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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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, and make sure to visit our website where you can listen to any of our past episodes.       

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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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, and make sure to visit our website where you can listen to any of our past episodes.     

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!   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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, and make sure to visit our website where you can listen to any of our past episodes.   

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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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, and make sure to visit our website where you can listen to any of our past episodes.

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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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. Additionally, make sure to check out our website where you can listen to all of our past episode.  

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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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. And make sure to check out our new website where you can download and listen to all of our episodes.

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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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. And make sure to check out our new website where you can find any of our past episodes here.

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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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. You can also keep up with us and get any of our past episodes on our website.,   

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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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.   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 [email protected].   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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. 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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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. 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?   To make a deposit so you can be among the first people to receive the celeste Smart Glasses please visit here, and to learn more about the glasses click here.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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 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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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. 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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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, 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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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 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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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. 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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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.

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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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.

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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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.

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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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.

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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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 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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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.

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.     To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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. 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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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 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 [email protected]. 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!   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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.       

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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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 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!   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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 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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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. 

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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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. 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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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 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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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. 

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.     To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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 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.     To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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 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!     To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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 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.     To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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 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. To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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,  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.     To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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.

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!     To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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 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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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.    

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 [email protected] 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.     To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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 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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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.

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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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.

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.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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 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 [email protected].   And of course its 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 [email protected], 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.

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 [email protected] 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.    To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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.

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.     To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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.

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.      To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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.

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.      To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], 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.