The Tech Docs
- Épisodes
- 15
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- toutes les deux semaines
- Dernier épisode
- 30 Oct 2026
À propos du podcast
What’s up DOC?!
Meet the power-hungry Doc.
The commander Doc.
Two rebel Docs constantly plotting technological mayhem.
And the captain Doc desperately trying to stop it all going off the rails.
Minor detail: they’re all blind or vision impaired.
Once a month, Stuart, Jackie, Jade, Ken and Pat gather their collective wisdom (and questionable decision-making skills) to poke, prod, test, break, and occasionally understand the tech that’s meant to make life easier.
From apps that behave… to gadgets that absolutely do not… nothing is safe.
It’s tech talk.
It’s chaos.
It’s lived experience.
It’s TECH DOC!
Épisodes 15
9: Trick or Tech - a halloween special
9: Haunted Phones and Laughing GasHalloween Special: Haunted Phones, Phantom Calls and Laughing GasWhat's up, Docs! Pat takes the hot seat for our Halloween special and somehow we all make it out alive. Phones …
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9: Haunted Phones and Laughing Gas
Halloween Special: Haunted Phones, Phantom Calls and Laughing Gas
What's up, Docs! Pat takes the hot seat for our Halloween special and somehow we all make it out alive. Phones go rogue, an Alexa throws a midnight light show, and Meta glasses start a conversation nobody asked for.
Round the Table
Jackie's on book 265 of the year (this one has a talking cat). Ken is slowly getting into The House in the Woods. Stuart H flew home from Glasgow that day with a silver medal in blind tennis. Jade thanks everyone who said hello at the Sight and Sound exhibitions, and Pat is researching links between sight loss and ADHD while eating a lot of ice cream.
The Inbox
Lucy wants NaviLens codes on the outside of trains so she can find her own carriage and seat. Jessica asks about headphones for Zoom, and Stuart L explains why Windows users should skip Bluetooth for a headset with a dongle, like his Logitech G PRO X Wireless.
Mini Doc
Sive tells the scary tale of the stuck earring back, the laughing gas and the wasp nest.
Scary Tech
A phone that sends Zoom links by itself, two-factor authentication versus Frankenstein, phantom calls to Jade's nan, and Alexa drop-ins that should never have happened.
Tech Doc Tip
Say goodbye to ChatGPT in voice mode and it hangs up on you. Mostly.
Use It or Lose It
The lockdown air fryer: a clean sweep for use it.
Get in Touch
General: [email protected]
Collaborations: [email protected]
Producer: [email protected]
A particular Doc? Use their first name, e.g. [email protected]
Send us a 90-second voice note
Links
• The Tech Docs website
• NaviLens
• Logitech G PRO X Wireless headset
• Adopt a bat (it's Halloween)
Enjoying the Docs? Follow the show wherever you listen. It really helps other people find us.The Tech Docs are not responsible for phones booking meetings in the night, Alexas joining a coven, or anyone sitting beside a wasp nest.
Until next time… What's up, Docs!
A Cut Above - the speaking access story.
Chainsaw Carving? Speaking AccessJade and Jackie sit down with Christopher Mutch, owner and inventor of Speaking Access, voice control software for Windows and NVDA. Find out how somebody goes from chainsaw …
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Chainsaw Carving? Speaking Access
Jade and Jackie sit down with Christopher Mutch, owner and inventor of Speaking Access, voice control software for Windows and NVDA. Find out how somebody goes from chainsaw carving to writing computer software.Get in touch
General: [email protected]
Business: [email protected]
Want a particular Doc? Use their first name, e.g. [email protected]
Producer: [email protected]
Website: thetechdocpod.com
Links
Speaking Access: shout at your computer and it actually listens
Fancy carving your own mountain goat? Chainsaw Carving for Beginners8: Bugs, bots and 40litres of milk!
