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Double Tap

de Steven Scott, Shaun Preece, Steven Scott, Shaun Preece

NuevoYour Feedback: Tactile UV Printing, Braille Talking Watches and Blind-Friendly ID Checks13 de noviembre de 2026 · 56 min
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Double Tap is the show where blind people talk tech! If you’re blind or partially sighted and have an interest in technology, this is the show for you. Everyone is welcome no matter how old you are or how much or how little experience you have with technology. Each week the team will help you better understand how technology can help your everyday life, even if you have little or no sight.

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  1. Your Feedback: Tactile UV Printing, Braille Talking Watches and Blind-Friendly ID Checks

    56 min

    Face scans that reject blind users' eyes, a braille talking watch with an alarm and a UV printer that prints raised textures all come up in this Double Tap feedback show. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece also try …

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    Face scans that reject blind users' eyes, a braille talking watch with an alarm and a UV printer that prints raised textures all come up in this Double Tap feedback show. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece also try out Sony's retro MDR-3R headphones and ask whether iOS 27 is worth installing yet.

    Steven explains why he bought Sony's Walkman-style MDR-3R wired headphones. Shaun talks about his trouble with the Logitech Zone headset, which still cuts off audio tones on a wired connection. Listener Tom misses Lovely Laura and doesn't like the AI voice that now reads the emails. That leads to an honest chat about why a human reader can't keep up with how much mail comes in.

    Some Schmo suggests the eufyMake E1, a UV printer that builds raised textures up to 5mm high, and the hosts weigh up how useful it could be for tactile graphics and braille labels. Joel recently lost much of his sight. He describes using AI to bring Mystery Mansion, a 1980s text adventure from the HP 3000, to Android. That starts a conversation about vibe coding and the independence it can give.

    Lena reviews the FutureAids Talking Braille Watch, which combines braille, speech and an alarm for 50 US dollars. Mark in Miami describes life with a keyless Yale smart lock. Scott in Sydney explains how to switch back to Siri Classic on iOS 27, though Steven still advises waiting before you update.

    Sharon closes with a serious problem: passport and face scans that reject blind users because their eyes don't look like a sighted person's. Steven argues that age and ID checks should be built into the phone or computer's operating system, so they only have to be made accessible once.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Intro and Sony MDR-3R retro headphones
    6:38 – Logitech Zone and headset recommendations
    12:38 – Tom on the AI email voice
    15:46 – eufyMake E1 tactile UV printer
    20:15 – Joel brings Mystery Mansion to Android
    28:43 – Lena reviews a braille talking watch
    33:19 – Mark's Yale smart lock and parcel deliveries
    40:19 – Scott on Siri Classic and iOS 27
    51:37 – Sharon on inaccessible online ID checks
    55:19 – Wrap up

    Relevant Links
    eufyMake E1 UV Printer: https://www.eufymake.com/eufymake-uv-printer-e1
    FutureAids Talking Braille Watch: https://www.braillebookstore.com/Talking-Braille-Watch.1
    ScribeMe: https://scribeme-ai.com

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    About Double Tap

    Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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  2. Lumin Shuts Down, SpeakTab Makes Music Accessible, and Good Vibes Is Coming

    56 min

    Lumin, the voice-first email app built for blind users, is shutting down. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece look at why, then meet Eden Brown, who used vibe coding to build SpeakTab, an accessible music and guitar …

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    Lumin, the voice-first email app built for blind users, is shutting down. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece look at why, then meet Eden Brown, who used vibe coding to build SpeakTab, an accessible music and guitar tab reader.

    Lumin stops working on 1 December 2026, and the team says competition from ChatGPT and other big AI platforms made it impossible to sustain. Steven and Shaun replay part of their September chat with founder Sriram Ganesh and ask some hard questions. Did launching free make charging later impossible? How does a small specialist app get noticed when AI tools keep multiplying?

    Eden Brown, a court reporter and guitarist, explains how she built SpeakTab with Codex. It reads MusicXML, Guitar Pro files and text tabs by beat and measure. It can also loop sections, slow the tempo for practice, write music from plain-language input and connect to an optional AI teacher. There's a Windows version and an Android build tested on the BrailleSense 7.

    The conversation then turns to Braille. Eden argues that audio alone isn't literacy. Steven pushes back on advocacy that suggests Braille is the only route to success. They disagree on some points and agree on many more.

    Before that, the hosts deal with an eero router outage that briefly felt like the end of the world, a viewer who noticed Steven wears the same blue shirt every day, and the question "are you two really blind?" To close, Steven and Shaun announce Good Vibes, their new podcast about the tools blind people are building with AI, and Steven reviews the retro Sony MDR-3R headphones.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Intro
    0:17 – Shed heating, emergency prep and an eero outage
    4:02 – The same blue shirt and "are you really blind?"
    9:47 – Lumin shuts down
    25:32 – Eden Brown and SpeakTab
    34:41 – Braille, literacy and employment
    45:35 – Getting SpeakTab and sending feedback
    51:41 – Introducing the Good Vibes podcast
    53:24 – Sony MDR-3R headphones review

    Relevant Links
    Double Tap: https://doubletaponair.com
    Double Tap Live and Good Vibes: https://live.doubletaponair.com
    SpeakTab: https://speaktab.pages.dev
    SpeakTab on GitHub: https://github.com/edenkizerccr-coder/speaktab
    Lumin shutdown notice: https://www.trylumin.ai
    Sony MDR-3R announcement: https://sony.mediaroom.com/2026-11-05-Sony-Electronics-Introduces-MDR-3R-USB-C-R-1-Wired-Headphones,-a-Modern-Take-on-the-First-Walkman-R-Headphones-MDR-3

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    About Double Tap

    Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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  3. HapWare Aleye, Time's Best Inventions and the Smart Glasses Ban Debate

    56 min

    HapWare's Aleye wristband, named one of Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2026, turns smiles, waves and handshakes into vibrations that blind users can feel. CEO Jack Walters explains what has changed, along …

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    HapWare's Aleye wristband, named one of Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2026, turns smiles, waves and handshakes into vibrations that blind users can feel. CEO Jack Walters explains what has changed, along with pricing, pre-orders and privacy. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece also take on the growing push to ban smart glasses.

    The show starts with the other assistive tech on Time's list, the Mangoslab Nemonic Dot braille label printer. That leads to a moan about braille labelling. The electronic options, like the 6dot label maker, cost well over $1,000, and the old manual embossers take more hand strength than Steven has.

    Steven was back on BBC In Touch, and he's tired of hearing that Meta smart glasses should be banned from pubs, pools and even whole countries. He points out that privacy and decency laws already cover misuse, as they did with phones. Shaun pushes back on calling the glasses life-changing, and they get into what actually counts as essential for blind people.

    Jack Walters, CEO and co-founder of HapWare, tells Shaun how Aleye has grown beyond facial expressions. It now reads text and spots objects without being asked, such as the aisle you're standing in. It works with any Meta glasses or your phone camera, and you don't need Meta's live AI. Jack talks about learning the haptic patterns, how much beta testers wanted to know, and the first watch-sized standalone prototype.

    Pre-orders are open until 31 December with a $59 deposit toward a $359 price. The first batch is 500 units, aimed at a launch around May 2027. The subscription is $20 a month or $199 a year. Jack also covers SOC 2 security, opting in to share data, and shipping to the UK, Canada and Australia after the US.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Intro: Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2026
    1:52 – Nemonic Dot and the cost of braille labels
    7:43 – BBC In Touch and the smart glasses ban debate
    20:50 – Jack Walters from HapWare joins
    23:45 – How Aleye turns visual cues into haptics
    26:36 – Unprompted text and object detection
    32:33 – Learning the haptic patterns
    37:00 – Beta feedback and the first standalone prototype
    41:29 – Time award impact, pre-orders, pricing and privacy
    51:39 – Wrap-up and your feedback

    Relevant Links
    HapWare: https://hapware.com
    HapWare Aleye pre-order: https://hapware.com/pre-order
    Mangoslab Nemonic Dot: https://mangoslab.com/NEMONIC-DOT-printer
    Aira: https://aira.io
    Be My Eyes: https://www.bemyeyes.com

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    About Double Tap

    Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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  4. TurnOver for Mac and the Latest on Glidance's Glide

    56 min

    TurnOver, a free and open source screen reader for the Mac, has Steven Scott and Shaun Preece rethinking the Mac. Glidance CEO Amos Miller also shares what more than 30 pilot users have learned from Glide in …

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    TurnOver, a free and open source screen reader for the Mac, has Steven Scott and Shaun Preece rethinking the Mac. Glidance CEO Amos Miller also shares what more than 30 pilot users have learned from Glide in the real world, and when everyone else can expect theirs.

