Double Tap

Why is learning braille as an adult still so hard, and why does a braille display cost more than a laptop? Steven Scott and Shaun Preece dig into braille access and pricing. Then they meet Cazerny Bussey, the musician and founder of Even Though I'm Blind.
John in London wrote in about trying to learn braille as an adult. He found a box of course books he never opened, and braille displays he couldn't afford. Steven argues that mass adoption and patient learning have to go together. He points to Hadley, the Braillists and the Perkins Braille Bloom as signs of progress, and suggests a low-cost braille display built as a teaching device.
The talk then turns to pricing. Steven recalls Amos Miller of Glidance being told to charge several times more because governments would pay. He asks why there's still no real consumer price for blind people who are out of work or study.
Cazerny Bussey lost his sight at 15 and went on to graduate from the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts. His father was in Stetsasonic. His song Even Though I'm Blind grew into a nonprofit with a podcast, a 24/7 radio station playing around 45 blind artists, a yearly showcase and a directory of blind-led businesses.
Cazerny also talks about recording in Logic on the Mac, being open about using AI in music, a moment with Busta Rhymes, and plans for a documentary and charting records with BMG.
Chapters
0:00 – Welcome and human-made music
2:06 – Inbox: learning braille as an adult
10:29 – Why braille and assistive tech cost so much
18:15 – Meet Cazerny Bussey
23:34 – Music roots and finding the blind community
29:44 – The Even Though I'm Blind foundation and radio station
35:29 – Making music on a Mac with Logic
43:31 – AI-generated music and being open about it
48:31 – The directory, a documentary and big plans
53:49 – Wrap-up and weekend plans
Relevant Links
Even Though I'm Blind: https://eventhoughimblind.com/
The Braillists Foundation: https://www.braillists.org/
Hadley: https://hadleyhelps.org/
Glidance: https://glidance.io/
AMI-audio: https://www.ami.ca/ami-audio

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About Double Tap
Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.
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Sky Sports is adding audio description and live captions to Premier League football. Then a listener's frustration with Sky Go shows how far the broadcaster still has to go. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece go through your emails and messages on TV accessibility, AI agents, accessible gaming and the smart home.
Gordon from Livingston, Scotland, wrote in about Sky Go. You can't watch live programmes with audio description on your phone, and the TV guide no longer tags any programme as having AD. Steven explains how the new Sky Go app for Sky Glass and Sky Stream handles it. The hosts then ask who should be pushing broadcasters on accessibility, how small accessibility teams really are, and why blind people need to be in the room at every level.
Gregory asked about OpenAI's Dots. Steven explains what these always-on AI agents can do, and Shaun makes the case that the basic Amazon Echo is still the most dependable assistant. Shaun also tries Freight Fate, an audio-first trucking game, and is impressed by its spatial audio.
Apple's HomeView could make setting up smart home devices much easier, and the hosts discuss what that means alongside Matter. Steven also covers people using AI to strip the bloat out of slow Android TVs, which could make a sluggish TalkBack experience faster. Along the way there's Shaun's Fargo rewatch with Seeing AI, the future of live TV, and the Clicks Communicator.
Chapters
0:00 – Welcome and Sky's Premier League audio description
4:28 – Rewatching Fargo without AD and the future of live TV
11:43 – Dumb phones, screen time and the Clicks Communicator
16:54 – Gordon on Sky Go and missing audio description labels
26:47 – Blindness organisations, accessibility teams and blind leadership
36:52 – Gregory's message and trying Freight Fate
40:26 – OpenAI Dots and why the Amazon Echo still wins
45:52 – Apple HomeView and easier smart home setup
51:57 – Debloating Android TVs with AI
55:02 – Wrap-up and how to get in touch
Relevant Links
Sky Audio Description: https://www.sky.com/help/articles/what-is-audio-description
RNIB: https://www.rnib.org.uk/
Seeing AI: https://www.seeingai.com/
Freight Fate: https://github.com/orinks-games/Freight-Fate
Clicks Communicator: https://www.clicks.tech/communicator
Apple HomeView: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/meet-apple-homeview-a-new-way-to-enjoy-entertainment-and-manage-the-home/

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About Double Tap
Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.
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Google's new Guided Vision feature in Gemini Live was trained with help from Aira and its blind Trusted Testers. Everette Bacon and Lynette Frison of Aira explain how the partnership with Google DeepMind works, what blind users taught the AI, and what it means for Aira's future.
Steven Scott and Shaun Preece open with vibe coding, including homemade Claude voice assistants that answer in about three seconds and people using AI to bring old Echo Show and Meta Portal hardware back to life. Brandon Bracey's BlindRSS reader is now on Android, and Steven unboxes a new 8-inch Amazon tablet.
Everette Bacon, Chief of Blindness Initiatives at Aira, explains how Explorers swapped free minutes for sharing their sessions to train DeepMind's Astra model. Lynette Frison describes running the Trusted Tester program, where a human visual interpreter watches every AI session and steps in when the answer is unsafe or wrong. Early versions hallucinated and once told a tester to find a sighted person. Today's Guided Vision is, in Everette's words, a little too safe.
The panel covers how blind users prompt differently, from turning a vitamin bottle to describing remote buttons by touch. They talk about medical and personal requests, why some people feel more at ease asking AI, and why finding dog poop is Aira's number one request.
Everette is open about the business side: Google pays for the data, and Aira hasn't decided whether to charge for Aira AI. Everyone agrees that blocking image descriptions for adult content or swear words treats blind people like children. Aira's Build AI program has now expanded to the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Chapters
0:00 – Intro and vibe coding the TV
2:40 – Building a Claude voice assistant
6:29 – Reviving old tech, BlindRSS for Android and a new tablet
11:52 – Aira, Google DeepMind and Guided Vision
17:32 – Trusted Testers, hallucinations and human in the loop
25:52 – How blind users' prompts train the AI
28:36 – Comfort, privacy and sensitive requests
38:13 – The future of Aira AI and Guided Vision
44:25 – Image description limits and content filters
51:09 – Build AI expands and wrap-up
Relevant Links
Aira: https://aira.io/
Aira Build AI FAQ: https://aira.io/build-ai-faq/
Guided Vision in Gemini Live: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/guided-vision-gemini-live/
BlindRSS: https://github.com/serrebidev/BlindRSS
Claude: https://claude.com/

