Epic Ally (Carrie on Accessibility)

Yes! Blind people can solve rubik's cubes and speed cubes. Just add some tactile markings and anyone can solve non-visually. In this video, I'm joined by Paul Martz to share his book how to "solve it!" and his experience with blind cubing.Check out the "Solve It! The Only Speedsolving Guide for Blind Cubers" book!https://tactilecuber.com/Textured Cube:https://texturecube.com/Inexpensive Tactile Rubik's Cube:Amazon - https://amzn.to/47tpltQVideo - https://youtube.com/shorts/snwkVi0lTvA?si=dswHHZuC5_vzhtEtMy puzzle cube collection:https://youtube.com/shorts/fLK9qnPsQ-E?si=k-wW275VsoarNdA-

Agiga is poised to launch their EchoVision Pioneer Editions on October 29th. In this episode, I share an interview with Agiga about this update, why they decided to do this and what their plans for it. What do you think? Was it a good move? If you pre-ordered, did you choose to be a pioneer or will you wait for the final product?EchoVision Website: https://echovision.agiga.ai/

Digital Accessibility is crucial for assistive technology users in the blind, low vision, and disability community. Easy Surf was created by people with disabilities who work in this space and in this episode we sit down and discuss the current landscape of digital accessibility and how we feel the industry could be improved. We also discuss how Easy Surf started and tips for aspiring accessibility/usability testers.http://EasySurf.ca

In today's episode, Carrie chats with Steven and Shaun from Double Tap to discuss their experience at CSUN, hands on with the technology there, and accessibility/assistive technology in general. Make sure to check out  @DoubleTapVideo  and their coverage at CSUN! https://doubletaponair.com/csun/EchoVisions Glasses: AI Wearable for the Blind & Visually Impaired from Agigahttps://youtu.be/5raHFE58RpAEpic Ally Podcast https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI_qJN1lJVU5xxIOz-JoldbkehCdIU0SwVideo Chapters00:00 Intro 02:27 Hello Steven and Shaun 03:50 How was CSUN?08:12 Blazie at CSUN08:56 Lighthouse Tech Glasses 10:20 Wearables 11:07 Costs & AT Development13:23 Choices, Diversificatio, Collaboration 19:19 Glidance 30:06 EchoVision and AI 40:30 What’s your favorite tech?

The EchoVision smart glasses are being developed by Agiga and will have AI descriptions, facial recognition, text reading, integration with Be My Eyes and Aira, and more. In this follow up interview with Agiga, the EchoVisions are shown in action with demonstrations! Share your feedback and questions in the comments or contact Agiga directly.Pre-Order with code CARRIE to get $20 off!http://Echovision.Agiga.aiContact Agiga:contact@agiga.aiWatch the original interview:https://youtu.be/658ADcVfHmQ?si=xVQZDf--dNNiwDG1

A wearable called the SuperBrain 1 from 7Sense wants to give the blind and visually impaired a remote sense of touch with haptics. Learn all about what it's like and what it can do in this Epic Ally podcast interview. Let me know in the comments what you think about this device!Find out more about the SuperBrain 1:https://7sense.ee/superbrain-1/Epic Ally Podcast playlist:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI_qJN1lJVU5xxIOz-JoldbkehCdIU0Sw&si=-b3GDSfyhE8nP-wuVideo Chapters 00:00 – Intro 01:20 – Meet Michael for 7Sense 02:08 – What is the SuperBrain 1?04:24 – Describing the wearable device 07:20 – Does it work on it’s own? 08:52 – The Onboarding Experience14:56 – Modes and AI Haptic Features19:52 – The 3rd Mode 23:23 – Can you exercise with SuperBrain 1? 24:14 – Sensors and Cameras 26:45 – Outdoors to Indoors 27:42 – Backstory of SuperBrain 29:56 – Pricing and Availability 31:30 – What makes AT so expensive? 37:08 – My Thoughts About the SuperBrain

What if signs could talk? That's what Right hear wants to do! In this episode, I talk to the CEO of Right Hear, Idan Meir, to discuss their technology and how it could enhance the experience of people who are blind and visually impaired. Idan also shares a glimpse into what they're planning next. Right Hear Website: https://www.right-hear.com/ Right Hear on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.righthear&hl=en_US Right Hear on iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/righthear-blind-assistant/id1061791840

