#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. It's election time here in Ireland. Are you ready to vote on Friday November 29 (the day after we publish this episode)? Vote early and often as Óran exclaims!! And if you need information on accessible voting, visit here: https://www.electoralcommission.ie/accessible-voting/ Clodagh has a great email from Patty Murphy. It has 2 images, and Patty wants to know how an AI engine will describe them. So Óran decides to put Jan and Mo to a test and see if they can work out which one is using “Picture Smart AI for JAWS”, and which one is using the “Describe with Be My Eyes” function. A little tip: Don't forget if you want Picture Smart AI for JAWS to give you more detail of an image you can use the keystroke 'Shift + applications key' and then select "Picture Smart with JAWS. And you can even ask questions about the image after the description is complete. The results of our AI descriptions were interesting. Also, the pictures are interesting - one of them features a 1957 BMW Isetta which is a really cool car. (Clodagh was wrong – there were 3-wheel versions built. Also 2 people could fit in the front. The back was for stowage.) You can read more about the BMW Isetta: here: https://journal.classiccars.com/2024/03/30/pick-of-the-day-1957-bmw-isetta/ So, chuck away your voting cards, take off your shoes and kneel to pay homage to the only podcast worth listening to this side of a force 12 gale: Blind Guys Chat. 8 out of 10 hibernating squirrels prefer it to sleeping. • Accessible voting: https://www.electoralcommission.ie/accessible-voting/ • 1957 BMW Isetta: https://journal.classiccars.com/2024/03/30/pick-of-the-day-1957-bmw-isetta/ Support Blind Guys Chat by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/blind-guys-chat Read transcript