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0:00 Start 3:00 Comments and Announcements 6:30 Geography, Siberia and Russia, our livestream has Worldwide Reach! 12:30 IrisVision 14:00 IrisVision Live 2.0 has stopped production. 14:20 IrisVision Inspire is still available 17:00 Patriot Viewpoint is roughly equivilant to IrisVision 19:15 Apple Vision Pro 24:30 eSight 35:00 Ivy Example from Eyedaptic EYE7 41:45 Maggie IVR 45:30 Vision Buddy 49:30 Top Three Commenters for today's Livestream 51:00 TV Modes from Maggie IVR and Iris Vision 51:30 Wrap Up Ending Music

Episode Notes 0:00 Begin 10:30 Introducing the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas 2026 12:00 Smart Lock U400 alternative ways to lock and unlock physical doors 19:30 LifX Smart Mirror with various lightning options and potential Be My Eyes uses 21:00 SwitchBot robot for tasks like folding laundry and washing dishes 24:30 OLED Wallpaper Television by LG 9mm w/ Matte finish 28:00 EyeBot testing your eyesight within 3 minutes 31:00 New version of Pebble Smart Watches 33:00 Lawncare via robotics using the RoboRock RockMow 36:00 Power Keyboard 38:00 MicroRBG for ultra premium Televisions by Samsung 41:00 .Lumen Glasses uses your forehead to detect surroundings 47:00 Wrap-Up and upcoming topics for Tech Connect Live!

Episode Notes Notes go here 0:00 Start 4:00 Sicily Jo and CSUN in California 20:00 First livestream, radically different setup 35:00 Sam Seavey and Peter Tucic as guests on our end of the year quiz show 39:00 Carrie from Carrie on Accessibility 43:00 Barry our furthest traveling in-studio guest! 50:00 Live Grilling, with quite a few issues! 58:30 Brief look behind the scenes at the rest of our recording studio 1:00:00 Ending Wrap Up and Exit Music

Episode Notes 3:45 Scary Movies and Famous Directors 11:00 Android Demo 13:00 Turning off Adaptive Brightness, Dark Mode 14:15 Font Size 16:15 Night Light, using a Blue Light Blocker for Sleep health 18:30 Lookout App for Android 21:15 Color Correction based on different amounts of cones 23:00 Dark Display Mode 26:00 Color Inversion, Shortcut via a widget 29:00 Magnification 32:45 Select to Speak, AVAILABLE VIA FREE ACCESSIBILITY SUITE 40:00 Wrap Up, Take away thoughts 42:00 Upcoming livestreams and video topics, Free ACVREP Credits on Demand! 45:20 End

Episode Notes Notes go here 0:00 Begin 6:30 Addressing what we know so far 12:30 Watching and Discussing the Video 37:00 Wrap Up from the video, upcoming topics 43:00 Ending Song

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.