The very popular and much beloved Sight Village Assistive Technology exhibition is turning 30 this year. The event, which started its life on the Queen Alexandra College campus has evolved to be a major event and is a firm favourite in the calendars of blind and low vision users of assistive technology, as well as a host of assistive technology com…

The Sight and Sound team are fresh back from the world renowned Sight City Assistive Technology show, which takes place annually in Frankfurt. This episode is all about glimpsing at some new technology, which will shortly enter our product line. We'll hear from Orbit Research, Harpo, Paige Connect, Next VPU and WeWalk. And, if that wasn't enough, t…

Forrest Yoga is renowned globally as a powerfully physical, internally focused Ceremonial yoga practice that emphasizes how to carry a transformative experience from the yoga mat into daily life. On this very special and very different episode of our podcast, Stuart is joined by Sight and Sound Technology's Sharon Lyons, who took a month away from …

Welcome into another episode of the Sight and Sound Technology podcast. Today's episode is all about an exciting new addition to our portfolio called SpeakSee. Speaksee is the first microphone system able to accurately transcribe group conversations. In addition, Speaksee shows what's being said in different colors for each person, In less than a s…

We're hugely excited at present as the Braille eMotion, the latest refreshable Braille display from selvas Healthcare in South Korea enters our portfolio. But this is much more than just a Braille display, as Jenny Axler from Selvas Healthcare tells us when she sits down with Stuart for a chat.توسط Stuart Lawler

The 39th CSUN Assistive Technology Conference AND EXHIBITION in Anaheim, California, hosted by the Centre on Disabilities, Division of Student Affairs at California State University, Northridge, has just concluded for another year. Sight and Sound Technology's Stefanie Davies was on the ground in California and joins Stuart to talk about the event.…

World Optometry Week takes place this year from 17th to 24th March. The 2024 theme is all about advancing Optometry's Commitment to Global Eye Care. To mark World Optometry week, Stuart meets Sarah Arnold, who has worked as an optomitrist for the last 30 years, and who is herself visually impaired.توسط Stuart Lawler

On this episode Stuart meets the insporational 16-year-old Nathon Proudfoot, who has invented his very own low vision device called the nathon 14. We also have information about a very interesting webinar hosted by the UK Association for Accessible Formats (UKAAF) on March 21st.توسط Stuart Lawler

The popular Sight Village assistive technology show is kicking off for 2024 by visiting Blackpool on Tuesday 9th April, at the Winter Gardens, from 09:30 am to 3:30 pm. Stuart is joined by Rose Woodall from QAC to give us all the details.توسط Stuart Lawler

Welcome to the 80th episode of our podcast, which coincidentally enough marks our Christmas 2023 programme. Speaking of Christmas, you may not be aware that Santa has some amazing offers on a range of hardware from our partners in Kapsys, Envision, WeWalk, Vispero and Hims, and Stuart has all the details. We report from a recent Employer Engagement…

The Cadence tablet from Tactile Engineering is a pocket-sized device (about the size of a large mobile phone) with 48 cells of 8-dot refreshable Braille, in four lines of 12 cells each. Connecting four tablets into a desktop quartet provides eight lines of 24 cells each. The tablet features Perkins keys, a directional pad for navigation and control…

The ever popular Sight Village South-East event is returning to Kensington Town Hall on Tuesday 7th November. Doors open at 10:00 am and the event runs until 5:00 pm. Stuart is joined by Paul Hopkins and Rose Woodall from QAC to tell us all about it.توسط Stuart Lawler

We're delighted to mark National Braille week by having a reflective chat with Matthew Horspool. Matthew’s career started in a school for the blind, where he worked as a Braille transcriber and teacher of technical Braille codes. He has been formally involved with the Braillists Foundation since it was registered as a charity in 2020 and took up th…

If you've ever had an idea for a feature in JAWS, Zoomtext or Fusion, this could be your big chance to shine and get your idea out there! Vispero have just launched their 'Next Big Thing' contest, running until October 16th. All you have to do is create a three-minute video presentation outlining your software feature idea. Stuart is joined on this…

Paul Ryb lost his central vision in 2007, but his life changed when he gave blind tennis a go at a sports hall in Wimbledon. Last week, he was amongst a select few invited to return to Wimbledon, not to that sports hall, but to the most famous tennis court in the world, to play an exhibition match. As he prepares for the World Blind Games in Birmin…