Bugs, Bots and Forty Litres of Milk: iOS 27, ChatGPT, Gemini and Meta GlassesWhat's up, Docs! In episode eight, Jackie interviews ChatGPT about what it can do for blind and vision-impaired users, and the Docs …
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Bugs, Bots and Forty Litres of Milk: iOS 27, ChatGPT, Gemini and Meta Glasses
What's up, Docs! In episode eight, Jackie interviews ChatGPT about what it can do for blind and vision-impaired users, and the Docs share first impressions of iOS 27 and VoiceOver, the worst accessibility bugs they've lived through (JAWS included), and a Gemini screen-reading tip for Android. Plus Meta glasses go on trial in Use It or Lose It, and a goat called Sean is still not allowed in the house.
Round the Table
Stuart H regrets installing iOS 27 but loves the new rotor image descriptions, and quietly came 14th at the World Blind Tennis Championships. Ken caught the English Open snooker in Essex. Jade is prepping for Mini Doc's seventh birthday, and Pat finds Siri chattier but still clueless.
The Inbox
Moira's guide dog won't move until the episode ends. Emmet asks if AI image descriptions can be trusted (verdict: trust but verify). Rachel's mam has opinions about an American-sounding Doc.
The Bug That Drove Us Demented
VoiceOver reading every punctuation mark, calls jumping to loudspeaker on the bus, a TV update that disabled the remote, a silent iPhone 4S, Stuart H sounding like a woodpecker, and JAWS 3.2 breaking when the clocks went forward.
Tech Doc Tip
On Android, hold the side button and ask Gemini to "read my screen." Siri can't do that yet.
Use It or Lose It
Meta glasses: mostly use, one jury still out.
Sight and Sound Technology Exhibition
TU Dublin Grangegorman, 12 and 13 October. Irish Guide Dogs Centre, Cork, 14 October. Charities, workshops and possibly free stuff.
Get in Touch
General: [email protected]
Collaborations: [email protected]
Individual Docs: [email protected]
Links
• The Tech Docs website
• Sight and Sound Technology
• Register for the Sight and Sound exhibition
• ChatGPT
• Google Gemini
• Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses
• Buy a goat (Sean needs a friend)Enjoying the Docs? Follow the show wherever you listen. It really helps other people find us.
The Tech Docs are not responsible for guide dogs refusing to leave the house, VoiceOver announcing every comma you've ever typed, or anyone setting their clocks back an hour just to be safe. Happy birthday, Mini Doc.
Until next time… What's up, Docs!
Captain Doc Under Examination.
Captain Doc Under Examination – Blind Tennis World Championships InterviewWhat's up, Docs! Breaking news from the Tech Docs Clinic: Captain Doc has been called in for interrogation, and the power-hungry Doc is …
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Captain Doc Under Examination – Blind Tennis World Championships Interview
What's up, Docs! Breaking news from the Tech Docs Clinic: Captain Doc has been called in for interrogation, and the power-hungry Doc is in charge. She once beat him at tennis, and she won't let him forget it. Stuart H explains how blind tennis works, rattly ball included, and shares his audio diary from representing Ireland at the World Blind and Visually Impaired Tennis Championships in Vilnius.Stuart H also sends a huge thank you to Sligo Tennis Club, Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership, ROM Sligo, Tennis Ireland, Vision Sports Ireland, Enjoy Tennis, his coach Jean Barr, volunteer Brian McGuire, his family, and everyone else who has supported him over the years.
Get in Touch
General: [email protected]Collaborations: [email protected]
Individual Docs: [email protected]
Links
• The Tech Docs website
• Tennis Ireland
• Enjoy Tennis
• Vision Sports Ireland (blind tennis)
• International Blind Tennis Association
• Sligo Tennis Club
• Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership
• ROM Sligo
• Roger Federer's prize money (what Captain Doc is owed)Enjoying the Docs? Follow the show wherever you listen. It really helps other people find us.
The Tech Docs are not responsible for rattly tennis balls bouncing off desks, construction equipment left in Lithuanian graveyards, or any patient escaping through the clinic window.
Until next time… What's up, Docs!
8: Meta Glasses - behind the lens!
