Vision forward's Tech Connect Live

Link to App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.stoehr.loviapps.wezoom&hl=en_US 0:00 Start 9:15 Demo of weZoom basic features and controls 12:15 Pause button to freeze the screen, but zooming further requires pinch gesture 13:00 Various Color Modes and how to switch between modes 15:45 Quick Settings for Auto Focus, Brightness, Contrast etc 19:45 Reset the adjustments back to default levels, a good backup to remember 20:40 Touch Gestures for advanced use, Double, Triple, Four Finger touch controls 26:00 Adjusting file size via picture quality and other factors 29:00 Programming the volume keys to shortcut any command! 33:30 Wrap Up 39:15 Top Three Commenters for this week's Livestream 40:45 Outro Music and Credits 45:00 End

0:00 Start 2:00 Better iPhone generally, also Liquid Cooling Tech and New Colors! 5:30 Is a smaller phone always better? We discuss the downsides 6:45 Data usage and the arms race between Camera and Memory development 12:20 Redundant Updates and New iPhones for the case of new iPhones? 16:00 Air Pods Pro 3 with Live Translation, Heartbeat monitor, 25:00 Apple Watches: Series 11, SE, and Pro Model! Health Biometrics 29:00 Predicting Ovulation via Biometrics and Temperature Data 32:00 Wrap Up, Top 3 Commenters and Upcoming InnoSearch AI Video!

Episode Notes 0:00 Start 4:30 Introducing Ryan Anetsberger 8:00 People Who Care in Arizona) 11:30 Origins of Live Read as an App 14:00 What using the App is like, design philosophy 20:00 Why isn't it on Android yet? 22:50 Data Protection and No Internet Connection Needed 24:00 Comments from the Chat 25:45 No Data Collection means you can OCR sensitive info without fear 26:00 Ryan Demos the App 28:30 Voice Over does not interfere with the App or Read Twice 29:30 You do not need to keep the camera pointed at text after initial use 34:00 Its a Free App, might as well download it as a tool in the tool belt 34:30 When will it be able to read columns and charts etc (One of Ryan's priorities) 37:00 Tinkering to improve usability to include shaky fingers or subpar camera skills 41:00 Top Three Commenters for this session 42:30 Wrap Up Sign off

Episode Notes 0:00 Start 5:00 Introduction of the Prodigi Software for Windows 10:10 IPEVO Document Camera Description vs Built in Webcam 12:45 Navigating through the Menus 14:45 Books is a new option in newest update 15:00 Magnifier Basics and Local View OCR Button 18:30 Full Page OCR Capture 21:00 Fielding Comments and Questions (Upcoming Topics) 22:00 Settings Menu 23:00 MultiCapture for a series of documents 25:30 Files, Saving images, Exporting Options 29:30 Distance View, Switching/Adding Cameras 33:00 Distance Demo, setting up split screen with dual cameras 35:00 Failed test of Distance OCR 39:00 Various Prodigi Options, Software only, or Camera included or Complete Kit! 43:15 Wrap Up and Upcoming Videos, Top Three Comment Contributors!

