaming services. Are you ahead of the curve?
We discuss the new Apple TV Siri Remote, and how in the world does the VoiceOver rotor work on it. Then we move on to Apple Lossless music, not Loseless, and how in the world you can listen to it.
Apple versus Epic has wrapped, and we give our thoughts about the biggest things to come out of the case. Creating strong passwords with iCloud Keychain, do you trust it?
Apple has finally fixed the contextual menu, right mouse click in the dock. VO Shift M is once again working in the dock in Big Sur. Also if you know a way to stop making Mac OS Big Sur sound like a pinball machine, we want to know, email us in with the solution.
We then discuss focus issues in Facebook, Slack, and Google docs. Remember on the Mac, the item chooser is your friend. We dive in to the announcements that Apple made on Global Accessibility Day, #GAD.
We discussSiri Shortcuts, the only downfall of them is you still need to remember what you have named them for them to actually work!
We then discuss the hottest thing to hit the blindness community since Clubhouse, the P4. Brian then discusses what he likes and dislikes about the new iPad Pro and magic keyboard.
And of course it is more of What’s Pissing Off Brian and Watcha Streaming, Watcha reading.
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Brian and Ed welcome Legendary Comedian, actor, singer, and 13 time performer at Laugh For Sight Robert Klein in to the That Real Blind Tech show podcast bunker.
We ask Robert how he has been getting by without being on stage and if this is the longest he has gone in his professional life without being on a stage.
We discuss Robert’s experiences in the movie Hooper, Burt Reynolds, and being down South.
Robert tells us what he enjoys most about being on stage in front of a live audience. Robert walks us through what it is like to be on a weekly sitcom, and what goes on behind the scenes each day.
Robert takes us back to his first Broadway show, Apple Tree with Alan alda and Barbara Harris. He walks us through working with Madeline Kahn. We ask Robert what it was like being around Rodney Dangerfield and Richard Pryor.
Robert discusses his first talk show, Comedy Tonight with us and how the networks would sensor political talk. He then walks us through his very first HBO Comedy special which was the very first comedy special ever aired on Home Box Office.
The conversation then turns to audio description because after all we are That Real Blind Tech show!
Brian then asks Robert for a few words about some of his scene partners from the infamous Saturday Night Live sketch Cheesebuga Cheesebuga.
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Because it was a slow work day, Brian decided to do a demo of Amazon Prime Video. Amazon Prime Video has recently exploded with the amount of Audio Described content in their collection.
Brian walks you through navigating the home screen via headings and flicking around. He then walks you through your recently played list, the options in recently played, and the play screen and all of its options, including the unique X-Ray option exclusive to Amazon. He gives you a walk through of all the tabs and their purposes. He shows you how to turn on Audio Description for a show, add a show or movie to your watch list, and easily move between all the play screens and player controls.
For a complete list of all available Audio Described Content on Amazon Prime Video you can visit the Audio Description Project here
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Brian and Allison welcome Laugh For Sight alum, Comedian Eddie Brill to the Virtual That Real Blind Tech Show Studio.
We discuss how Eddie got started in stand-up comedy, who his early influences were, and what it was like meeting Richard Pryor for the first time.
We discuss the beginning of the Corona Virus Pandemic and the shutting down of comedy clubs. We then dive in to how Eddie ended up as the Warm-Up Comic at The Late Show for David Letterman and Comedy Talent Coordinator. He then tells us about some of his favorite guests over the years at The Late Show with David Letterman.
Eddie then shares with us what he loves about being on stage in front of an audience.
We then discuss Laugh For Sight, as Eddie was the Host at the Inaugural Laugh For Sight NYC, and has also performed at multiple Laugh For Sight benefits.
Eddie lets us know what it feels like right before the curtain goes up and you make your first Letterman Show appearance.
Eddie then tells us about his wildly popular weekly Sunday evening interview series Only Joking on Clubhouse. And what it feels like to be getting back in front of live human audiences.
We close with Eddie’s advice for people who may be looking to start out in comedy.
You can catch Eddie on Instagram Live every night at 7pm EST and follow Eddie on Instagram at EddieComic, on Twitter at Eddie_Brill, and on Facebook. You can also find Eddie on Clubhouse as Eddie Brill and his weekly interview series Only Joking with Eddie Brill here on Clubhouse.
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It is a fully crewed fully packed virtual self distanced That Real Blind Tech show studio, as the entire gang is back together again.
We start off with the ancient philosophers question of how stupid are sighted people when it comes to blindness? We then dive in to the sale of Yahoo Fantasy and what it means for the future of the accessibility for the app. Believe it or not but it seems like Uber drivers have found a new way to attempt to complicate the lives of blind guide dog handlers.
Who has the better nickname, Steve Jobs for Facebook or That Real Blind Tech Show for Mark Zuckerberg?
Hungary for dinner? Why not have an Aira agent help you with your order?
Because we do not have enough to worry about in the world these days, researchers have added something to the plate for anyone who gets rid of an old phone number. Have Audio social media apps already jumped the shark? In case they have not, we discuss our first experiences with Twitter Spaces.
Then because it is not about Brian all the time, we get Ed and Allison’s thoughts about iOS14.5. If you could have any celebrity voice as your VoiceOver voice, who would it be?
Apple is rumored to be offering a Lossless audio service coming soon, would you subscribe to it? In a not so distant future Apple is rumored to be working on Apple Glass which will have a brightness adjusting feature that we ponder if it will be helpful to visually impaired people?
Digital Spring Time cleaning is it just for lunatics?
If you have not checked recently, Pages for iOS has become a full blown very accessible word processor on iOS. It even has keyboard commands galore.
And it is more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and an absolute classic Watcha Streaming Watcha Reading that goes completely off the rails and is a must hear!.
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Articles Discussed IN This Episode
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Verizon sells Yahoo for half of what they paid for it.
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Steve Jobs once referred to Facebook as Fecibook. VoiceOver users are going to want to spell that one out by character.
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Researchers say your old phone number could get you hacked.
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Clubhouse app downloads are already on a massive decline.
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Twitter Spaces is here for those with 600 plus followers.
