Meta Glasses Bugs, Smart Glasses Privacy and the Launch of Double Tap Live

In this episode

Meta smart glasses bugs, privacy worries and region limits fill the Double Tap inbox, and Steven Scott and Shaun Preece work through them with blind listeners. The episode also marks the launch of Double Tap Live, a new 24/7 radio channel at DoubleTapOnAir.com.

Listeners are running into the same Meta AI bug: an “available settings have changed” notice that switches Meta AI off. Callum and Gordon have lost the UK voices, Melissa finds the Meta AI app hard to use with VoiceOver, and Gordon says the microphone fix on his Adventurer glasses only partly works. Brian explains how he set up Meta glasses for a 93-year-old woman, including a Wi-Fi automation that opens the Meta AI app for her.

Kevin wants people to stop calling smart glasses “pervert glasses”, and the hosts discuss whether news coverage of blind users helps. Maya in South Africa gets “not available in your region” from Meta AI, which leads to a talk about unclear feature rollouts, the need for tech from outside the US, and learning to write Braille as well as read it. Shaun also explains why Oorion can be too chatty when it warns about obstacles.

Camille tests the new AirPods in strong wind. John asks why blind users should care about touchscreens on Google Books, and there’s news that Google plans to phase out ChromeOS by 2034. To finish, Trevor explains how the show helped him write and publish his first novel as a blind author, using AI as an accessible editing tool.

Chapters
0:00 – Welcome and the Double Tap Live launch
3:08 – Meta AI “available settings have changed” bug and Oorion
11:03 – Setting up Meta glasses for a 93-year-old
17:24 – Smart glasses privacy and public perception
27:56 – AMI Scholarship for students with a disability
30:21 – Meta AI region limits and learning Braille
38:16 – Meta app settings, microphone fixes and missing UK voices
44:42 – AirPods in the wind
47:27 – Google Books, touchscreens and the end of ChromeOS
52:32 – A blind author’s AI-assisted writing workflow

Call to Action
Listen to Double Tap Live around the clock at DoubleTapOnAir.com/live or ask your smart speaker for it. Send us your thoughts on Meta glasses, Braille or anything else, and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode.

Relevant Links
Double Tap Live: https://doubletaponair.com/live
AMI Scholarship Program: https://www.ami.ca/scholarship
Oorion: https://www.oorion.fr/en
EchoVision by AGIGA: https://agiga.ai/