0:00 Start 1:00 Baseball Traffic in Milwaukee, Brewers vs Cubs update! 4:00 Introducing Amos Miller, CEO of Glidance 8:00 Why it was created? What purpose does it serve as an AT device? 11:45 Glide is a manually pushed system, either one or both of the wheels will slow you to turn. 16:30 Physical description of the device 27:30 Is it waterproof? 29:00 Soundscape and VoceVista are previous projects Amos has started up 30:00 News coverage, The Today Show, 31:15 2024 first demo at CSUN, improvements since then, 34:45 Line Maintenance and Freestyle navigation 46:00 Cold weather Temperature Range of The Glide, it heats itself up to counter cold weather 48:45 User Feedback driven design, testing and early purchase methods 53:20 Ending Song

0:00 Start 5:00 Audience Comments 9:30 Joe Jorgensen's Experience and what lead to Accessibyte Studio 13:00 Luke introduces the Studio, including a list of all the various apps in Accessibyte Studio 17:00 Studio is for bridging the gap between Very Simple Applications and Workplace Level Tools Especially useful for instructors who have students of various skill levels. 22:00 Why Studio changes how people learn and practice while developing Screen Reader Skills 28:00 Where will AI be relevant? Working on a magic Edit Button You can always do things manually 31:15 First release looks pretty good, and there are plenty of features which will be added soon! Free updates and if you are doing a trial period and it runs out, it refreshes everytime there is an update! 34:00 Supporting an employment goal, building assessments, Typio Pro if for training professionals 38:00 Documents, edit save and share files via email 40:00 Summer 2025 Accessibyte releases not only Studio but also Quick Cards, the website etc 42:30 Accessibyte Website, Arcade will have a full rollout within a year, how to try things out 42:45 Web based Studio, free trial system goes into Assessment Mode once your trial period is over. Whenever a new feature comes out, your trial refreshes so you can test things out again. 46:00 Privileges based on IT/Admin/Office permissions. 51:00 Outro Music

0:00 Start 5:00 Various discussions of video games and musicians 8:30 iOS 26 introduction and development history 11:10 Turning on VoiceOver 12:30 Finding and opening the Phone App 14:00 Bottom tabs in the new Phone App, Calls, Contacts, Keypad and Search 16:45 Calls is the new Recent, how to find your Voicemails? 23:00 Gmail, composing a new email 24:00 Searching within Gmail is now no longer at the top, but now at the bottom 25:30 Filtering Emails in the bottom left, 27:30 careful for floating search box and compose button, 30:30 Podcast App, Search Tab and general navigation 34:00 Messages, 35:30 Composing a new text message, 37:00 Control Center, Exploring by touch works even with Liquid Glass activated, except email app!!! 38:20 Jokes 39:30 How to explore an unfamiliar app and get comfortable with any major update! 41:00 Finding the Maps app, ignoring the unnecessary category label as a screen reader user, 42:00 You cannot open an app if it is partially covered/blurred because it is at the very top or bottom. Even if you hear the phone sees it, you may not be able to open it unless you scroll up or down a bit. 44:30 Upgrading to iOS 26, take away thoughts on this new system, Find out more at https://techconnectlive.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:00 Start 2:30 Breaking the Ice, chatting about the weather and raising children 5:30 Coffee Talk 8:30 Comments from the Audience, Meta Ray Ban Glasses, Yorkshire Pudding and Hull 16:10 WWDC Breakdown, Liquid Glass 24:00 Apple Vision Pro using Live Magnification! 28:30 Futuristic Speculation about direct brain input 32:00 Apple design philosophy: buy innovations and then saturate the market 36:30 Apple Intelligence and Discussing the Lawsuits against false promises made 38:45 Everyone is still waiting on Siri to get good, Apple has owned Siri for 15 years, no major improvement 42:00 Gemini with Live Video while you are speaking. Pan the camera while speaking to trigger this. 45:00 Carrie's YouTube videos, topics and comments 47:30 Upcoming video topics, ACVREP Credits, Find out more at https://techconnectlive.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:00 Start 5:30 Introducing the topic of Meta Glasses, 6:45 Can you use the meta Glasses with non-standard smartphones? Blindshell Classic 3, Smart Vision 3? 10:30 Demo the Meta being used to read printed text documents and asking follow-up questions 18:40 Calling and receiving a call on the Meta Glasses 24:00 Testing Live AI to understand where doors, chairs and obstructions are 27:00 Sometimes Meta needs to be asked twice in order to detect obstacles 38:30 Pairing the Meta to the Smart Vision 3 44:44 Tutorial Loads when you first open Meta Glasses app 53:00 We plan to revisit this topic and try to improve things 53:30 Thanking Audience, Closing thoughts and upcoming videos! Find out more at https://techconnectlive.