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Double TapYour Feedback: Symbols For Blindness, Braille Future & The Neuralink DebateIn this episode of Double Tap, Steven and Shaun kick off the week with a lively discussion following listener emails, starting with Glendon, who shares an interesting television commercial about the checkered eye symbol for blind and low vision people. This sparks a broader discussion about the various symbols and methods used to indicate disabilities and the public's understanding of them.Frank writes in about his experience with OrCam's customer service and the challenges of dealing with tech issues. He also touches on the RNIB's banking problems and the frustrations of dealing with IT issues. The hosts...
2024-11-0456 min
BraillecastThe Braille Authority of New Zealand Aotearoa Trust and the BANZAT Braille Transcription CourseWe start this episode in conversation with Maria Stevens, Chair of the Braille Authority of New Zealand Aotearoa Trust. We find out more about the work of BANZAT, the standards it has created and how it is helping to promote braille across New Zealand. We also discover more about the relationship between BANZAT and the Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities.
Afterwards, we catch up with Chantelle Griffiths, a familiar voice to many Braillecast listeners. She is also a BANZAT trustee and responsible for a new and exciting course to train blind people...
2024-08-1951 minBraillecastAri Hazelman on Braille in SamoaLast time on Braillecast, we heard from Ben Clare about the challenges facing Pacific Island countries in terms of access to braille, and Ben's experiences of visiting those countries to deliver training.
One of the larger Pacific Island countries is Samoa, and thanks to a substantial fundraising effort, the Samoa Blind Persons Association were able to send three observers to the eighth General Assembly of the International Council on English Braille, which took place in neighbouring New Zealand at the end of May.
One of those observers was Ari Hazelman, who works as the Disability...
2024-08-1236 min
Talking Tech by Vision Australia RadioTalking Tech 6th August 2024Product Minute: Big Purple Phone Silver Fox Large print phone for low vision, seniors or people with cognitive challengers. In the box: Phone, stylus, charger/charging chord, phone case, welcome booklet, Nokia booklets, Physical Buttons; Emergency SOS, volume, and power. Connectivity: Head phone jack, USBC, and 3.5mm head phone jack. Also Bluetooth and Wifi can be setup. Features: 6.5 inch screen. Trouble w...
2024-08-0614 minBraillecastBen Clare on Braille in the Pacific IslandsAustralia and New Zealand are the two most well-known countries in the Pacific Region, the area between Australia and Hawaii. The region also includes many other countries including Fiji and Samoa. Many of these countries are on small, remote islands in the Pacific Ocean. They are difficult and expensive to reach, with total populations often of 100,000 or fewer, and ensuring access to braille is very difficult.
Over the next two episodes of Braillecast, we will be finding out more about braille provision in Pacific Island countries. This episode will discuss the challenges they face and the international...
2024-08-0541 minBraillecastWhat Happened at ICEB?The International Council on English Braille held its Mid-Term Executive Committee Meeting from 5-9 June 2022. As well as transacting various items of business, there were lively discussions around the history of braille, braille music, braille technology and the braille code itself.
In this episode of Braillecast, we were joined by ICEB President Judy Dixon to discover the highlights of the Mid-Term and look ahead to how the discussions that took place will influence the future of braille around the world.
2022-09-1954 minBraillecastBraille in Spain and Translating for the Spanish Foreign Ministry with María García GarmendiaGeorge Bernard Shaw, in his play Pygmalion, wrote that "the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain." That line has its roots in spoken language, though of course in English rather than Spanish! But what about written language?
We quite often talk about braille being useful as a tool when learning languages, but María García Garmendia of Madrid, Spain has taken things to the next level by qualifying as an official translator for the Spanish Foreign Ministry. As well as professionally translating to and from Italian and Portuguese, she's also a fluent speaker of En...
2021-11-1339 minBraillecastKawal Gucukoglu on Being a Braille Transcriber and What Braille Means to HerTranscription, for anyone who doesn't already know, is the process of taking content in one format and converting it into another. In this case, print is being converted into braille, a process ubiquitous in the production of braille books, magazines, bills, bank statements, legal documents and much more. Humans have been at the heart of this process since its inception and, in spite of numerous technological advances, they remain so today.
