Episodios

  • Testing Meta Glasses Live AI using the Smart Vision 3! | Tech Connect Live!
    Jun 5 2025

    0:00 Start 5:30 Introducing the topic of Meta Glasses, 6:45 Can you use the meta Glasses with non-standard smartphones? Blindshell Classic 3, Smart Vision 3? 10:30 Demo the Meta being used to read printed text documents and asking follow-up questions 18:40 Calling and receiving a call on the Meta Glasses 24:00 Testing Live AI to understand where doors, chairs and obstructions are 27:00 Sometimes Meta needs to be asked twice in order to detect obstacles 38:30 Pairing the Meta to the Smart Vision 3 44:44 Tutorial Loads when you first open Meta Glasses app 53:00 We plan to revisit this topic and try to improve things 53:30 Thanking Audience, Closing thoughts and upcoming videos!

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    56 m
  • Odyssey By HumanWare with Rachel Ramos | Tech Connect Live!
    May 22 2025
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    0:00 Start 8:55 Rachel introduces the Odyssey by HumanWare and NextVPU 10:00 Modern market for OCR devices vs OCR apps, what makes the Odyssey stand out? 11:11 Showing off the physical device, its camera arm, handle and buttons. 12:00 Ports include USB-C, HDMI display port, Wired Power options, Micro SD card for saving files 12:45 Navigating through the menus, how to activate Auto Mode for taking pictures and reading via OCR 17:30 welcoming Mathieu the Project Manager for the Odyssey 18:15 Using Manual Mode to take a photo of a document and having it read aloud. 21:45 AI, Standard Description and Summary uses Chat GPT so you must be connected to the internet 22:22 Future developments will use the built in microphone to ask Follow-Up questions 23:00 Spanish and French translation to English, more languages and voice commands to follow! 26:50 Finger Pointing Mode, ideal for reading newspapers and other complex documents 29:45 Other than the OrCam, no other standalone OCR device has that finger pointing feature 32:00 Max 50 requests a month, but subscription models exist for additional requests 38:00 Bluetooth and Wired Headphones for audio options other than the speaker 40:20 Rachel explains why Odyssey is best, durable, easy to operate, solid AI, 42:30 Wrap Up, additional links for more info, upcoming videos and livestream topics 46:30 Ending Music

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    47 m
  • Hable Easy Smartphone Remote Controller with Freek van Welsenis! | Tech Connect Live!
    Apr 24 2025
    Episode Notes

    0:00 Start 5:45 Introducing Freek from Hable! 11:00 Last Time Freek discussed the Hable One! Same Hardware for the Easy. 14:30 Showing the device, discussing its buttons, battery and bluetooth! 16:00 Who is this device for? Is the Easy a shortcut around gestures and multi-tapping? 18:00 How do younger folks use this device differently than the older crowd? 19:45 Rundown of the eight buttons and what their default settings are, how to label them tactile 21:00 Open the box, hear voice instructions on how to connect your device and get started. 24:30 Helpful buttons for navigation, back button and reset button are useful incase you get lost 27:00 The Hable Easy is easily the best deal compared to how large an impact it can make for someone 28:30 Tactile stickers which can be applied according to what the user customizes their buttons to do. 31:00 If you already own the Hable One, you already have the hardware so just use your App to turn it into a Hable Easy! 32:00 Works with bluetooth to connect to iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and soon the Apple Watch! 33:00 How many actual button combinations can you program? 35:30 Fan suggested edits and improvements to the Hable 36:30 Hable Easy works with 90% of the commands on Blindshell, works with other Android devices too! 37:15 Where to buy the Hable Easy or Hable One. 38:30 Battery Life is about 1 month, but it does have to be charged 39:30 Upcoming Topics and updates to our LMS and Zoom based livestreams 41:45 End

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    42 m
  • AI Visual Assistance Apps! Featuring EMVI and Seeing AI! | Tech Connect Live!
    Apr 10 2025
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    0:00 Start 3:15 Comments from the Chat, 6:30 EMVI App Introduction, payment options 7:45 Data Protection with this app vs free AI options with worse data leaks 9:00 Demo of the App, navigating the menus and options 13:15 Taking a picture, human expression tests 17:00 Art Description via taking a photo with the app 20:00 Taking a photo of a computer cord and asking which plug it is 21:30 Document section, scanning text but it ends up rewriting/hallucinating close words 25:00 Reading text at a distance, in this case about +30ft of distance 26:30 Code Scanner, EMVI uses info from the internet/brand website not actually reading 30:00 Ease of use is good, swipe for navigation, photos automatically interpreted based on mode 32:15 Fun Facts about Ice Mountain 100% Spring Water turns out to be Groundwater from Michigan 33:00 Seeing AI App Summarized, no more channel switcher, there is a new system of three options 37:30 Facial Recognition with AI description 39:00 More Tab, traditional channel selector is now available again! 41:00 Chatting with folks in Chat about the Meta Glasses and wearables generally 44:30 Wearables Part 2 Upcoming video! 48:40 Outro Music

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    51 m
  • EchoVision Glasses by AGIGA | Tech Connect Live!
    Mar 27 2025

    0:00 Start 6:00 Xiaoran, CEO of Agiga introduces the company, herself and the EchoVision Glasses 8:45 Huasong, CTO of Agiga, gives his story and how they chose to make their own smart glasses 16:00 Optional Colored or Mirrored front covers similar to clip on sunglasses 18:00 How to charge the glasses, how is the battery life and weight? 20:00 Demonstration of the reading mode, first using a business card 23:00 Specifically asking what the phone number on a business card is, summary of text options 25:30 Scene Description, environmental basics such as furniture people and technology 27:45 Facial Recognition, Description and Emotional information 32:45 Point and Describe? Can the glasses recognize gestures like that? 34:45 Tips for Facial Description from a Blindness POV, tips and tricks for longer term development 36:45 Menus and Dim Light Conditions 39:00 Live Descriptions with Continuous Audio Feedback 46:30 Sharing your media taken from the EchoVision Glasses, Media Buttons 49:00 Price, Promo Code and PreOrdering the EchoVision Smart Glasses from Agiga 52:00 Closing The show!