We've just returned from this year's Sight Village Central event in Birmingham, and, at that event, we were delighted to unveil our new partnership with WeWALK. WeWALK aims to Enhance the mobility of visually impaired people through a revolutionary smart cane and smartphone app. The WeWALK cane detects above-ground obstacles with ultrasound while s…

Matthew Horspool is a familiar voice and a familiar name for his various activities in the blind and low vision community. Stuart caught up with Matthew, in his capacity as General Manager of the Braillists Foundation to find out more about the charity and the work they do.توسط Stuart Lawler

Saima Ashraf, from Blackburn, is a senior auditor at Merseyside Police, breaking down stereotypes of what a visually impaired person can do. Stuart caught up with Saima at a very busy Sight village for a quick chat.توسط Stuart Lawler

Since the launch of their smart glasses a couple of years ago, Envision have been changing the way that people with low or no vision see the world around them. With the recent explosion of Chat GPT and AI in general, Envision have been working hard to make sure that this new and exciting technology is at the heart of their own tools and we can alre…

We're continuing our countdown to Sight Village Central 2023 and meeting some of the great partners that we have the pleasure of representing across the UK and Ireland. First up, Stuart is checking in with an old friend. Between releasing their new SensePlayer device earlier this year, and working on a major update to the BrailleSense 6, Selvas Hea…

We're counting down to the biggest annual assistive technology exhibition in the UK. Sight Village Central takes place this year in a brand new location, at Eastside Rooms, 2 Woodcock Street, in Birmingham, on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th of July. In the first of our Sight Village countdown series, Stuart is joined by our Head of Sales and Marketin…

Sight Village has become a favourite event in many of our calendars over the years. The organisers at Queen Alexandra College are always innovating to make the events bigger and better and, there's always something new and exciting to be found. On this episode Stuart chats with Paul Hopkins, from Queen Alexandra College to find out all about this y…

Nick Alsbury is the newest member of our field sales team. Stuart sits down with Nick to get to know him and hear about his previous media career!توسط Stuart Lawler

Welcome and happy new year from all at Sight and Sound Technology. Our podcast returns for a new year with an exciting new addition. We have introduced podcast transcripts starting with this episode. We hope this will be of use to our deafblind friends, and also to anyone who simply wants to quickly find content without having to listen to the show…

Ruth Gallagher-Carr is one half of the duo behind the hugely successful Getting AT Ready conference, which she developed alongside her colleague Carolyne Smith. She's also been responsible for building a thriving presence for Sight and Sound Technology in Scotland, and, for working as part of a team to develop a robust quality management system in …

Wednesday 4th January is World Braille Day, and we’re delighted to announce details of a half-day online conference that we’re putting together in association with our friends at the Braillists Foundation. This podcast episode is somewhat different to our regular output, in that we have a guest host in the wonderful Steven Scott, host of the Double…

We're just back from a hugely successful Sight Village event, and it was wonderful to return to Kensington Town Hall, in the heart of London. On this episode Stuart catches up at the event with Rob Powell, who tells us about the Jubilee Club Magazine, and Freek van Welsenis, co-founder of the company who have brought us the revolutionary Hable One …

The SmartVision 3, the only Google certified smartphone designed specifically for people with low or no vision has recently joined our product portfolio. This handset, which integrates Google's Talkback screen reader, offers three ways to control your smartphone and access information, including a tactile keypad. Stuart caught up with Tony Shrubb f…

Roger Firman is chair of UKAAF, the UK Association for Accessible Formats. Until June of this year, when he retired, he ran his own company called Golden Chord, dedicated to providing a high-quality personalised transcription service for customers who require music, music-related and other materials in braille. Roger is a life-long user of Braille …

Remote Incident Manager (RIM), the latest exciting software release from Pneuma Solutions, is a fully accessible remote desktop application for technical support, training, and simply helping friends and family with their PCs. We had so much fun with founders Mike Calvo and Matt Campbell last time that we invited them back to hang out with Stuart a…

Sam Coulson will have been a very familiar voice if you attended our Social Hub and other Sight and Sound Technology webinars in the early days of lockdown. Sam left Sight and Sound Technology in August 2021 to pursue his acting career, but last week he made a welcome return and he’s popped into catch up with Stuart and tell him what he’s been up t…