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Facebook is asking users to allow ad tracking to help keep it free.
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iOS 14.5 has broken Apple’s own podcast plater.
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Apple may launch a lossless streaming service in weeks.
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Apple glass could adjust brightness to make it more useful.
Brian starts the podcast off flying solo. Stupid people with day jobs. He discusses the new features in iOS 14.5, the new Siri voices which he is not a fan of, the new big privacy update, and gives you a That Real Blind Tech Show demo of some of the new things you can do with Siri and different podcast players.
Brian then talks about a bug that is still showing up in Watch OS 7.4 for VoiceOver users, which of course is quite annoying. Mac OS Big Sur still has a pretty big VoiceOver bug that is still preventing Brian from upgrading to Big Sur.
From the old iAccessVO archives, Brian and Ed welcomed in Academy Award Winner JK Simmons. Being that it is Oscar season, we thought we would rerelease our interview with Academy Award winner JK Simmons. You may recognize JK’s voice as the Yellow M&M, The Farmer’s Insurance commercials, Law and Order, the Spider Man movies, his amazing performance in Whiplash, or from a ton of other TV shows and movies.
We discuss Jk’s time playing a blind man on the sitcom Growing Up Fisher, how he prepared to play a blind man, his background in music theory, and Voice Acting. JK tells us what it is like to Host Saturday Night Live. What he loves about acting, and what advice he has for someone starting out in acting.
We then get a little info on Amazon Prime Day and a What’s Pissing Off Brian Now solo style!
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The entire gang is back together again in our socially distanced bunkers of choice to discuss all the news coming out of Apple’s Spring Time Event.
Because it is never ever all Apple in the blind tech world, we start out discussing Uber being removed from the Aira app as a preferred ride share. Hey, this is all on Uber. On a related note, we discuss the recent settlement won by a blind woman against uber, and our own discrimination uber stories because, lets be honest, we all have had them!
Facebook is looking to get in to the audio social media playing field since everyone else has.
We start our Apple recap off with the long awaited Air Tags finally being released. Does anyone really care anymore? Well, probably if you lose things, you do.
Minutes after The Apple Spring Time event ended Tile was petitioning Congress to investigate Apple on anti-trust violations. Well that didn’t take long. Is Apple looking to put Patreon out of business next with Apple Podcast Subscriptions?
Apple announced a new 6th generation TV with a lot of fancy shamans graphic stuff that no one who listens to this podcast would care about. However, we all probably will absolutely love the new redesigned AppleTV remote.
Apple then announced the first M1 iMac, and one of us is pouting as their iMac is no longer the newest in the line, but hey it is far from a paper weight. We then discuss the three new keyboards announced by Apple, all which are missing one gigantic huge feature.
The M1 chip will now be in the iPad Pro models. Will you be getting one as they have at least one new really cool feature.
And of course it is more of What’s Pissing Off Brian and Watcha Streaming Watcha Reading!
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Brian and Ed welcome Stacey Prussman in to the That Real Blind Tech show podcast bunker.
Stacey is a comedian friend of Brian’s who has performed at Laugh For Sight and is running for Mayor of New York City. Brian and Stacey reminisce about starting out in comedy, and then remember Ed is also on the podcast. We discuss what stand-up comedy has been like during the pandemic.
The state of New York City politics may be a laughing matter, but that is not why Stacey is running for Mayor of New York City. Stacey walks us through why she is running for Mayor of NYC and what she hopes to accomplish as Mayor. We focus on Stacey’s plan to improve the lives of New Yorkers with disabilities.
The conversation then turns to the cancel culture and stand-up comedy. We discuss what stand-up comedy will be like after the events of the past year.
We then talk about some of our fond Laugh For Sight memories.
We close our interview with the future Mayor of New York City discussing what Stacey will do to improve the lives of people with disabilities, especially our fellow blind peeps!
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Brian and Ed welcome Sound Designer Jim Reekes in to the That Real Blind Tech Show Podcast Bunker. Jim is responsible for creating that start up chime your Mac makes along with other sounds used on the Mac and iOS devices. Jim walks us through the founding of Apple as a computer company, and some funny promises Steve Jobs had to make along the way.
Jim explains to us how the name for the original Mac start up sound came to be known as SoSuMi. An absolute classic of a story.
Jim then explains to us how he created a phone at Apple, but not an iPhone. We ask Jim about his limited interactions with Steve Jobs, and Jim tells us about what Steve Jobs thought of QuickTime initially. Jim then shares with us that it is sometimes better to just put something in an operating system and worry about what people may say and think after the fact.
We then tackle the importance of good audio design versus bad audio design. And we get Jim’s reaction to hearing the camera sound click for the first time on an iPhone!
And finally, imagine if executives stopped you from working on your billion dollar idea, it happened to Jim!
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Brian and Ed welcome Trailblazer Derek Lane in to the That Real Blind Tech Show podcast bunker. We discuss Derek’s early days with assistive technology devices. Brian is a student of Derek’s and has been learning audio editing from him on Reaper. Well, if you do not like Brian’s editing, you now know who to blame. We discuss Derek’s beginning working with Reaper, how Reaper has evolved over the years with its fantastic accessibility, some humorous memories of editing, how Brian is as a student, along with other editing programs for the Mac, PC, and iPhone. Derek walks us through the apps he likes using for audio on the iPhone and why he likes using these apps.
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Brian and Ed are back in their socially distanced podcast bunkers of choice where we discuss how in the world a ship could clog up the Suez Canal. It is not a laughing matter, but seriously it is. Facebook is testing a new app called ReEntry, no it is not for astronauts re-entering the atmosphere. Audio Description has arrived on HBOMax on iOS devices. They made the deadline! We discuss the new improved accessibility to the HBOMax iOS app, and how to get Audio Description to play for a title that has it. If you would like to see the current list of all of HBOMax’s Audio Described titles compiled by the ACB’s Audio Description Project click here
We are then joined by Para-Olympian Henry McKeller to discuss his training for the upcoming Para-Olympic games. This is an interview you will not want to miss!
