Talking Technology with V I Labs

This week we are joined by NCBI Chief Technology Officer Kyran O’Mahoney to find out about the development of the NCBI SmartHub, which will enable people with sight loss to access essential NCBI serv…

In this month’s Live Event we will be discussing Bone Conductive Headphones and the benefits of this technology for people with Visual Impairments in everyone from home use, work environments, school…

We’ll be taking time to explore a range of Digital Handheld Magnifiers available for people with low vision. We will also explore magnification devices that can fit in your pocket to Stand Alone CCTV…

This week we talk smart home technology. We will have demonstrations of the accessibility features built into a Samsung Smart TV and how to operate a Samsung Smart Washing Machine using the SmartThin…

This week we focus on Braille technology with a demonstration of the Focus 40, the BrailleNote Touch and the Orbit Reader 20.

We are delighted to welcome to the live event Carol Byrne from the NCBI Li…

This week we will be discussing the Covid-19 Tracker app and have a member of the app’s Product Manager on the event to discuss the app and answer your questions.
 
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This week we explore screen magnification software focusing primarily on Dolphin SuperNova Magnifier & Speech, a product that enables people with visual impairment to independently access their compu…

This week we focus on the important role Technology can play in the workplace for people with a vision impairment. We discuss the wide range of assistive products available and, in our Seeing It Your…

This week we will be looking into Smart Phone alternatives and discussing the little known KaiOS Operating System for feature phones.
 
We delve into the world of Audio Gaming and discuss Microsoft’s E…

This week we explore navigation apps with particular focus on Soundscape from Microsoft, which uses 3D audio technology to help map out landmarks and points of interest through audio cues.

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This week we discuss accessibility features in Windows 10 designed to assist people with sight loss. We’ll also be looking at Microsoft’s new Edge Chromium browser, how to download it, and what this …

This week we discuss the big two screen readers for Windows, JAWS and NVDA, and demonstrate some helpful features available with both applications.

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This week we discuss and demonstrate Microsoft's extremely popular Seeing AI app. This will be followed by a discussion on laptops and what factors to consider when buying a new one.

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This week our conversation centres around the use of video conferencing platforms including Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Skype, which have become increasing popular with the spread of COVID-19.

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We will be talking smart speakers, focusing on the Google Home, and taking a look at how to use VoiceOver with what has become one of the most popular movie and TV show streaming services in recent w…

In this Podcast we were delighted to interview our Library and Media Centre manager Lina Kouzi on accessing and listening to audio books through NCBI BookShare and OverDrive.

We demonstrated the Dolph…

In this Live Event we are delighted to welcome Hans Jørgen Wiberg the founder of Be My Eyes a very popular app with our service users. Hans will give us an overview of the app and talk about the best…

In this technology live event we covered the following:

• NCBI Labs Overview 
• iOS Quick Tips using Voice Over
• iOS v Android Accessibility Discussion 

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This is the second NCBI Labs Technology Live event broadcast on the 17th of April 2020.

In this event we discussed the following:

• NCBI Labs Technology Service Overview
• Android Accessibility Overview
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This was the first NCBI Labs Live Event that took place on Tuesday the 7th April 2020.

It covered the following topics:

NCBI Service Overview
NCBI Labs Technology Service Overview
iOS Accessibility Overv…