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Russian Monkey Glans On Toast - A)132

No Russian monkeys were hurt in the making of this podcast. 

So Many Good Things - AP131

Apple dropped a bunch of great products in there last two events, however this doesn't stop a Voice-Over rant. And if you're desperate for a Christmas gift recommendation, this just might be the episode for you. 

Words, words, words, Exmouth - W-07

Welcome back to another episode inspired by Douglas Adams book, The Meaning of Liff. We share one of Douglas's words, and create one of our own. In both, an under utilised place name is married with a concept or situation needing a name.. Exmouth: Noun. The excuse or co-conspirator, you have ready in order to extract yourself from an unwanted conversation at a party or other public gathering. "Christine, if you see me stuck talking to Bob tonight, , can you be my exmouth? Rescue me please,...

Words, words, words, Exmouth - W-07

Welcome back to another episode inspired by Douglas Adams book, The Meaning of Liff. We share one of Douglas's words, and create one of our own. In both, an under utilised place name is married with a concept or situation needing a name.. Exmouth: Noun. The excuse or co-conspirator, you have ready in order to extract yourself from an unwanted conversation at a party or other public gathering. "Christine, if you see me stuck talking to Bob tonight, , can you be my exmouth? Rescue me please,...

Words, Words, Words, Werribee - W06

Welcome back to another episode inspired by the hilarious book by Douglas Adams - The Meaning of Liff. We share one of Douglas's words, and create one of our own. In both, an under utilised place name is married with a concept or situation needing a name.. Werribee: Noun. The sense of frustration experienced by a blind person when trying to eat a meal which contains peas, or similar difficult to catch food types. After five minutes of tediously scraping my fork around the plate, I finally ...

Words, Words, Words, Rooty Hill - W05

Rooty Hill: Noun. A trip hazard or uneven section of a concrete path caused by the lifting of sections due to tree roots growing under the path. These are most often found in established leafy suburbs, although can be seen anywhere humans have attempted to concrete over nature. It is speculated that a Rooty Hill is natures attempt to bring mankind closer to Mother Earth. This is achieved by tripping them over so they land face first on the ground. The white cane user has a distinct advanta...

Words, words, words, Chittering - W04

Chittering: Noun. The momentary feeling of confusion and dismay when you realise that the person to whom you've responded heartily to hearing them call "Hello", was not actually speaking to you. There has been a substantial increase in the prevalence of Chittering for all since mobile phones became common however for blindies, it is a risk we run whenever answering a "hello", where our name was not used in the initial greeting. Please contact Garth or Jordie if you have any suggestions for ...

Words, Words, Words, Dirranbandi - W03

Welcome back to another episode inspired by the Douglas Adams book "The Meaning of Liff", where we share one of Douglas's words, and create one of our own. We marry a place name with a concept or situation we find ourselves in as blind people. Dirranbandi: Noun. The hair tie or other band, which you attach to your door handle in a hotel, to help you return to the correct room

Words, words, words, Hunters Hill - W02

Hunters Hill, noun, Searching for a dropped object by A: using a swimming motion on the floor, or B: rolling methodically covering as much floor as possible to locate it.

Words, Words, Words, Aramac - W01

Welcome to a new series inspired by the Douglas Adams book The Meaning of Liff. In this book Douglas matches place names with concepts which have no name, creating an amusing dictionary of terms, some of which are bound to resinate. As blind people, we come across situations that are unique to our community, which also have no name, but again, I'm sure you'll resinate with some of them. In this series we attempt to find names for some of these blindy situations, and share some of our favou...

Words, Words, Words

Welcome to a new series inspired by the Douglas Adams book The Meaning of Liff. In this book Douglas matches place names with concepts which have no name, creating an amusing dictionary of terms, some of which are bound to resinate. As blind people, we come across situations that are unique to our community, which also have no name, but again, I'm sure you'll resinate with some of them. In this series we attempt to find names for some of these blindy situations, and share some of our favou...

Finding AirTags and Random Strangers - AP130

We have a quick look at Apples new AirTags and Steven tells us a truly concerning story about a stranger he found in his computer. 

The LIDAR Club is in the House - AP129

Introducing the Koshi Chimes - AP128

These hand crafted chimes make a wonderful gift for a birthday, or for a loved one for whom the perfect Christmas gift is hard to find. Choose fromAir, Water, Earth, Fire, or perhaps all four. 