Did you know that if you have an Amazon account, well then you have a public profile that anyone can see? Well, you do now! We then correct our statement about Aira as you do not need to be an Aira Explorer to take advantage of their 30 minute Covid Help promotion, and you guessed it, we fired the intern who gave us the incorrect information.
We discuss follow up from the developer of the app Web Audio News we have been beta testing. If you would like to beta test this news app, please send an email to betatest@newsaudio.com.
And it’s the introduction to a new segment, What’s Making Brian Laugh, as you ever get the feeling that you are the only one not suing Apple? We discuss FlickType formally known as Fleksy, the typing app that totally screwed the blindness community suing Apple for fraud. And if you were sitting at your computer waiting for the March 23rd Apple event, you may have been part of Apple going all 1960’s FBI.
And of course, it is more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now, and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
Articles Discussed In This Episode
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Ship blocking the Suez Canal could cause havoc for consumers.
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Facebook is testing out a new app to help prisoners re-entering society.
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HBO Max rolls out Audio Description.
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Did you know that you have a public Amazon profile?
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FlickType sues Apple for fraud.
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Apple’s misinformation campaign
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The full gang is back together for a full styling and profiling episode. Wait, are we allowed to say profiling anymore, we do not mean it in a bad way! We kick off the episode discussing the potential password management system that could be coming to a Netflix near you. Time Warner is on the clock, or should we say the clock is ticking down to March 31, the date by which Time Warner stated it plans to release 1500 hours of Audio Described content, including HBOMax. Will they make it? Then on to a discussion about what Aira is doing to help Explorers get some Covid related help. We then discuss an interesting new app the three of us have been testing out on our iPhones called web audio news. It is a news app where the news is read to you and if you would like to beta test the app, send an email to betatest@webaudio.com
Apple hit us with some big news, the Apple HomePod now sleeps with the fishes! Will there be a portable Sonos in any of our pads soon as Sonos announced the Sonos Roam coming in April. CSUN 2021, came and went, did it actually happen? We then dive in to a conversation about Audio Social Networks and discuss Clubhouse the hottest thing to hit the blindness community since? Well, you will have to listen to the episode to get the answer.
Blow out the candles as we celebrate the 32 year anniversary for the World Wide Web and discuss our thoughts after a year of pandemic living.
And of course it is more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now, and Watcha Streaming, Watch Reading!
Articles Discussed In This Episode
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Netflix might finally be cracking down on password sharing
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Apple discontinues the original HomePod.
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Five reasons the original HomePod Failed.
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New Sonos Roam coming in April.
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Twitter Spaces is coming in April.
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Brian and Ed welcome Virginia Jacko, CEO and President of the Miami Lighthouse International to the That Real Blind Tech show virtual studio. Virginia walks us through the history of the Miami Lighthouse, her day to day responsibilities as the
CEO and President, and how the Miami Lighthouse has been providing services to its community throughout the pandemic. Virginia then walks us through the Inclusive Early Child Education Program. And then because it is not always about the children, Virginia informs us what the Miami Lighthouse is doing to help visually impaired seniors book those vaccination appointments. We then discuss the state of web accessibility in 2021, and we include a discussion about the hot topic of web accessibility plug in’s. And of course it would not be 2021 if we did not cover distant learning!
To learn more about the programs and services the Miami Lighthouse offers click here.
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Brian and Ed welcome in Dr. Bryan Wolynski, a good friend of their’s to discuss his career, our experiences at CSUN 2020, and what we are expecting from the all virtual CSUN 2021 starting on March 6, 2021. Bryan goes in to detail about all of the Orcam devices, and the differences between them. We have a frank discussion about how doctors approach giving a patient a life altering visual diagnosis, the state of technology for the blind and visually impaired in 2021 and eye doctors knowledge of available technology.
This year’s Virtual CSUN 2021 Exhibit Hall is free to attend. Click here to sign up.
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Brian welcomes Niv Shah, Founder and Developer of Ottoneu Fantasy Baseball, a dynasty baseball format with more of an advanced analytics approach to fantasy. Niv discusses the format of the game, where the unique name to the game comes from, and his role with Ottoneu. Niv then dives in to being contacted by people with disabilities who wanted to play Ottoneu but were running in to accessibility issues. He walks us through how complex fixing accessibility issues can be, as well as how to design a site with universal design in mind. He then discusses the all important battle of designing with accessibility in mind versus designing a visually appealing site.
To learn more about Ottoneu Fantasy Baseball please visit https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/ and make sure to follow the game on Twitter at @Ottoneu.
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The gang is back in their socially distanced podcast bunkers of choice for an all new hard hitting That Real Blind Tech Show. We start off with a story for our an early early nomination for the Darwin Awards, careful all it takes is 18 steps in your health app. Then it is on to talk of the Super Bowl, but not the game, the streaker. If you have not heard the radio call, you will not want to miss it, and not to worry we have it for you! We then move on to the hottest thing on the planet right now, Clubhouse. At least one of us has given their info to Clubhouse and the Chinese government. Is this a big concern? Just an FYI, since we recorded this it looks like Clubhouse has been banned in China, and Brian has also joined the Clubhouse! We left it in so you could enjoy the conversation. Then what would a podcast in 2021 be without a conversation about Covid? Can an Apple Watch really detect Covid a week earlier then tests? Widgets, are they really useful? Has your iPhone been vibrating out of control near your HomePod Mini? Have you noticed most of your Google apps have not been updated on iOS in quite awhile? We have. We then discuss the only thing hotter then Clubhouse, AR/VR glasses which are rumored to be coming some time in the future from Apple. Is it about time for Apple to implement an accessibility rating scale for all apps in the App Store? Then a discussion about blind apartment and house hunting. Next it’s a review of our experiences with the Aftershokz OpenComm’s as two out of three of us are now rocking them. And finally it is more of What’s Pissing Off Brian and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading. Articles Discussed in this Episode 1. Our early nominee for a Darwin Award https://www.cultofmac.com/734563/evidence-in-iphone-health-app-sends-man-to-prison-for-killing-wife/ 2. A study finds that the Apple Watch may be able to detect Covid a week faster then tests https://gizmodo.com/apple-watch-can-detect-covid-19-a-week-early-study-fin-1846247720 3. How to turn off HomePod Mini Proximity sensors https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/turn-off-homepod-mini-proximity-notifications/ 4. Apple wants to use AR/VR Glasses to detect freshness of food. https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/02/11/apple-refining-ar-and-vr-tech-including-sensors-to-detect-food-freshness You can contact That Real Blind Tech Show through email at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join us on Facebook in our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, on Twitter follow us at @BlindTechShow, or leave us a old school phone message at 929-367-1005.
