That Real Blind Tech Show

Brian Fischler, Ed Plumacher, and Allison Meloy
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That Real Blind Tech Show

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.

  1. 5 NOV

    Episode 166 It's Like A Dog's Ass and It's Not Music I would Ever Listen To!

    In honor of the New York City Marathon, it’s  a marathon  all new That Real Blind Tech show episode. Since Ed was out of town yet again, filling in is David Goldstein, along with Allison, Brian, and Jeanine.   We kick the show off acknowledging a very special one year anniversary. Then we dive in to recapping this year’s amazing Laugh For Sight which was held on Monday, October 28, 2024 at Gotham Comedy Club in New York City.   It is then on to the story everyone will be talking about as scientists have discovered that animals are getting just as sloshed as humans.   Next we discuss the disturbing trend of people applying for ghost jobs.   A Russian court has hit Google with a whopper of a fine.   We then get to A.I. Corner and start off discussing Open A.I.’s search engine which is now live for paid subscribers. Claude now has a desktop app. Google Maps is getting an A.I. infusion and you will be able to ask it questions about restaurants and get A.I. created results. We then talk about the massive update that just came to seeing A.I. and now being able to get short video descriptions. We dream about what these descriptions for video could eventually be, and David tells us about his awesome Seeing A.I. shortcuts that Brian has stolen and made his own.   We then move on to discussing our experiences with iOS 18.1 and 18.2. Here are 10 new non-A.I. things you will be able to do in iOS 18.2. We discuss the new category feature coming to mail in iOS 18.2. Next we discuss Apple Visual Intelligence and ChatGPT with Siri.   Apple announced all new M4 Mac mini, iMac, and Mac Book Pros. The Mac mini chose an odd place for the power button which has the internet cracking up.   And then it is the show interruption to end all show interruptions. You will have to hear it to believe it.   And yeah, we went a little long on this show, but we finally get to Allison and Jeanine’s  experience testing out the glide device.   We get really sidetracked again, but it’s worth the listen, and we fairly get to David’s experience at the Governor’s Mansion.   And it’s more of 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. .        In honor of the New York City Marathon, it’s  a marathon  all new That Real Blind Tech show episode. Since Ed was out of town yet again, filling in is David Goldstein, along with Allison, Brian, and Jeanine.   We kick the show off acknowledging a very special one year anniversary. Then we dive in to recapping this year’s amazing Laugh For Sight which was held on Monday, October 28, 2024 at Gotham Comedy Club in New York City.   It is then on to the story everyone will be talking about as scientists have discovered that animals are getting just as sloshed as humans.   Next we discuss the disturbing trend of people applying for ghost jobs.   A Russian court has hit Google with a whopper of a fine.   We then get to A.I. Corner and start off discussing Open A.I.’s search engine which is now live for paid subscribers. Claude now has a desktop app. Google Maps is getting an A.I. infusion and you will be able to ask it questions about restaurants and get A.I. created results. We then talk about the massive update that just came to seeing A.I. and now being able to get short video descriptions. We dream about what these descriptions for video could eventually be, and David tells us about his awesome Seeing A.I. shortcuts that Brian has stolen and made his own.   We then move on to discussing our experiences with iOS 18.1 and 18.2. Here are 10 new non-A.I. things you will be able to do in iOS 18.2. We discuss the new category feature coming to mail in iOS 18.2. Next we discuss Apple Visual Intelligence and

    2 h y 2 min

  2. 22 OCT

    Episode 165 - How Many Pee Breaks Do Mainstream Podcasters Take?

    It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. Join Brian, Ed, and Jeanine as they discuss the latest tech news.   We kick things off about the United States being under attack by robot vacuums.   We then go down memory lane as we discuss our experiences with a blast from the past, remember Blockbuster Video!   Laugh For Sight is only a week away, for tickets go here.   Jeanine then fills us in recapping the NFB and ACB Uber and Lift protest that took place in San Francisco.   Now that two of us have been running iOS 18 for a bit we discuss our experience with the new terribly designed photos app, and the age old dilemma of why in the world can you not rename a photo in iOS. We then discuss iOS 18.1 which will be dropping on October 28th and the limited Apple Intelligence features that will be there. Here are all the Apple Intelligence features that will not arrive until iOS 18.2 and beyond.. Have you tried the new Password Manager? It’s not great, like most things Apple these days. And your PayPal balances will be coming to the Apple Wallet.   Is it a good time to upgrade to the new iPad mini? Brian then discusses his new iPhone 16 Pro and Apple Watch 10.   Yes, Ed had been quite for awhile, but now is his time to shine as he tells us about the International Blind Baseball Tournament he just competed in, and then his get away to Italy.   And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading

    1 h y 34 min

  3. 1 OCT

    Episode 164 - A Conversation with Mike Buckley About the Be My Eyes and Meta Partnership and More

    It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as Brian sits down with the C.E.O. of Be My Eyes, Mike Buckley. Join us for a conversation about the exciting new partnership between Be My Eyes and Meta, and a whole lot more.   We start off discussing the Earth shattering news about the partnership between Be My Eyes and Meta for the Meta Ray Bans and how it all came together. Which leads us in to discussing how the next phase of the beta study will work. We even get a possible wide release date for everyone.   The conversation then moves to A.I., because of course it would.   We then discuss Be My eyes rescuing AppleVis and why it was so important to save it.   We then discuss data because after all it is Meta.   The conversation then moves to Open A.I. and the next version of ChatGPT that everyone is waiting for.   We close up with discussing what is next for the Be My Eyes Empire.   And stay tuned to the very end for a very special Be My Eyes and That Real Blind Tech show announcement!   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.