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About Double Tap
Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.
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Amazon's new Alexa Tablets drop Fire OS for Android 16, TalkBack and the Google Play Store. Chris Cooke, host of At Your Fingertips, has been testing the Alexa Tablet 8 and tells Steven Scott and Shaun Preece how accessible it really is for blind users.
Chris covers setting the tablet up on her own with the TalkBack shortcut, the widget-heavy home screen, and a touch-tracking problem that means you aren't always where you think you are on the screen. She goes through the accessibility settings, including switch access, voice access, live captions and hearing aid support. She also tests Alexa+ for product summaries, opening apps and on-screen descriptions, and confirms that a Bluetooth keyboard and a USB-C braille display both work.
Before that, Steven and Shaun talk about rising computer prices, memory shortages and possible price gouging, then move on to AI data centers, energy and water use, and whether one person can change anything.
Apple's Pro and Tell event on October 28 is expected to bring an OLED MacBook Pro, and maybe a touchscreen, which neither host is keen on. There's also talk of a new iMac and iPad mini, and why leasing could make assistive technology more affordable.
To finish, Amazon's Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse arrive in the US. They listen through the day and turn your conversations into summaries and to-do lists.
Chapters
0:00 – Intro and the Alexa tablet naming problem
3:30 – Rising computer prices and memory shortages
7:03 – AI, data centers and who pays the price
15:41 – Apple's Pro and Tell event and the touchscreen MacBook Pro
27:13 – Leasing computers and assistive technology
29:03 – Chris Cooke tests the Amazon Alexa Tablet 8
51:34 – Amazon Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse
55:17 – Wrap up
Relevant Links
Amazon Alexa Tablets: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/new-amazon-alexa-tablets-alexa-plus
At Your Fingertips, Braille Then and Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/at-your-fingertips-braille-then-and-now/id1841245814
Bee: https://bee.computer/
Plaud: https://www.plaud.ai/

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About Double Tap
Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.
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Smart glasses for blind people made the national news this week. Anthony Corona of Sunday Edition joins Steven Scott and Shaun Preece to look at Meta Ray-Ban Display, Agiga EchoVision, Glide and the WeWALK Smart Cane 2, and to ask what blind users actually need from them.
Steven was on BBC News talking about smart glasses from a blind person's point of view, pushing back on the idea that they're "creepy." Anthony introduces Sunday Edition, now a family of 10 podcasts, and gives honest advice on starting a show and keeping it going.
On wearables, Anthony says Fovionics doesn't stand out from the crowd yet. He thinks Agiga's openness with its testers gives EchoVision a real chance, but that it needs third-party apps to compete with Meta, Samsung and Apple. He's sitting on the fence about wearing camera glasses in sensitive spaces like locker rooms.
Anthony's first guide dog is retiring, and he explains why he wouldn't trust Glide as a guide replacement yet, even though he thinks it could get there. He finds the WeWALK 2 obstacle detection impressive and the rest of it not worth the price. Steven disagrees, pointing out how useful it is to get information without taking out your phone in the rain or in an unsafe street.
The conversation finishes with Meta Ray-Ban Display. Anthony and Steven cover the screen reader, Neural Band gestures, maps with earbuds, and why handwriting doesn't work yet for screen reader users. They also remind each other that if a tool does the job for you, it's good enough.
Chapters
0:00 – Intro and Steven on BBC News talking smart glasses
5:02 – Anthony Corona and Sunday Edition
8:15 – Starting a podcast and the rise of blind creators
12:15 – Fovionics, Agiga EchoVision and mainstream smart glasses
21:15 – Guide dogs, trust and Glide
28:01 – WeWALK Smart Cane 2: useful or overloaded?
35:24 – Getting the basics right and the geek trap
47:08 – Meta Ray-Ban Display hands-on
53:53 – Where to find Anthony and wrap-up
Relevant Links
Anthony Corona and Sunday Edition: https://www.anthonycorona.com
Double Tap Live: https://doubletaponair.com/live
Fovionics: https://fovionics.com/
Agiga EchoVision: https://agiga.ai/
Glidance Glide: https://www.glidance.io/
WeWALK Smart Cane 2: https://wewalk.io/en/
Meta Ray-Ban Display: https://www.meta.com/ai-glasses/meta-ray-ban-display/
ScribeMe: https://scribeme-ai.com/
TripleTapTech: https://tripletaptech.org/

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About Double Tap
Hosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited.
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