• S1E1 - Fun and Games with Amazon Alexa! | Tech Connect Live!
    Jan 27 2025
    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

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    50 mins
  • AI Research Workshop on AT for Blind and Low Vision Individuals | Tech Connect Live!
    Jan 2 2025

    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!

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    51 mins
  • Introducing the Blindshell Classic 3! | Tech Connect Live!
    Dec 19 2024

    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!

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    51 mins
  • Exploring the EYE6 with Mikayla from Eyedaptic | Tech Connect Live!
    Dec 5 2024

    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!

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    54 mins
  • PiccyBot! AI Video Description App! | Tech Connect Live!
    Nov 21 2024
    Episode Notes

    Notes go here 0:00 Start 6:00 Jokes and Audience Comments and Questions 7:50 Introducing PiccyBot, AI descriptions from video and photos 11:30 PIccyBot's creator Martijn Van Der Spec enters the chat! 13:00 Demo using VoiceOver navigating through the app , headings, controls 16:55 Demo of taking a still photo in the app and hearing its description 27:00 Using PiccyBot to analyze old photos already saved on your device 32:00 Comparing this with the Be My AI description and response time. 37:00 Uploading an existing video file to the app for description 43:00 Actually taking a live video and uploading it for a detailed description! 49:00 Summary thoughts from our Assistive Technology Experts! 53:00 Upcoming videos, live shows and events! Stay Tuned!

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    57 mins
  • Smart Vision 3 PART 2: Apps both built in and downloadable | Tech Connect Live!
    Nov 7 2024
    Smart Vision 3 Part 2: Apps!

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    0:00 Start 3:30 Upcoming Dining In the Dark event 5:15 Setting up expectations, referencing previous livestream on Smart Vision 3. 8:00 Overview of the phone and its controls, 9:00 Getting into the Application List 11:00 Agenda 12:20 Currency Identifier 15:00 Where can you purchase this phone? Raz Mobility website 17:55 Calendar, changing view scale and creating events 20:30 Color Identifier App, 23:30 Contacts, creating new contacts, dictation works but you cannot spell by letter 27:40 Book Reader information, compatible with Bard style Daisy files and other text file into Audiobook. 33:00 Gmail example both reading and writing emails 37:45 Sending a Text using Google Assistant or Gemini 39:15 YouTube, navigating, searching, and using it with TalkBack and Dictation 42:30 How this phone compares to Blind Shell Classic 2? 46:00 Upcoming Videos, Events and Livestreams

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    49 mins
  • Smart Vision 3: An Accessible Cell Phone for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Tech Connect Live!
    Oct 24 2024

    0:00 Start 10:00 Smart Vision 3 Introduction, who is it best for? 12:30 Physical Description, Button Controls 17:10 Demo of the device, Navigating through menus, 22:00 List of Applications, technological workarounds and gestures 25:00 T-Mobile support and 3 months of Mint Mobile for free 26:20 Getting to Contacts from main menu, 28:00 Discussing tech complexity and how simple controls don't always make it easier 32:00 Demonstrating the Magnifier 34:45 Launch the Google Assistant to ask it questions 38:10 Alexa App Raincheck 39:00 Commenter Questions, VoiceOver 40:00 Demonstrating the Google Lookout app 41:40 Smart Vision 3 Features of note, keypad controls, who is this best for? 46:00 Wrap Up, Upcoming Episodes, Produced Videos and Special Events!

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    50 mins
  • Joe from Accessibyte: A Simple Approach to Assistive Technology | Tech Connect Live!
    Oct 10 2024
    Episode Notes

    Notes go here 0:00 Start 6:45 Welcoming Joe Jorgensen, how did Accessibyte begin? Early steps and stages. 12:00 Laptop View and Demo from the Accessibyte Homepage. 14:45 Learning methodology of Typio. Giving students educational tools that don't need a teacher all the time. 17:00 Joe explains each program, including Accessibyte Arcade and Braillio! 24:30 Home edition vs School edition? How would a teacher use these programs? How about younger students? 28:30 Typio vs Typio Pro for laptop demonstration 38:00 Typing Pets as a method of gamifying education. 44:00 Wrap-Up Summary and upcoming videos

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    46 mins