Brian and Ed discuss the waging war between Zuckhead err Facebook and Apple as the great privacy debate of the impending iOS 14.5 ramps up. Do you care if apps are tracking you and targeting advertising to you? We then welcome in Trailblazers long time tech enthusiasts and podcasters Ricky Enger and Joe Steinkamp. Joe and Ricky walk us through the early days of Serotek podcasting and how all their different shows came in to existence. Ricky and Joe then catch us up in what they have been involved in since they left the Serotek podcast network. The conversation then moves to a passion of Joe’s accessible gaming for the low vision and totally blind. We discuss the game of the year for 2020, The Last of Us 2, not to worry as Brian butchers the name of the game several times. This is Us is a TV Show and The Last of Us is a video game. Ricky and Joe then walk us through their earliest experiences with assistive technology. Brian then gets his long awaited answer to why Joe is not a huge Apple fan boy, and the answer really catches Brian by surprise. We get Joe’s opinion of gaming from a low vision perspective in 2021 and Ricky’s opinion from a totally blind perspective. Joe then gives us the latest on what is going on with Blind Bargains. And we finally get an answer to the question ancient philosophers have been asking for years, what’s the meaning of the rickey Enger wake up song. , Ed then discusses his experience getting vaccinated as a visually impaired blind peep. You can reach That Real Blind Tech Show by email at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, tweet us at @BlindTechShow, or leave us an old school phone message at 929-367-1005.
Brian welcomes in to the That Real Blind Tech show socially distanced virtual studio Jayme Schwartz, the Vice-President of Marketing for Aftershokz. They discuss this year’s virtual CES conference, Aftershokz’s history of devices with the blindness community, and the latest model of Aftershokz the OpenComm. Brian shares his personal experiences getting started with the OpenComm’s. To learn more about Aftershokz please visit their website at https://aftershokz.com/us/.
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We start off the latest podcast with a talk about monkeys and forced labor. Yes, monkeys and forced labor. Alexa Guard is almost here, but is Alexa barking like a dog to scare possible intruders and always listening, a good thing? Congress is working on introducing the Access Affordability Act, but is it enough? CBS All access will be rebranding to paramount TV Plus, who wants to bet on its accessibility? We then welcome to the podcast, Comedian Shaun Eli. We walk through the early days of Brian and Shaun performing at open mics, the difference between doing stand-up before an American audience compared to an International audience, and then dive in to the project Shaun and Brian recently completed, making all of Shaun’s websites screen reader accessible. Shaun then lets us know what it is like to perform stand up comedy over Zoom definitely a lot different than performing at the clubs. To learn more about Shaun, subscribe to his weekly email joke list, and see him live once the world gets back to performing live comedy please visit www.brainchampagne.com. After our interview with Shaun, it’s on to a conversation about the latest iOS 14.4 update and Braille displays. Even though iOS 14.4 just dropped, iOS 14.5 coming this Spring will be the big daddy privacy update. Do you care if your apps are ad targeting you? It’s the long awaited return of What’s Pissing Off Brian, now with theme music! And more of Watcha Streaming, Whatcha Reading. Articles discussed In This Episode 1. Target pulls Coconut Milk brand after monkey forced labor accusations https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/shopping/2021/01/25/target-coconut-milk-monkey-labor-claims-peta-chaokoh/4246921001/ 2. Alexa Guard’s new trick will be to bark like a dog to scare off intruders https://gizmodo.com/alexa-can-now-bark-like-a-dog-to-scare-people-away-when-1846142970 3. Access Affordability Act https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/national-federation-of-the-blind-applauds-the-introduction-of-the-access-technology-affordability-act-in-the-house-301213437.html 4. CBS All Access to relaunch as Paramount TV Plus 5. APH for the Blind Braille Displays and iOS 14.4 Issues https://www.aph.org/ios-14-4-mantis-and-chameleon-issues/ 6. iOS 14.5 will be bringing big privacy changes https://9to5mac.com/2021/01/28/apple-google-default-search-privacy/ You can contact that Real Blind Tech Show through email at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join our Facebook Group at That Real Blind Tech Show, Tweet us at @BlindTechShow, or leave us an old school voicemail at 9293671005..
Join Brian for a conversation with Steve Ewell, the Executive Director of the Consumer Technology Association Foundation. Steve walks us through his role as Executive Director of the Consumer Technology Association Foundation and walks us through his organization’s involvement with the Consumer Electronics Show. We discuss the panel Steve chaired at CES about Technology helping people with disabilities cope with isolationism during the pandemic. We then discuss how the CTA Foundation has had to adapt the way they conduct business due to the changing nature of the world. To learn more about the Consumer Technology Association Foundation please visit www.ctafoundation.tech and make sure to follow them on twitter at @CTAFoundation. To get in touch with the show, please email ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join us on Facebook in our group That Real Blind Tech Show, tweet us at @BlindTechShow, or leave us a message by calling 929-367-1005.
Join Brian and Ed as they welcome in Greg Stilson for a conversation about American Printing House for The Blind’s experience at this year’s virtual Consumer electronics Show. Greg offers his thoughts on Virtual Reality and the accessible possibilities. Greg then walks us through the products APH was showing off at this year’s CES, and how the company has changed its approach during the pandemic. Greg walks us through APH as a resource for the blind and low vision. We are then introduced to the Hive, APH’s new learning portal. You can reach out to That Real Blind Tech Show with an email at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join us on Facebook at That Real Blind Tech Show, follow us on Twitter @BlindTechShow, or leave us a message at 929-367-1005.
