Major updates at Sky, and the people making RTÉ Player accessible – Talking Technology episode 97

On this episode of Talking Technology, we catch up with David Nason from Sky to learn about lots of exciting new accessibility improvements across their Sky TV products.With audio description for on-demand content and major improvements to the voice guidance screen reader, there’s a lot to discuss.Back in episode 90 of Talking Technology, we explored the accessibility updates for RTÉ Player. In this episode, we meet the team that made those updates happen.Peter McCabe and Gillian Bowes from RTE join us to tell us about how the accessibility overhaul of RTÉ Player came about, and what’s next for the accessibility of their new audio product launching in 2026. We have new Amazon Echo products in Tech News, and Joe might need a new trampoline.All that and more on this episode of Talking Technology with V I Labs. Join the conversation with a WhatsApp voice note. The number you need is +353 86 199 00110:00 Intro  2:13 Your voice notes, and Joe might need a new trampoline  15:52 Accessibility updates at Sky with David Nason  36:21 Peter and Gillian from RTÉ talk about RTÉ Player accessibility  54:48 Talking Technology News  1:06:23 OutroSupport the show