    Listener Barry starts with his first 10 days on TurnOver. You can use NVDA or JAWS keys on a Mac, open its menu with Control Command Comma, and if TurnOver crashes, VoiceOver comes back on automatically. Steven explains why moving around with Tab and Shift Tab makes WhatsApp and Messages much quicker. He also worries that lots of open source forks could thin out the project, and he advises cautious users to wait while it's this early.

    Amos Miller tells Shaun that Glide users walked their two and a half millionth step in mid-October. He's open about what still needs work: keeping a line on the sidewalk, walking along a road beside a grass verge, and lining up for road crossings. He also explains why new users should practise on a long, clear, straight stretch before taking Glide anywhere else.

    The team has sped up work on the Glide agent, which adds scene description and lets you say "guide me to" the blue door, the bus stop or the person with the dog. Amos says the hardware design is now settled and explains why faster, smaller AI models matter for a physical guide.

    Pre-orders won't ship before Christmas as planned. Amos expects the main software fixes around January or February, and a final round of hardware fixes pushes deliveries into early 2027. Meanwhile, more people are joining the pilot.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Welcome and an Al Pacino impression
    5:28 – Barry tries TurnOver for Mac
    9:04 – TurnOver, open source forks and the Apple question
    20:54 – Amos Miller on Glide's real-world pilot
    24:51 – Pilot lessons and current limitations
    29:25 – The Glide agent: scene description and guided navigation
    40:51 – Why the Glide hardware is settled
    44:01 – How AI progress shaped Glide
    47:27 – New release timeline and Amos's confidence
    54:08 – Takeaways and tomorrow's HapWare interview

    Relevant Links
    Glidance: https://www.glidance.io
    TurnOver: https://doll-eye.github.io/turnover-updates/
    TurnOver on GitHub: https://github.com/TurnOver-For-Mac/turnover
    HapWare: https://hapware.com

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    About Double Tap

    Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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  5. Nvidia's Jensen Huang Makes Headlines and a Conversation with The Blind Life's Sam Seavey

    56 min

    Sam Seavey from The Blind Life joins Steven Scott and Shaun Preece to talk about making YouTube content with low vision, accessible Sony cameras, the Tovala smart oven, and whether it matters if you call …

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    Sam Seavey from The Blind Life joins Steven Scott and Shaun Preece to talk about making YouTube content with low vision, accessible Sony cameras, the Tovala smart oven, and whether it matters if you call yourself blind or low vision.

    The show opens with Shaun's run of Suno songs. Then the hosts get into the news that Nvidia is investigating CEO Jensen Huang over his affair with a suspected Chinese spy, and what an AI bubble bursting could mean, including for Europe.

    Sam Seavey has been one of the most requested guests, and he talks about his story: Stargardt's disease, life in Kentucky, and how videos about Android phones turned into The Blind Life. He records, edits and uploads everything himself. He explains how a fixed studio setup and the built-in screen readers on Sony Alpha cameras make that possible. He also reviews a 27-inch Android tablet and talks about the flood of new apps from AI-assisted developers.

    The conversation then turns to labels. Sam explains why he calls himself blind, why so many people avoid using a cane, and how the low vision versus blind debate plays out inside the community. He also gives his hands-on take on the Tovala smart oven and how accessible it is.

    To close, Steven and Shaun reflect on the conversation and look at dual monitor support coming to Windows Magnifier.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Intro and a weekend of Suno songs
    3:06 – Nvidia, Jensen Huang and the AI bubble
    10:26 – Sam Seavey joins Double Tap
    13:25 – A 27-inch Android tablet
    17:03 – AI-built apps and accessibility
    22:03 – Who is Sam Seavey?
    28:29 – Creating content solo and Sony's accessible cameras
    36:16 – Advocacy, labels and using your cane
    47:06 – The Tovala smart oven
    52:13 – Wrap-up and Windows Magnifier updates

    Relevant Links
    The Blind Life: https://www.theblindlife.net
    Tovala Accessibility: https://www.tovala.com/accessibility
    Aira: https://aira.io
    Suno: https://suno.com

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    About Double Tap

    Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

    "Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc.


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  6. macOS Frustrations, the TurnOver Screen Reader and Offline GPS for Blind Users

    56 min

    Can VoiceOver on the Mac be made friendlier for blind users coming over from Windows? Steven Scott opens up the MacBook Neo, fights with the FaceTime app and finds a VoiceOver setting that changes how macOS …

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    Can VoiceOver on the Mac be made friendlier for blind users coming over from Windows? Steven Scott opens up the MacBook Neo, fights with the FaceTime app and finds a VoiceOver setting that changes how macOS navigation works. Shaun Preece pushes back, and the pair look at TurnOver, a new open source screen reader for the Mac.

    Steven explains the Announce Groups and No Groups options under Navigation in VoiceOver settings (VO-F8). They let you move around without interacting with every group, and they make it easier to get into web content in Safari and Chrome. The hosts also cover single letter Quick Nav, the rotor and the actions menu, and ask whether VoiceOver's many settings work for it or against it.

    TurnOver, a free screen reader that runs alongside VoiceOver, gets the hosts thinking about community-built tools for the Mac and whether Apple's accessibility APIs will eventually get in the way.

    In the listener mail, James in Missouri argues that the iPhone and braille displays should come with manuals. That leads to a talk about onboarding, a "granny test" for tech companies, and young children using smartphones. Peter explains how Meta's walking directions on Ray-Ban glasses work alongside Soundscape Community. Siobhan asks where the spatial audio setting is. David needs GPS for rural areas with no signal, which brings up BlindSquare, Soundscape and the HumanWare StellarTrek.

    Chapters

    0:00 – Welcome
    0:34 – MacBook Neo, macOS and FaceTime frustrations
    7:35 – VoiceOver Announce Groups and navigation settings
    18:52 – TurnOver, a community screen reader for the Mac
    27:10 – James on manuals and onboarding
    36:20 – Kids, smartphones and TikTok
    41:08 – Peter on Meta navigation and Soundscape Community
    44:43 – Siobhan asks about spatial audio
    47:03 – David asks about offline GPS and the StellarTrek
    53:48 – Double Tap app, JAWS 2027 and wrap-up

    Relevant Links

    Double Tap: https://doubletaponair.com
    MacBook Neo: https://www.apple.com/macbook-neo/
    TurnOver: https://github.com/TurnOver-For-Mac/turnover
    Soundscape Community: https://soundscape.services/
    BlindSquare: https://www.blindsquare.com/
    HumanWare StellarTrek: https://www.humanware.com/support/stellartrek/
    JAWS, ZoomText and Fusion 2027: https://training.vispero.com/download-jaws-zoomtext-and-fusion-2027/

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    About Double Tap

    Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

    "Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc.


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

    56 min

    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 literate, and AI assistants like Siri …

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    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 literate, and AI assistants like Siri, Gemini and Meta's Muse that still trip over plain requests.

    Larry, 74 and learning braille through Hadley, asks whether Olly Richards' language immersion method could work for braille. That leads into fatigue, the efficiency gap between braille and audio, and the move from magnification to a screen reader. Kevin pushes back on a Zero Project guest's claim that blind people who don't read braille aren't literate. Steven explains why he is pro-braille and still argues that price and access to teaching are the real problems.

    Ron Peterson introduces STEP Navigation, a free indoor navigation app from Professor Paul Ruvolo, who also made Clew. It has a Start Outside feature and AI scene descriptions. Negative Julian finally gets Gemini to place phone calls, but only when he says "call" and keeps digits out of contact names. Callum asks Siri for a hospital department's number and ends up being put through to 999.