Amazon's Apple Audio Predictions - AP127

Hey, I added chapters, don't expect show notes as well. But really, thanks for listening. 

COVID Positive - TART15

Exploring Each Others Tastes (a budding bromance and a shocking revelation about Satauna) - TART14

Lockdown Feel Around - TART 13

A scratch-up, some catch-up, and Scott + Matt = Scat - Tart 11

It's in the Air - AP126

We take a look at what's all over the news, well at least our news feeds, Apple's new MacBook Air, and get side tracked on a few other techie topics.  

Jordie Howell - Vocal Adventure - The Holman Prize Pitch

You can help Jordie with her Holman Prize pitch by going to her Youtube video and clicking like Thank-you so much for your support with this. Rationale My dream is to record a CD featuring works by blind composers, Australian composers, and works that are more familiar. I plan to travel to my pianist Penny Cashman in Adelaide for rehearsals, to the UK later in the year for coachings with specialists in the classical music field, and to record the finished product in Melbourne at Move Rec...

TART 2019 Christmas Special - The Gentleman's Edition

Merry Christmas folks. Support OSARA development by buying the Christmas Everywhere album. Take a listen to Komiti’s This Is My Time on Apple Music or search KOMITI on your favourite platform.

Mopping Up Ed Murrow, Appointment Setting and Making a Tart - TART10

We welcome back Derek to show us what he achieved with the work and lurk. Ed Murrow before and after clean up is spectacular. Satauna tells us about the most accessible appointment setting service she has found and Garth takes us briefly through the workflow of putting together an episode of Tarts. Links: Lanes Audio You Can Book Me Audio Hijack Reaper

Work and Lurk, Logos and Lamentation - TART09

On this episode we are joined by Derek Lane and discuss an idea he and Scott had to improve their propensity to getting stuff done. Will it work?

WWDC 2019 in Review with former Apple's Senior Director, Brett Halle - AP125

The Audio Pizza team are joined by Brett Halle to discuss the details of Apple's WWDC2019. Brett offers a unique insight in to some of the implications of the wide ranging announcements at this years conference.

Scott Gets Sticky, Satauna Gets Rich, Garth Gets Ribbed, and Matt Doesn't Get Punched TART08

I really didn't feel like doing show notes, so I didn't.  

Prolific Overthinking, Progress Roundups, and Starting Sticky Practice – TART07

Finally another session of TART has arrived after much machinations. Scott explains why he was having so much trouble with his podcast editing goals and his success with Wolf Garden. There’s updates on all our goals, and Scott starts sticky practice. This has nothing to do with his sticky fingers after eating his birthday cake.

Fat µGlasses, Embracing The Dark - AP124

The usual crew along with a special guest star takes an ever darkening look at life with Retinitis Pigmentosa, with their usual insightful, witty and heart warming perspectives. Ok, yeah, they are just chatting and laughing about walking into poles, but they do cover some topics that might make you feel that you are not alone with all the literal headaches of RP. For more information on RP, check out the Foundation for Fighting Blindness at https://blindness.org/

Fast Auditions and Even Faster Albums – – TART 06

Making a Record with Matt (Four Nights in Heaven) or , 4 N.I.H. as the cool kids say and we learn how Satauna lands her work.

Don't Feed The Seagulls, Marry Matt, or Join a Band With Scott - TART05

Circus (the song you heard in this episode) has an animation video on YouTube Fancy buying a copy? It’s on all the stores, or you can pick what to pay here: The band are on Facebook. This is where Scott is currently testing the water with less traditional content to see what works, so expect some fairly funny stuff and many epic fails: If you really really want to (actually, make that “have to”) you can write to TMH using [email protected] and one of them will probably remember...

Predicting 2019 - AP123

Well, it's another predictions show. I know you've probably heard enough of them, but if you want to know what's really going to happen, bunker down.

Matt’s Hats, Mince Pies, and Christmas TARTS – Session 4

Matt explains his obsession with high hats, Scott has so many reasons and Satauna, well she’s as lovely as usual, but still no Windows on her Mac.