Welcome in to the first all new bigger and better That Real Blind Tech Show of 2021. Because three is never a crowd, we welcome in our new Co-Host. You will have to listen to find out who it is, but it is definitely someone that a lot of our listeners are familiar with. Drone racing, is this straight out of Star Wars or Gamblers Anonymous? It’s only January, but it’s never to early for Apple rumors. A $50 pair of clip ons can turn any pair of glasses in to ear buds. We highly recommend the Just Watch app, an app that will tell you where any movie or TV show is streaming on all of the streaming services you are subscribed to. Could spatial audio be coming to Netflix for Air Pod Pro’s and Max users? It’s then on to our coverage of this years Consumer Electronics Show. Brian learns some times when accessibility gets broken its best to think before tweeting. Is the mainstream really that concerned with accessibility? Will a more virtual work force mean more professional level jobs for people with disabilities? We then have a review of our experience with the new Arm based Mac Book Pro, well at least one of us has one of them. Of course after recording, news broke that Apple may be releasing a new version of the Mac Book Pro later this year without the stupid Touch Bar, so I am sure we will be discussing this in a future episode. Samsung has introduced a new line of TV sets with quite a slew of accessibility features, which then led us to discuss our current TV’s and their accessibility. Then it is on to a discussion of WiFi 6 and routers. And of course it’s more of Whatcha Streaming, Whatcha Reading.
Articles Discussed IN This Episode.
1. Draft Kings announces it will soon allow betting on Drone Races. https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/9/22222051/draftkings-drl-betting-drone-races
2. A 6th Generation iPad mini may be coming in March.
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/01/08/ipad-mini-6-slim-bezels-march-launch/
3. A $50 pair of Clip Ons can turn any pair of glasses in to Ear Buds. https://gizmodo.com/these-50-clip-on-speakers-let-you-turn-any-pair-of-gla-1846019441
4. The Just Watch App in the iTunes Store. Find where any movie or TV Show is streaming.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/justwatch-movies-tv-shows/id979227482
5. Netflix is reportedly testing spatial audio for Air Pods.
https://9to5mac.com/2021/01/14/netflix-spatial-audio-airpods/
6. Samsung 2021 TVs are offering a slew of accessibility options.
https://www.imore.com/2021-samsung-tvs-are-more-accessible-people-vision-or-hearing-disabilities
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Happy Holidays all. Join us for a brief conversation on iOS 14 screen recognition. Is it a hinderance or helpful?
Meet Brian McCarthy. If you ever thought That Real Blind Tech Show Host Brian Fischler was a wackadoodle, you ain’t heard nothing yet. Brian’s good pal Brian McCarthy is low vision due to LHON. Join us for a walk through Brian McCarthy losing his vision, his success with one of the most popular ad campaigns in the past twenty years, his creation of the show Dislabeled, his night out in NYC with Jim Jeffries, hosting Laugh For Sight, running around New York City without a cane, and a ton of other nonsense.
You can learn more about Brian McCarthy at www.lipsweat.com, and Dislabeled at www.dislabled.tv. Follow him on Twitter at @BrianPMcCarthy.
We end our year with a discussion of Mac OS Big Sur, as Brian is now running it on his secondary device. We discuss a serious issue with mail if the control key is not shutting up VoiceOver for you, and how to fix it. The other minor issues with Big Sur, and end with what we are looking forward to in 2021. You can reach out to That Real Blind Tech Show at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join the conversation on Facebook in our Group That Real Blind Tech Show, follow us on Twitter at @BlindTechShow, or leave us a message by calling 929-367-1005.
Meet DHSHolly and DHSDarcy, no they are not agents of Homeland Security. For those of you not familiar with them, they have been using assistive technology their entire lives. From the early days of Apple 2e’s to the current slate of Apple products. They met on a tech mailing list for the blind. Have been podcasting since the early days of podcasting with two cans and a string. They can now be heard regularly on the MACCESSIBILITY podcast. Join us for their journey from the early days of accessibility in main stream devices to the modern explosion of accessibility everywhere. And no that was not Brian being rude during the latter part of the interview, his phone and Siri decided to make a phone call.
Follow Darcy at @DHSDarcy and Holly at @DHSHolly on Twitter, and you can subscribe to the MACCESSIBILITY podcast here https://maccessibility.net
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And you thought Apple had the most expensive product announced this week. Not so fast, how about an app to help you sleep for the low low price of $899? Apple updates their website to place more of a focus on people with disabilities but what about fixing iCloud.com for VoiceOver users? Could Apple be moving to a hardware subscription model? A recent survey discovered it is not just VoiceOver users that want Touch ID back. Amazon Sidewalk is coming and we are not sure it is a good thing. The AirPod Max have been announced for the low low price of $549. No you did not read that price incorrectly. We are stunned at this. Apple released their apps of 2020, but what about Brian and Ed’s favorite apps of 2020. Brian’s HomePod Mini finally arrived, and we get his thoughts of it. No time like the present to go over those monthly and yearly subscription services, you may be surprised what they add up to. Procter and Gamble makes a plea for more Audio Description for the blind. Then of course it is more of What’s Pissing Off Brian and Whatcha Streaming Whatcha Reading.
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Articles Discussed in this Episode.