    Allison uses Meta's Muse agent to track US policy changes and gets summaries with sources by email. The hosts talk about AI becoming a real productivity tool, Grok, and Europe and the UK waiting for Meta features. Chad Rohr shares his first iPhone Shortcuts, including Blind Mode, Sighted Mode and a Log a Pain Point note. Steven then gives an update on living with the iPhone Duo.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Intro
    0:52 – Larry on learning braille later in life
    8:33 – Kevin on braille, literacy and the Zero Project debate
    20:15 – Ron on the STEP Navigation indoor navigation app
    22:52 – Negative Julian on Gemini phone calls and smart speaker frustrations
    32:22 – Callum on Siri calling emergency services
    40:04 – Allison on Meta's Muse AI agent
    46:56 – Chad's iPhone Shortcuts for VoiceOver users
    50:47 – Living with the iPhone Duo
    55:05 – Wrap up

    Relevant Links
    Hadley: https://hadleyhelps.org
    At Your Fingertips - Braille Then and Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/at-your-fingertips-braille-then-and-now/id1841245814
    Zero Project India: https://zeroproject.org/about/zero-project-india
    STEP Navigation: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/step-navigation/id6448701994
    Meta Muse: https://about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-muse-personal-ai-agent/

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    About Double Tap

    Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

    "Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc.


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

    56 min

    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 users, explain the risk of using …

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    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 users, explain the risk of using third-party WhatsApp apps, and ask whether you can run AI on a laptop without the cloud.

    Shaun has a grievance with Amazon. He bought an Echo Dot Max to get early access to Alexa+, and he still doesn't have it. The iOS 27.3 beta brings Siri Recap, which listens all day so you can look back on conversations later. That leads into a talk about privacy, phones that seem to be listening, and when a recording device crosses a line. Steven is pleased to see per-site dark mode coming to Safari, and Siri shortcuts are arriving in the VoiceOver rotor.

    Saqib Shaikh's TypeOver lets your Windows PC act as a Bluetooth keyboard for your iPhone. That sets off a comparison of the Logitech MX Keys and Keychron mechanical keyboards. Steven also explains the risk of using accessible WhatsApp clients such as WhatSnap. Meta's terms allow it to ban accounts that use them, so the developers aren't the problem. Meta's inaccessible apps are.

    David Ward of the Echo Tips podcast covers four new Echo devices: the Echo Show 16, the Echo Time, the Echo Studio with camera, and the sixth-generation Echo Dot, which now costs twice as much. A listener asks about running local AI models on the ASUS ProArt PX13. Steven explains why RAM and the graphics card limit what you can do on the machine itself.

    Chapters

    0:00 – Intro and the Alexa+ early access frustration
    3:41 – iOS 27.3 beta, Siri Recap and privacy
    11:46 – Safari dark mode, Dark Reader and Siri shortcuts
    15:15 – Image descriptions and the VoiceOver rotor
    17:13 – TypeOver and the keyboard debate
    23:07 – WhatSnap, WhatsApp bans and Facebook accessibility
    28:45 – Clipboard sharing, Clipman and VoiceOver Ignore Groups on the Mac
    32:45 – David Ward on Amazon's new Echo devices
    46:56 – Listener email: local AI on the ASUS ProArt PX13
    54:33 – Your midterm voting experiences and goodbye

    Relevant Links

    TypeOver: https://github.com/SaqibS/typeover
    WhatSnap: https://github.com/aryanchoudharypro/whatSnap
    Clipman: https://github.com/OnjLouis/Clipman
    Dark Reader: https://darkreader.org
    Echo Tips podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/echo-tips/id1396874548
    Logitech MX Keys S: https://www.logitech.com/en-us/shop/p/mx-keys-s
    Keychron: https://www.keychron.com
    ASUS ProArt PX13: https://www.asus.com/us/laptops/for-creators/proart/proart-px13-hn7306/

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    About Double Tap

    Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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

    56 min

    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 your files stay on your own computer, and …

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    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 your files stay on your own computer, and whether building our own accessible tools lets big tech developers off the hook.

    Steven explains how he builds iPhone apps with Claude and Xcode, then shows Records, a small app he made that scans letters, summarises them and adds appointments to his calendar. They also cover the privacy side of uploading documents to the cloud. Shaun announces a public beta of Claudio, his accessible Windows app for Claude Code. They talk about apps people have built for Plaud note takers, and why unofficial WhatsApp clients could get your account banned.

    Next comes a grumble about iOS and Windows. Steven and Shaun talk about noisy iMessage group chats, FaceTime calls that won't start, and the latest VoiceOver bugs. They also cover the Windows start menu bug that Microsoft is now fixing on its servers.

    In the inbox, Leander picks up on the jobs we'd have done if we weren't blind. Lindy from Australia asks whether Tailscale can link an iPhone with a Windows laptop. Shaun explains what Tailscale does, and suggests iCloud for Windows and Phone Link as easier ways to get the job done.

    To finish, ET asks whether vibe coding takes accessibility off developers' plates. Steven argues that blind people should stop waiting for permission and build things themselves. He points to Saqib Shaikh and Seeing AI as proof of what can happen.

    Chapters

    0:00 – Welcome to the therapy session
    0:45 – Can't leave Claude alone: building your own tools
    5:05 – Inaccessible PDFs, privacy and the Records app
    12:12 – Claudio, an accessible Claude Code client
    13:51 – Plaud tools and WhatsApp client risks
    16:01 – iMessage, FaceTime and iOS and Windows bugs
    22:50 – The inbox: the jingle and Leander on dream jobs
    29:15 – Lindy asks about Tailscale, iPhone and Windows
    39:55 – ET: is vibe coding letting developers off the hook?
    54:38 – How to get in touch and the Double Tap newsletter

    Relevant Links

    Double Tap: https://doubletaponair.com/
    Claude: https://claude.com/product/overview
    Claudio beta from Slight Perception: https://slightperception.com/beta
    Tailscale: https://tailscale.com
    iCloud for Windows: https://support.apple.com/en-us/103232
    Phone Link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/phonelink/phone-link-requirements-and-setup
    Seeing AI: https://www.seeingai.com/

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  10. Can Every Game Be Accessible? Stefan Wilhelm on Inclusive Gaming

    56 min

    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 Inclusive Gaming, a Leipzig studio building …

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    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 Inclusive Gaming, a Leipzig studio building games blind and sighted people can play together.

    Steven wants to play Grand Theft Auto and misses the CB radio banter of Euro Truck Simulator. Shaun isn't sure a game run by audio cues and assisted driving is any fun. Their debate sets up a bigger question: does accessible mean enjoyable?

    Stefan, who is sighted, explains how a podcast with blind gamer Christian Ohrens, who plays Super Mario by ear, led him to start Inclusive Gaming. He talks about learning from the studio's community of blind players, why some prefer screen reader speech to recorded voices, and why playing with your eyes closed is no substitute for real users.

    He also covers AVOS, an AI assistant in development that describes menus and scenes and uses fast object detection to help blind players with games that were never made accessible. Stefan builds in Unity with FMOD and Steam Audio, and he runs the Gaming Lab at SightCity in Frankfurt with support from Xbox.

    Last up is Dinonid, a turn-based dinosaur puzzle game coming to Windows, iOS, Android and BlindShell, plus an update on the Double Tap website.

    Chapters

    0:00 – Intro and retro gaming memories
    2:14 – Mainstream games, online communities and assisted mode
    10:24 – Stefan Wilhelm and the founding of Inclusive Gaming
    15:13 – Learning from blind players' feedback
    18:41 – Designing games blind and sighted players can share
    26:42 – AVOS: an AI assistant for inaccessible games
    36:11 – Spatial audio with Unity, FMOD and Steam Audio
    40:00 – Running the SightCity Gaming Lab
    46:10 – Dinonid, BlindShell and where to find Inclusive Gaming
    52:51 – The Double Tap website and your feedback

    Relevant Links

    Double Tap: https://doubletaponair.com
    Inclusive Gaming: https://inclusive-gaming.de/en/
    Dinonid demo: https://inclusivegaming.itch.io/dinonid-accessible
    SightCity: https://sightcity.net/en/
    Unity: https://unity.com
    Steam Audio: https://valvesoftware.github.io/steam-audio/

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

    56 min

    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 VoiceOver and low vision. They cover …

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    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 VoiceOver and low vision. They cover the passport-sized design, how VoiceOver copes when the screen changes shape, and a Split View feature that might win over blind users.

    David has RP and some peripheral vision. He describes the iPhone Duo as a squat, wide phone that opens into a small landscape tablet. The inner folding screen has a matte feel that takes some getting used to under your fingers, and Steven explains why he likes the crease: it gives you a tactile marker down the middle.

    VoiceOver gestures like the four-finger tap to jump to the top or bottom still behave as before. Exploring by touch is harder, because the dock sits on the right, home screen pages shift sideways, and apps that haven't been updated for the Duo appear in a narrow strip with black bars either side. Steven found an odd quirk: you can touch home screen icons through those black bars.

