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Blind Guys Chat#123: Habemus Papam!It's a warm welcome back to our good friend Mohammed Laachir, who has literally just arrived home from Lyon - that's in France, don't ya know! And yes, he is just returning with his latest mail order bride. Did he use his Envision glasses to find her? Let's find out.
Have you used the Chat GPT visual description feature? Share your thoughts with us about it: blindguyschat@gmail.com
It seems Óran has found an ingenious way to solve his cooking issues. But Clodagh can no longer get into the kitchen...
Clodagh has a...2025-05-0938 minBlind Guys Chat#115: Super-advanced autocompleteHello our fancy AI bots, and welcome to episode 115. This week we are talking about AI, and we have a fantastic panel of experts to bring us through the topic of AI and accessibility. We will be talking about Meta Ray Bans, Envision glasses, Apple Intelligence and even some existential questions.
The panel (Brian Dalton, David Renstrom, Jesse Weinholt, Josh O'Connor and Mohammed Laachir) are well-placed to give their own views on current products, future products, and you never know, you might get some ideas on dinner if we can work out how to get our smart...2025-01-1652 minBlind Guys Chat#111: Hey Bert!!Hello, our lovely election canvassers and welcome to Episode 111. Did you manage to survive Storm Bert last weekend? And did you know the storm was named by our weather colleagues in The Netherlands? Lucky it wasn't called Storm 'Sjef' - Woof!!
Mohammed Laachir is back with us again and it appears he has been on a kind of holiday since he was last on the show. Yes, he is just back from pilgrimage to Medina and Mecca, and managed to survive in 34 degree Celsius heat (92 point something Fahrenheit) by availing of a very clever piece of clothing.
...2024-11-2840 minBlind Guys Chat#109: Jan's doing Dublin!Hello, our little Halloween horrors, or maybe that’s just the hosts?! We’re back again for a show with a slight twist, and we’re not talking spooky goings-on - or maybe we are, because, Óran, our producer in residence, is missing in action for the first time in the history of this podcast! Is he OK? You’ll have to listen to find out.
Hector, our beloved HR Director, has been busy arranging a new temporary contract for Stuart. Yes, he’s returning, at least for this show, to help out Jan and one of our regular...2024-10-3127 min
FSCast – Freedom Scientific BlogFSCast 249. Product updates, public Betas and a visit with Eric DameryOn this episode: find out about some of the new features in JAWS, ZoomText and Fusion 2024 updates. Get introduced to Roxana Fischer. Hear about our 2025 Public Betas from Mohammed Laachir. And finally, after two years, re-visit with Eric Damery.
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Freedom Scientific FSCastProduct updates, private Betas and a visit with Eric DameryFind out about some of the new features in JAWS, ZoomText and Fusion 2024 updates. Get introduced to Roxana Fischer. Hear about our 2025 Public Beta from Mohammed Laachir. And finally, after two years, re-visit with Eric Damery. 2024-09-2548 minBlind Guys Chat#103: Hymne à l’amour,
Hello our fast and furious Olympians, and welcome to ep 103 of BGC. We have a full house this week as Jan is back from his 11th holiday of the year, and Mohammed Laachir is back with us again fresh from NFB in Florida, having enjoyed their all you can eat buffet.
Yes, Jan handed the car keys over to Tycho while he, Chantal and Princess Rosalie sat in the back seat of their lovely electric vehicle. After a 63-hour trip taking in the Norwegian fjords, St Paul's Cathedral and the Brandenburg Gate, they eventually arrived in Camp N...2024-08-0846 minFreedom Scientific FSCastFSCast 247, An Interview With Oleg Shevkun, and Mohammed Laachir Discusses Our New AI FeaturesOn this episode, Glen Gordon interviews Oleg Shevkun, our new FSCast host, and passes on the baton. Then, we hear from Mohammed Laachir, a product owner at Vispero, on some exciting AI-related developments in JAWS and Fusion.2024-07-3152 min
Blind Level TechPicture Smart AI, Math Support with MathCat and more!Summary
In this conversation, Jonathan and Evan discuss the new features and updates in JAWS, a screen reader software. They focus on the Picture Smart AI feature, which uses AI to generate descriptions of images. They also talk about the Voice Assistant feature, which allows users to control JAWS using voice commands. Mohammed Laachir, a tech guru from Vispero, joins the conversation to provide more details about these features and how to use them. In this conversation, Mohammed Laachir discusses the latest updates and features in JAWS. The conversation covers topics such as Picture Smart AI, bug fixes...2024-04-1733 minBlind Guys Chat#093: A pain in me hoop!