1. Anti-insomnia app gets FDA approval
https://9to5mac.com/2020/11/30/anti-insomnia-app/
2. Apple redesigns its website for people with disabilities
https://www.imore.com/apple-redesigns-its-accessibility-website-and-debuts-new-support-videos
3. Apple will likely offer a subscription service for their hardware
https://www.appleworld.today/blog/2020/12/7/apple-will-likely-offer-a-monthly-subscription-service-for-macs-ipads-apple-watches
4. A recent survey found that 79% of iPhone users want Touch ID back.
5. Amazon Sidewalk is coming
https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Sidewalk/b?ie=UTF8&node=21328123011
6. AirPod Max are here for the low price of $549
https://www.macworld.com/article/3600458/apples-airpods-max-are-ridiculously-overpriced-even-if-they-deliver-audiophile-quality-sound.html#tk.rss_all
7. Apple’s best apps of 2020
https://macdailynews.com/2020/12/02/apples-best-apps-of-2020-zoom-disney-pokemon-go-and-more/
8. A plea from Procter & Gamble for more audio description
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/12/lost-in-translation-why-audio-description-must-go-on-the-accessibility-agenda/?fbclid=IwAR2OxQM6t7qIU7qrzIB9zjiNVR1aHh4001JJspBWdHwA1i3KtOwwAaEgVP0
9. Warner Brothers will be releasing all of their 2021 films on HBOmax
https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/3/22150605/hbo-max-warner-bros-movies-2021-simultaneous-release-matrix-godzilla-suicide-squad-space-jam
Welcome to feeling like it is Blursday. Hulu Live TV is the latest streaming service to jack up their prices. Does cutting the cord still make economical sense? HBOMax makes its debut on Amazon Fire TV. Navilens is being tested out by the NYC MTA in a limited fashion. A Black Friday spectacular review of Amazon, Walmart, Target, and Best Buy from an accessibility viewpoint.
We then welcome in the new CEO of the Lighthouse Guild, NYC, Dr. Cal Roberts to discuss his first few months on the job, his wide ranging background, his new podcast On Tech and Vision with Dr. Cal Roberts, and much more.
Why in the world would anyone purchase Apple’s new MagSafe Charger? It was not a great start for those early downloaders of Mac OS Big Sur. Why in the world does the full Mac keyboard have 19 function keys?
M1 Macs is there any reason for a VoiceOver user to be using iOs apps on their Mac? iMazing and CrossOver 20 are two applications to allow you to run iOS and Windows programs on your Mac, but are they accessible? And of course its the return of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and more of Whatcha Streaming Whatcha Reading?
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Articles Discussed In This Episode
1.Hulu with Live TV is Jacking up its prices
https://gizmodo.com/welp-hulu-with-live-tv-is-jacking-up-its-prices-too-1845692304
2. HBOMax has arrived on Amazon Fire TVs
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/16/21569441/hbo-max-amazon-fire-tv-tablets-roku-prime-video-channel-membership
3. Navilens is being tested out for NYC blind bus riders
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/10/27/mta-unveils-smartphone-app-for-visually-impaired-bus-riders
4. Link to On Tech and Vision with Dr. Cal Roberts on Apple Podcasts
https://www.lighthouseguild.org/healthcare-professionals/research/on-tech-and-vision/
5. Why you should not buy Apple’s new MagSafe Charger
https://mashable.com/article/apple-magsafe-duo-too-expensive/
6. Mac OS Big Sur did not get off to a great start
https://gizmodo.com/its-been-a-rough-launch-for-big-sur-1845686868
7. iMazing will allow you to install almost any iOS app on your Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2020/11/18/how-to-install-iphone-ipad-app-m1-mac/
8. CrossOver 20 will allow you to run Windows apps and games on your Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2020/11/18/m1-macs-can-now-run-windows-apps-and-games-through-crossover-20/
Join Ed and Brian for a recap of Apple’s 365th special event of 2020. We start off on a somber note as Brian pays tribute to his first guide dog Nash who recently passed. Disclaimer, if you drop your Air Pods on to a train track, do not go down on the tracks to get them. Really, Apple Lidar already can help blind people know how far other people are away from them? Talk about information I could have used yesterday. iOS 14.2 will now give you a completely useless daily briefing. HomePod Mini orders have been placed, but will they ever arrive? Then a little promo for Brian who made an appearance on the Yahoo Fantasy Football Podcast and you can read the article about the All Blind Fantasy Football League further down in the show notes. We then dive in to Apple’s One More Thing monthly presentation, starting off with our thoughts about the new M1 chip. RIP boot Camp. The new Mac Air keyboards will be making some interesting changes adding dedicated dictation, do not disturb, and spotlight keys. For a full VoiceOver user, is there any reason to get a MacBook Pro with the Touch Bar? iOS apps will they or won’t they be coming to your Arm Macs, but more importantly will they be accessible? Will you be installing Mac OS Big Sur on launch day? And of course it is more of Whatcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.
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Articles Discussed In This episode.
1. There is now a Vacuum specifically designed to pick up Air Pods
https://9to5mac.com/2020/11/06/theres-now-a-vacuum-specifically-designed-to-pick-up-airpods-dropped-onto-train-tracks/
2. iPhone 12 Pro can use Lidar to help blind people detect other people
https://mashable.com/article/apple-iphone-people-detection/
3. With the iOS 14.2 update you can now ask Siri for a daily update.
4. Brian Fischler Discusses The All Blind Football League with Yahoo Fantasy
https://sports.yahoo.com/standup-comic-creates-allblind-fantasy-football-league-after-losing-his-sight-084149770.html
5. The 5 Biggest Announcements from Apple’s One More Thing
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/10/21550892/apple-arm-silicon-event-macbook-air-pro-mini-mac-big-sur-biggest-announcements
6. Major Developers opting out of Mac App Store before Apple Silicon Release
https://www.imore.com/major-developers-opt-out-mac-app-store-ahead-apple-silicon-launch
7. Mac OS Big Sur Dropping on November 12th
https://www.appleworld.today/blog/2020/11/10/macos-big-sur-to-be-released-into-the-wild-on-thursday
Join Ed and Brian for a discussion about the fantastic news about HBOMax on the verge of getting accessibility improvements and Audio Described Content, YouTube Audio Described tracks, and no Audio Description for This is Us first two episodes. The rumor mill be abuzz that Apple is working on its own search engine. And no more Internet Explorer for you real soon!
Then we are joined by Jeanine Stanley from Aira for a very open and honest discussion about the current issues some Aira Explorer’s have had with the service, the changes to Aira in 2020, and what Aira Explorers can expect from the future of Aira. We also discuss a new promo Aira has going with Starbucks in select cities. An upcoming exciting Aira Webinar with the Negro League Baseball Hall of Fame on November 6, 2020. Brian don’t take things so literally, hey, do you know what Aira stands for?
After our interview with Jeanine its a discussion about the pros and cons of the new iPhone 12.