    The standout is Split View. Two apps run side by side, and VoiceOver handles each half on its own, so it feels like two iPhones joined together. The hosts also cover Touch ID on the power button, the missing Action button, setting the Camera Control to need a double click, weight and battery life, and the Deck-Man cassette Walkman app.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Introduction and David Nason joins
    3:14 – Passport-sized design explained
    6:55 – Folding screen feel, the crease and low vision views
    13:25 – Home screen layout, buttons, Touch ID and speakers
    23:21 – Hinge and build quality
    25:35 – VoiceOver on the outer and inner screens
    35:04 – Split View and two apps at once
    41:41 – Weight, battery life and thickness
    47:33 – Deck-Man and the first Duo apps
    53:07 – Cameras and wrap-up

    Relevant Links
    Double Tap: https://doubletaponair.com
    AppleVis Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/applevis-podcast/id478403062
    Deck-Man: Cassette Player: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/deck-man-cassette-player/id6817070335

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

    56 min

    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 Frame, Echo Studio with Home Camera and …

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    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 Frame, Echo Studio with Home Camera and Echo Show 16, and ask who these expensive gadgets are really for, including blind and low vision users.

    Tech keeps getting more expensive. RAM and hard drive costs are pushing a decent laptop toward $3,000, and Apple's new 14 and 16 inch MacBook Pro with a PROLED XDR touch display starts at $2,899 in the US. It comes with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips and a Dynamic Island, and the glowing Apple logo is back on the lid. After an old Steve Jobs clip arguing against vertical touchscreens, the hosts look for a real use case. They welcome a new accessibility setting that turns the touchscreen off. There's also an M6 MacBook Pro and an M6 iMac, which keeps its Ethernet port on the power adapter.

    On the Amazon side, Shaun is still waiting for Alexa+ on his Echo Dot Max while a new $99.99 Echo Dot arrives with a built-in smart home hub and an eero Wi-Fi extender. Echo Time is a $199.99 smart alarm clock with sleep sensing and no camera. The Alexa Photo Frame syncs with Amazon Photos and lets you attach voice notes to pictures. It's a small accessibility touch, but a useful one.

    The Echo Studio with Home Camera, at $249.99, brings visual intelligence: hold something up and ask Alexa what it is, which takes the hosts back to Show and Tell. The Echo Show 16 starts at $499.99, and the stands cost extra. Coming up next: David Nason joins the show to compare notes on the iPhone Duo.

    Chapters

    0:00 – Intro and the rising cost of laptops and hard drives
    3:14 – Apple's touchscreen MacBook Pro
    19:13 – M6 MacBook Pro and the new iMac
    24:41 – Amazon's new Echo Dot and the wait for Alexa+
    31:13 – Echo Time smart alarm clock
    35:35 – Alexa Photo Frame and voice notes on photos
    44:17 – Echo Studio with Home Camera
    50:31 – Echo Show 16
    53:54 – Website updates and the iPhone Duo with David Nason

    Are you buying any of this? Tell us at [email protected] or on WhatsApp at +1 613-481-0144. Like, subscribe and share Double Tap with a friend who loves tech.

    Relevant Links
    Apple MacBook Pro: https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/
    Apple iMac: https://www.apple.com/imac/
    Amazon's new Alexa devices: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/new-alexa-devices-2026
    Double Tap: https://www.doubletaponair.com

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

    56 min

    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 users. Then they open a busy mailbag …

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    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 users. Then they open a busy mailbag covering Braille watches, an accessible soundbar and a pro mixing console that talks.

    The new iPad mini starts at £699 or $699 for 128GB. Shaun loves the size and thinks the brighter OLED display will matter to low vision users. Steven wonders where the iPad fits now that the iPhone Duo exists and the Mac might get a touchscreen. Both want multi-user profiles on iPad. They compare it with Amazon's new tablet, which now runs Android with full TalkBack, and Steven explains how his iPad Pro and Final Cut's recording app let him run an accessible multi-camera shoot.

    Anne-Marie from Worcestershire wants talking watches to stop saying "the time is". She's also looking at Braille watches and recommends the thriller The Prometheus Code by Dan Stone. That leads into a debate over whether blind culture exists, an AI-discovered PHP security flaw that took websites offline, early app problems on the iPhone Duo, and whether it's now safe to update to iOS 27.

    Claire asks why the mailbag is now read by an AI voice, and Steven explains why Laura stepped back. Greg in Pennsylvania praises DiGiCo for putting a screen reader on its mixing consoles. Elliot in Bournemouth found the Samsung HW-Q990F soundbar accessible out of the box thanks to Voice Guide. John Wells reports that Accessible YouTube Downloader has stopped working, which leads the hosts to argue that blind users should be allowed to build their own interfaces.

    Chapters

    0:00 – The new OLED iPad mini
    8:49 – Amazon's tablet, multi-camera recording and user profiles
    18:15 – Anne-Marie on talking watches, Braille watches and The Prometheus Code
    29:30 – Is there such a thing as blind culture?
    32:14 – PHP security flaw, iPhone Duo apps and updating to iOS 27
    39:44 – Claire asks about the show's AI email voice
    44:57 – Greg on DiGiCo consoles and vibe-coded accessibility
    49:21 – Elliot on the accessible Samsung soundbar
    53:10 – Accessible YouTube Downloader and building our own interfaces

    Relevant Links

    Apple iPad mini: https://www.apple.com/ipad-mini/
    Samsung HW-Q990F Soundbar: https://www.samsung.com/us/audio-devices/soundbar/q-series-11-1-4-ch-soundbar-rear-speakers-sku-hw-q990f-za/
    Sonos: https://www.sonos.com/
    DiGiCo: https://digico.biz/
    Dan Stone, author of The Prometheus Code: https://www.danstoneauthor.com/
    Accessible YouTube Downloader Pro: https://github.com/sulaiman-alqusaimi/accessible_youtube_downloader_pro

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  14. Retro Reader, Emergency Preparedness and the Withings Paywall

    56 min

    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 22 pounds. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece …

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    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 22 pounds. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece also look at emergency preparedness for blind people when the power and the internet go down.

    After recent storms and power cuts in the UK, Steven and Shaun ask what being prepared looks like for blind people. They cover battery packs you can't easily check the charge on, LED displays that OCR struggles to read, offline apps, big portable power stations, and the loss of long wave radio. They also mention Code Orange, a new emergency preparedness podcast from AfterSight that is coming to Double Tap Live.

    In the news, Apple's expected Mac event is ahead of full coverage on Thursday. Shaun shares the mixed reviews of Microsoft's new Surface, and the hosts question why Withings now charges new users 100 dollars a year to sync their data with Apple Health.

    Sean Randall then explains how Retro Reader runs on the Freenove Media Kit, a small ESP32 board with a five-way navigation button, a headphone jack and a microphone for voice notes. You install a voice from your browser, add books over Wi-Fi or a microSD card, and listen offline. Sean is open about the trade-offs: there's a slight hiss on headphones, a reset button that's easy to knock, and a battery you buy separately. He's working on a 3D printed back plate with a belt clip.

    Sean also explains why synthetic voices still suit fast readers. He listens at around 730 words per minute, and he looks ahead to new projects, from a baby monitor to rebuilding the Franklin Language Master.

    Chapters

    0:00 – Coming up: going retro
    2:44 – Emergency preparedness for blind people
    15:43 – Code Orange from AfterSight
    17:04 – Apple's Mac event and Microsoft Surface reviews
    19:43 – Withings charges for Apple Health sync
    22:38 – Sean Randall introduces Retro Reader
    38:05 – Why retro voices still work for fast reading
    43:56 – Setting up the Retro Reader hardware
    50:27 – Baby monitors and the Franklin Language Master
    54:34 – Vibe coding and wrap-up

    Relevant Links

    Retro Reader: https://retroreader.uk
    Code Orange podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/code-orange/id1838769695
    AfterSight: https://www.aftersight.org
    Double Tap: https://doubletaponair.com

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    Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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

    56 min

    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 built it. Before that, Steven and Shaun …

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    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 built it. Before that, Steven and Shaun cover a storm, an AppleVis health app debate and Alexa+.

    A storm cut Shaun off from The Shed. Steven had to get home from the hospital across a busy road with no crossings, with the wind drowning out the traffic. Then an AppleVis thread about an app that uses the iPhone camera to check for blood in stool or urine starts a frank debate. Steven and Shaun weigh privacy and embarrassment, and ask whether health checks like this belong with AI or with trained people through a service like Aira.

