All Episodes

Episode 106:Widespread concern about accessibility overlays leads to a new Chrome extension to block them. dating when blind, Braille comments and more

Episode 105:The AccessiBe controversy. Can AI make the web fully accessible in a few short years, or might it make matters worse?

Episode 104:Shelly Brisbin

Episode 103:New Zealand making waves, dating when blind, maths equipment, iOS 14.5 beta 3 and more

Episode 102:Louie Voice Control for Android

Episode 101:Respecting opinions different from your own, maths equipment of the past, more on Clubhouse and the importance of an open Internet

Episode 100:Australian Government setting a dangerous precedent, plenty of Braille display talk, home automation and more

Episode 99:All you need to know about Clubhouse from a blindness perspective

Episode 98:Some Apple slices. Moving apps, using Voice Control with VoiceOver, and reassigning thumb keys on the APH Mantis and similar Braille displays

Episode 97:Following every moment of the impeachment trial, more on when disability rights and religion collide, thoughts on Clubhouse and more

Episode 96:Nick Zammarelli reviews the new version of Google Talkback included with Samsung smartphones

Episode 95:Advocacy strategies for better VoiceOver reliability, when religion and disability rights collide, tech tips and more

Episode 94:HumanWare talks about its new generation Brailliant Braille displays, and a review of the Brailliant BI20X

Episode 93:Braille bugs in iOS 14.4, laptops you like and don't, Uber guide dog discrimination and more

Episode 92:Interview with Microsoft Seeing AI founder Saqib Shaikh, and a walk around Mosen Towers to demonstrate Seeing AI's World Channel

Episode 91:New laptops at Mosen Towers, mainstream tech support and blind people, a Rivo2 review and more

Episode 90:Unboxing, installing, setting up and using an Amazon Fire TV Stick with the VoiceView screen reader

Episode 89:This decades tech in review, I still want a Google self-driving car for Christmas, and being on the front line of the COVID-19 fight

Episode 88:Remembering John Lennon, the pros and cons of social media, Apple things, Windows things, Sonos things and more things

Episode 87:Tape recorder memories, eating in public, Mantis Q40 questions and more

Episode 86:WayAround, the easy to use labelling system that works with the phone you always have with you

Episode 85:US election craziness, remembering our old tape recorders, Apple feedback and more

Episode 84:US elections and voting systems, a miscellany of tech topics, new iPhone feedback and more

Episode 83:An Apple special. First impressions of the iPhone 12 Pro Max, demonstration of the lidar-based people detection feature, and a discussion about the new Apple Silicon Macs

Episode 82:Review and demonstration of the Mantis Q40 Braille display from APH

Episode 81:The Biden Harris victory, another Apple event coming up, new iPhone pre-orders, Google Lookout for Android and more

Episode 80:Have the news come to you accessibly with Lire RSS Reader for iOS

Episode 79:US election day nears, Apple brings yet another accessibility breakthrough, the future of blind travel and more

Episode 78:Ned Desmond talks the Sight Tech Global virtual technology conference and more

Episode 77:Will guide dogs go the way of the horse and buggy, lots of Apple comments, disability immigration discrimination and more

Episode 76:Nick Zammarelli demonstrates the WeWalk Smart Cane

Episode 75:Historic election results in New Zealand, who's buying a new iPhone, the International Council on English Braille, self-driving cars and more

Episode 74:Review and demonstration of the 1Password password manager

Episode 73:Recapping Apple's October 2020 event from a blindness perspective

Episode 72:Apples next big event, the four big tech companies under scrutiny, who wants a self-driving car and more

Episode 71:Speaker reviews and unboxing a Bose portable Smart Speaker

Episode 70:Ableism in stand-up comedy, blindness education experiences, what's happened to the Apple Music radio directory and more

Episode 69:Unboxing and setting up an Apple Watch series 6

Episode 68:more Apple software feedback, mainstreaming versus schools for the blind, travel tips and more

Episode 67:Karthik Kannan, co-founder of Envision AI

Episode 66:Your thoughts on Apple's new OS releases, reading blind, voting blind and more

Episode 65:iOS 14 and watchOS 7, demonstrations of some new features with VoiceOver

Episode 64:Recap of Apple's Time Flies event from a blindness perspective

Episode 63:Legal action against TuneIn in the UK takes effect and could set a dangerous precedent, remembering Charlie Crawford, voting blind, audiobooks and more

Episode 62:Listener reflections on audiobooks, and introducing Libro.fm for access to over 150,000 DRM-free audiobooks

Episode 61:Tech questions and hints, more walks down tech memory lane, staying organised in the kitchen and more

Episode 60:Larry Skutchan from the American Printing House for the Blind talks new Braille displays, Nearby Explorer online, an updated Studio Recorder and more

Episode 59:Learning to cook, upgrading and backing up a hard drive, Apple opinions, tech memories and more

Episode 58:By popular request, we talk keto, low carb, and other transformative lifestyle changes

Episode 57:Why are email lists so badly behaved, Braille magazines we used to read, Apple betas and more

Episode 56:Apple excludes blind people from its first ever watchOS public beta, and that's not OK

Episode 55:Favourite GPS apps, Apple releases a beta build of watchOS knowing VoiceOver is broken, COVID-19 around the world and more

Episode 54:A review of podcast hosting services, and Matt Basta from Pinecast

Episode 53:If you had to choose between your computer and smartphone, which would you keep? Braille display comparisons, weather apps and more

Episode 52:Reflections as the ADA turns 30, the secrets of effective advocacy, people-first language, smart homes, TTS preferences and Braille displays

Episode 51:The text-to-speech engines you love and loathe, things to know when buying a Braille display, and the controversy surrounding IAAP

Episode 50:Judy Dixons book Capturing and Sharing the World, and Marco Salsiccia discusses audio description in less than the optimal format

Episode 49:How you use your smartphone's camera, more on the word "blind" as a pejorative, how do you handle religious people who want to heal us and more

Episode 48:Write beautifully formatted documents anywhere with markdown, and how does the Optimise Battery feature on your iPhone work?