Then of course more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming Whatcha Reading.
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Articles Discussed In This episode.
1. Accessibility Enhancements Are On The Way to HBOMax Along With Audio Description
https://dralegal.org/press/accessibility-enhancements-on-the-horizon-for-hbo-max-customers-who-are-blind/
2. Evidence Is Mounting That Apple Is Designing Its Own Search Engine
https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/10/28/evidence-mounting-that-apple-is-preparing-alternative-to-google-search
3.Internet Explorer Users May Be Surprised When They Are Directed To Microsoft Edge Next Month
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/27/21537274/microsoft-internet-explorer-force-open-edge-website
4. To Learn More About Aira Visit Them on The Web
https://aira.io
Join Brian and Ed as they discuss whether or not Amazon Prime Day has Jumped the Shark. The recent updates to Blind Square GPS and NFB Newsline. Will HBOMax and Peacock ever fix their accessibility of their iOS apps? A brief conversation on the recently released Microsoft Surface Books or Pads or whatever they are calling them these days. Then it is on to the Apple newly announced products with our thoughts about the new Apple HomePod Mini and the trillions of new iPhone 12’s announced. Is there any reason for a totally blind VoiceOver user to get the iPhone 12 Pro Max? Can you guess how many different iPhones and price plans Apple is now offering? Listen to find out the answer! Please do yourself a favor and do not get a 64 gig iPhone. Trust us, you will thank us in the long run. Ed also exposes Brian for the true Germaphobe he is, and we get an interruption from a friend of Brian’s. Actually the podcast was called Smokey College Football Picks with the Bandit, but we have taken this season off. Wait, my iPhone tells me I have been on 5G for two years, am I special and more advanced then everyone else? And it’s the return of What’s Pissing Off Brian and Whatcha reading Whatcha Streaming.
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Articles Discussed In This episode
1. New Microsoft Surface Books
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us?OCID=ema_7193670_FY21FallMoment&WT.mc_id=PromoEmail_7193670_17426_en_US_US_FallSurface_GA_10-13-20_Header_Home_Generic_B
2. Introducing the Apple HomePod Mini
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/13/21432979/apple-homepod-mini-features-specs-price
3. Apple Introduces Intercom Mode
https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/10/13/apple-unveils-intercom-feature-for-iphone-ipad-homepod-and-airpods
4. The iPhone 12’s Are Here
https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-iphone-12-iphone-12-pro-and-iphone-12-max-1845350712
5. The truth About 5G
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/09/08/5g-speed/
6. Apple Brings Back MagSafe Charging For the New iPhones
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/13/21509659/apple-iphone-12-magsafe-charging-magnetic-charger-return
Man Caves are popping up everywhere these days, even in NYC’s Grand Central Station. Stop the presses, Amazon Prime Day has been announced in the U.S. for October 13th, but hang on won’t that clash with something else rumored to be taking place the same day. If you are a Google Meet user you better get used to keeping those calls under an hour or it will cost you. Amazon held their yearly keynote and announced a slew of new products. We discuss them all and if any of them will be in our homes soon.
Join us for a very special interview with Kisiah Timmons, a Principal Product Designer at Verizon Media. We discuss Kisiah’s career journey along with the road blocks she has faced along the way being blind in the tech world. We discuss how Kisiah ended up working on the fantastic Yahoo Fantasy app at Verizon Media, learn about the case study that Yahoo Fantasy is conducting with The All Blind Football league, and much more.
After our interview tune in for our discussion about the new Apple Watch Series 6, sleep tracking, and hand washing. Really, this is not a joke, we are talking about hand washing on the podcast. And of course it is then on to our experiences with iOS 14 and Atari Tennis. Back Tap for you, Back Tap for me, Back Tap for almost everyone. Why does every app on your iPhone want to talk to other devices on your network in iOS 14?
Articles Discussed in this Episode.
- The MTA discovers a Mancave hidden beneath Grand Central Station.
https://gizmodo.com/secret-man-cave-discovered-in-room-in-beneath-grand-cen-1845165983 - Google Meet being completely free for as long as you want will soon be coming to an end.
https://mashable.com/article/google-meet-time-limit-free/ - Coalition For App Fairness unites App Developers against Apple.
https://www.cultofmac.com/723748/coalition-for-app-fairness/ - Amazon announces all newly redesigned Echo devices and ones targeted at kids.
https://mashable.com/article/amazon-announces-new-echo-devices/ -
An all new chip makes Alexa even faster s
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Alexa will supposedly be getting smarter!
https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/24/21452313/alexa-voice-assistant-ai-upgrade-amazon-echo-smart-speaker-multiple-people-tone-questions - All new updated Fire Stick and Fire Stick Light
https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/09/24/amazon-unveils-upgraded-fire-tv-stick-lower-cost-fire-tv-stick-lite - Amazon Show Smart Devices will soon be able to stream Netflix
https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/24/21454420/amazon-echo-show-10-netflix-smart-speaker - Amazon launches new Guard Plus service for home security.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/24/21454582/amazon-alexa-guard-plus-subscription-service-security-price-release-date
Join Ed and Brian for a discussion about all the latest announcements from Apple, social distance style. Bose Frames gives us the all new Sopranos. Yes, your weather app is spying on you. AT&T will now let its customers make phone calls through their Alexa devices, is this really needed? Then it is on to the Apple keynote for October, er, we mean September. Hey who knows what month or day it is anymore. Ugh, no iPhones mentioned at this event. Two new Apple Watches including the launch of the Apple Watch SE. Then one of us learns that the volume button and the power button do two completely different things. iOS 14 has most likely already dropped, will you be updating to get off of the awful iOS 13 sooner rather then later? Apple joins the bundled services game. New low and mid range iPads. Will one be in Ed’s future? And it would not be That Real Blind Tech Show without talk of the first week of The All Blind Football League, what’s pissing off Brian, and Whatcha streaming, whatcha reading.