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes 0:00 Start 8:55 Rachel introduces the Odyssey by HumanWare and NextVPU 10:00 Modern market for OCR devices vs OCR apps, what makes the Odyssey stand out? 11:11 Showing off the physical device, its camera arm, handle and buttons. 12:00 Ports include USB-C, HDMI display port, Wired Power options, Micro SD card for saving files 12:45 Navigating through the menus, how to activate Auto Mode for taking pictures and reading via OCR 17:30 welcoming Mathieu the Project Manager for the Odyssey 18:15 Using Manual Mode to take a photo of a document and having it read aloud. 21:45 AI, Standard Description and Summary uses Chat GPT so you must be connected to the internet 22:22 Future developments will use the built in microphone to ask Follow-Up questions 23:00 Spanish and French translation to English, more languages and voice commands to follow! 26:50 Finger Pointing Mode, ideal for reading newspapers and other complex documents 29:45 Other than the OrCam, no other standalone OCR device has that finger pointing feature 32:00 Max 50 requests a month, but subscription models exist for additional requests 38:00 Bluetooth and Wired Headphones for audio options other than the speaker 40:20 Rachel explains why Odyssey is best, durable, easy to operate, solid AI, 42:30 Wrap Up, additional links for more info, upcoming videos and livestream topics 46:30 Ending Music Find out more at https://techconnectlive.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes 0:00 Start 5:45 Introducing Freek from Hable! 11:00 Last Time Freek discussed the Hable One! Same Hardware for the Easy. 14:30 Showing the device, discussing its buttons, battery and bluetooth! 16:00 Who is this device for? Is the Easy a shortcut around gestures and multi-tapping? 18:00 How do younger folks use this device differently than the older crowd? 19:45 Rundown of the eight buttons and what their default settings are, how to label them tactile 21:00 Open the box, hear voice instructions on how to connect your device and get started. 24:30 Helpful buttons for navigation, back button and reset button are useful incase you get lost 27:00 The Hable Easy is easily the best deal compared to how large an impact it can make for someone 28:30 Tactile stickers which can be applied according to what the user customizes their buttons to do. 31:00 If you already own the Hable One, you already have the hardware so just use your App to turn it into a Hable Easy! 32:00 Works with bluetooth to connect to iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and soon the Apple Watch! 33:00 How many actual button combinations can you program? 35:30 Fan suggested edits and improvements to the Hable 36:30 Hable Easy works with 90% of the commands on Blindshell, works with other Android devices too! 37:15 Where to buy the Hable Easy or Hable One. 38:30 Battery Life is about 1 month, but it does have to be charged 39:30 Upcoming Topics and updates to our LMS and Zoom based livestreams 41:45 End Find out more at https://techconnectlive.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Notes go here 0:00 Start 3:15 Comments from the Chat, 6:30 EMVI App Introduction, payment options 7:45 Data Protection with this app vs free AI options with worse data leaks 9:00 Demo of the App, navigating the menus and options 13:15 Taking a picture, human expression tests 17:00 Art Description via taking a photo with the app 20:00 Taking a photo of a computer cord and asking which plug it is 21:30 Document section, scanning text but it ends up rewriting/hallucinating close words 25:00 Reading text at a distance, in this case about +30ft of distance 26:30 Code Scanner, EMVI uses info from the internet/brand website not actually reading 30:00 Ease of use is good, swipe for navigation, photos automatically interpreted based on mode 32:15 Fun Facts about Ice Mountain 100% Spring Water turns out to be Groundwater from Michigan 33:00 Seeing AI App Summarized, no more channel switcher, there is a new system of three options 37:30 Facial Recognition with AI description 39:00 More Tab, traditional channel selector is now available again! 41:00 Chatting with folks in Chat about the Meta Glasses and wearables generally 44:30 Wearables Part 2 Upcoming video! 48:40 Outro Music Find out more at https://techconnectlive.