Episode 47:Is it OK for people to use the word blind to mean something other than the absence of sight, would you buy an iPhone without a charger, favourite Bluetooth keyboards and more

Episode 46:Plenty of news from Apple's WWDC, facial vision and echo location, Braille displays, and a Twitter bot to get descriptions of images

Episode 45:Looking at Apple's WWDC Keynote from a blindness perspective

Episode 44:What's in your Apple Watch dock, Castro just got some epic new Siri smarts, JAWS works around dodgy audio Windows driver issues and preparing for experimental sight restoration

Episode 43:Review and demonstration of the Samsung TU8500 smart TV from a blindness perspective

Episode 42:Wishes for iOS 14, new Ubiquiti Unifi gear, sight restoration and why blind Sonos Arc users should avoid Sony TVs for now

Episode 41:Unboxing and setup of Sonos Arc, and serious impediments to blind people enjoying Dolby Atmos

Episode 40:If you were offered sight tomorrow would you take it? Funny stories about our guide dogs and pets, Sonos users are getting a huge upgrade this week, tips for switching to Android and more

Episode 39:Some are being locked out of iOS apps, Android about to improve significantly for blind users, working from home with multiple talking devices and your memories of talking clocks of the past

Episode 38:Would you buy an iPhone without any ports at all, Windows 10 May 2020 update is out, some cool talking clock demos and socialising via Zoom

Episode 37:The Sony X8500G smart TV with HomeKit support and ready for Sonos ARC, working from home tips, accommodations to cope with COVID-19 and New Zealand is unlocked

Episode 36:Notetakers versus mainstream solutions, this week's big Sonos announcements explained, recording on the Zoom F6 and we look ahead to WWDC

Episode 35:Gary ODonoghue reviews and demonstrates the Zoom F6 multi-track field recorder and its iOS app from a blindness perspective

Episode 34:is there strong science behind the public wearing masks, iPhone SE 2 reviews, conferencing apps, notetakers versus a smartphone-based solution and more

Episode 33:Mushroom FM turns 10, a celebration

Episode 32:Contributions now open for our Mushroom FM 10th anniversary episode, a detailed look at iPhone SE 2nd generation, who needs a note taker these days and more

Episode 31:Mushroom FM soon turns 10, Main Menu just turned 20, Nest Video Doorbell review, plenty of tech and audio geekery

Episode 30:Is it time to give up on Zoom Cloud Meetings, Apple working on massive improvements to the way the camera works for blind people, and listeners report in on COVID-19

Episode 29:More blind people report in from around the world, audio graphing with iOS and VoiceOver, tips for hearing aid wearers, a new Sonos operating system and more

Episode 28:The benefits of meditation, and the fully accessible FitMind app, with Liam McClintock

Episode 27:COVID-19 perspectives experiences and fears from around the world, new hardware and software from Apple, and yea for accessible Rubik's cubes

Episode 26:COVID-19 thoughts and advice, what's coming in iOS 14, a PhoneSoap Pro review, and new technology at CSUN 20

Episode 25:I got hacked, memories of Monopoly, standing up to hate speech and CSUN is still happening

Episode 24:Common misconceptions sighted people have about blind people

Episode 23:Bullying ruins people's lives and even kills them, tech news and comments

Episode 22:How to make and transfer ringtones to your iPhone without ever touching iTunes, and we give away five copies of Cash Reader for iOS

Episode 21:Win $25,000 in the San Francisco Lighthouse's Holman Prize for Blind Ambition, do you use ringtones other than the defaults, tech news, and we miss the Iowa scream

Episode 20:Why is it so hard getting a refund from Apple's App Store, tech news and questions, Brexit, impeachment shambles and US guide dog users need to have their say

Episode 19:Gadgetry and geekery, no, the new decade has absolutely not started yet, and do you ever leave your wallet at home?

Episode 18:Castro Podcast Player, the best podcast app for iOS I've ever used

Episode 17:Create podcasts and even broadcast live with the Backpack Studio app for iOS

Episode 16:Hark, and lo, voting in our holiday countdown will soon close

Episode 15:Christmas songs with crazy lyrics and themes, tech highs and lows of the week, and cast your vote in our Christmas countdown

Episode 14:ACB Radio turns 20, vote for your top 10 holiday songs, and the Ulysses word processor for iOS reviewed

Episode 13:Ride share refusals and other guide dog discrimination, more grammatical pet peeves, and do you say please to your virtual assistant?

Episode 12:Grammatical and linguistic pet peeves, Disney Plus launches, there's a new MacBook Pro and much more

Episode 11:A fix for the iOS 13.2 MFI hearing aid issue, hope for LinkedIn improvements, auto-speak on Apple Watch, a big week for Microsoft and more

Episode 10:iOS 13.2 has new bugs, audio issues on various devices, Apple TV Plus and more

Episode 9:bleeping personal assistants, is Apple losing its accessibility edge, password managers, blind face and more

Episode 8:Food glorious food, new tiles, Uber Pet, the awesome Microsoft Edge Chromium beta and more

Episode 7:Google's big reveal is coming, Apple Music vs Spotify, WeWalk smart cane and more