That Real Blind Tech Show
163 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago -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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Episodes
Episode 12 - Just Do It, apologies to Nike. Meet Trailblazers Holly Anderson and Darcy Burnard
December 17, 2020 03:13 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBMeet DHSHolly and DHSDarcy, no they are not agents of Homeland Security. For those of you not familiar with them, they have been using assistive technology their entire lives. From the early days of Apple 2e’s to the current slate of Apple products. They met on a tech mailing list for the blind. Have been podcasting since the early days of podcasting with two cans and a string. They can now be heard regularly on the MACCESSIBILITY podcast. Join us for their journey from the early days of ac...
Episode 11 - Amazon Skynet is coming, oops we mean Sidewalk
December 10, 2020 19:27 - 1 hour - 31 MBAnd you thought Apple had the most expensive product announced this week. Not so fast, how about an app to help you sleep for the low low price of $899? Apple updates their website to place more of a focus on people with disabilities but what about fixing iCloud.com for VoiceOver users? Could Apple be moving to a hardware subscription model? A recent survey discovered it is not just VoiceOver users that want Touch ID back. Amazon Sidewalk is coming and we are not sure it is a good thing. The...
Episode 10 - Happy Thanksgiving, If You're Feeling Like Today Is Blursday, You’re Not Alone, and a Very Special Interview with the New CEO of the Lighthouse Guild, Dr. Cal Roberts
November 24, 2020 06:49 - 1 hour - 39.3 MBWelcome to feeling like it is Blursday. Hulu Live TV is the latest streaming service to jack up their prices. Does cutting the cord still make economical sense? HBOMax makes its debut on Amazon Fire TV. Navilens is being tested out by the NYC MTA in a limited fashion. A Black Friday spectacular review of Amazon, Walmart, Target, and Best Buy from an accessibility viewpoint. We then welcome in the new CEO of the Lighthouse Guild, NYC, Dr. Cal Roberts to discuss his first few months on t...
Episode 9 - Apple, Silicon Not Just For Boobs Anymore!!
November 12, 2020 00:15 - 1 hour - 27.5 MBJoin Ed and Brian for a recap of Apple’s 365th special event of 2020. We start off on a somber note as Brian pays tribute to his first guide dog Nash who recently passed. Disclaimer, if you drop your Air Pods on to a train track, do not go down on the tracks to get them. Really, Apple Lidar already can help blind people know how far other people are away from them? Talk about information I could have used yesterday. iOS 14.2 will now give you a completely useless daily briefing. HomePod Mi...
Episode 8 - Join the Audio Description Revolution and a In Depth Conversation with Aira’s Jeanine Stanley
October 31, 2020 02:23 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBJoin Ed and Brian for a discussion about the fantastic news about HBOMax on the verge of getting accessibility improvements and Audio Described Content, YouTube Audio Described tracks, and no Audio Description for This is Us first two episodes. The rumor mill be abuzz that Apple is working on its own search engine. And no more Internet Explorer for you real soon! Then we are joined by Jeanine Stanley from Aira for a very open and honest discussion about the current issues some Aira Expl...
It’s Not All About Them Apples
October 14, 2020 17:06 - 1 hour - 29.9 MBJoin Brian and Ed as they discuss whether or not Amazon Prime Day has Jumped the Shark. The recent updates to Blind Square GPS and NFB Newsline. Will HBOMax and Peacock ever fix their accessibility of their iOS apps? A brief conversation on the recently released Microsoft Surface Books or Pads or whatever they are calling them these days. Then it is on to the Apple newly announced products with our thoughts about the new Apple HomePod Mini and the trillions of new iPhone 12’s announced. Is t...
Episode 7 - It’s Not All About Them Apples
October 14, 2020 17:06 - 1 hour - 29.9 MBJoin Brian and Ed as they discuss whether or not Amazon Prime Day has Jumped the Shark. The recent updates to Blind Square GPS and NFB Newsline. Will HBOMax and Peacock ever fix their accessibility of their iOS apps? A brief conversation on the recently released Microsoft Surface Books or Pads or whatever they are calling them these days. Then it is on to the Apple newly announced products with our thoughts about the new Apple HomePod Mini and the trillions of new iPhone 12’s announced. Is t...
Episode 6 - Amazon, Apple, and Are You Ready For Some Yahoo Fantasy Football With Verizon Media’s Kisiah Timmons.
September 28, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBMan Caves are popping up everywhere these days, even in NYC’s Grand Central Station. Stop the presses, Amazon Prime Day has been announced in the U.S. for October 13th, but hang on won’t that clash with something else rumored to be taking place the same day. If you are a Google Meet user you better get used to keeping those calls under an hour or it will cost you. Amazon held their yearly keynote and announced a slew of new products. We discuss them all and if any of them will be in our hom...
Episode 5 - Those Aren’t Pillows. Well, at least we are going the right way!
September 16, 2020 16:41 - 59 minutes - 27.1 MBJoin Ed and Brian for a discussion about all the latest announcements from Apple, social distance style. Bose Frames gives us the all new Sopranos. Yes, your weather app is spying on you. AT&T will now let its customers make phone calls through their Alexa devices, is this really needed? Then it is on to the Apple keynote for October, er, we mean September. Hey who knows what month or day it is anymore. Ugh, no iPhones mentioned at this event. Two new Apple Watches including the launch of th...
Episode 4 - Sweep the Cane Johnny! And now for some Cobra Kai with Audio Description.
September 04, 2020 19:56 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBWe start off with is it a bird? Is it a plane? Was it Ed flying around in a JetPack in Los Angeles this past weekend, or maybe the real Iron Man? That screaming you heard was Ed and Brian during a tension breaker when they heard that all newly redesigned apps are coming to amazon and Facebook. We hear Netflix watch parties are all the rage these days, can they ever be made fully accessible? Mask Selfie’s being required by Uber, anyone else plan to use a photo of the Lone Ranger? After our in...
Episode 3 - Is that an Uber or a Taxi? Why not use Aira?
August 22, 2020 14:38 - 1 hour - 36.3 MBJoin Brian and Ed as they discuss all the latest greatest headlines mostly in the assistive technology world. Discussed in this show. CSUN may have waited way to long to cancel their 2020 conference, but they are ahead of the virtual ball for 2021. What in the wide world of California is going on with Uber and Lift? Then it is on to fond memories of Brian taking an uber, or was it an uber? No Apple Watch Beta for you! Is Apple now copying Microsoft Soundscape? Great news for VM Ware Fusion...
Episode 2 - Super Duper Turbo Charged iMacs to the Rescue
August 10, 2020 01:48 - 1 hour - 36.4 MBJoin Guest Host Ed Plumacher and Brian Fischler as they discuss traveling to work in NYC during a pandemic, Yahoo Fantasy Football, the newly announced 27 inch iMac, is it time to buy an iMac, Tik Tok What is it and will it be around much longer, the disaster for VoiceOver users of HBOMax and Peacock, and , all with the humor you have come to enjoy when Ed and Brian rock the microphone! If you have comments or questions email us at [email protected], Tweet us @BlindTechShow, jo...
Episode 1 - A New Beginning
August 04, 2020 06:03 - 13 minutes - 5.97 MBWelcome to the first episode of the all new That Real Blind Tech Show. On this episode join Host Brian Fischler for an intro to the new show and a review of the accessibility features of the xBox and EA Sports Madden Football 2020. To contact That Blind Tech Show follow us on Twitter @BlindTechShow, Join us on Facebook at That Blind Tech Show, email us in with your comments and questions at [email protected], or call us with a question at 929-367-1005.