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Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live

Join Luke Scriven and Cory Ballard, Assistive Technology Specialists at Vision Forward, for Tech connect Live! This free event every other Thursday at 11:00 AM CST features a live demonstration of an assistive technology product, followed by an open question and answer session and general discussion. Come find out how devices perform when they’re put on the spot – and how Luke and Cory perform for that matter! This informal event is a great place to come and get a real experience of assistive

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01:02:59

Switching Studios: Adieu to the Old, Hello to the...

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/11/20

Episode NotesNotes go here 0:00 Start 4:00 Sicily Jo and CSUN in California 20:00 First livestream, radically different setup 35:00 Sam Seavey and Peter Tucic as guests on our end of the year quiz show 39:00 Carrie from Carrie on Accessibility 43:00 Barry our furthest traveling in-studio guest! 50:00 Live Grilling, with quite a few issues! 58:30 Brief look behind the scenes at the rest of our recording studio 1:00:00 Ending Wrap Up and Exit Music

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00:45:40

Enhance your Android Smartphone with these Low Vision...

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/11/06

Episode Notes3:45 Scary Movies and Famous Directors 11:00 Android Demo 13:00 Turning off Adaptive Brightness, Dark Mode 14:15 Font Size 16:15 Night Light, using a Blue Light Blocker for Sleep health 18:30 Lookout App for Android 21:15 Color Correction based on different amounts of cones 23:00 Dark Display Mode 26:00 Color Inversion, Shortcut via a widget 29:00 Magnification 32:45 Select to Speak, AVAILABLE VIA FREE ACCESSIBILITY SUITE 40:00 Wrap Up, Take away thoughts 42:00 Upcoming livestreams

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00:42:31

Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses! | Tech Connect Live!

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/10/23

Episode NotesNotes go here 0:00 Begin 6:30 Addressing what we know so far 12:30 Watching and Discussing the Video 37:00 Wrap Up from the video, upcoming topics 43:00 Ending Song

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00:41:10

weZoom Magnifying Glass Free App! | Tech Connect Live!

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/10/09

Link to App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.stoehr.loviapps.wezoom&hl=en_US0:00 Start 9:15 Demo of weZoom basic features and controls 12:15 Pause button to freeze the screen, but zooming further requires pinch gesture 13:00 Various Color Modes and how to switch between modes 15:45 Quick Settings for Auto Focus, Brightness, Contrast etc 19:45 Reset the adjustments back to default levels, a good backup to remember 20:40 Touch Gestures for advanced use, Double, Triple, Four

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00:35:09

Apple Announces New iPhone 17, New Apple Watches and...

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/09/25

0:00 Start2:00 Better iPhone generally, also Liquid Cooling Tech and New Colors! 5:30 Is a smaller phone always better? We discuss the downsides 6:45 Data usage and the arms race between Camera and Memory development 12:20 Redundant Updates and New iPhones for the case of new iPhones? 16:00 Air Pods Pro 3 with Live Translation, Heartbeat monitor, 25:00 Apple Watches: Series 11, SE, and Pro Model! Health Biometrics 29:00 Predicting Ovulation via Biometrics and Temperature Data 32:00 Wrap Up, Top

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00:43:48

OCR Made Simple (and FREE!) Live Read w/ Ryan...

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/09/11

Episode Notes0:00 Start 4:30 Introducing Ryan Anetsberger 8:00 People Who Care in Arizona) 11:30 Origins of Live Read as an App 14:00 What using the App is like, design philosophy 20:00 Why isn't it on Android yet? 22:50 Data Protection and No Internet Connection Needed 24:00 Comments from the Chat 25:45 No Data Collection means you can OCR sensitive info without fear 26:00 Ryan Demos the App 28:30 Voice Over does not interfere with the App or Read Twice 29:30 You do not need to keep the camera

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00:47:26

HumanWare's Prodigi Software Package for Windows! |...

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/08/28

Episode Notes0:00 Start 5:00 Introduction of the Prodigi Software for Windows 10:10 IPEVO Document Camera Description vs Built in Webcam 12:45 Navigating through the Menus 14:45 Books is a new option in newest update 15:00 Magnifier Basics and Local View OCR Button 18:30 Full Page OCR Capture 21:00 Fielding Comments and Questions (Upcoming Topics) 22:00 Settings Menu 23:00 MultiCapture for a series of documents 25:30 Files, Saving images, Exporting Options 29:30 Distance View, Switching/Adding

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00:55:10

Glide Navigation Aid with Amos Miller of Glidance |...