Can you imagine not being able to see anything, and listening to music to find your way and learn what's around you? Or would you rather AI give you descriptions? How about making it easier to get audio descriptions? On this CoA Epic Ally episode, Patrick Burton tells us all about Ben Vision products, the BEN app, Speakaboo and ViddyScribe, what's unique about the way Ben Vision is developing navigating solutions and some things to look forward to in tech and accessibility. Benvision https://ben.vision/ ViddyScribe https://www.viddyscribe.com/ Speakaboo: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/speakaboo-blind-ai-assistance/id6480101099 Here is a link to a video that's been processed by ViddyScribe: https://youtu.be/f_v3mti0sY4 This is a short edited video Patrick Burton (founder of Benvision and ViddyScribe) took on a date night with his wife. This is the original before processing, in case you would like to compare: https://youtu.be/zHtTZqyhzT4 Video Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:08 – Patrick and Ben Vision 03:13 – Speakaboo 09:52 – BEN App 13:50 – The BEN App Experience 18:57 – Programing Waypoints and Regions 20:15 – Dynamic Environments 22:15 – Creating Custom Waypoint 23:19 – ViddyScribe 29:25 – Free Apps 30:30 – Why is AT so expensive? 35:40 – Vision for tech and accessibility? 38:02 – Final Words 38:48 – My Thoughts on Ben Vision

Can someone blind or visually impaired play video games? What kinds of accessibility features are there, and what's not accessible and frustrating in the gaming world? In this episode of the COA Epic Ally Podcast, Jessie from Illegally Sighted shares his insights, lived experience, and recommendations as a visually impaired gamer. Find out how the gaming world is becoming more accessible and share in the comments if there's any particular game that you're really into or excited about. Jesse from Illegally Sighted https://www.youtube.com/@IllegallySighted Use code CoA15 for $15 off on your first order on Innosearch.ai https://www.innosearch.ai/ Video Chapters 00:00 – Intro 02:07 – Meet Jessie from Illegally Sighted 05:11 – What makes a game accessible? 07:56 – Accessibility advice for game developers 11:32 – Accessibility/usability issues in gaming 14:49 – Accessibility features that’s available 19:45 – Forza Motor Sports and accessibility 23:05 – Console vs PC Gaming 29:46 – Finding accessible games, mods and extensions 31:08 – VR, AR, Mixed Reality Headsets 4135 – More on the inaccessibility of VR headsets 44:50 – Has accessibility improved in gaming? 51:42 – Game Recommendations 56:10 – Jessie’s favorite color and favorite drink! 57:04 – Final thoughts about gaming and accessibility

Envision offers a free app, and for purchase, the Envision Glasses for the blind and visually impaired that helps with text recognition, facial recognition, product recognition and a lot more. On this Episode of the CoA Epic Ally podcast, I interviewed CTO, Karthik Mahadevan, from Envision to tell us all about their apps and glasses, and some of the things that he's excited about assistive technology and AI. Envision https://www.letsenvision.com/ Video Chapters 00:00 – Intro 01:15 –CTO and Co-Founder Karthik Kannan 01:57 - Envision App and Updates 07:37 – AI on the Envision 14:26 – The Envision Glasses 17:15 – Battery and Charging 19:01 – Connecting Phone Audio 19:24 – Google Glass 24:15 – Envision AI and Data Privacy 28:35 – Community Input into Development 30:57 – Envision vs Other Smart Glasses 36:31 – How Envision Started 42:05 – From Paid Subscription to Free 45:21 – Envision Glasses – Price and Availability 46:52 – Why is AT so expensive? 50:10 – What’s exciting in AT and AI? 51:41 – Envision Demo 52:19 – Final Thoughts about Envision Ap 52:59 – Final Thoughts about Envision Glasses

The EvhoVision smart glasses is a wearable that looks like a pair of regular glasses, but features multiple accessibility tools and AI made especially for the blind or visually impaired. In this Epic Ally interview with Agiga CEO, Xiaoran, and CTO, Huasong, I was excited to hear about the features setting EchoVision apart--a button for scene description, OCR and full document reading capabilities, asking AI follow up questions, and more. Also find out about their pre-order offer, availability, future subscriptions, and my thoughts on the EvchoVision. EchoVision Glasses https://echovision.agiga.ai/ Agiga Homepage https://agiga.ai/ Video Chapters: 00:00 Echo Vision Smart Glasses 00:35 What makes the Echo Vision promising 02:34 Interview with Agiga Introduction 02:54 - Introducing Echo Vision 04:11 Description of the Echo Vision 05:45 - AI (Magic) Button 06:04 AI Follow Up Questions 06:15 Can it read documents? 07:04 Scene description versus OCR 08:06 App Integrations, WI-Fi and Phone, Connectivity 10:52 Past Conversations with AI 12:21 Phone Audio Connectivity 12:52 Camera Quality, Battery, and Charging 14:14 What types of lenses are available? 15:20 Clip on sunglasses… yes or no? 15:57 Echo Vision versus Meta Glasses 20:14 How Echo Vision began and Agiga’s mission 24:52 Echo Vision Availability, Pricing, and Pre-Order 26:37 Echo Vision Subscription? 30:11 Assistive Technology Pricing versus Echo Vision Pricing 35:42 Echo Vision’s Future 36:40 Voice Memo “AI Memory” Capabilities 38:53 Audio Recordings versus Voice Memo AI 40:43 Carrie’s Thoughts on the Echo Vision