Our podcast returns after a short summer break, and this time we have a new member of the Sight and Sound team to meet! Stefanie Davies has recently joined as Marketing Manager. Stuart catches up with Stefanie to find out about her and her role at Sight and Sound Technology.توسط Stuart Lawler

The DAISY Consortium's Music Braille project is a cross-sector collaboration to identify, prioritise, and deliver both short-term and long-term improvements to secure the future of music braille production and use. The project aims to ensure that more music braille scores are available more easily to more blind musicians world-wide. Stuart is joine…

The mission of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers is to support better vision for all. Founded in 1629, the company is number 60 in the list of City of London Livery Companies by order of precedence. The company want to inspire future generations committed to visionary eye care, building upon their rich heritage of almost 400 years. On this…

Stuart meets Sight and Sound Technology's Alan McGillivray,, Master of Ceremonies at this year's AT Ready festival.توسط Stuart Lawler

Stuart is joined by Liam Pettitt from matchware, headline sponsors of the AT Ready festival.توسط Stuart Lawler

Stuart catches up with George Rhodes, director of AllAble and keynote speaker at this year's AT Ready festivalتوسط Stuart Lawler

Stuart is joined by Sight and Sound Technology's Head of Education Carolyne Smith, to help set the scene for this year's event.توسط Stuart Lawler

Welcome to AT Ready 2022, an event providing disability professionals in Further and Higher Education the opportunity to share best practice, learn about new technologies and to hear from experts. Stuart introduces us to the event and a little about what we can look forward to on the next few mini podcast episodes.…

BlindAmbition is an international disability training consultancy focused on improving the lives of disabled people. They work with everyone from multi-national market-leading technology companies, global retailers/manufacturers, National Governments to smaller charities and businesses. In short anyone who needs help improving the accessibility of …

The Technology Association of Visually Impaired people (TAVIP) promotes, supports and encourages the use of technology amongst blind and partially sighted people. Stuart caught up with Mike Townsend and Julian Garner to learn more about the organisation and an interesting course they are developing to help blind and low vision people enter the work…

ARX Vision is a new and exciting wearable device that uses AI to describe the world around you. Stuart caught up with ARX Vision's CEO Charles Leclercq to find out more.توسط Stuart Lawler

Sight Village is the UK's leading exhibition of Assistive Technology and services for people with sight loss. This week sees the return of Sight Village Central at the Cranmore Park Conference and Events Centre. Over the next two days we'll be producing mini episodes to give you a flavour of what's going on at this year's event. Stuart sets the sce…

Molly Watt is a usability & Accessibility Consultant, as well as a keynote speaker. She is a passionate advocate for accessibility and inclusion and she has also established, with the help of her family, the Molly Watt Trust. Stuart caught up with Molly recently to learn all about her work, her thoughts on the current state of accessibility in the …

Established in Scotland 7 years ago, Getting AT Ready brings together Assistive Technology specialists, disability professionals and manufacturers to discuss best practice and build strategies to support students in Further and Higher education. Stuart is joined by Sight and Sound Technology's Carolyne Smith and Ruth Gallagher Carr to learn all abo…

Sandra Gayer is a blind/visually impaired Soprano, radio presenter, voiceover artist and actress. Stuart caught up with Sandra to talk about her life, the many aspects to her career and, of course, Braille music.توسط Stuart Lawler

If you've been a subscriber of or are aware of the Top Tech Tidbits publication then you will likely be familiar with the name Dean Martineau. Dean, who started the publication in 2004 has become something of a household name in the blind community and has extensive experience with all sorts of assistive technology. Stuart sits down with him to lea…

Marco Zehe has been a well-known figure in the world of accessibility and assistive technology for well over 20 years. Having held positions with Mozilla and Freedom Scientific he has been instrumental in guiding the development of some of the technology that lots of us use today. Stuart sat down with Marco recently on the back of a review that Mar…

Last year we introduced Mark Belcher, and the wonderful resource that is Henshaws Knowledge Village, providing a one stop point of info on all things relating to sight loss. Now, Mark returns to update us on some initiatives to make NHS services more accessible, and, Henshaws have also been participating in an interesting project called Travel Assi…

This session gives a comprehensive overview of the BrailleSense 6 and BrailleSense Polaris's word processor. You'll learn about opening, saving and managing multiple documents, using marks, and we will explore the menus to show you where you can find a host of useful features.توسط Stuart Lawler