    Steven finally has Alexa+ after setting up Amazon's new tablet, and he reports on how it handles his heating and why its answers keep changing. Siri gets a rare win. They also look ahead to Wednesday's Apple event, the rumoured touchscreen MacBook and the iPhone Duo that Apple has loaned to Steven.

    Jonathan Simeone is a blind lawyer who trains people for a living. He spent years struggling with PowerPoint and relying on sighted helpers who rarely told him what was wrong. He used vibe coding to build PresentAble with Hartgen Consultancy. It works with JAWS 2022 or later and can import Markdown, Word or existing PowerPoint files. It flags layout errors, and with an OpenAI API key it can review slides visually and create images.

    The conversation goes further into employment, honest feedback and how much of the job blind people can do by themselves. PresentAble is available to pre-order now and launches on Thursday 29 October.

    Chapters

    0:00 – Storm knocks out The Shed
    4:04 – AppleVis debate over a hygiene and health app
    12:48 – Lights left off, lights left on and smart bulbs
    15:11 – Alexa+ arrives with Amazon's new tablet
    22:15 – Siri gets the clock change right
    24:06 – Apple event, touchscreen MacBook and iPhone Duo
    26:31 – Jonathan Simeone on building PresentAble
    30:28 – Inaccessible tools and blind employment
    39:05 – How PresentAble works with JAWS and PowerPoint
    48:43 – Honest AI feedback, pricing and availability

    Relevant Links

    PresentAble from Hartgen Consultancy: https://www.hartgenconsultancy.com/presentable
    Learning Blind Tech with Desiree Renae: https://desireerenae.com/
    Aira: https://aira.io

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    Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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

    56 min

    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 pricing. Then they meet Cazerny Bussey, the …

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    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 pricing. Then they meet Cazerny Bussey, the musician and founder of Even Though I'm Blind.

    John in London wrote in about trying to learn braille as an adult. He found a box of course books he never opened, and braille displays he couldn't afford. Steven argues that mass adoption and patient learning have to go together. He points to Hadley, the Braillists and the Perkins Braille Bloom as signs of progress, and suggests a low-cost braille display built as a teaching device.

    The talk then turns to pricing. Steven recalls Amos Miller of Glidance being told to charge several times more because governments would pay. He asks why there's still no real consumer price for blind people who are out of work or study.

    Cazerny Bussey lost his sight at 15 and went on to graduate from the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts. His father was in Stetsasonic. His song Even Though I'm Blind grew into a nonprofit with a podcast, a 24/7 radio station playing around 45 blind artists, a yearly showcase and a directory of blind-led businesses.

    Cazerny also talks about recording in Logic on the Mac, being open about using AI in music, a moment with Busta Rhymes, and plans for a documentary and charting records with BMG.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Welcome and human-made music
    2:06 – Inbox: learning braille as an adult
    10:29 – Why braille and assistive tech cost so much
    18:15 – Meet Cazerny Bussey
    23:34 – Music roots and finding the blind community
    29:44 – The Even Though I'm Blind foundation and radio station
    35:29 – Making music on a Mac with Logic
    43:31 – AI-generated music and being open about it
    48:31 – The directory, a documentary and big plans
    53:49 – Wrap-up and weekend plans

    Relevant Links
    Even Though I'm Blind: https://eventhoughimblind.com/
    The Braillists Foundation: https://www.braillists.org/
    Hadley: https://hadleyhelps.org/
    Glidance: https://glidance.io/
    AMI-audio: https://www.ami.ca/ami-audio

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    Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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

    56 min

    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 go. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece go …

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    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 go. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece go through your emails and messages on TV accessibility, AI agents, accessible gaming and the smart home.

    Gordon from Livingston, Scotland, wrote in about Sky Go. You can't watch live programmes with audio description on your phone, and the TV guide no longer tags any programme as having AD. Steven explains how the new Sky Go app for Sky Glass and Sky Stream handles it. The hosts then ask who should be pushing broadcasters on accessibility, how small accessibility teams really are, and why blind people need to be in the room at every level.

    Gregory asked about OpenAI's Dots. Steven explains what these always-on AI agents can do, and Shaun makes the case that the basic Amazon Echo is still the most dependable assistant. Shaun also tries Freight Fate, an audio-first trucking game, and is impressed by its spatial audio.

    Apple's HomeView could make setting up smart home devices much easier, and the hosts discuss what that means alongside Matter. Steven also covers people using AI to strip the bloat out of slow Android TVs, which could make a sluggish TalkBack experience faster. Along the way there's Shaun's Fargo rewatch with Seeing AI, the future of live TV, and the Clicks Communicator.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Welcome and Sky's Premier League audio description
    4:28 – Rewatching Fargo without AD and the future of live TV
    11:43 – Dumb phones, screen time and the Clicks Communicator
    16:54 – Gordon on Sky Go and missing audio description labels
    26:47 – Blindness organisations, accessibility teams and blind leadership
    36:52 – Gregory's message and trying Freight Fate
    40:26 – OpenAI Dots and why the Amazon Echo still wins
    45:52 – Apple HomeView and easier smart home setup
    51:57 – Debloating Android TVs with AI
    55:02 – Wrap-up and how to get in touch

    Relevant Links
    Sky Audio Description: https://www.sky.com/help/articles/what-is-audio-description
    RNIB: https://www.rnib.org.uk/
    Seeing AI: https://www.seeingai.com/
    Freight Fate: https://github.com/orinks-games/Freight-Fate
    Clicks Communicator: https://www.clicks.tech/communicator
    Apple HomeView: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/meet-apple-homeview-a-new-way-to-enjoy-entertainment-and-manage-the-home/

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

    56 min

    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 partnership with Google DeepMind works …

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    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 partnership with Google DeepMind works, what blind users taught the AI, and what it means for Aira's future.

    Steven Scott and Shaun Preece open with vibe coding, including homemade Claude voice assistants that answer in about three seconds and people using AI to bring old Echo Show and Meta Portal hardware back to life. Brandon Bracey's BlindRSS reader is now on Android, and Steven unboxes a new 8-inch Amazon tablet.

    Everette Bacon, Chief of Blindness Initiatives at Aira, explains how Explorers swapped free minutes for sharing their sessions to train DeepMind's Astra model. Lynette Frison describes running the Trusted Tester program, where a human visual interpreter watches every AI session and steps in when the answer is unsafe or wrong. Early versions hallucinated and once told a tester to find a sighted person. Today's Guided Vision is, in Everette's words, a little too safe.

    The panel covers how blind users prompt differently, from turning a vitamin bottle to describing remote buttons by touch. They talk about medical and personal requests, why some people feel more at ease asking AI, and why finding dog poop is Aira's number one request.

    Everette is open about the business side: Google pays for the data, and Aira hasn't decided whether to charge for Aira AI. Everyone agrees that blocking image descriptions for adult content or swear words treats blind people like children. Aira's Build AI program has now expanded to the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Intro and vibe coding the TV
    2:40 – Building a Claude voice assistant
    6:29 – Reviving old tech, BlindRSS for Android and a new tablet
    11:52 – Aira, Google DeepMind and Guided Vision
    17:32 – Trusted Testers, hallucinations and human in the loop
    25:52 – How blind users' prompts train the AI
    28:36 – Comfort, privacy and sensitive requests
    38:13 – The future of Aira AI and Guided Vision
    44:25 – Image description limits and content filters
    51:09 – Build AI expands and wrap-up

    Relevant Links
    Aira: https://aira.io/
    Aira Build AI FAQ: https://aira.io/build-ai-faq/
    Guided Vision in Gemini Live: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/guided-vision-gemini-live/
    BlindRSS: https://github.com/serrebidev/BlindRSS
    Claude: https://claude.com/

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

    56 min

    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 and tells Steven Scott and Shaun Preece …

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    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 and tells Steven Scott and Shaun Preece how accessible it really is for blind users.

    Chris covers setting the tablet up on her own with the TalkBack shortcut, the widget-heavy home screen, and a touch-tracking problem that means you aren't always where you think you are on the screen. She goes through the accessibility settings, including switch access, voice access, live captions and hearing aid support. She also tests Alexa+ for product summaries, opening apps and on-screen descriptions, and confirms that a Bluetooth keyboard and a USB-C braille display both work.