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:00 Start 6:00 Xiaoran, CEO of Agiga introduces the company, herself and the EchoVision Glasses 8:45 Huasong, CTO of Agiga, gives his story and how they chose to make their own smart glasses 16:00 Optional Colored or Mirrored front covers similar to clip on sunglasses 18:00 How to charge the glasses, how is the battery life and weight? 20:00 Demonstration of the reading mode, first using a business card 23:00 Specifically asking what the phone number on a business card is, summary of text options 25:30 Scene Description, environmental basics such as furniture people and technology 27:45 Facial Recognition, Description and Emotional information 32:45 Point and Describe? Can the glasses recognize gestures like that? 34:45 Tips for Facial Description from a Blindness POV, tips and tricks for longer term development 36:45 Menus and Dim Light Conditions 39:00 Live Descriptions with Continuous Audio Feedback 46:30 Sharing your media taken from the EchoVision Glasses, Media Buttons 49:00 Price, Promo Code and PreOrdering the EchoVision Smart Glasses from Agiga 52:00 Closing The show! Find out more at https://techconnectlive.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:00 Start IBVI Industries 7:15 Setting Expectations for this year's CSUN, Livestreaming Tuesday and Wednesday 5pm Pacific 9:40 Quick Run Through of the full list of CSUN Vendors and Exhibitors 10: 00 Accessibyte w/ Joe Jorgenson featuring: Typio, School and Work Suite of software, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Xy-XB6Jtc 11:20 Agiga w/ Hassan featuring: Hardware similar to Meta Glasses 12:45 Aira featuring: visual assistance connection app either on phone or on your computer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHiIPrAja_k 14:00 AwareWolf w/ Dave featuring All Terrain Cane https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-6nAGz0xfyY 16:00 Be My Eyes featuring: assisted video call with a volunteer or using AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Lugpgj5JM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dCA4qWaXlQ 17:30 Blindshell accessible smart phone w/ Barry Azman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pohUlMcaO3U 18:30 Brava Smart Oven, microwave sized accessible oven subdivided for differential cooking 21:00 Case for Vision featuring an iPhone case designed to turn it into a magnifier. Similar to the Optaro by Eschenbach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv-Byo_FGXM 22:22 Dot Incorporation featuring the Dot Pad multiline braille display, also Dot Watch 23:15 EMVI.AI featuring AI powered app for visual assistance 25:30 Glidance mobility aid w/ Amos Miller https://www.youtube.com/live/42KuD0uuZls 27:00 HumanWare featuring Prodigy Magnifier for Windows w/ Peter Tucic and Rachel Ramos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZzDYV0MRLY 28:10 Maggie Vision VR style wearable using an iPhone, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kfxFJP6fs 28:50 Morphic control panel for Windows, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-LqmxbRto8 30:00 NewHaptics Braille hardware designed for large area tactile "screen" display 32:15 Orbit Research and the Activator by Dream Vision Group for braille similar to dual monitors 34:00 Orcam, Reineeker and the Navis App by Touch Pulse handsfree personal navigation app, 36:20 TrySight's Mercury Vision wearable magnifier with speech 37:50 The Vispero Group: Freedom Scientific, Optelec, Enhanced Vision, 38:30 Voxiweb, sign up for a service designed for navigating the internet using a screen reader 39:00 WeWalk featuring GPS and phone connected smart cane, 40:15 Zoomax wearables, electronic magnifiers, 40:45 Wrap-Up, Sony PS5, Amazon, upcoming livestreams at 5pm Pacific on 11th, and 12th, 42:00 Post your questions and requested topics, comment and like the videos! 42:45 Closing Music Find out more at https://techconnectlive.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes 0:00 Start 6:45 Introducing Rachel Ramos from HumanWare, her story and her current role 10:15 HumanWare product overview of devices old and new 17:00 Victor Reader Stream, book reader, podcasts, internet radio, news and magazines, all audio 18:30 New features of Victor, organize your Voice Notes into folders, 20:45 Guided demonstration of navigating and creating named folders, 23:15 Demo of recording a new Voice Note, 24:15 Files are numbered sequentially by default, after deleting a file you can Consolidate to renumber files. 29:00 Brailliant and other Braille products, read books, take notes and 32:00 What is new? Tools like WIkipedia, Wiktionary and WordSet 35:00 Example use case of searching an unfamiliar word, 38:00 HumanWare Podcast w/ Rachel and Peter "See Things Differently with HumanWare" 43:00 Navigating with Brailliant and selecting words to look up 47:00 HumanWare Odyssey featuring AI powered scanned document questions, 49:00 Wrap Up with Rachel Ramos from HumanWare, upcoming topics and events 51:15 Ending with Music Find out more at https://techconnectlive.