Kawal Gucukoglu, herself blind since birth, was a braille transcriber at RNIB for over 23 years, and in this episode of Braillecast, she shares some of the...
2021-11-0142 minBraillecastEd Rogers on Braille in Southern IndiaIf you've been following Braillists Foundation events recently, you'll be aware that we've been hosting a number of sessions thanks to a grant from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. But why is the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust interested in the Braillists Foundation?
In September 2017, Ed Rogers, Managing Director of Bristol Braille Technology CIC and himself a Fellow of WCMT, undertook a four-week trip around India to discover more about braille usage in that part of the world and to ask the question: What can we in Britain learn from the Indian experience with braille? The trip was...
2021-04-0535 min
New HorizonsNew Horizons - Episode 680, International Council on English Braille Keynote Speech part IIThis week we feature the second part of the keynote speech given by Ambassador Webson, to the General Assembly of the ICEB, held online a few weeks ago. The entire proceedings of the GA are available on the website, https://live.braillecast.com/content.php
2020-11-0314 minNew HorizonsNew Horizons - Episode 679, International Council on English Braille - Keynote SpeechThis week, we hear the first of two programmes dedicated to the keynote speech given at the recently held ICEB General Assembly. We start with the introduction given to the assembly about the keynote speaker, who then goes on to discuss sustainable development goals for Braille. If you would like to hear the entire proceedings, you may visit https://live.braillecast.com/content.php Alternately, search for ICEB General Assembly in your podcast app or device of choice. We feature the second half of the keynote speech next week.
2020-10-2714 minBraillecastThe Bumpy RoadIn this first episode of Braillecast Extra, we re-acquaint ourselves with Megan Paul, winner of the 2016 Onkyo Braille Essay Writing Competition. We’re treated to a complete reading of her winning essay, following our interview with her on the very first episode of Braillecast.
2020-10-1908 minBraillecastThe Bumpy RoadIn this first episode of Braillecast Extra, we re-acquaint ourselves with Megan Paul, winner of the 2016 Onkyo Braille Essay Writing Competition. We’re treated to a complete reading of her winning essay, following our interview with her on the very first episode of Braillecast.
2020-10-1908 minBraillecastBrian MacDonaldBased in Boston Massachusetts since 1927, National Braille Press is a global leader in producing high quality, affordable braille materials and developing innovative technologies advancing braille literacy for blind and visually impaired children and adults everywhere. In addition to its first class braille transcription facility, producing everything from standardised tests to restaurant menus, NBP has a unique specialism in publishing original books by blind authors expressly for blind people, from cookery to technology. It also provides braille transcription and production services to like-minded organizations and, through the Centre for Braille Innovation, overseas the annual Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation.
2020-07-0843 minBraillecastBrian MacDonaldBased in Boston Massachusetts since 1927, National Braille Press is a global leader in producing high quality, affordable braille materials and developing innovative technologies advancing braille literacy for blind and visually impaired children and adults everywhere. In addition to its first class braille transcription facility, producing everything from standardised tests to restaurant menus, NBP has a unique specialism in publishing original books by blind authors expressly for blind people, from cookery to technology. It also provides braille transcription and production services to like-minded organizations and, through the Centre for Braille Innovation, overseas the annual Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation.
2020-07-0843 min
NextSense Institute PodcastEpisode 50 - BrailleCast**PLEASE READ**
This week, we are sharing an episode of BrailleCast, where our host Trudy Smith, and friends of the podcast Dr Frances Gentle and Josie Howse spoke about UEBOnline and about winning the Zero Project Award at the end of 2019. The transcript below is of the full BrailleCast interview.
BrailleCast Podcast: http://www.braillecast.com/?p=226
Transcript: Click here to download!
2020-06-1500 minBraillecastCSUN SpecialCalifornia State University of Northridge held their 33rd International Conference on Technology and Disability in San Diego this March. Braillecast made a whistle stop tour of the exhibit hall to discover what new braille and tactile reading products could be making waves in 2018.