Hello our bouncy little spring lambs and welcome to episode 93 of BGC. Unfortunately, Óran is not feeling too well this week as he has a pain in his hoop! Yes, he has had an altercation with a grocery collection and in particular with the bags the goods are packed in. Do you sympathise with him? Listen to his story and email us: blindguyschat@gmail.com.
Clodagh has ordered a cup of coffee and a cake from the local café and is awaiting its arrival via a drone. Jan and Óran are somewhat sceptical and decided traditional transport i.e...2024-03-2151 minFreedom Scientific FSCastall about accessible gamingOn FSCast 241, guest host Mohammed Laachir introduces us to the world of accessible gaming. He'll visit with Jesse Anderson, who runs the IllegallySighted YouTube channel, to talk about some of the games that you can play if you're blind or low vision. Then Mohammed talks with NightBlade, who runs an annual Game Jam to get sighted developers excited about accessibility. Links and transcript available at blog.FreedomScientific.com/FSCast.2024-02-2846 minBlind Guys Chat#091: Anyone seen my balls?
Hello our newborn Robins. We hope you are well and ready for another exciting and delightful episode of your favourite podcast. On this show our guest host is Mohammed Laachir. Mohammed lives in the Netherlands, and is one of the people in Vispero who brought us the fantastic split sound feature in JAWS, and also worked on the split Braille function for Braille displays.
Have you ever tried skiing? Well Jan has, but apparently, he has problems hearing his instructors and has ended up in the trees a few times. No such issues for Mohammed...2024-02-2249 minBlind Level TechJAWS and a Whole Lot of GeekMohammed Laachir joins BLT and dives deep into JAWS and what you can expect from the screen reader giant. He is an amazing person and his love for what he does is quite contagious. I hope you enjoy this amazing show. Blind Level Tech (BLT) is a fun new show dedicated to the use of technology for those who are blind and have visual impairments. We'll walk you through the latest and greatest tech from Apple to Microsoft and TVs to kitchen appliances. We'll even throw in some good ole dad and tech jokes for good measure. Being...2023-07-0542 min
Sight and Sound Technology PodcastWebinar: What's new in JAWS 2022 with Sight and Sound Technology and VisperoWelcome to Sight and Sound Technology's annual session, to explore all that is new in the latest release of JAWS, the world's most popular screen reader.
Joining our team James Everson, Fionnuala Murphy and Stuart Lawler from Sight and Sound Technology, are Eric Damery, Jan Bloem and Mohammed Laachir from Vispero.2021-11-1157 minBlind Guys Chat#023: A Royal Surprise!Welcome to another fun-lovin' episode of BGC. We begin the show with some disruption as the builders are in to construct our new Director of HR's office complete with jacuzzi. Guess who is not happy about this...?
We have an interview with Mohammed Laachir who tells us about his life and how he got started working at Vispero. We have a big surprise for Stuart, as we bring on a guest he has a little bit of a crush on. Needless to say, he’s a bit shell shocked. Who could it be…? It's only the lovely Vero...2021-07-281h 00Freedom Scientific FSCastStudent Of The Month Taylor Cox, and JAWS developer Mohammed LaachirOn FSCast 193 we’ll meet Taylor Cox. She’s our first Freedom Scientific Student of the Month. Then it’s over to Amsterdam for a visit with Mohammed Laachir. We’ll hear how he rapidly switched from using ZoomText to using JAWS full-time, and how he went from being an FSOpenLine caller to a JAWS developer. Transcript available at blog.freedomscientific.com.2020-12-2242 min