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Braille Literacy, Siri Blunders and Meta's Muse Agent: Your Feedback

Does reading braille define literacy for blind people? Steven Scott and Shaun Preece work through listener feedback on learning braille later in life, what it means to be

Amazon's New Echo Devices, Siri Recap and Accessible WhatsApp Risks

Amazon's new Echo devices cost more than ever, and iOS 27.3 brings Siri Recap and Safari dark mode. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece go through what's new for blind tech use

Listener Inbox: Tailscale, Dream Jobs and the Case for Vibe Coding

Vibe coding with Claude has taken over Steven Scott's spare time, and he and Shaun Preece think more blind people should try it. They explain how the setup works, why you

Can Every Game Be Accessible? Stefan Wilhelm on Inclusive Gaming

Can a blind player enjoy a mainstream video game as much as a sighted one? Steven Scott and Shaun Preece talk accessible gaming with Stefan Wilhelm, co-founder of Inclusi

Duelling Duos: Two New iPhone Duo Users Discuss The Pros And Cons Of Apple's New Foldable Phone

Is the iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable iPhone, any use if you can't see the screen? Steven Scott and Shaun Preece are joined by David Nason of AppleVis to test it with

Touchscreen MacBook Pro and Amazon's New Alexa+ Echo Lineup: Who Are They For?

Apple's touchscreen MacBook Pro and Amazon's new Alexa+ devices arrived in the same week. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece go through the Echo Dot, Echo Time, Alexa Photo Fr

New OLED iPad mini, Braille Watches and an Accessible Samsung Soundbar

Apple's new iPad mini has an 8.5 inch OLED screen, the A20 Pro chip and a thinner 5.4mm body. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece talk about what it offers blind and low vision

Retro Reader, Emergency Preparedness and the Withings Paywall

Sean Randall has built Retro Reader, an open source book reader that brings classic speech voices like Eloquence, DECtalk and DoubleTalk to a pocket device costing about

How AI Helps Blind People Build PowerPoint, Plus Alexa+ and Apple News

PresentAble is a new JAWS app that lets blind people create, check and fix PowerPoint presentations on their own. Lawyer and trainer Jonathan Simeone explains why he buil

Learning Braille, Braille Display Prices and Cazerny Bussey's Even Though I'm Blind

Why is learning braille as an adult still so hard, and why does a braille display cost more than a laptop? Steven Scott and Shaun Preece dig into braille access and prici

Sky's Premier League Audio Description, Freight Fate and Apple HomeView

Sky Sports is adding audio description and live captions to Premier League football. Then a listener's frustration with Sky Go shows how far the broadcaster still has to

Aira, Google DeepMind and Guided Vision: How Blind Testers Trained Gemini

Google's new Guided Vision feature in Gemini Live was trained with help from Aira and its blind Trusted Testers. Everette Bacon and Lynette Frison of Aira explain how the

Alexa Tablets Go Android, Apple's Pro and Tell Event, and Amazon Bee

Amazon's new Alexa Tablets drop Fire OS for Android 16, TalkBack and the Google Play Store. Chris Cooke, host of At Your Fingertips, has been testing the Alexa Tablet 8 a

Anthony Corona on Blind Creators, Smart Glasses and Mobility Tech

Smart glasses for blind people made the national news this week. Anthony Corona of Sunday Edition joins Steven Scott and Shaun Preece to look at Meta Ray-Ban Display, Agi

Zero Project Tokyo Part 2: Lingvano's Sign Language App and Turn-Motion's Robotic Leg Braces

Two Austrian accessibility innovators from the Zero Project Technology Forum in Tokyo: Lingvano, the sign language learning app taught entirely by deaf teachers, and Turn

Zero Project Tokyo Part 1: OryLab's OriHime Robots and Miruoto's Visible Sports Sound

Two Japanese accessibility innovators from the Zero Project Technology Forum in Tokyo: OryLab, whose OriHime robots let homebound disabled people go to work and school, a

Passwords, Passkeys and Blind Employment: A Double Tap Listener Mailbag

Steven Scott and Shaun Preece open the Double Tap mailbag to talk about Meta Ray-Ban battery life, password managers, blind employment and the best keyboard for one-hande

Are We Relying on AI Too Much? Claude, KeyAble and Accessible Auphonic

Steven Scott has set up a Claude hotline on an accessible Cisco desk phone. It leads into a frank debate about blind users relying on AI. Also covered: a Meta glasses fir

Apple HomeView and What's Next for JAWS and ZoomText

Apple's HomeView, a new Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini 2 lead the news, then Vispero's Matt Ater and Ryan Jones explain how Vispero Companion in JAWS will change your setti

Blind Artist Richard Harlow on Tactile Painting, Accessible Cities and Running for Nanaimo Council

Richard Harlow lost most of his sight to LHON while studying at Emily Carr University. Today he is a blind artist and accessibility advocate, and he's standing for Nanaim