We'll hear about the tactile graphics Display that enabled blind students to touch a total solar eclipse, we learn about a metric braille caliper, we hear about the latest low cost braille tech from India, and we get hands on with a paperless braille slate from South Korea.
We'll also learn about...
2018-04-031h 09BraillecastCSUN SpecialCalifornia State University of Northridge held their 33rd International Conference on Technology and Disability in San Diego this March. Braillecast made a whistle stop tour of the exhibit hall to discover what new braille and tactile reading products could be making waves in 2018.
We'll hear about the tactile graphics Display that enabled blind students to touch a total solar eclipse, we learn about a metric braille caliper, we hear about the latest low cost braille tech from India, and we get hands on with a paperless braille slate from South Korea.
We'll also learn about...
2018-04-031h 09BraillecastUKAAF AGMDave Williams and guests catch up with all the latest news from last month's UKAAF AGM, explore issues facing blind students needing Braille in higher education, and we debate the value of the survey from the International Council on English Braille.
In Braille News
CNIB has begun shipping the Orbit Reader. APH and RNIB are expected to follow suit in the coming weeks.
Another affordable Braille display is in the works - InnoVision have released the Braille Me refreshable Braille display.
The Braille Institute in Los Angeles recently hosted the Braille Challenge Finals.
Apple have released...
2017-07-0724 minBraillecastUKAAF AGMDave Williams and guests catch up with all the latest news from last month's UKAAF AGM, explore issues facing blind students needing Braille in higher education, and we debate the value of the survey from the International Council on English Braille.
In Braille News
CNIB has begun shipping the Orbit Reader. APH and RNIB are expected to follow suit in the coming weeks.
Another affordable Braille display is in the works - InnoVision have released the Braille Me refreshable Braille display.
The Braille Institute in Los Angeles recently hosted the Braille Challenge Finals.
Apple have released...
2017-07-0724 minBraillecastBrailleNote TouchThis is Episode2 of Braillecast. Thank you for listening!
Our host Dave Williams discusses the BrailleNote Touch, interviewing several teaching assistants at schools in the UK where the Touch is used. He talks to Greg Stilson from Humanware about the product.
In Braille News
As of the Windows 10 Creators Update, Braille support is now built directly into Microsoft Windows. See using Narrator with Braille in the user guide
The UEB Code maintenance committee (part of the International Council on English Braille/ICEB) are seeking input from as many people as possible on changes to...
2017-06-0726 minBraillecastBrailleNote TouchThis is Episode2 of Braillecast. Thank you for listening!
Our host Dave Williams discusses the BrailleNote Touch, interviewing several teaching assistants at schools in the UK where the Touch is used. He talks to Greg Stilson from Humanware about the product.
In Braille News
As of the Windows 10 Creators Update, Braille support is now built directly into Microsoft Windows. See using Narrator with Braille in the user guide
The UEB Code maintenance committee (part of the International Council on English Braille/ICEB) are seeking input from as many people as possible on changes to...
2017-06-0726 minBraillecastBraille Essay ContestThis is Episode 1 of Braillecast, a Podcast produced by and for Braillists everywhere.
Our host Dave Williams interviews Megan Paul. Megan’s essay, “The Bumpy Road”, won the Junior category of the 2016 Onkyo Braille essay competition. In this chat over a cup of tea, Dave talks to her about the essay and her views on Braille more widely.
In Braille news:
The world premiere of a musical entitled “The Braille Legacy” is being staged at the Charing Cross Theatre London until Saturday 24 June. Directed by Tom Southerland and starring West End star Jérôme Pradon, i...
2017-04-3018 minBraillecastBraille Essay ContestThis is Episode 1 of Braillecast, a Podcast produced by and for Braillists everywhere.
Our host Dave Williams interviews Megan Paul. Megan’s essay, “The Bumpy Road”, won the Junior category of the 2016 Onkyo Braille essay competition. In this chat over a cup of tea, Dave talks to her about the essay and her views on Braille more widely.
In Braille news:
The world premiere of a musical entitled “The Braille Legacy” is being staged at the Charing Cross Theatre London until Saturday 24 June. Directed by Tom Southerland and starring West End star Jérôme Pradon, i...
2017-04-3018 min