Rivo 2 - Using Your iPhone Without the Touchscreen - AP122

Rivo was originally designed by Mobience to assist people who are blind or visually impaired to use smartphones easily, quickly, and precisely. Mobience have teamed up with Braillist to design and develop Rivo 2 as an ideal and indispensable accessory. Th

The Worst Gift Guide Ever - AP121

On this fateful episode, we see the demise into insanity of the former host, Garth. Clearly the stress of Christmas has got to him, and so have the co-hosts. Thankfully, there is light at Christmas time in the form of Satauna, who joins the crew and bring

The Three Fold Goal of Being a Better Boyfriend, More On OBS, and Brail Workflows for Voice-Over – TART03

Scott has some good news to share, yes, we were surprised as well, and Matt's made some progress with OBS. The others attempt to ignore their goals, however we start exploring Satauna's workflow with brail for getting her voice-over work done.

There's More In The Making Of Money - AP120

The latest Apple event brought some exciting new products, as usual though, there's some 'buts', and some of them are like the prices, large'. Shaun's butt though is the biggest and not featured in this episode.

Mixing Meantime, Making Erotic Fiction and the Long And Winding Road to Bootcamp - TART02

It's time to get your listening ears on, cause here comes the second session with the TARTs. Scott is slowly coming around to headphones and Matt is creating some scary good erotic fiction. Satauna and Garth do a reasonable job of pretending that their fails are actually successes. Want to get in touch? [email protected]

Meeting the TARTs - TART01

Introducing the first Session of a new show on Audio Pizza, The Audio Round Table. Kid friendly sessions of TART will continue to appear on Audio Pizza however if you want to subscribe separately to The Audio Round Table, here's the RSS and Apple Podcasts links. New sessions will come out first on the direct feed but you may occasionally need to put up with Scott's and Matt's potty mouthes. One runs their mouth for a living, and another helps people look like they love their job. Someone...

The Latisima Touch - AP119

Kayaker walks through his trials and tribulations caused by a lack of caffeine. Thankfully he makes peace with his new Latisima Touch and once again can start the day the way the caffeine gods intended.

The Audio Round Table Promo - TART00

Your monthly glimpse into the livelihoods and minds of Satauna (a pro voiceover artist), Matt (a studio owner), Scott (a capricious procrastinator), and, well, Garth.

AIRA - AP118

In this episode, Shaun, Garth and Scott are joined by Tim to talk about their experiences with AIRA and the new Horizon glasses.

Unpacking Samsungs Info Wars - AP117

On this episode we cover the recent filtering of the Info Wars podcasts and take a quick look at the Unpacked event by Samsung.

sous vide Cooking with Kayaker - AP116

Forget the reality cooking shows, you too can cook like a pro sous vide style! Sous Vide style means cooking food in a vacuum sealed plastic bag while in a precision-controlled temperature water bath. Sous Vide is a low and slow method of cooking, similar

Macs and Finger Bells - AP115

This Episode starts with a discussion of the new MacBook Pros released recently by Apple, however than gets into some rather controversial discussion around some of the weirder blindness products available.

Context Menus in Reaper come to the Mac - AP114

In a recent OSARA update, support has been improved for context menus on Windows, and added to the Mac. Additional context menus are available for envelopes and automation points, reporting state has been improved and these are also available on the Mac. As there is no applications key on the standard Mac keyboard, bindings have been added to Control+1 for the first context menu, this is equivalent to pressing the app key on Windows. The second and third context menus that are available on W...

Basic Automation with Reaper and OSARA - AP113

This session steps through doing basic automation of track volume, pan and effect parameters in Reaper with OSARA. View the full article at http://reaproducer.com

OSARA Key Map Updates for the Reaper DAW - AP112

During a recent update to OSARA, the key map has been updated, and upgraded. There are a number of new key assignments , and rearrangements to existing keystrokes. These are outlined below. Once you install the new key map, turn on shortcut help with F12 and explore the U, G, dash and equals, keys with the various modifiers and you will find the majority of the changes, however there are some others. Go to The ReaProducer site

The Keynote Deep Dive - AP111

Shaun, Kayaker and Garth give yet another take on Apple's recent Keynote at WWDC.

The Last Ten Yards - AP110

As a blind person, it can be extremely difficult, firstly just to get where your going and in some cases, the last ten yards can be the hardest part of the journey. In this episode we look at some of the strategies and reflect on our experiences with this problem. We discuss various apps, and equipment that can be used, including Aira, BlindSquare, GuideDogs, Bluetooth tags, and the good old basic cry for help which is sometimes the best solution, whether we want to ask or not. Use this li...

Who Wants A Smart Speaker - AP109

In this episode Tim, Shaun and Kayaker try to beat Garth into submition with respect to his ownership of smart speakers?