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Partially Sighted Podcasts
When you are blind or partially sighted, many people believe your options are limited. However, we believe the possibilities are limitless! Brought to you by Blind Beginnings, the Limitless podcast will inform, entertain, and provide insight and interviews on many diverse topics and with many interesting people. With every episode you will see that the opportunities for people who are blind or partially sighted are truly ... limitless!
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Global Voice is the official podcast of the World Blind Union, bringing together diverse perspectives from blind and partially sighted people worldwide. This podcast consists of various standalone series that explore key topics such as accessibility, advocacy, inclusive policies, and innovations shaping the future. Through insightful conversations with experts, activists, and community leaders, WBU's Global Voice Podcast amplifies the experiences and leadership of those who are blind or part ...
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Host Grant Hardy leads a weekly in-depth discussion on issues impacting the disability community across Canada.
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Double Tap is the show where blind people talk tech! If you’re blind or partially sighted and have an interest in technology, this is the show for you. Everyone is welcome no matter how old you are or how much or how little experience you have with technology. Each week the team will help you better understand how technology can help your everyday life, even if you have little or no sight.
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If you are blind or partially sighted and have an interest in sport, whether it be as a participant or as an observer, this podcast is for you! Get involved and join the conversation by emailing [email protected] Other great podcast channels from RNIB Connect Radio Connect - Our main channel with news, features and articles on sight loss. Conversations - Blind and partially sighted people speaking about a wide range of topics. Read On - The Audiobook show all about accessible reading. Tech T ...
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Tech Talk is a podcast and radio show for blind and partially sighted people who are interested in accessible technology. Find out about the latest products from specialist equipment to off the shelf solutions. Get involved or join the conversation by emailing [email protected] Other great podcast channels from RNIB Connect Radio Connect - Our main channel with news, features and articles on sight loss. Conversations - Blind and partially sighted people speaking about a wide range of topi ...
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If you want to find out what's on TV and what is audio described, check out our daily TV Guide podcast from RNIB Connect Radio. Other great podcast channels from RNIB Connect Radio Connect - Our main channel with news, features and articles on sight loss. Conversations - Blind and partially sighted people speaking about a wide range of topics. Read On - The Audiobook show all about accessible reading. Tech Talk - Technology for blind and partially sighted people. Sport - See sport differentl ...
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RNIB Connect Radio is the UK radio station sharing stories of people living with sight loss. Listen to blind and partially sighted people talk about a wide range of topics of relevance to them and join the conversation yourself by emailing [email protected] Other great podcast channels from RNIB Connect Radio Connect - Our main channel with news, features and articles on sight loss. Read On - The Audiobook show all about accessible reading. Tech Talk - Technology for blind and partially sigh ...
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Torch Trust is a Christian organisation with a worldwide vision for people with sight loss. We produce a weekly radio programme called Reflections which airs on RNIB Connect Radio. The show focuses on faith and disability in today's world and here you can find a podcast version of the show. Uploaded weekly, after our Sunday broadcasts, this version has had music tracks removed.
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Join Kelly MacDonald and contributors from the blind, partially sighted and disability community for lively one-hour discussions about arts, entertainment and the lifestyle issues that matter to you.
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A weekly show all about audiobooks recorded at the RNIB Talking Book studios. We talk to your favourite authors and narrators, along with reviews and news about new audiobooks. Presented and produced by Robert Kirkwood, you'll find a new episode here every Friday at 1pm plus bonus content such as longer uncut interviews and episodes of our occasional extra show, The Book Group. Talking Books is a free service from RNIB giving access to over 40,000 fiction and non fiction books for adults and ...
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The National Trust Magazine is our ‘thank you’ to our members for helping us to look after special places. We’ve created this audio version so our blind and partially sighted members, or those who prefer to listen rather than read, can enjoy the magazine too. Look out for new episodes of this podcast in January, May and September.
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The brainchild of the Baptist Men's Movement it distributes tapes and CDs 10 times a year and carries news from the Baptist Times and BMS World Mission as well as a review of activities from around the regions and activities at the colleges.
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Within Our Reach is a podcast by reachAbility Association that focuses on accessibility, inclusion and leveling the playing field at work and in your community.