TechDoc Clinic: Meta Glasses SpecialA very special episode about accessibility, independence, privacy - and why a pair of glasses can be far more than just another shiny gadget.The Clinic Is OpenThe Docs are …
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TechDoc Clinic: Meta Glasses Special
A very special episode about accessibility, independence, privacy - and why a pair of glasses can be far more than just another shiny gadget.
The Clinic Is Open
The Docs are back sooner than expected, and this time the clinic has been opened for a very important reason. We are putting Meta smart glasses under the TechDoc microscope and looking at what this technology can really mean for people who are blind or vision impaired.Yes, they can play music, take photos and do plenty of the clever things that make tech enthusiasts reach for their wallets. But for a blind person, they can be something much more important: an extra pair of eyes.
More Than a Gadget
The Docs explore how Meta glasses can provide hands-free access to visual information that sighted people often receive without thinking about it. That can mean identifying objects and products, getting information about surroundings, or reading text such as medication labels, menus and signs.And because the glasses are worn rather than held in the hand, accessing that information can feel far more natural. No juggling a phone, a cane, a guide-dog handle, shopping bags and whatever else life has decided to throw at you that day.
Privacy Matters - But So Does Accessibility
Of course, no TechDoc Clinic would be complete without examining the awkward bits too. Privacy concerns around smart glasses are real and deserve serious discussion.The episode looks at the glasses' recording indicator light and the wider privacy conversation, while making an important distinction: for many blind and vision-impaired users, these glasses are not simply influencer gadgets or a novelty camera strapped to your face. They can be genuine accessibility tools that support independence, confidence and access to information.
The message from the clinic is simple: privacy matters, but accessibility matters too. When decisions are being made about technology like this, the voices of disabled people who use it need to be part of the conversation.
Price, Lenses and the Important Stuff
Naturally, the Docs also get into the practical questions: cost, different lens choices and whether smart glasses are becoming a realistic mainstream accessibility option. We discuss models available below the €500 mark and lens choices including transition-style options - because apparently even life-changing accessibility technology still requires us to debate what colour lenses we want.Somewhere in all of this, we even manage to talk seriously about technology without the clinic descending completely into chaos. Captain Doc will undoubtedly claim this as a personal achievement.
Why This Episode Matters
This special is about more than one product. It is about what happens when mainstream technology becomes genuinely useful as assistive technology.Being able to independently access information about the world around you can change something from 'I need to ask someone' to 'I can do this myself.' Sometimes that difference is small. Sometimes it is enormous.
So pull up a chair, report to the TechDoc Clinic and join Stuart, Jackie, Jade, Ken and Pat for a conversation about Meta glasses, privacy, independence, accessibility and - inevitably - a little technological mayhem.
Watch the Deep-Dive Webinar
Want to see the glasses explored in even more detail? Watch the full Meta Smart Glasses assistive technology webinar on YouTube.
Useful Links
• Meta AI Glasses / Meta Store
• The Tech Docs Podcast
• Meta Glasses Deep-Dive Webinar
Get in Touch
Collaborations, sponsorship and guest ideas: [email protected]
General enquiries and feedback: [email protected]
Personalised assistive technology coaching through DigiCoach: [email protected]
Tech talk. Accessibility. Pure craic. It's TECH DOC!7: Sligo, Saints and Smart Tech
Sligo, Saints and Smart TechWhat’s up, Docs!The Docs are back - and this month we’re talking WeWALK, Daisee, Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, AIB’s newly updated banking app, noise-cancelling tech and the gadgets …
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Sligo, Saints and Smart Tech
What’s up, Docs!
The Docs are back - and this month we’re talking WeWALK, Daisee, Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, AIB’s newly updated banking app, noise-cancelling tech and the gadgets that have genuinely changed our lives.There’s also the small matter of Sligo becoming the Bermuda Triangle of GPS, a mysterious green furry object in a fridge, abandoned Toblerones, and a bus passenger we’d quite like to have canonised. Standard Tech Docs, really.
Use It or Lose It
The WeWALK smart cane faces the Docs’ ruthless Use It or Lose It verdict. The cane might not win everyone over, but the WeWALK app gets considerably more love.