    Before that, Steven and Shaun talk about rising computer prices, memory shortages and possible price gouging, then move on to AI data centers, energy and water use, and whether one person can change anything.

    Apple's Pro and Tell event on October 28 is expected to bring an OLED MacBook Pro, and maybe a touchscreen, which neither host is keen on. There's also talk of a new iMac and iPad mini, and why leasing could make assistive technology more affordable.

    To finish, Amazon's Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse arrive in the US. They listen through the day and turn your conversations into summaries and to-do lists.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Intro and the Alexa tablet naming problem
    3:30 – Rising computer prices and memory shortages
    7:03 – AI, data centers and who pays the price
    15:41 – Apple's Pro and Tell event and the touchscreen MacBook Pro
    27:13 – Leasing computers and assistive technology
    29:03 – Chris Cooke tests the Amazon Alexa Tablet 8
    51:34 – Amazon Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse
    55:17 – Wrap up

    Relevant Links
    Amazon Alexa Tablets: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/new-amazon-alexa-tablets-alexa-plus
    At Your Fingertips, Braille Then and Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/at-your-fingertips-braille-then-and-now/id1841245814
    Bee: https://bee.computer/
    Plaud: https://www.plaud.ai/

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  20. Anthony Corona on Blind Creators, Smart Glasses and Mobility Tech

    56 min

    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, Agiga EchoVision, Glide and the WeWALK …

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    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, Agiga EchoVision, Glide and the WeWALK Smart Cane 2, and to ask what blind users actually need from them.

    Steven was on BBC News talking about smart glasses from a blind person's point of view, pushing back on the idea that they're "creepy." Anthony introduces Sunday Edition, now a family of 10 podcasts, and gives honest advice on starting a show and keeping it going.

    On wearables, Anthony says Fovionics doesn't stand out from the crowd yet. He thinks Agiga's openness with its testers gives EchoVision a real chance, but that it needs third-party apps to compete with Meta, Samsung and Apple. He's sitting on the fence about wearing camera glasses in sensitive spaces like locker rooms.

    Anthony's first guide dog is retiring, and he explains why he wouldn't trust Glide as a guide replacement yet, even though he thinks it could get there. He finds the WeWALK 2 obstacle detection impressive and the rest of it not worth the price. Steven disagrees, pointing out how useful it is to get information without taking out your phone in the rain or in an unsafe street.

    The conversation finishes with Meta Ray-Ban Display. Anthony and Steven cover the screen reader, Neural Band gestures, maps with earbuds, and why handwriting doesn't work yet for screen reader users. They also remind each other that if a tool does the job for you, it's good enough.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Intro and Steven on BBC News talking smart glasses
    5:02 – Anthony Corona and Sunday Edition
    8:15 – Starting a podcast and the rise of blind creators
    12:15 – Fovionics, Agiga EchoVision and mainstream smart glasses
    21:15 – Guide dogs, trust and Glide
    28:01 – WeWALK Smart Cane 2: useful or overloaded?
    35:24 – Getting the basics right and the geek trap
    47:08 – Meta Ray-Ban Display hands-on
    53:53 – Where to find Anthony and wrap-up

    Relevant Links
    Anthony Corona and Sunday Edition: https://www.anthonycorona.com
    Double Tap Live: https://doubletaponair.com/live
    Fovionics: https://fovionics.com/
    Agiga EchoVision: https://agiga.ai/
    Glidance Glide: https://www.glidance.io/
    WeWALK Smart Cane 2: https://wewalk.io/en/
    Meta Ray-Ban Display: https://www.meta.com/ai-glasses/meta-ray-ban-display/
    ScribeMe: https://scribeme-ai.com/
    TripleTapTech: https://tripletaptech.org/

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

    35 min

    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-Motion, which uses AI and robotics to …

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    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-Motion, which uses AI and robotics to make custom carbon fibre leg braces.

    Elena Coazzoli and Johanna Steiner of Lingvano explain how the app teaches American, British and Austrian Sign Language, with German Sign Language days away. They describe sign recognition built in-house, which watches you fingerspell and gives feedback on where and how you sign, and why every lesson uses deaf teachers rather than avatars. About a quarter of Lingvano's staff are deaf or hard of hearing.

    Steven asks what a sign language app can offer blind and deafblind people. Johanna explains that tactile signing cannot be taught through an app, and Elena says accessibility is one of Lingvano's core product rules. They also cover their 2024 Zero Project award and the myth of one universal sign language.

    Georg Popp, an architect and 3D designer who has lived with polio paralysis since he was one, founded Turn-Motion out of frustration with handmade orthoses that can cost up to 80,000 euros. He walks through the process from a clinic's 3D scan to an AI-optimised carbon fibre shell printed along curves by its own robotic machine in about eight hours. He talks about halving costs, first sales planned in Austria in summer 2027, and his own trials of an exoskeleton.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Welcome back to Zero Project Tokyo
    1:10 – Lingvano and the first ten minutes of learning
    2:46 – Gamification and the power of the streak
    4:25 – Sign recognition and training data
    8:19 – Deaf teachers, deaf staff and the app's platforms
    10:52 – Sign language, blind and deafblind people
    13:12 – The 2024 award and the myth of one sign language
    16:55 – Georg Popp, polio and Turn-Motion's automated braces
    22:58 – Robotic carbon fibre printing, speed and cost
    28:48 – Prosthetics, exoskeletons and what comes next

    Relevant Links
    Lingvano: https://www.lingvano.com
    Turn-Motion: https://turn-motion.com
    Zero Project Technology Forum: https://zeroproject.org/initiatives/the-zero-project-technology-forum

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

    31 min

    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, and Miruoto, which turns the sound of …

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    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, and Miruoto, which turns the sound of sport into words on screen for deaf fans.

    Maria Juul, a Dane who has lived in Japan for more than ten years, explains OryLab's mission to eliminate loneliness. Its OriHime robots are always driven by a real person, called a pilot, and she explains why being present in the room creates memories and relationships in a way a video call does not.

    Steven asks Maria to describe the robots for a blind audience: a 23 centimetre tabletop unit with penguin-wing arms and a face shaped like a Japanese theatre mask, and a 120 centimetre robot that serves drinks in OryLab's Tokyo café. She covers how AI plays a supporting role only, a six month café trial in Denmark, pilots who now earn enough to come off disability support, and the price of around 6,500 euros outside Japan.

    Reiko Katayama of the Tokyo design company Hogaku answers in Japanese, with an English translation. Miruoto was built over two and a half years for the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics, from ideas given by Hogaku's deaf and hard of hearing staff, and uses manga-style onomatopoeia to show the crack of a table tennis ball and the atmosphere of a match. She explains how it differs from Fujitsu's station sounds project, and her plans to take it into live music.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Welcome to Zero Project Tokyo
    1:15 – Maria Juul and OryLab's mission to end loneliness
    4:12 – Why presence matters more than video calls
    8:41 – What the OriHime robots look and sound like
    11:26 – Loneliness, employment and the robot café
    15:02 – Where AI fits, and working with pilots
    17:29 – Denmark, new pilots and the cost of OriHime
    21:52 – Reiko Katayama and Miruoto
    25:41 – Onomatopoeia, manga and Deaflympics feedback
    27:44 – Station sounds and what's next for Miruoto

    Relevant Links
    OryLab: https://orylab.com/en/
    Miruoto: https://miruoto.jp
    Zero Project Technology Forum: https://zeroproject.org/initiatives/the-zero-project-technology-forum

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

    56 min

    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-handed typing, with straight answers from two …

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    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-handed typing, with straight answers from two blind tech users.

    Ryan suggests the Carina C2 battery pack for Shaun's Meta Ray-Ban glasses, which leads to a plea for a simple USB-C port on the arm. Biggles raises privacy concerns about Apple Watch's new conversation recall feature, and the hosts ask whether a saved transcript counts as a recording.

    Sventor in Norway explains how he uses Google Password Manager as the autofill provider on iPhone. James from Missouri explains how to unlock 1Password with Windows Hello or Touch ID. Steven admits Chrome might win him over, and the hosts look at why passkeys still feel fragmented.

    Barry describes 20 years of rejection despite two computer science degrees, and Shaun reflects on giving up his own job search. Steven recalls being told by Access to Work that he would be "more value on benefits", and makes the case for self-employment and recognising the value of work beyond money.

