That Real Blind Tech Show

De: Brian Fischler Ed Plumacher and Allison Meloy
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  • A podcast Hosted by Brian Fischler, Ed Plumacher, and Allison Meloy discussing the good and bad of assistive technology for the low vision and totally blind. Key topics include Apple’s VoiceOver, Amazon’s VoiceView, Windows Narrator, Freedom Scientific Jaws, Described Video, and basically any product that talks to you. We are not NPR, as we are an entertainment technology show.
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  • Episode 161 - Doxing Season, Are You Ready For Some football
    Aug 18 2024

    It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show, The Boys style as Brian and Ed are joined by David Goldstein and Nick D’Ambrosio to discuss the fun of playing fantasy football, and offer some helpful hints to those people who have never played fantasy football before and are thinking about playing this upcoming season. We reflect a little on the All Blind Fantasy Football League Mini Documentary.

    We talk about yahoo Fantasy and their fantastic accessibility on iOS and Android.

    We then let Nick stick around as we discuss an article about cyber hacking and the all time greatest mispronunciation of a specific word that you will have to hear for your own to actually believe!

    Is Cable TV road Kill and on the way out?

    Will the U.S. government look to break up Google and what would it mean for the consumer? And is Apple next on the Justice Department’s list? We then briefly discuss Pixel phones.

    We then continue our conversation from our last episode about Apple Intelligence being more of a concept then a reality. The iPhone 16 is rumored to be getting a new button, why apple, why? Mac OS Sequoia will require regular permission checks when using certain apps. And the E.U. will be forcing Apple to have App Developers provide an address, phone number and email on all paid App Store pages.

    Sonos is considering relaunching their old app. On a some what related note, Sonos has laid off another 100 employees.

    And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.

    To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, join us on the Twitter @BlindTechShow , or leave us an old school phone message at 929-367-1005.

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    1 h y 12 m
  • Episode 160 - Dibs On Real AppleVis.com
    Aug 5 2024
    It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. The entire gang of Allison, Brian, Ed, and Jeanine are back together for the first time in awhile. We start with a brief conversation about Sell and Venmo. Which then leads us in to the first ever death segment of That Real Blind Tech show, as we discuss the demise of AppleVis. You can read David Goodwin’s article about shutting AppleVis down here at least until August 31st. And as soon as the paint dried on the news of AppleVis shutting down, Orcam while not publicly, but it has been announced that Orcam will halt development of visual aides. Switching from dying products to new products, would you wear an always listening A.I. pendent? We then discuss Google pulling their Gemini A.I. ad from the Olympics after the backlash it received. In our favorite story for this episode, Epic’s Tim Sweeney is blasting Apple’s Find My for actually tracking the thief who stole his MacBook. Say what! Logitech wants to sell you one more mouse for the rest of your life, but they also want you to pay a subscription for it! What, again! Siri supposedly seems to get better in iOS 18.1, but does it really? Allison has been running iOS 18.1 and gives us her opinions of how things are running so far. We then discuss everything Apple Intelligence can and can’t do in iOS 18.1. It ends up iOS 18 could be the safest way to use ChatGPT. And will this whole partnership with ChatGPT blow up in Apple’s privacy face? We then talk about the new feature coming to iOS 18 called reduced interruptions for notifications. And would you like to unlock your iPhone with your heartbeat? Apple once thought of it. So the whole CrowdStrike thing happened in between us recording, and now we have all heard of CrowdStrike. Delta’s CEO question if this sort of crash could ever happen on the Mac? This leads to Allison telling us about all the fun of traveling on International CrowdStrike Day, and the fun that ensued from all of it. We then find out all about Allison’s cruise. Which then leads us to talking more about the Meta Ray Bans. And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading. To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, join us on the Twitter @BlindTechShow , or leave us an old school phone message at 929-367-1005. It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. The entire gang of Allison, Brian, Ed, and Jeanine are back together for the first time in awhile. We start with a brief conversation about Sell and Venmo. Which then leads us in to the first ever death segment of That Real Blind Tech show, as we discuss the demise of AppleVis. You can read David Goodwin’s article about shutting AppleVis down here at least until August 31st. And as soon as the paint dried on the news of AppleVis shutting down, Orcam while not publicly, but it has been announced that Orcam will halt development of visual aides. Switching from dying products to new products, would you wear an always listening A.I. pendent? We then discuss Google pulling their Gemini A.I. ad from the Olympics after the backlash it received. In our favorite story for this episode, Epic’s Tim Sweeney is blasting Apple’s Find My for actually tracking the thief who stole his MacBook. Say what! Logitech wants to sell you one more mouse for the rest of your life, but they also want you to pay a subscription for it! What, again! Siri supposedly seems to get better in iOS 18.1, but does it really? Allison has been running iOS 18.1 and gives us her opinions of how things are running so far. We then discuss everything Apple Intelligence can and can’t do in iOS 18.1. It ends up iOS 18 could be the safest way to use ChatGPT. And will this whole partnership with ChatGPT blow up in Apple’s privacy face? We then talk about the new feature coming to iOS 18 called reduced interruptions for notifications. And would you like to unlock your iPhone with your heartbeat? Apple once thought of it. So the whole CrowdStrike thing happened in between us recording, and now we have all heard of CrowdStrike. Delta’s CEO question if this sort of crash could ever happen on the Mac? This leads to Allison telling us about all the fun of traveling on International CrowdStrike Day, and the fun that ensued from all of it. We then find out all about Allison’s cruise. Which then leads us to talking more about the Meta Ray Bans. And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading. To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, join us on the Twitter @BlindTechShow , or leave us an old school phone message at 929-367-1005.
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    1 h y 37 m
  • Episode 159 - Meet the Cast of the All Blind Sitcom Don't Look Now
    Jul 28 2024

    It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show. It’s an episode like none other as Brian sits down with a lot of the cast, and the Creator, Director, and writer of the all blind sitcom pilot, Don’t Look Now.

    Joining us on this exclusive behind the scenes look at don’t Look Now is Rebecca S. Meadows The Co-Creator, Executive Producer and she also plays Becca, Brian McCarthy who plays Drew, Michael Gallant who plays CJ, Jamie Jung the Casting Director and he also plays Billy, Olga Itsenko who plays Olga, and the Creator, Director, and writer Geno Marks. We get to know a little bit about the cast members and then find out how Don’t Look Now went from its early conception to the filmed pilot episode.

    We find out a little bit about everyone’s first impressions with Don’t Look Now, and then Jamie gives us a peek behind the scenes at the casting process.

    We then get everyone’s thoughts on what first drew them to Don’t Look Now.

    Michael then tells us how he prepared to play someone who is totally blind.

    Brian McCarthy takes us behind his process to playing Drew and Olga lets us know what her experience was like as a first time actress.

    Which then leads to the cast discussing how comfortable everyone felt on set and around each other. They became a true ensemble.

    Geno then tells us how he and Frank the Director of Photography approached working with a mostly blind and low vision cast.

    We then get the opinions of the cast what it is like to be sitting in the theater for the premiere of their work in front of an audience that is seeing the show for the first time.

    Which leads us to getting everyone’s favorite memory from the set.

    You can keep up with Don’t Look Now on Instagram and on their official website.

    To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, join us on the Twitter @BlindTechShow , or leave us an old school phone message at 929-367-1005.

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    1 h y 27 m

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