OOrion is an iOS app that can help you find and identify text and objects- even personal objects that you scan! Plus, they're working on making spaces and indoor navigation more accessible. In this episode, we meet Stephenie, cofounder of the OOrion app, developed for the blind and visually impaired to be able to search for objects and texts in their environment and locate tagged spaces by businesses. Follow the Epic A11y Podcast for more AT interviews and deep dives into interesting accessibility developments! OOrion https://www.oorion.fr/en App Download: https://apps.apple.com/ag/app/oorion/id1567957213 Video Chapters 00:00 – Epic Ally Intro 01:19 – Meet Stephenie from OOrion 02:30 – Idea Behind OOrion 04:25 – Search for Object 07:44 – Other OOrion Features 08:55 – Customized Object Library 10:28 – Will It Be Available on Android? 12:17 – OOrions Busines Model 18:13 – How Tagging Locations Work 22:04 – Can Users Tag Their Own Locations? 26:31 – OOrion’s Development Process 30:41 – What Are Your Goals? 33:51 – What Sets OOrion Apart? 38:50 – What’s Exciting in Tech? 43:15 – Last Words from OOrion 44:55 – My Thoughts on OOrion

As a blind or visually impaired person, what's your online shopping experience like? On this Epic A11y Podcast, I interview Brain, Co-founder of Innosearch.ai.--a whole separate shopping platform designed to be optimized for screen reader users. On Innosearch.ai you can shop for products from several retailers and have AI help you find what you're looking for. Find out all about it and share your thoughts! Innosearch.ai Website https://www.innosearch.ai/ Video Chapters 00:00 – Epic Ally Intro 01:14 – Meet Brian, Innosearch.ai Co-founder 02:41 – How does it work? 04:19 – Pricing and Availability Updates 05:05 – Customer Service Options 05:29 – Returns 06:08 – Limitations 07:21 – Story Behind Innosearch.ai 09:30 – About the AI on Innosearch 10:39 – Can the AI do image descriptions? 11:42 – What if the AI is wrong? 13:09 – Why a separate platform? 14:54 – Available Retailers 15:26 – Price Comparisons 16:32 – Can AI find the best deal? 17:00 – Can you purchase through the AI? 17:33 – How do you make money and do things cost more? 19:47 – Development Process 20:23 – Goals for Innosearch.ai 21:19 – Why is AT so expensive? 22:56 – What’s exciting? 23:47 – Interview Wrap Up and Deal 25:03 – What do I think?

Biped is working on a new mobility device for the blind and visually impaired called NOA. This stands for Navigation, obstacle detection, and AI. You wear it around your shoulders - it has a quality camera module on one side and a high performance AI computer. In this episode, I interview Maël Fabien, one of the cofounders of Biped to do a deep dive into the device. http:.biped.ai Video Chapters 00:00 – Epic Ally Intro 01:24 – Meet Meal 01:44 – What is Biped? 02:20 – Description of Biped 03:48 – Can you wear it with a backpack? 04:20 – Does it work with an app or is it a sand alone? 06:29 – Is it available now? 07:29 – What’s the onboarding like? 09:32 – Is it compatible with Bluetooth devices? 11:53 – Unboxing Experience 13:34 – Batteries and Charger 15:39 – Controls 19:08 – Obstacle Detection 23:33 – Connection 27:16 – AI Follow Up Questions 28:00 – More About Audio 29:49 – Other Sensors 32:27 – More on Obstacle Detection 38:54 – Form Factor 43:01 – Using NOA with a White Cane 44:08 – Origin Story of Biped and NOA 47:14 – How does Navigation work? 51:43 – Availability and Price 54:02 – Why is AT so expensive? 57:00 – Price for Subscription 57:16 – Vision for Future of Biped 59:27 – What’s Exciting? 1:01:17 – My Thoughts