    David Ward explains how Mastodon servers such as The Dragon's Cave and TweeseCake shape who sees your posts, and offers a Patrick Stewart analogy on who gets to call themselves blind. Kimberly asks for a keyboard for one-handed use, and Shaun recommends the Keychron V6 Max and his own accessible customisation app, KeyAble.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Welcome to the mailbag
    0:41 – Carina C2 and Meta Ray-Ban battery life
    3:37 – Apple Watch conversation recall and privacy
    9:07 – A 3D printer dream and suspicious Facebook ads
    12:14 – Chrome passwords, passkeys and 1Password
    23:50 – Employment, rejection and Access to Work
    38:15 – Mastodon servers and using the word blind
    50:17 – One-handed keyboards, Keychron and KeyAble
    55:09 – Coming up: Zero Project Technology Forum in Tokyo

    Relevant Links
    Carina C2 by PrismXR: https://www.prismxr.com/products/carina-c2-compatible-with-ray-ban-meta
    1Password: https://1password.com
    Keychron: https://www.keychron.com
    KeyAble: https://www.slightperception.com/apps/keyable/
    The Dragon's Cave: https://dragonscave.space
    TweeseCake: https://tweesecake.social
    Zero Project Technology Forum: https://zeroproject.org/initiatives/the-zero-project-technology-forum

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

    56 min

    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 firmware fix for Aira calls, new Facebook …

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    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 firmware fix for Aira calls, new Facebook and Double Tap Live updates, and listener views on whether smart glasses will last.

    Steven explains how Claude set up a VoIP line on a talking Cisco desk phone. Claude then built a bridge on his Mac, so one button on the phone lets him talk to Claude directly. From there, Steven and Shaun Preece look at Claude connectors like Booking.com for trip planning. Then comes the harder question: are we losing screen reader skills by handing so much to AI, or is it a smart way to save energy?

    Shaun releases KeyAble, an accessible tool for customising Keychron keyboards. The hosts also discuss vibe-coded copies of big apps. Brian Hartgen's free Accessible Auphonic shows the better approach: an accessible front end for a service that already works well.

    Meta glasses firmware 129.1 fixes Aira calls, and the Facebook iOS app no longer adds extra swipes between posts. Steven announces that Double Tap Weekend and Double Tap Mainstream are going on pause. Double Tap Live now plays on Amazon Echo devices.

    In the emails, Ellen praises Meta AI's more detailed descriptions. Ken in Sacramento predicts Meta's smart glasses will go the way of Google Glass, which leads to a debate about trust, Meta and Apple.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Welcome and Steven's week
    2:18 – A Claude hotline on an accessible Cisco desk phone
    9:07 – Claude connectors and trip planning with Booking.com
    12:11 – Are we relying on AI too much?
    22:04 – KeyAble for Keychron keyboards and building your own tools
    26:41 – Accessible Auphonic from Brian Hartgen
    30:44 – Meta glasses Aira fix and Facebook iOS update
    33:55 – Double Tap schedule changes and Double Tap Live on Echo
    41:24 – Ellen on Meta AI descriptions
    47:19 – Ken on smart glasses, trust and AI

    Relevant Links
    KeyAble: https://keyable.slightperception.com
    Accessible Auphonic: https://hartgenconsultancy.com/accessibleauphonic
    Auphonic: https://auphonic.com
    Aira: https://aira.io
    Zero Project: https://zeroproject.org

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  25. Apple HomeView and What's Next for JAWS and ZoomText

    56 min

    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 settings and help you finish tasks when you …

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    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 settings and help you finish tasks when you get stuck.

    Steven Scott and Shaun Preece go through Apple's Welcome Home event. The new Apple TV 4K gets the A19 chip and built-in microphones, and the price goes up. HomePod mini 2 is sold on Siri AI, which will not arrive until a later update. The new Siri Remote has Find My built in. HomeView uses Face ID to recognise each person in the household, and the hosts ask what it offers blind users who already have a phone.

    Matt Ater and Ryan Jones of Vispero talk about the company's new CEO, Sid Gaitonde, Glen Gordon's return, and the push to bring more blind people into leadership and engineering roles.

    The main news is the new Vispero Companion in JAWS and Fusion. It brings PictureSmart, Page Explorer and other AI tools together in one place. You can describe a setting in plain language and Companion will change it for you. It can also pick a date or explain why a form won't submit. The tools run in the cloud and need an account. Businesses will be able to point Companion at their own AI models.

    ZoomText is getting performance modes and object detection in photos. Ryan stresses that AI is no excuse for companies to skip accessibility.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Intro
    1:22 – Apple TV 4K, HomePod mini 2 and the new Siri Remote
    6:25 – Apple HomeView smart home hub
    9:50 – Matt Ater and Ryan Jones on the Vispero name
    13:04 – New CEO and blind leadership at Vispero
    17:16 – Vispero Companion: AI settings and task help in JAWS
    41:51 – AI in the workplace and enterprise models
    46:55 – ZoomText updates
    50:42 – Why AI is no excuse for inaccessibility
    53:53 – Wrap-up

    If you enjoyed this conversation, like, subscribe and share it with someone who uses JAWS or ZoomText. Tell us in the comments what you think of Vispero Companion and HomeView.

    Relevant Links
    Apple HomeView: https://www.apple.com/homeview/
    Apple TV 4K: https://www.apple.com/apple-tv-4k/
    HomePod mini: https://www.apple.com/homepod-mini/
    JAWS: https://vispero.com/jaws-screen-reader-software/
    ZoomText: https://vispero.com/zoomtext-screen-magnifier-software/
    Vispero Companion: https://companion.vispero.com/

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    Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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

    56 min

    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 Nanaimo City Council on Vancouver Island. He …

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    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 Nanaimo City Council on Vancouver Island. He tells Steven Scott how he rebuilt his art, his career and his confidence, and why disabled people belong in local government.

    Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy took Richard's central vision over six months when he was 20. A doctor told him he would never finish art school. He went on to finish a degree at Vancouver Island University, and he now paints large, high-contrast, tactile canvases that have been shown across Canada.

    Richard also racked up a string of firsts. He became the first blind cashier at Gap in Canada, working on an iPad till with VoiceOver, and the first blind technical support worker at Shopify. In six years on Nanaimo's accessibility committee he pushed for accessible city documents, talking crosswalks, accessible beaches and an easier LEAP recreation pass, which went from about 200 users to 3,300.

    His platform covers safer streets, a mental health crisis response team, valuing wetlands and tree canopy as infrastructure, and bus service for the Snuneymuxw First Nation. He talks about campaigning blind with help from the AI agent Muse, dealing with abuse from strangers, and mentoring families whose blind children have been pulled out of PE.

    Chapters
    0:00 – Introducing Richard Harlow
    1:36 – LHON, art school and a new way to paint
    7:18 – Firsts at Gap and Shopify
    10:40 – Bus stop announcements and why kindness isn't a system
    13:26 – Accessible documents and the right to run for office
    17:44 – Helping others up: campus access and the social model
    24:01 – The LEAP pass and accessibility as a lens for housing, parks and streets
    35:28 – Richard's platform for Nanaimo
    40:19 – Campaigning blind, AI tools and handling the haters
    47:12 – Election day, charity runs and mentoring others

    Relevant Links
    Richard Harlow for Nanaimo City Council: https://richardharlow.ca/
    CNIB Foundation: https://www.cnib.ca/
    Meta Muse: https://about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-muse-personal-ai-agent/

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    Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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  27. Too Busy to Be Blind: An Apple Engineer's Second Act

    28 min

    In 2015, after twelve surgeries, Brett Halle lost his sight completely. The engineer who spent twenty years building the Mac had to learn to use it with VoiceOver. He explains Radar, why your bug report matters …

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    In 2015, after twelve surgeries, Brett Halle lost his sight completely. The engineer who spent twenty years building the Mac had to learn to use it with VoiceOver. He explains Radar, why your bug report matters more than you think, and how he treated VoiceOver like a video game.

    This is part two of our tribute to Brett Halle, the former Apple engineer and friend of this show, who died on 1 October 2026. It was recorded with Steven Scott and Shaun Preece in July 2024.

    Yesterday Brett took us inside Apple. Today the story turns. His retinas began detaching, surgery followed surgery, and by 2015 he was totally blind. He was running engineering at Livescribe at the time and says he was simply too busy doing his job to deal with it. Retirement in 2017 was when he set about learning, as he puts it, how to be blind properly. Blindness became another problem to work around.