Tech That Changed Our Lives
From iPhones and VoiceOver to Ray-Ban Meta glasses, BrailleSense, AirPods and Loop Earplugs, we share the technology that’s made the biggest difference to our independence - or, in Jade’s case, her ability to block out other people on public transport.
Also This Month…
We chat about the impressive Daisee Low Vision Aid, give the updated AIB Mobile Banking app an accessibility thumbs-up, answer a listener question about Ray-Ban Meta storage, and Ken shares a handy VoiceOver tip for manually checking iPhone app updates.And yes, someone finally told a person playing loud videos on a bus to put in their earphones. Canonisation proceedings are underway.
Get in Touch
General: [email protected]Jackie: [email protected]
Jade: [email protected]
Ken: [email protected]
Pat: [email protected]
Stuart: [email protected]
Want to feature or collaborate? [email protected]
Links
thetechdocpod.com
WeWALK
Daisee – Low Vision Aid
Daisee Low Vision Aid (Android)
Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses
AIB Mobile Banking
Loop Earplugs
Public Canonisation Registry
Until next time… What’s up, Docs!* Daisy Does It
What's up docs!Join us for another bonus episode where Stuart and Jackie had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Billy Liu,, the founder and creator of The Daisy App. Listen to this crazy extended interview …
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What's up docs!
Join us for another bonus episode where Stuart and Jackie had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Billy Liu,, the founder and creator of The Daisy App. Listen to this crazy extended interview and find out why Jacky's sister was trying to walk her into lampposts for scientific research!
Contact us:
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: thetechdocpod.com
Links
- Daisy app IOS
- Daisy app Android
- Daisy app YouTube channelWeWalk Talk
Bonus Episode: We Walk TalkWhat's up docs!a small bonus episode wherein the tech docs took part in a WeWalkTalk with sight and sound technology. Learn about the WeWalk cane, how it is operated, and many, many …
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Bonus Episode: We Walk Talk
What's up docs!
a small bonus episode wherein the tech docs took part in a WeWalkTalk with sight and sound technology. Learn about the WeWalk cane, how it is operated, and many, many other fantastic features in this bonus episode of the tech docs
Email : [email protected]
Website: thetechdocpod.com
Links:
Sight and sound technology
We walk
Buy a kidney6: Apple, AI and a Chocolate Dispenser
What’s Up Docs?The Docs are back for episode six!Stuart is preparing for the World Blind Tennis Championships, Ken discovers the joys of Suno AI, Jackie gets reunited with a 1975 Perkins Brailler, and Jade …
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What’s Up Docs?
The Docs are back for episode six!
Stuart is preparing for the World Blind Tennis Championships, Ken discovers the joys of Suno AI, Jackie gets reunited with a 1975 Perkins Brailler, and Jade shares stories from her Harry Potter adventure in London and her trip to Lanzarote.
Visiting Doc: Dave Nason
Dave joins us to discuss all things Apple.
We chat about iOS 27 accessibility updates, AI image descriptions, Siri, Dynamic Island, Liquid Glass, and the rumours surrounding future Apple devices.
Listener Emails
We answer your questions, including a listener’s mystery guess about a chocolate dispenser, along with some retro technology memories.
Tech Doc Topic
This month we look at everyday technology that works surprisingly well for blind and vision-impaired users.
From microwaves and ice makers to clever household hacks, we explore simple solutions that make everyday life easier.
Tech Doc Tip
Dave shares a useful iPhone Messages tip to help you find filtered messages and avoid missing important texts.
Tech News
We discuss upcoming assistive technology events, the WeWalk webinar, and new wearable navigation technology.
Links
The Tech Docs website
AppleVis
Suno AI
WeWalk:
Braille dictionary web app
Worlds biggest chocolate dispensor
Disclaimer
The Tech Docs are not responsible for anyone accidentally asking Siri questions it cannot answer, spending three hours creating AI songs, buying unnecessary gadgets, or becoming convinced that someone owns a chocolate dispenser. Any technology diagnosed during this episode has the right to seek a second opinion.5: The Audio Description Debate - timing is everything!