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RNIB Connect Radio is the UK radio station for blind and partially sighted people to find out what is happening in the community. You can also contribute and share your stories by emailing [email protected]. Get involved and join the conversation. Other great podcast channels from RNIB Connect Radio Conversations - Blind and partially sighted people speaking about a wide range of topics. Read On - The Audiobook show all about accessible reading. Tech Talk - Technology for blind and partially ...
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The Access For All Podcast Series aims to explore a variety of topics related to the intersection of Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind, Partially sighted, visually impaired and physically disabled individuals lives as it relates to mental health, well-being and the accessing of mental health services. The Access For All podcast series is meant to create awareness, reduce stigma, educate and create opportunity for discussion around issues related to the intersection of physical disability and ment ...
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S2 Ep1312: More Help For Blind And Partially Sighted People In Kingussie
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RNIB Scotland has launched a new project, designed to provide more advice, support, events and community connections for blind and partially sighted people in rural and isolated areas. RNIB Connect Radio’s David Hogg spoke to Mark Campbell, who lives in Kingussie and attended one of the charity’s events. If you live in Scotland, are blind or partia…
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Today we set sail with author Caroline James and hear all about her new book, The Cruise Club, plus we dive into her background and back catalogue. We get some self-help recommendations from the team at the Happy Hour and find some new books in the RNIB Library.By RNIB Connect Radio
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S2 Ep1317: UK Sight Loss Charity’s Monthly Campaigns Update 29/08/2025
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Each month, RNIB Connect Radio's Allan Russell is joined by some of the RNIB Campaigns Team to discuss some of the big projects they’re working on. This month’s topics include the RNIB Campaigns Discussion Group, the National Emergency Alert, Guided Walks with MPs and the return of Parliament. If you’d like more information on campaigns or want to …
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S2 Ep1316: Comedian Jamie MacDonald Reflects On 2025 Edinburgh Fringe
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How did Jamie MacDonald get on at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival? Amelia learned more about his highlights, navigating around the city and his upcoming projects. Learn more about Jamie on his website - Jamie MacDonald - comedian, writer, actor and voice over artist Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written…
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From Smart Canes to Smart Glasses: Listener Tech Stories
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Listener debates on AI, accessibility, and smart glasses take center stage. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece dive into your emails on AI reliability, Ray-Ban and Echo Vision charging, smart cane tech, accessible menus, and storage solutions like NAS and Tailscale. This episode of Double Tap is powered by your feedback. Gregory kicks things off with a …
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Robert Kirkwood finds out about Ayrshire Sportsability, an organisation promoting sport for both children and adults with disabilities in Scotland. He spoke with Diane Campbell from the organisation. Find out more here: Ayrshire Sportsability : Charity for Young People with Physical Disabilities Image - A man and a woman stand side by side watching…
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S2 Ep1165: VocalEyes What’s On 28 August 2025
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Now for a roundup of accessible arts events as RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people to share some of the accessible events that are featured in their regular email newsletter. Audio described shows and even…
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S2 Ep1315: Audio Described Tour - More than Human, Design Museum, London
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On Friday 5 September 2025 at 10.30am the Design Museum in London will be running an audio described tour of their exhibition ‘More than Human’ which looks at some radical ideas on how to design with and for other species. RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was joined by Nao Zaragoza, Assistant Curator of Public Practice at the Design Museum, to first…
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Blind Tech Spotlight: Ramblio, Hable Labels & Smart Glasses Updates
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This episode is supported by Pneuma Solutions. Creators of accessible tools like Remote Incident Manager and Scribe. Get $20 off with code dt20 at https://pneumasolutions.com/ and enter to win a free subscription at doubletaponair.com/subscribe! Steven and Shaun kick off with a deep dive into Ramblio, the fast-growing audio-based social platform th…
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S2 Ep1164: VI Student Completes Product Design Engineering Course And Launches Charity
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Abi Way recently graduated from Product Design Engineering in Queen’s University and is the first student with a significant visual impairment to complete the course. She has graduated with multiple awards and honours and is forming the charity 'Boomerang' to support blind and partially sighted young people to enter into Science, Technology, Engine…
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S2 Ep1311: Blindness 50 Years Apart with The Rt Hon Lord Blunkett and Holly Tuke