    He is thoughtful about accessibility inside Apple: where responsibility sits, why spreading it across every team can thin it out, and how far ahead the company plans. Then he opens up Radar, the bug system Apple engineers live out of. If it is not in Radar, it does not exist. His plea is direct: report the bug anyway. Never assume somebody else has already sent it, because the particular way you hit it might be the thing that unlocks the fix.

    On learning VoiceOver he is honest. For two weeks he wanted to throw his iPhone out of the nearest window. What changed was treating the software as a puzzle, giving himself time to play and explore, the way you would approach a video game. His method is the one a blind person uses in a new hotel room: walk the perimeter, find the edges, build the map.

    He had warm words for this community, calling us creative and smart and worth building for. The last word is his.

    Chapters
    0:00 - Remembering Brett Halle, part two
    0:57 - Losing his sight in 2015
    2:05 - Too busy to be blind
    3:58 - Accessibility at Apple and where responsibility sits
    5:42 - Why Apple switched on to accessibility
    10:20 - Radar, the heart of Apple engineering
    13:18 - Why your bug report matters
    16:23 - Learning VoiceOver
    19:47 - Walking the perimeter
    22:31 - A creative community and building the best product

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    About Double Tap

    Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

    "Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc.


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  28. Remembering Brett Halle: The Apple Engineer Who Helped Build Mac OS X

    27 min

    Brett Halle sold the Apple II as a student, joined Apple in 1991, and was the first engineer through the door after Apple bought NeXT. He led the Core OS team behind Mac OS X, ran Final Cut, and quietly moved …

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    Brett Halle sold the Apple II as a student, joined Apple in 1991, and was the first engineer through the door after Apple bought NeXT. He led the Core OS team behind Mac OS X, ran Final Cut, and quietly moved the Mac from PowerPC to Intel. This is part one of a two part tribute, in his own words.

    Brett died on 1 October 2026. He was a friend of this show and a daily listener, and the best way we know to remember him is to let you hear him tell his own story. This conversation with Steven Scott and Shaun Preece was first broadcast in July 2024.

    He starts at the beginning: a hardware engineer at the Byte Shop of Long Beach, selling the Apple II when it was brand new. By 1991 he was inside Apple, writing memos asking why the company kept reinventing the wheel. When Apple went looking for a new operating system he sat on the team that weighed NeXT against BeOS, Microsoft, IBM and Sun, and he explains clearly why NeXT won.

    Then comes the meeting where Steve Jobs stood up, said he was willing to bet the company, looked at the engineers and told them not to mess it up. Brett was in the room. He describes Apple weeks from bankruptcy, the layoffs, the arrival of the iMac, and a secret building down the road where his team moved the entire Mac platform to Intel while almost nobody at Apple knew.

    He is candid about Steve. Intense, demanding, frequently right, and the surest way to get fired was to tell him what you thought he wanted to hear. A year at Apple, Brett says, was worth seven anywhere else, and he would not have traded it. He closes on Final Cut Pro, built to push the hardware and to put a half million dollar edit suite within reach of anyone.

    Part two follows tomorrow.

    Chapters
    0:00 - Remembering Brett Halle
    1:04 - Long Beach, the Byte Shop and the Apple II
    4:02 - Joining Apple and choosing NeXT
    6:46 - Bringing up the microkernel on PowerPC
    9:53 - Steve Jobs bets the company
    11:29 - Bankruptcy, the layoffs and the iMac
    13:59 - The secret building and the move to Intel
    16:37 - Working for Steve Jobs
    22:22 - Final Cut, FireWire and high definition

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    Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

    "Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc.


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  29. NASA's Artemis Webinar for Blind People: RS-25 Engines, Blind Engineers and Accessible Space

    56 min

    NASA ran an Artemis webinar built for blind and low vision people, and two of the panelists are blind NASA engineers. Steven Scott talks to Dr. Robert Shelton, Dr. Craig Moore and Christine Malec about the …

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    NASA ran an Artemis webinar built for blind and low vision people, and two of the panelists are blind NASA engineers. Steven Scott talks to Dr. Robert Shelton, Dr. Craig Moore and Christine Malec about the RS-25 rocket engine, how they built careers at NASA, and what would make space missions accessible to blind fans.

    Bob Shelton has worked at NASA for almost 40 years and is now lead simulation engineer for the Commercial Crew Program. He describes joining Johnson Space Center as a blind mathematician in 1971. His first boss told him to figure out where he could make the biggest impact. Craig Moore, a chemist turned materials engineer at Marshall, explains what changed in the RS-25 between the Space Shuttle and Artemis, including 3D printed parts.

    The panel also covers how AI tools like Gemini make maths PDFs readable, with equations converted to LaTeX. Christine explains why science descriptions should include the science as well as what's on screen, and how sonification turns telescope data into sound. She also wants NASA to release the astronauts' own conversations about what they saw from the far side of the Moon.

    The webinar drew 800 sign-ups and over 220 live attendees, with questions ranging from digital twins to how blind people could live in space. In the feedback, Eleanor's request to Gemini goes amusingly wrong, Leander asks about alert and ringer volume in iOS 27, and Glendon James shares his thoughts on modernising braille and on the inaccessible websites blind people still have to fight with.

    Chapters

    0:00 – Intro
    2:52 – Meet the panel and why NASA made the webinar
    8:09 – Bob Shelton's path into NASA as a blind mathematician
    13:22 – Inside the RS-25 rocket engine
    18:47 – AI, LaTeX and accessible maths
    21:43 – Audio description and sonification
    27:01 – Careers at NASA and advice for blind students
    33:12 – Following Artemis missions without sight
    37:05 – Webinar questions and turnout
    43:35 – Listener feedback: Gemini, iPhone volume and braille

    Relevant Links

    NASA Artemis webinar for the blind and low vision community: https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-hosts-virtual-artemis-webinar-for-blind-low-vision-community/
    NASA Artemis program: https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/artemis/
    Chandra X-ray Observatory: https://chandra.harvard.edu/
    Google Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/
    Smooth Scotland: https://www.smoothradio.com/scotland/

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    Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

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  30. Microsoft's Hybrid AI Windows Event and the Surface Laptop Ultra

    56 min

    Microsoft's latest Windows event went all in on hybrid intelligence, which means AI that runs on your own PC when it can and in the cloud when it has to. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece break down what the …

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    Microsoft's latest Windows event went all in on hybrid intelligence, which means AI that runs on your own PC when it can and in the cloud when it has to. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece break down what the agentic OS, a smarter Windows search and the new Copilot could mean for blind and screen reader users. They also look at the $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra.

    Windows will decide where each AI task runs, using small local models or the cloud depending on the job and your privacy. Microsoft named DeepSeek, Perplexity, Hermes Agent and OpenClaw on stage, and showed a guided setup for agents that needs no terminal or config files. Steven and Shaun explain agents in plain terms: picture a thermostat that keeps working toward your goal without waiting to be told.

    The new search lets you type what you want, such as changing the volume or a setting. That raises an old question: why are Windows settings still so hard to read with a screen reader? The new Copilot can work with your files on your machine, and Autopilot chains tasks together, like bundling tax documents and drafting the email to your accountant.

    On the hardware side, the 15-inch Surface Laptop Ultra runs on NVIDIA RTX Spark with up to 128GB of unified memory. Along with the Surface Dev Box, it starts a wider conversation about data centres, more efficient models and why private, on-device AI matters for NDAs, transcription and business data.

    Steven's tip is to ask your AI assistant which local models your computer can actually run. The hosts also ask whether leaning on AI costs us skills, and remember the time an accidental prompt injection deleted 21 minutes of a show.

    Chapters

    0:00 – Intro
    0:56 – Microsoft's Windows event and hybrid intelligence
    9:28 – What an agentic OS really means
    16:01 – New Windows search and settings accessibility
    21:18 – The new Copilot and Autopilot
    30:47 – Surface Laptop Ultra and NVIDIA RTX Spark
    37:31 – Which local AI models can your computer run?
    41:40 – Coming up: the NASA accessibility webinar
    43:15 – Copilot+ PCs, the Dev Box and data centres
    52:50 – Prompt injection mishap and wrap-up

    Relevant Links

    Surface Laptop Ultra: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-laptop-ultra
    NASA Artemis Webinar for the Blind and Low-Vision Community: https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-hosts-virtual-artemis-webinar-for-blind-low-vision-community/
    Double Tap: https://doubletaponair.com/

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    Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.

    "Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc.


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