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    53 m
  • Preview of 40th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference! | Tech Connect Live!
    Mar 10 2025

    0:00 Start IBVI Industries 7:15 Setting Expectations for this year's CSUN, Livestreaming Tuesday and Wednesday 5pm Pacific 9:40 Quick Run Through of the full list of CSUN Vendors and Exhibitors 10: 00 Accessibyte w/ Joe Jorgenson featuring: Typio, School and Work Suite of software, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Xy-XB6Jtc 11:20 Agiga w/ Hassan featuring: Hardware similar to Meta Glasses 12:45 Aira featuring: visual assistance connection app either on phone or on your computer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHiIPrAja_k 14:00 AwareWolf w/ Dave featuring All Terrain Cane https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-6nAGz0xfyY 16:00 Be My Eyes featuring: assisted video call with a volunteer or using AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Lugpgj5JM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dCA4qWaXlQ 17:30 Blindshell accessible smart phone w/ Barry Azman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pohUlMcaO3U 18:30 Brava Smart Oven, microwave sized accessible oven subdivided for differential cooking 21:00 Case for Vision featuring an iPhone case designed to turn it into a magnifier. Similar to the Optaro by Eschenbach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv-Byo_FGXM 22:22 Dot Incorporation featuring the Dot Pad multiline braille display, also Dot Watch 23:15 EMVI.AI featuring AI powered app for visual assistance 25:30 Glidance mobility aid w/ Amos Miller https://www.youtube.com/live/42KuD0uuZls 27:00 HumanWare featuring Prodigy Magnifier for Windows w/ Peter Tucic and Rachel Ramos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZzDYV0MRLY 28:10 Maggie Vision VR style wearable using an iPhone, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kfxFJP6fs 28:50 Morphic control panel for Windows, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-LqmxbRto8 30:00 NewHaptics Braille hardware designed for large area tactile "screen" display 32:15 Orbit Research and the Activator by Dream Vision Group for braille similar to dual monitors 34:00 Orcam, Reineeker and the Navis App by Touch Pulse handsfree personal navigation app, 36:20 TrySight's Mercury Vision wearable magnifier with speech 37:50 The Vispero Group: Freedom Scientific, Optelec, Enhanced Vision,
    38:30 Voxiweb, sign up for a service designed for navigating the internet using a screen reader 39:00 WeWalk featuring GPS and phone connected smart cane, 40:15 Zoomax wearables, electronic magnifiers, 40:45 Wrap-Up, Sony PS5, Amazon, upcoming livestreams at 5pm Pacific on 11th, and 12th, 42:00 Post your questions and requested topics, comment and like the videos! 42:45 Closing Music

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    43 m
  • Brailliant and the Victor Reader Stream w/ Rachel Ramos from HumanWare | Tech Connect Live!
    Feb 13 2025
    Episode Notes

    0:00 Start 6:45 Introducing Rachel Ramos from HumanWare, her story and her current role 10:15 HumanWare product overview of devices old and new 17:00 Victor Reader Stream, book reader, podcasts, internet radio, news and magazines, all audio 18:30 New features of Victor, organize your Voice Notes into folders, 20:45 Guided demonstration of navigating and creating named folders, 23:15 Demo of recording a new Voice Note, 24:15 Files are numbered sequentially by default, after deleting a file you can Consolidate to renumber files. 29:00 Brailliant and other Braille products, read books, take notes and 32:00 What is new? Tools like WIkipedia, Wiktionary and WordSet 35:00 Example use case of searching an unfamiliar word, 38:00 HumanWare Podcast w/ Rachel and Peter "See Things Differently with HumanWare" 43:00 Navigating with Brailliant and selecting words to look up 47:00 HumanWare Odyssey featuring AI powered scanned document questions, 49:00 Wrap Up with Rachel Ramos from HumanWare, upcoming topics and events 51:15 Ending with Music

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    52 m
  • Accessible Online Shopping with Innosearch.AI | Tech Connect Live!
    Feb 6 2025

    0:00 Start 2:15 End of Intro Song 4:30 Explaining how Innosearch.AI aggregates from other websites 10:00 Laptop Demo, Homepage, What are Flash Deals? 15:30 Search, information clarity via Stripped Down Interface, reviews 19:45 Ask Innosearch Artificial Intelligence for specific questions 31:00 Adding to Cart, Navigating 36:00 Searching for digital assets like Silver Arrows in Knights Manager 37:15 Searching for Flights 43:00 Wrap-Up Review of Innosearch.AI what it does well where does it need improvement? 48:00 Closing Credits and Ending Song!

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    50 m
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