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Show Links
Articles Discussed in this episode
1. Bose releases the Bose Frames 2.0
https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/frames/bose-frames-soprano.html?mc=25_PE_FR_GMC200912&ad_rid=327933139&ad_blid=1240486924&mi_u=327933139&cid=DM360379&bid=1240486924≻=LE%20Journey%20LE%20Frames%20O#v=bose_frames_soprano_black
2. Is Your Weather App Selling You Out?
https://gizmodo.com/your-weather-app-is-selling-you-out-1845052421
3. AT&T subscribers can now make and receive calls through Alexa
https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/09/att-customers-can-now-make-and-receive-calls-via-alexa/?guccounter=1
4. iOS 14 is here will you be updating?
https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/09/15/apple-releasing-ios-14-ipados-14-watchos-7-tvos-14-september-16
5. Apple introduces Service Bundles
https://www.appleworld.today/blog/2020/9/15/apple-one-the-one-apple-service-to-rule-them-all
6. Two new Apple Watches are coming
https://www.imore.com/apple-watch-se
7. And what would a new product launch be without a few new iPad sizes?
https://www.cultofmac.com/722081/apple-ipad-air-4-price-release-date/
We start off with is it a bird? Is it a plane? Was it Ed flying around in a JetPack in Los Angeles this past weekend, or maybe the real Iron Man? That screaming you heard was Ed and Brian during a tension breaker when they heard that all newly redesigned apps are coming to amazon and Facebook. We hear Netflix watch parties are all the rage these days, can they ever be made fully accessible? Mask Selfie’s being required by Uber, anyone else plan to use a photo of the Lone Ranger? After our interview with Karen Kramer, a retired O and M trainer, its on to an important conversation about advocacy. Are you doing more harm then good with your advocacy? Is Apple actually listening to That Real Blind Tech show as after Brian complained on the last episode about his new iMac delivery, it actually came on time. Then it is on to a discussion of an article published by David Rosenblatt about web accessibility annoyances. And it would not be That Real Blind Tech show without What’s Pissing Off Brian and er, maybe Ed! Join us for a special interview with Karen Kramer, a recently retired O and M trainer in New York City for a discussion about what challenges mobility trainers and their clients are facing during the Corona Virus. Articles Discussed in This Episode. 1. Iron Man Spotted in Los Angeles https://gizmodo.com/did-you-fly-a-jetpack-over-los-angeles-this-weekend-be-1844923772. All new design coming to the amazon app https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/01/amazons-big-redesign-on-ios-to-reach-all-u-s-users-by-month-end/ 2. 3. Uber to require some riders to take Mask Selfies! https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/1/21410134/uber-mask-selfie-riders-drivers-covid-pandemic 4. David Rosenblatt’s article on the Five Most Annoying Accessibility Issues He Faces When Browsing A Website https://bighack.org/5-most-annoying-website-features-i-face-as-a-blind-screen-reader-user-accessibility/?fbclid=IwAR2WLAYDL_zYkFTg1WaoR2Z-PgdYUkpgELj9I4NTN2L6poT-2MskJ5zGwas
Join Brian and Ed as they discuss all the latest greatest headlines mostly in the assistive technology world.
Discussed in this show. CSUN may have waited way to long to cancel their 2020 conference, but they are ahead of the virtual ball for 2021. What in the wide world of California is going on with Uber and Lift? Then it is on to fond memories of Brian taking an uber, or was it an uber? No Apple Watch Beta for you! Is Apple now copying Microsoft Soundscape? Great news for VM Ware Fusion virtual machine users as VM Ware will continue to work with Mac Big Sur. The question of the show, is Aira still worth the cost? Does having to use an ATM piss you off? Well it pisses Brian off. Amazon makes improvements for its low vision Fire TV customers. And back by popular demand, it is more of what ya streaming what ya reading.
Brian and Ed also welcome to That Real Blind Tech Show, special guest, David Kingsbury for a conversation about David’s new book, When One Web Browser Is Not Enough. We also learn about David(s background and the work he does at the Carroll Center.
Articles Discussed in this Episode.
Uber and Lift Shut Down Averted in California until October 1, 2020
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/20/21377841/uber-lyft-california-judge-block-emergency-stay-employees
Now the Janitors are even suing Apple.
https://www.appleworld.today/blog/2020/8/20/apple-must-face-lawsuit-involving-a-janitorial-services-canceled-contract
Apple is Looking to get in to the Spatial Audio Navigation Game
https://www.appleworld.today/blog/2020/8/20/apple-investigating-ways-to-provide-spatial-audio-navigation-to-various-device
VM Ware Fusion 12 to Work with Mac OS Big Sur
https://www.imore.com/vmware-fusion-12-will-support-macos-big-sur-and-more
New Low Vision Feature Comes to Amazon Fire TV
https://www.aftvnews.com/new-vision-accessibility-feature-adds-large-text-banner-to-fire-tv-interface/
Join Guest Host Ed Plumacher and Brian Fischler as they discuss traveling to work in NYC during a pandemic, Yahoo Fantasy Football, the newly announced 27 inch iMac, is it time to buy an iMac, Tik Tok What is it and will it be around much longer, the disaster for VoiceOver users of HBOMax and Peacock, and , all with the humor you have come to enjoy when Ed and Brian rock the microphone!
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Here are some useful links we discuss in this episode.
How to Clean Out Space in Your Cloud Services
https://gizmodo.com/how-to-clear-out-space-in-all-your-cloud-storage-accoun-1844611066
What is Tik Tok?
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/its-time-to-pay-serious-attention-to-tiktok/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALQU6N1hQj5nQ1zgCT43SxZn1i4LZYG567wD0vxtLHUoOs769bgwVQv9hW-WZpycLchpWqE6rv1DWS4j_7Y7tRtWcJnwodKI0-OKzhJnI-VEGWLBnuiojKigodwZpeZ3OOuyR7sXGNmEo4vn3Y50RxZM_3yLs3A3Ucz6rLkNTdLH
Duolingo in the iOS App Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/duolingo-language-lessons/id570060128
Welcome to the first episode of the all new That Real Blind Tech Show. On this episode join Host Brian Fischler for an intro to the new show and a review of the accessibility features of the xBox and EA Sports Madden Football 2020.
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