Talking Tech by Vision Australia Radio

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 [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 [https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

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 [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 [https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

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 [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 [https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

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 [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 [https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

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 [voiceassist@visionaustralia.org]; * News of the latest updates to the BT Speak from Blazie Technology with further information at https://blazietech.com [https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/blazietech.com__;!!BW9V2p7J0Kl2QvQ!Hghvn_r04CMhiLxMFOLkWEB9txOa9Rk_6KG9EqsVCoO40gd_kMJcnSuMj5z2j0xRB-b90xx4xdCMiOlaXh5n56IBuFHHrPcuH5MCFE4m$]; * News of the Orbit Speak from Orbit Research with further information at https://orbitresearch.com [https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/orbitresearch.com__;!!BW9V2p7J0Kl2QvQ!Hghvn_r04CMhiLxMFOLkWEB9txOa9Rk_6KG9EqsVCoO40gd_kMJcnSuMj5z2j0xRB-b90xx4xdCMiOlaXh5n56IBuFHHrPcuH2fKtMVG$] * 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 [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 [https://www.visionaustralia.org/donate?src=radio&type=0&_ga=2.182040610.46191917.1644183916-1718358749.1627963141] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.