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:00 Start 2:15 End of Intro Song 4:30 Explaining how Innosearch.AI aggregates from other websites 10:00 Laptop Demo, Homepage, What are Flash Deals? 15:30 Search, information clarity via Stripped Down Interface, reviews 19:45 Ask Innosearch Artificial Intelligence for specific questions 31:00 Adding to Cart, Navigating 36:00 Searching for digital assets like Silver Arrows in Knights Manager 37:15 Searching for Flights 43:00 Wrap-Up Review of Innosearch.AI what it does well where does it need improvement? 48:00 Closing Credits and Ending Song! Find out more at https://techconnectlive.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Notes go here 0:00 Start 4:30 IBVI promotional video 5:30 Comments, Amazon Alexa Trigger Warning! 7:35 Akinator, Guess the Character! 12:30 Knight Manager, steer and cheer on your champion! 29:30 Escape the Room, Collect clues and crush puzzles to escape! 43:00 Sound Quiz, Guess the song name quicker than your competition! 47:20 Wrap Up Amazon Echo games Find out more at https://techconnectlive.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:00 Start 2:15 Where has Cory been? 4:15 Holiday Catch-Up 6:00 The new Nosferatu Movie Review 10:00 Envision Ally, past and future produced video 16:15 Introduction to the Workshop Topics 18:15 Early Pessimism as to how useful these workshops are; however, we were PLEASENTLY SUPRISED 20:45 How to get to the YouTube comments and live chat using a Screen Reader, 24:00 Low Vision using AI to detect and lable Salient Objects depending on activity, 28:30 Realtime VR Games using AI to identify interactible objects, what pitfalls must be overcome? 32:30 Hable One and Comments from our chat 34:30 AI enhanced reading, this includes eye tracking and line focus technology 38:00 Augmenting Landmarks for people with low vison, wearing an AR headset, similar to Good Maps 42:30 Visual Social Cues, translating facial expression, body language, gestures and movements 48:45 Wrap Up with Closing Thoughts. Thank you everybody! Have a great 2025! Find out more at https://techconnectlive.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:00 Start 5:30 Introducing our Guests from Blindshell: Filip and Jakub 9:15 History and Development of previous Blindshell products 14:35 Upgrades from the Blindshell 2? RAM, new colors, Storage, Physical Grip, lower latency 17:00 Left Action Button, new features: display, notifications, battery and wifi settings, copy and paste! 21:00 Navigating the menus, describing the physical buttons and layout of the device. 25:00 Voice Control Options, specifically Luna AI! 29:00 You cannot hangout the phone using Luna AI, they didn't want you accidently hanging up 29:45 Uses for Luna include, sending and reading messages, set alarms, calendar reminders, 33:00 Touchscreen, specifically for use with 3rd party apps which you can download and install 38:00 Phone Screen Sharing via Tandem, allows a trusted few to temporarily control your phone screen 44:00 Wrap-Up, contact info, website suggestions and supported networks list. 48:00 Closing the show with Holiday cheer, upcoming produced video on Envision Ally AI, 50:00 Closing Credits and Ending Song! Be sure to join us next year! Find out more at https://techconnectlive.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

0:00 Start 5:30 Introducing our Guest: Mikayla Siditsky 9:00 Eyedaptic's EYE5 Hardware gets a Software Upgrade = EYE6 11:00 Ivy, a built in AI for your EYE6, introduction and Use cases 12:30 Physical Description of the EYE5, use of a tethered smartphone controller 18:45 Auto Zoom and Object Detection Options such as Faces or Text 22:50 Sheet Music, real-time stabilization, 25:30 Bright Text Function: a while outline surrounds text and objects, bold shapes help 31:45 Eyedaptic History, what was the EYE1? Will there be an EYE7??? 35:30 What is the difference between the EYE5 and EYE6? Button changes and AI tips 39:00 Worried about Wifi? Mikayla explains the different tiers of payment for more reliable service 40:45 Using Ivy, testing basic description, 44:00 Ivy OCR and summary of text 49:00 Memory, can Ivy only remember one picture at a time? How long after use does it remember? 49:30 Wrap-Up Contact Details and upcoming events, livestreams, etc 53:00 End Sign off message! Next time is BlindShell Classic 2! Find out more at https://techconnectlive.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.