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/07/31

0:00 Start1:00 Baseball Traffic in Milwaukee, Brewers vs Cubs update! 4:00 Introducing Amos Miller, CEO of Glidance 8:00 Why it was created? What purpose does it serve as an AT device? 11:45 Glide is a manually pushed system, either one or both of the wheels will slow you to turn. 16:30 Physical description of the device 27:30 Is it waterproof? 29:00 Soundscape and VoceVista are previous projects Amos has started up 30:00 News coverage, The Today Show, 31:15 2024 first demo at CSUN, improvements

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00:52:11

Accessibyte Studio App with Joe from Accessibyte! |...

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/07/17

0:00 Start5:00 Audience Comments 9:30 Joe Jorgensen's Experience and what lead to Accessibyte Studio 13:00 Luke introduces the Studio, including a list of all the various apps in Accessibyte Studio 17:00 Studio is for bridging the gap between Very Simple Applications and Workplace Level Tools Especially useful for instructors who have students of various skill levels. 22:00 Why Studio changes how people learn and practice while developing Screen Reader Skills 28:00 Where will AI be relevant

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00:47:53

Can Luke Stump Cory? First Look at iOS 26 with...

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/07/03

0:00 Start 5:00 Various discussions of video games and musicians 8:30 iOS 26 introduction and development history 11:10 Turning on VoiceOver 12:30 Finding and opening the Phone App 14:00 Bottom tabs in the new Phone App, Calls, Contacts, Keypad and Search 16:45 Calls is the new Recent, how to find your Voicemails? 23:00 Gmail, composing a new email 24:00 Searching within Gmail is now no longer at the top, but now at the bottom 25:30 Filtering Emails in the bottom left, 27:30 careful for

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00:48:47

Apple's WWDC with Carrie Morales from Carrie on...

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/06/19

0:00 Start2:30 Breaking the Ice, chatting about the weather and raising children 5:30 Coffee Talk 8:30 Comments from the Audience, Meta Ray Ban Glasses, Yorkshire Pudding and Hull 16:10 WWDC Breakdown, Liquid Glass 24:00 Apple Vision Pro using Live Magnification! 28:30 Futuristic Speculation about direct brain input 32:00 Apple design philosophy: buy innovations and then saturate the market 36:30 Apple Intelligence and Discussing the Lawsuits against false promises made 38:45 Everyone is still

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00:55:51

Testing Meta Glasses Live AI using the Smart Vision...

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/06/05

0:00 Start5:30 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

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00:46:48

Odyssey By HumanWare with Rachel Ramos | Tech Connect...

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/05/22

Episode Notes0:00 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

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00:42:11

Hable Easy Smartphone Remote Controller with Freek...

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/04/24

Episode Notes0:00 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

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00:50:38

AI Visual Assistance Apps! Featuring EMVI and Seeing...

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/04/10

Episode NotesNotes go here 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

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00:53:06

EchoVision Glasses by AGIGA | Tech Connect Live!

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/03/27

0:00 Start6:00 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

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00:43:11

Preview of 40th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology...

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/03/10

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,

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00:51:37

Brailliant and the Victor Reader Stream w/ Rachel...

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/02/13

Episode Notes0:00 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

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00:50:28

Accessible Online Shopping with Innosearch.AI | Tech...

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/02/06

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

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00:50:22

S1E1 - Fun and Games with Amazon Alexa! | Tech...

Vision forward"s Tech Connect Live ·

2025/01/27

Episode NotesNotes go here 0:00 Start 4:30 IBVI promotional video 5:30 Comments, Amazon Alexa Trigger Warning! 7:35 Akinator, Guess the Character! 12:30 Knight Manager, steer and cheer on your champion! 29:30 Escape the Room, Collect clues and crush puzzles to escape! 43:00 Sound Quiz, Guess the song name quicker than your competition! 47:20 Wrap Up Amazon Echo games Find out more at https://techconnectlive.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

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