A gloriously relaxed episode with a masked producer who simply *will not* stay in the control room. Round table, a raid on the inbox, a singing controversy settled, and then the big one: audio description — the …
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A gloriously relaxed episode with a masked producer who simply *will not* stay in the control room. Round table, a raid on the inbox, a singing controversy settled, and then the big one: audio description — the good, the bad, and the chase detail nobody asked for.
Round the Table
Jackie’s deep in a funny ghost-and-detective series. Ken hit a slump in a fifteen-book saga and is parking book five. Jade declares school OUT for summer — and bought a mystery tech toy she refuses to name. Pat’s still abroad, still allegedly looking for the airport. Stuart’s keeping quiet with a holiday on the horizon.
The Inbox
Was it AI or Stuart? Listeners voted AI. Listeners were wrong — the SkyStream song was Stuart Lawler himself, from an old blind guys chat podcast.
Michael asks: tech you once swore by but no longer touch? A grand tour follows — the Optelec Compact Mini, a deafening talking timer, talking weighing scales, Calibre cassettes, and the legendary Nokia 9210i Communicator.
John asks: will the Docs ever sing the ending songs? Official answer: no. Not no no no. Just no.
We’re on TikTok
Find us at tick tock, discovered by amused sisters before we could announce it ourselves.
The Main Event: Audio Description
Sparked by the petition over RTÉ not describing the FIFA 2026 World Cup, the Docs dig in: what AD actually is, why sighted folk use it too, and how subjective the “right” amount of detail really is. First encounters, RTÉ Jr praise, Apple quietly adding AD tracks to films you already own — and the frustration of patchy description on streaming on-demand.
Tech Doc Tip
Ask Siri for the last five messages or emails from a specific person and have them read aloud. Bonus: the new iOS 27 Siri is, so far, doing none of what it promises. EU listeners, the wait continues.
Listener Challenges
- Say “the tech docs are on TikTok” ten times fast in a 90-second voice note. Pull it off and we’ll sing an ending song LIVE — under protest.
- What is Jade’s mystery tech toy? Send your guesses.
Get in Touch
E: [email protected]
W: thetechdocpod.com
Extra Links
Blind guys chat
Meenies Anonymous
Fifa audio description patition
The Tech Docs are not responsible for audio description turned on for absolutely everything, sudden nostalgia for the Nokia 9210i, unnamed alexa timers, or messages read aloud at full volume on a crowded bus.
And a very happy birthday to our masked producer, Stuart Lawler — the king of tea and the man behind the curtain.4: Gremlins, guitars and lawn mowers
What’s Up DocsTake Two. The gremlins are mostly gone. One remains. He lives here now. He's weird throwing water at him didn't work.Jackie — 145 books in. Debating whether Mr. Bump was actually visually …
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What’s Up Docs
Take Two. The gremlins are mostly gone. One remains. He lives here now. He's weird throwing water at him didn't work.
Jackie — 145 books in. Debating whether Mr. Bump was actually visually impaired.
Ken — Three books into The Grey Man series. Up until 1am. No regrets.
Pat — Live from the States at 31 degrees, ice cream in hand, scouting tech.
Stuart — Retained Irish blind tennis number one. 5th singles, 3rd doubles at UK regionals in Loughborough. Also reading God is Disappointed in You.
Jade — Huge congratulations to her sister Taylor. Leaving Cert survivor. She’s free.
Listener Emails
Jackie Coyle named the Andrea Mara book. It Should Have Been You. All Jackies know books.
Pat answers a listener question on spoken content with screen magnification: Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → Speak Screen → Control Actions → set Double Tap to Speak on Touch.
ScribeMe Interview
Stuart and Jackie talked to Mark Morad, founder of ScribeMe. Fascinating story. The app is back on the App Store. A pair of Meta glasses may have been ordered as a result by somebody.
Main Topic: Tech Toys
Jade — Fisher Price radio. Cassette tapes. Microphone. Mother suffered greatly.
Jackie — Franklin Language Master. Recently deceased, Moment of silence observed. baby doll she shuck by the neck.