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We now compare and maybe contrast the experiences of going through education, employment and life for two Yorkshire blind people 50 years apart with the Rt Hon Lord Blunkett and Holly Tuke. In a recent column in the Yorkshire Post the Right Honourable Lord Blunkett talked openly about the challenges of being blind, something he rarely talks about a…
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S2 Ep1310: NICE Approves New Treatment for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON)
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NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recently approved new treatment in England for people living with the eye condition Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) helped by Researchers at the University of Cambridge. RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was joined by Patrick Yu-Wai-Man, Professor of Ophthalmology at the Univers…
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Casting Your Vote; Edinburgh Festival Fringe; JAWS Pricing
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The ability for blind and visually impaired people to cast their vote privately and independently at elections is an issue we've followed closely on In Touch. We're joined by the head of guidance at the Electoral Commission, Charlene Hannon, who tells us about their research of the matter and how you can take part. Our reporter, Ian Hamilton visite…
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JAWS is a screen reader that allows visually impaired people to access information on their computers. It works by reading aloud information such as emails, financial information, documents and more. But the company who produce the screen reader have recently announced rises to the cost of the software, along with some of their other assistive tech…
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Ramblio & the Best PC Ever: Accessibility Without a Screen From Geekom
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Steven Scott and Shaun Preece open with a lively debate about the HumanWare Monarch braille device, its price tag, and whether it’s really a “consumer” product. They share feedback from listeners, discuss tactile graphics with the PIAF “Pictures in a Flash” machine, and reflect on funding challenges in accessibility. The episode then shifts to Ramb…
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Episode 216 - Behind the Scenes at Pretty Blind with Jennie Bovard
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It's a very special episode of Limitless this week as Shawn steps in to guest host for AT Banter to talk with the one and only Jennie Bovard, star of AMI’s new comedy series, Pretty Blind! Dive behind the scenes as Jennie shares hilarious stories from set, reveals how real-life moments from her lived experience inspired the show’s characters and si…
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Here's our latest review and this time we're looking at the teen gothic horror show from director Tim Burton. Reviewing the latest season of Wednesday on Netflix, it's Emmy. Image shows the poster for the show with Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams. In her signature sharp collared black dress and long black braids, Wednesday stares ahead unblinking …
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579: Tech Talk 579: JAWS Pricing, Orbit Player, Using Chat Bots
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This week, we’re getting to the bottom of the recent changes to the pricing models for the JAWS screen reader, we’ll start our new series on Artificial Intelligence, plus, Venkatesh Chari joins us to talk about the new ‘Orbit Player’ from Orbit Research. You can listen to the show live in the UK every Tuesday at 1pm on Freeview Channel 730, online …
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S2 Ep1309: Free Portrait Exhibition At RNIB
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Seen, a collaboration between RNIB and photographer Joshua Bratt, is a new exhibition featuring 22 powerful portraits that bring into focus the lives of blind and partially sighted people. It is free of charge and is being held at RNIB's Grimaldi Building in London from the 12th-14th September. Barry Snell caught up with Joshua to learn more about …
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S2 Ep1161: Dave Re-discovers passion for Gold as he shares his story
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Glide’s $4M Boost, NVDA Add-Ons, and the Future of Tactile Graphics
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Chris Cooke joins Steven Scott and Shaun Preece to share her real-world experience with the Monarch multi-line braille display from APH and HumanWare. The hosts also discuss the future of tactile graphics, Glide’s $4M funding boost, and the growing ecosystem of NVDA add-ons. This episode dives deep into the evolving world of tactile technology. Lon…
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S2 Ep1308: A Cultural Journey of HMS Belfast for Blind and Partially Sighted People
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HMS Belfast, built by Harland & Wolff in 1936 was launched on St Patrick's Day, 17 March 1938 by Anne Chamberlain – the wife of then Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. In her 24 year’s of active service HMS Belfast played many key roles in battles and peace-keeping duties around the world before being brought to London by IWM and opening to the pu…
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This week Marilyn Baker sits down to talk to Reflections producer Linn Davies-who is a trained journalist, Afrobeats singer and writer. Linn talks about working for the BBC, growing an online platform, writing thrillers and the inspiration behind the featured songs. To contact Torch Trust with any comments or feedback, call 01858 438260 email info@…
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S2 Ep1306: Charity's Customer Update 23/08/25
