Visiting Sight Village In The UK
Today on the show Steven and Shaun are joined by a good friend of the show, Tim Dixon, who recently travelled to Sight Village in the north of England in the UK – an event that takes place across the UK throughout the year promoting the latest in tech and accessibility services.
Tim explains more about his trip, and shares some exclusive video clips he recorded for Double Tap while he was there. He talks about various products he tried out including the Mini Guide navigation device, Svarosky Cane, EyeBeam Torch for canes, Activator Braille display, VoxiVision AI OCR device, and WeWalk Smart Cane 2.
They explore the features, benefits, and potential impact of these devices on the lives of visually impaired people, with a promise from Tim to come back and talk more about how he made the videos which you can watch on the YouTube version of the show.
0:00 – Intro
12:02 – The Mini Guide
21:13 – The iBeam Flashlight
27:43 – The Unpronounceable Cane
33:39 – The We Walk Smart Cane 2
46:55 – The Activator 2 in 1 Braille Display
Details of the products mentioned and the companies who sell them in the UK and Canada:
Mini Guide: Seeing Solutions (UK) and LS&S (Canada)
Eye Beam Torch: Seeing Solutions, Aspire Consultancy (UK)
Activator Braille Display: VisionAid Technologies (UK) and CNIB Smartlife (Canada)
Voxi Vision: VisionAid Technologies (UK)
Svárovský Cane: Aspire Consultancy (UK)
WeWalk Smart Cane 2: Sight & Sound Technology (UK) (https://www.sightandsound.co.uk/product/wewalk/) and Direct from WeWalk (Worldwide) https://wewalk.io/en/
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