Ken — Atari. Sat on it. R.I.P.
Stuart — The talking watch. Cock-a-doodle-doo. Banned from school.
Stuart (from the control room) — Toy lawnmower used as a proto-cane on Rosses Point Beach. Click, click, click. An origin story.
Jackie — Inflatable guitar as mobility aid in hospital. Why? Still unclear.
Pat - watch with red light up digits turned him into Super Pat when used
Tech Doc Tip
Customise your VoiceOver gestures. Settings → Accessibility → VoiceOver → Commands → Touch Gestures. Change what you can’t do to something you can. There is a reset button. Blame Jackie if needed.
Listener Challenges
What was your first tech toy?
Name Stuart’s lawnmower.
Name our gremlin.
Is the outro music Stuart Lawler or AI?
Get in Touch
Email: [email protected]
Website: thetechdocpod.com — now with 90-second voice notes.
Links
ScribeMe
Out of Sight with Joe G
Gremlin Pest control
Disclaimer: The Tech Docs are not responsible for gremlins multiplying, the Franklin Language Master’s passing, concerned motorists on the Rosses Point Road, or VoiceOver gestures gone rogue.4: Gremlins have taken over
Gremlins in the MachineWe regret to inform you that a small but determined population of gremlins has taken up residence in the podcast. Wires have been chewed, files have been mysteriously renamed, and at …
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Gremlins in the Machine
We regret to inform you that a small but determined population of gremlins has taken up residence in the podcast. Wires have been chewed, files have been mysteriously renamed, and at least one microphone has filed a formal complaint.
We’re working on eviction. It’s slower going than we’d like — gremlins are notoriously bad at reading notices — so the next episode is going to need a bit more time than usual.
Apologies for the delay. As soon as the last one has been escorted off the premises, we’ll be back with a fresh episode for your ears.
Thanks for your patience.
Listener Challenge
How many gremlins do you reckon it takes to derail one podcast episode? Closest guess gets a shout-out when we’re back on the air. Bonus points for sending in your own tales of tech that turned on you — most cursed story will be read out.Disclaimer: No gremlins were harmed in the making of this delay. Several Tech Docs, however, were mildly inconvenienced.
Stuart, Jackie, Jade, Ken & Pat
3: Tech and Trauma
Tech and TraumaJade mutinies and unseats the captain for an episode. Pat is off eating birthday cake somewhere. Declan Meenagh drops in as a guest with DigiCoach updates and stories of teaching blind kids to …
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Tech and Trauma
Jade mutinies and unseats the captain for an episode. Pat is off eating birthday cake somewhere. Declan Meenagh drops in as a guest with DigiCoach updates and stories of teaching blind kids to code in Python. Jackie’s mystery toy is finally revealed, Ken gives us WhatsApp PTSD. And we all confess what piece of tech scares us the most.Declan’s Coding Corner
Vision Code teaches 11–17 year olds Python on the BBC micro:bit. A major highlight is the seven-board radio instrument they made where shaking one board transmitted a note to all the others.
DigiCoach: peer-to-peer assistive tech coaching through Fighting Blindness. Open to anyone 18+. Free, mostly online with limited in-person sessions. Only available in the Republic of Ireland. Email: [email protected] to sign up.
Jackie’s Toy Reveal!!!
The answer: BrailleSense 6 Mini from Sight and Sound. 20-cell braille notetaker running Android 12.Tech Doc Consult: Tech That Scares Us
Jade — Kids on screens for homework before they can read and write on paper.
Stuart — Induction hobs, hair straighteners, hot tea, and Lego underfoot.
Jackie — Shredders.
Ken — WhatsApp mishaps.
Declan — App updates that break everything.
The Unmasked Producer — OpenClaw. An AI agent with full system access that can book flights and order things on your card.Listener Challenges
What tech scares you?