In this episode, I interviewed Paul Ruvolo, the developer of the CLEW app, about a new app under development. It may or may not be called Navishare, but like the app CLEW, it will allow users to map routes and spaces. Unlike CLEW, it will use AI to "stitch" different points together and allow these routes and maps to be shared. I'm excited to learn more about it and hope it continues development! Clew App on iOS https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clew/id1268077870 Paul Ruvolo's Emailpruvolo@olin.edu Video Chapters 00:00 Epic Ally Podcast Intro 03:23 Introducing Paul Ruvolo and CLEW 06:10 Navishare 8:36 Sharing Maps 10:01 Who can share maps?12:37 – Approach to navigation 14:22 Keeping it monetized 16:31 How does it work? 23:05 Using AI 25:40 When will it be available on Android? 27:30 Working with the community 30:04 What do you think makes assistive tech expensive 31:49 What’s exciting? 35:02 Contacting Paul 35:55 Carrie's thoughts on the interview ---------------- Join the Carrie on Accessibility Patreon for exclusive weekly updates, community meet up's and more! http://patreon.com/carrieonaccessibility Support CoA through my Amazon Storefront! http://amazon.com/shop/carrieonaccessibility Get a 1 month free Audible trial! https://amzn.to/42UstMn Join a supportive and community on Discord! https://discord.gg/sQrH377mkh YouTube Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCraSGW8s4NMaFKrJ5YbjB4w TikTok! http://tiktok.com/@carrieonaccessibility Twitter: http://twitter.com/carrieona11y Facebook: http://facebook.com/carrieonaccessibility Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carrieonaccessibility/ Website: http://carrieonaccessibility.com Email: email@carrieonaccessibility.com Though it's discontinued, you can still check out the archive of videos from Live Accessible! http://youtube.com/@liveaccessible

Glide is a new mobility aid that's being developed by Glidance. It has a long adjustable handle, and as you push it it steers you. At the bottom it has big wheels and a core that houses all the robotics and tech. It has cameras and sensors for obstacle detection with AI capabilities, haptic feedback on the handle, and other features that make it a possible alternative to the white cane or the guide dog. In this Epic Ally Podcast, I interview the CEO of Glidance, Amos Miller and get his full insight on the concept behind Glide and what the experience could be like to use it. He shares his thoughts and challenges with other mobility devices and wearables as a blind person and more. Stay tune till the end where I share my thoughts about Glide! Glidance: https://glidance.io/ Video Chapters 00:00 - Epic Ally Podcast Intro 20:26 – Introducing Amos Miller, Glidance and Glide 60:08 – Glide as a Primary Mobility Aid 07:25 – How do you use Glide on stairs? 09:16 – Why Glide? 14:08 – The Glide Experience 21:00 – Can Glide be a Standalone Device? 22:33 – Glide's Stage of Development 25:18 – The Glide Handles 28:34 – Is Glide waterproof? 29:02 – Adjustability? 31:32 – Glide VS Other Mobility Devices 34:03 – Price 34:36 – Thoughts on Mobility Aids 39:22 – Why is AT so expensive? 41:55 – What’s exciting about tech? 44:22 – My thoughts on Glide

Join me as I interview Charles Leclercq, the CEO of ARx Vision. We discuss the new 1.5 generation of the ARx AI headset - a bone conduction headset with a 4k camera for OCR, scene descriptions, AI, and more.

Aira recently announced Access AI for their Aira Explorer apps. It's in Bata and with it you'll be able to upload images and get descriptions and be able to ask questions with AI. How does it work and how is it different from all the other apps out there like Be My AI and Seeing AI? Join me for this Epic A11y interview with Aira's CEO Troy Otillio to learn all about Access AI and get your questions answered. Aira website: https://explorer.aira.io Get the Aira App: https://aira.io/aira-app/ Access AI Beta Signup: https://explorer.aira.io/access_ai Video Chapters 00:00 – Intro to Aira and Access AI 01:29 – Introducing Troy Otillio 02:27 – Access AI Announcement 08:56 – How many images at a time? 10:00 – Can you share an image from your file or gallery? 11:13 – Is this free? 13:02 – Getting validation under 20 seconds 18:16 – Will Access AI continue to be free? 22:07 – Using Open AI and Gemini 25:00 – Cloud or device? 27:23 – What happens to image sent to Access AI? 29:55 – What countries and language will Access AI be available in? 33:30 – What makes Access AI better? 35:20 – Wrap up questions 40:59 - Where is it available? ---------------- Join the Carrie on Accessibility Patreon for exclusive weekly updates, community meet up's and more! http://patreon.com/carrieonaccessibility Support CoA through my Amazon Storefront! http://amazon.com/shop/carrieonaccessibility Get a 1 month free Audible trial! https://amzn.to/42UstMn Join a supportive and community on Discord! https://discord.gg/sQrH377mkh YouTube Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCraSGW8s4NMaFKrJ5YbjB4w TikTok! http://tiktok.com/@carrieonaccessibility Twitter: http://twitter.com/carrieona11y Facebook: http://facebook.com/carrieonaccessibility Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carrieonaccessibility/ Website: http://carrieonaccessibility.com Email: email@carrieonaccessibility.com Though it's discontinued, you can still check out the archive of videos from Live Accessible! http://youtube.com/@liveaccessible