    27 min

  4. 29 SEPT

    Episode 163 - Introducing the M Lady and An Outline Dictator

    It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show. It’s Brian and the ladies as Ed is off jet setting around Europe. Don’t worry we gave Ed use of the That Real Blind Tech show jet and credit card.   We start off discussing the unique set of circumstances we were podcasting under.   By now you have probably heard that the Mayor of New York City has been arrested by the FBI, but did you know that he told them he could not remember his passcode to his iPhone? We give Mayor Adams the first ever That Real Blind Tech Show Honorary Award.   Karma is a bitch as we check in on the status of the Rabbit R1 and the Humane A.I. Pin.   Click to Cancel becomes the law of the land in California.   If you have an iPad M4 and went to update it to iPad 18 and couldn’t find the update, you’re not alone!   Rogue amoeba the software maker of Audio Hijack finally gets to the 21st Century with their installation process of their software.   You have probably heard by now that Meta and Be My Eyes have entered in to a partnership to bring Be My Eyes to the Meta Ray Bans. We get Jeanine’s unique perspective of all the announcements from Aira’s viewpoint. Jeanine also tells us about the current beta program at Aira where you can connect to an agent using WhatsApp on the Meta Ray Bans. We then explore the Be My Eyes Meta details that have come out so far. Envision is also partnering with Meta. Wow, somebody must feel left out! We then discuss some of the other upgrades coming to the Meta Frames. Celebrity voices are coming to the Meta Frames. We then properly get to the segment of the show according to the outline where we discuss Llama 3.2. And Meta announced that their AR Orion project is the future.   We then get to the Apple part of the show and Allison discusses her new iPhone 16 Pro Max.   We then begin to discuss our thoughts of iOS 18, iOS 18.1, and iOS 18.1 Beta 5. Seriously Apple get your shit together. Jeanine then tells us about her experiences with Mac OS Sequoia as the only member of the team who has been brave enough to update to it.   And it’s more of What’s Pissing Off Brian Now and Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.   Which leads to us discussing the upcoming rally against Uber and Lift.   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.

    1 h y 43 min

  5. 14 SEPT

    Episode 162 - Apple Stuff Discussion Find My Bartender

    It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech show with the entire gang back together to recap the Apple Glow Time event in a way that only That Real Blind Tech Show can do.   We kick the show off with an exciting upcoming trip by Ed, and as we stumble through our intro Jeanine fills us in on how Aira Audio Described the debate. We then discuss the breaking news right before we recorded of Jon Bon Jovi talking a jumper off of a bridge.   Next we discuss the story of Gen-Z pissing everyone off with their new fad of filming their airport tray’s.       Brian then tells us all about this year’s 17th annual Laugh For Sight NYC at Gotham Comedy Club on Monday, October 28, 2024. For tickets go here. And one of our Hosts will soon have their own swag, hmm, who could it be?   If you are interested in attending the Lighthouse guild Mac versus PC Accessibility Smackdown on September 17, 2024 at 3pm Eastern Time on Zoom, you can register for it here.   Not everyone was tuned in to the Apple event as Pornhub’s tracking metrics didn’t drop everywhere during the event.   We then finally get around to discussing the apple Event It’s Glow time. We start off discussing if screen real estate makes a difference for gesture and braille with a lower case b input users. It was only quickly mentioned but could apple Visual Intelligence LookUp only available on the iPhone 16 Pro and up cause a lot of blind people to get new phones? We then discuss the new camera button coming to some of the phones. During the event apple kept pimping out the bigger battery life, so how much bigger is it? Here are the biggest differences between the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro.   Apple announced a new Mag Safe charger, don’t buy it. Apple finally killed the lightning  cable for all new products.   Apple announced the air Pod 4’s, making the Air Pod product line very confusing. The Air Pod Pro 2’s will be able to replace hearing aids for people with low to moderate hearing loss. Will Air Pods doubling as hearing aids challenge new social norms?   We got the Apple Watch Series 10, and one of us already ordered one. Sleep Apnea detection comes to the new watches.   We got a drop date for iOS 18 on Monday, September 16th, and fortunately Allison and Jeanine have been running the betas. Additionally, Mac OS Sequoia will also be dropping on Monday, but none of us have been beta testing it. Apple will actually allow users to stay on iOS 17 and still get security updates.   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 with the entire gang back together to recap the Apple Glow Time event in a way that only That Real Blind Tech Show can do.   We kick the show off with an exciting upcoming trip by Ed, and as we stumble through our intro Jeanine fills us in on how Aira Audio Described the debate. We then discuss the breaking news right before we recorded of Jon Bon Jovi talking a jumper off of a bridge.   Next we discuss the story of Gen-Z pissing everyone off with their new fad of filming their airport tray’s.       Brian then tells us all about this year’s 17th annual Laugh For Sight NYC at Gotham Comedy Club on Monday, October 28, 2024. For tickets go here. And one of our Hosts will soon have their own swag, hmm, who could it be?   If you are interested in attending the Lighthouse guild Mac versus PC Accessibility Smackdown on September 17, 2024 at 3pm Eastern Time on Zoom, you can register for it here.   Not everyone was tuned in to the Apple event as Pornhub’s tracking metrics didn’t drop everywhere during the event.   We then finally get around to

    1 h y 36 min

  6. 18 AGO

    Episode 161 - Doxing Season, Are You Ready For Some football

    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.

    1 h y 12 min

  7. 5 AGO

    Episode 160 - Dibs On Real AppleVis.com

    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

    1 h y 37 min

  8. 28 JUL

    Episode 159 - Meet the Cast of the All Blind Sitcom Don't Look Now

    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.

    1 h y 27 min
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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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  • Creador
    Brian Fischler, Ed Plumacher, and Allison Meloy
  • Años de actividad
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodios
    100
  • Clasificación
    Apto
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    That Real Blind Tech Show

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