Name the Andrea Mara book about the WhatsApp group chat mishap.Get in Touch
Email: [email protected]
Website: thetechdocpod.comLinks
DigiCoach
BBC micro:bit
BrailleSense 6 Mini
My Claw AI
Adopt a koala bear
Sight and sound contact: [email protected]
Disclaimer: The Tech Docs are not responsible for OpenClaw going rogue, shredder-related trauma, Lego pieces left on the floor in the middle of the night, or WhatsApp missteps. Commander Doc — happy birthday.2: Fooled by the Tech
April FOOLS!!! We have an episode for you.Whats up docs,Jade survives CSUN. The rest of the team rant about technology that has personally wronged them. Nobody is put in jail, but it’s a close call.Jade’s CSUN …
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April FOOLS!!! We have an episode for you.
Whats up docs,
Jade survives CSUN. The rest of the team rant about technology that has personally wronged them. Nobody is put in jail, but it’s a close call.
Jade’s CSUN Dispatches
Four interviews from the exhibition floor. Jade forgot the chocolate at the airport. Moving on.
New Haptics — Codex Braille Display (air bubble tech, multi-line, games included)
Eschenbach — Aftaro (low vision magnifier, clips onto your phone, good optics, minimal lag)
Dot Incorporated — Dot Pad (multi-line tactile display, shows images and graphics)
Selvas — Braille Sense 7 (detachable QWERTY case, touch capacitive cells, no mini this time)
Main Topic: The Tech That Wronged Us
Stuart — Google / YouTube Studio. Inaccessible, locked-down, took a week of suffering. Had to call in sighted people just to click a button.
Jade — The Opti Verso distance camera. Revolutionary in theory — she could see the whiteboard! In practice: a robotic arm she had to manually crank while being Elastigirl. She went back to her old CCTV within the year.
Pat — Siri. Types what he said, then changes it. Does not like the Cavan accent. Has gotten significantly worse since Apple’s AI push.
Ken — Lady A (Alexa). Last episode: raved about her. This episode: she’s actively conspiring against him. Won’t play Cork 96FM without trying to sell him Amazon Music.
Jackie — Apple HomePod (x2). Bought two at €99 each. They do nothing without her phone unlocked and nearby. Currently functioning as doorstops. Not recommended.
Listener Emails
Thanks to Cearbhall O'Meadhra and Paul Griffith for the well wishes and for tuning in. Paul, thanks especially for inspiring us with the podcast name.
Eamonn asked how text replacement works on iPhone. Stuart explained: type your shortcut plus space, iPhone expands it. Works great for email, addresses, those long Uber messages. Jackie uses it for Irish characters with fádas — though Apple thinks it knows better and will override you with trademark symbols instead.
Listener Challenges
What is Jackie’s mystery new toy? Email your guess.
How many smart devices does Jackie have in her house in Sligo? Closest guess gets a shout-out.
Send in your best text replacement shortcuts, we promise we will try not to steal them
Get in Touch
Email: [email protected]
Extra links
New Haptics Codex Braille Display
Eschenbach Aftaro magnifier
Dot Incorporated Dot Pad
Raised the Dots podcast
Selvas Braille Sense 7
The Tech Docs are not responsible for Google-related trauma, any HomePod incidents, or spontaneous Alexa or Siri rage resulting from this episode. Happy Easter.1: What’s Up Docs?
The Intro episode where the insanity begins.Meet your tech docs: Stuart, Jackie, Jade, Ken, and Pat.The hosts introduce themselves and thoroughly prove that this is not the podcast where one can or should seek …
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The Intro episode where the insanity begins.
Meet your tech docs: Stuart, Jackie, Jade, Ken, and Pat.
The hosts introduce themselves and thoroughly prove that this is not the podcast where one can or should seek medical advice.
They outline why they decided to start a podcast and why they chose the name Tech Doc.
This is then followed by a quick round table where everyone talks about what is their favourite piece of technology.
If you want to contact the podcast,
Please email:
[email protected]
Tech mentioned links:
Cosori 5.5L Smart Air Fryer
Meta glasses
eufy robot vacuums
Alexa
Sky glasse
MeacoDry Arete Two 20L Dehumidifier / Air Purifier
Please be aware the hosts are not responsible if you contract madness and/ or insanity from listening to this show.
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