Talking Tech by Vision Australia Radio

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Vision Australia's Access Technology Officer Damo McMorrow talks with Stephen Jolley about the latest developments and gadgets in the tech world from a blindness and low vision perspective.

  1. 06.05.2025

    Talking Tech 6th May 2025

    In the final edition of this 13 year long weekly program: Damo reflects on his eleven and a half years with Vision Australia and explains his new role with the Commonwealth’s Administrative Review Tribunal; He demonstrates his recently acquired fully accessible Air Hover X1 drone; and He explains the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses app change from Meta View to Meta AI.   To access Talking Tech, presented each week by Stephen Jolley and Damo McMorrow you can go to varadio.org/talkingtech To write to the show use damo.mcmorrow@visionaustralia.org Support this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2. 29.04.2025

    Talking Tech 29th April 2025

    This week Damo shows us his recently acquired WEWalk Smart Cane 2. This includes a description of the cane, along with feature demonstrations including its object detection, favourite locations and more. This product is available from the Vision Store, shop.visionaustralia.org. There is also a reminder to tune to next week’s program which will contain significant news about the Talking Tech program and podcast.   To access Talking Tech, presented each week by Stephen Jolley and Damo McMorrow you can go to varadio.org/talkingtech To write to the show use damo.mcmorrow@visionaustralia.org Support this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  3. 22.04.2025

    Talking Tech 22nd April 2025

    This week we cover: A description of the fully accessible Yamaha FGDP30 electronic drumkit Advice of a battery draining issue with the WeWalk Smart Cane 2; and News of the most recent update to the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. To access the program, presented each week by Stephen Jolley and Damo McMorrow, you can go to varadio.org/talkingtech. To write to the show use damo.mcmorrow@visionaustralia.org Support this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  4. 15.04.2025

    Talking Tech 15th April 2025

    This week we cover: The recently introduced Projects function included in ChatGPT for both the online and mobile app environments; The ‘dictate’ function in the AI tool of Freedom Scientific known as FS Companion; A prototype haptic device for following live sport, known as One Court which was on show at the recent CSUN Assistive Technology conference; Damo’s account of his back up power system, to contend with the impact of Cyclone Alfred.   To access the program, presented each week by Stephen Jolley and Damo McMorrow you can go to varadio.org/talkingtech To write to the show use damo.mcmorrow@visionaustralia.org Support this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  5. 08.04.2025

    Talking Tech 8th April 2025

    This week we cover: Information about the Vision Australia Alexa Smart Home Program with inquiries welcome at voiceassist@visionaustralia.org; News of the latest updates to the BT Speak from Blazie Technology with further information at https://blazietech.com; News of the Orbit Speak from Orbit Research with further information at https://orbitresearch.com News of the latest software updates from Apple.   To access the program, presented each week by Stephen Jolley and Damo McMorrow you can go to varadio.org/talkingtech To write to the show use damo.mcmorrow@visionaustralia.org Support this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  6. 01.04.2025

    Talking Tech 1st April 2025

    News of the imminent release of Apple software updates. Then from his CSUN discoveries, Damo’s account of: two new distance camera low vision aids, the  Magnibot from Trisight and the Snowpad from Zoomax; A new braille display technology being developed by New Haptics; An AI mobility aid from Make Sense; Finally, we hear of Innosearch AI assisted shopping.   To access the program, presented each week by Stephen Jolley and Damo McMorrow you can go to varadio.org/talkingtech To write to the show use damo.mcmorrow@visionaustralia.org Support this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  7. 25.03.2025

    Talking Tech 25th March 2025

    This week upon Damo’s return from the CSUN Assistive Technology conference in California, he begins a series of explanations of various products that took his attention. In this program he covers: The Glide mobility device from Glidance; The Echo Vision smart glasses from Agiga; and The Tactonom Reader Flex interactive tactile graphics reader from Tactocom.   To access the program, presented each week by Stephen Jolley and Damo McMorrow you can go to varadio.org/talkingtech To write to the show use damo.mcmorrow@visionaustralia.org Support this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  8. 18.03.2025

    Talking Tech 18th March 2025

    This week while Damo returns from the CSUN Assistive Technology conference in California, Stephen speaks with Steve Monigatti, a Vision Australia Service Development Lead. The conversation includes: Steve’s 18 year history with Vision Australia; His current role; The various activities of Access Technology team members; Vision Australia’s involvement in the Federal Government Job access disability employment program (Https://www.jobaccess.gov.au ).   To access the program, presented each week by Stephen Jolley and Damo McMorrow you can go to varadio.org/talkingtech To write to the show use damo.mcmorrow@visionaustralia.org Support this Vision Australia Radio program: https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Vision Australia's Access Technology Officer Damo McMorrow talks with Stephen Jolley about the latest developments and gadgets in the tech world from a blindness and low vision perspective.

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