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Each week, RNIB Connect Radio sits down with of RNIB, to look at some of the big stories coming from the UK sight loss charity. This week RNIB’s Chief Strategy and Public Affairs Officer Vivienne Francis talks about the next stage of RNIB’s Travel and Transport reports. If you, or someone you know, would like information on the support and services…
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Delays To Agiga Echovision Glasses, Mantis Q40 Updates & Chatterbox TTS Reviewed
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Explore Chatterbox TTS voice cloning with Robin Christopherson, the latest updates to accessible devices like the Mantis Q40 and Victor Reader Stream, delays to Agiga’s EchoVision smart glasses, Google’s Gemini for Home, and community insights on Linux accessibility. Thanks to Turtleback Low Vision for sponsoring this episode of Double Tap. As a th…
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Time for a TV show review and this time we're looking at the thriller drama from BBC and starring Stanley Tucci and David Tennant. Reviewing the four-part series, it's Luci. Image shows the poster of Inside Man. Four rectangles overlap each other, showing the four lead characters looking serious with blood splatters across their faces. The centre r…
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438: Clémence Michallon - Our Last Resort
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Today Robert Kirkwood is joined by journalist and author Clémence Michallon from her home in New York, as we explore Our Last Resort, the brand new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Quiet Tenant We also find some brand new books in the RNIB Library.By RNIB Connect Radio
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Breaking Down Google’s Pixel 10 Event: Specs, AI & Blind Tech Impact
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Google unveiled the Pixel 10 lineup, Pixel Watch 4, and Pixel Buds updates — but how much of it really matters for accessibility and AI? Steven Scott, Shaun Preece, Carrie Morales, and John Dyer break it all down. This episode is supported by Pneuma Solutions. Creators of accessible tools like Remote Incident Manager and Scribe. Get $20 off with co…
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If you’re a user of the JAWS screen reader, you might be aware of recent changes to the pricing structure of the software. But what does it all mean for UK users? Tech Talk’s Jackie Brown has been finding out. You can hear Jackie's full conversation with Stuart Lawler from Sight and Sound on this week’s episode of Tech Talk, on Tuesday August 26th …
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S2 Ep1304: Stagecoach Collaborates With RNIB To Improve Bus Travel For Blind and Partially Sighted People
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S2 Ep1160: Keeping Your Vitamin D Levels Up…
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Well, with all the hot wether and heat waves we have been experiencing recently for this week’s check-in with Glasgow based Pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick it is all about making sure your getting enough vitamin D and keeping hydrated too. Elizabeth began by explaining to RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey about why it is so important to make sure we are…
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Accessibility Frustrations: Printers, Keyboards, and Screen Readers
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Steven Scott and Shaun Preece tackle the frustrations of installing printers, review the Keychron Q6 Max keyboard, and look ahead to Google’s big Pixel 10 event. Plus, listener emails on shopping accessibility, community inclusion, and Apple News Plus. Today’s Double Tap dives into the quirks of accessible tech and daily life as blind users. Steven…
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S2 Ep1305: RNC Celebrates Summer Exam Results
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For students up and down the country results day is a nerve-wracking time. But students at The Royal National College for the Blind have had a lot to celebrate, as Hywel Davies has been finding out. For more information on the RNC, visit the ir website - A specialist residential college for young people with visual impairment…
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S2 Ep1303: Orbit Research Release The 'Orbit Player'
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Tech Talk’s Callum Stoneman has been speaking to Orbit Research about their newest product, the Orbit Player.By RNIB Connect Radio
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S2 Ep1302: Take Part in the RNIB Voice of the Customer Focus Groups on Community Eye-Care
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There are many ways in which you can help the RNIB in making a more inclusive society for blind and partially sighted people and one way is through the regular RNIB Voice of the Customer Focus Group meetings. The next round of the RNIB Voice of the Customer Focus Group meetings will be looking at community eye-care. RNIB connect Radio’s Toby Davey …
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Meta Ray-Ban Accessories You Didn’t Know Existed & Falling Out Of Love With AI
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Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses now have game-changing accessories—but are they worth it? Steven and Shaun debate new side shields and charging cables, before diving into a fiery conversation about AI’s reliability, accessibility frustrations, and how blind users really experience these tools. Plus, Steven shares his PC troubleshooting “hero” moment, an…
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578: Tech Talk 578: Ally Solos Glasses, Beta Testing Safely, Ad Spiers
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This week, we’re speaking to Envision about the new ‘Ally Solos Glasses’, Hubert tackles the question of if beta testing is a safe way to test new features before the general public, plus, we’ll be tackling some of your emails. You can listen to the show live in the UK every Tuesday at 1pm on Freeview Channel 730, online at RNIB Connect Radio | RNI…
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