Listen "Talking Tech 8th August 2023"
Episode Synopsis
Musing about assistive tech for home, school, and employment The show today is blindness related, and next weeks show will be on low vision. Note - these are just recommendations and ideas, check at the end of the show notes where to get further assistance or information. Thoughts on main stream and assistive tech for home as a person who is blind Windows Windows 11 PC desktop or laptop I7 with 16GB of RAM NvDA, Narrator or JaWS Mac Mac mini M2 MBP 14 Pro VoiceOver Other Perkins Brailler iPhone 14 Pro Bluetooth keyboard Smart phone or tablet stand Printer/scanner Shokz Thoughts on assistive tech for school/further study as a person who is blind Windows Windows 11 PC laptop I7 with 16GB of RAM JAWS for Windows or NVDA Mac M2 MBP 14 Pro VoiceOver Other Perkins Brailler Brailliant BI40X Victor Reader Stream 3 iPhone 14 Pro iPad Bluetooth keyboard Smart phone or tablet stand Mini Guide Printer/scanner Shokz Thoughts on assistive tech for employment as person who is blind Windows Windows 11 PC laptop I7 with 16GB of RAM JAWS for Windows Mac M2 MBP 14 Pro VoiceOver Other Perkins Brailler Brailliant BI40X Orcam Victor Reader Stream 3 Braille embosser iPhone 14 Pro iPad Bluetooth keyboard Smart phone or tablet stand Stella Trek Mini Guide Shokz Where to get assistance on deciding best tech fit or funding. VA AT Help Desk. VA AT service. VA Bursary awards Job accesss Etc Call Vision Australia on 1300 847 466 or email [email protected] For many of the products, go to the VA Store online shop: Https://shop.visionaustrlaia.org Contact the Vision Store email [email protected] A few more things. The Weatherology app for iOS Using Human speech to announce the Weather. https://apps.apple.com/au/app/weatherology-weather-together/id557268375 Chat GPT comes to the Android Play Store Actually I’m going to sneak Bing from Microsoft in here as it uses Chat GPT 4, and is of course on both Android and iOS https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.bing&hl=en&gl=USSupport this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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