Stuart Lawler
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · June 2026
A practical assistive technology show that turns AI tools, Braille devices, and smart glasses into usable choices for real listeners.
Sight and Sound Technology Podcast sits in Technology, where product changes can quickly affect how people work, read, travel, and communicate.
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A clear guide to the Vispero price changes, with enough detail to make the options usable.
Episode 99 offers a plainspoken pricing guide with a practical edge. Stuart Lawler and James Everson lay out the recent Vispero changes to JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion, then unpack what the new terms mean for buyers.
A clear Braille hardware discussion shaped by users, not hype.
Episode 92 stays with the Canute console and the people shaping it, with Bristol Braille Technology working from direct input from blind users.
A calm, practical look at braille learning tools and the people shaping them.
Episode 93 keeps its focus on a practical corner of accessibility: a new product for the Perkins Brailler, how Page Connect works online, and Alan Taylor stepping in as the new training team lead in Scotland.
A clear, practical first stop for learning the Capsys SmartVision 3.
This quick start guide gives a clear, workable tour of the Capsys SmartVision 3. It moves from the split touchscreen-and-keypad front to the navigational pad, the command button, and the menu layout, then settles into the main tools in a sensible order: the colour detector,…
A practical conference-floor tour of accessibility tech that keeps the focus on real-world use.
Sight and Sound's CSUN dispatch offers a practical look at accessibility tools inside a crowded Anaheim exhibition hall. Stuart Lawler moves from the DOT Pad X, a tactile information display that can show multiple lines of braille or tactile graphics, to the Optaro XL, a…
A practical Sight City check-in for anyone tracking accessible Braille tech.
Episode 88 is a Sight and Sound Technology Podcast dispatch from Sight City in Frankfurt. Stuart Lawler opens with a late-breaking offer on the NextVPU AngelEye desktop, then talks with Sean from NextVPU about Page Braille.
A clear look at how Braille standards stay practical as the code keeps moving.
This episode covers how Braille standards get worked through as the International Council on English Braille meets in Auckland, with Matthew Horspool explaining what happens when the code keeps changing.
Practical AI, Braille notes, and a clear tour of new tools.
Episode 94 stays on practical AI and keeps the discussion close to how the tools might help people using JAWS. Stuart Lawler opens with the 200th anniversary of Braille and the first show of 2025, then turns to new work from Envision and Blazy Engineering's Blazy agent.
Cars, explained from the garage outward.
Driverless mobility, argued from the road up.
EV arguments from the performance garage.
Engineering breakthroughs, translated without the lecture.
Shop-floor talk for serious engine people.
Future shock, made practical.
Host Stuart Lawler interviews Stephanie Davies, Head of Sales and Marketing at Sight & Sound Technology, ahead of the Sight Village event in Birmingham.
Host Stuart Lawler interviews Jackie Brown from RNIB about two upcoming events in Lisburn, Northern Ireland: a Braille 200 celebration at the city library and an assistive technology fair at the Lagan Valley Centre.
Host Stuart Lawler interviews Rose Woodall from QAC to announce and detail the 2024 Sight Village event schedule, focusing on the new Blackpool location on April 9th.
This audio tutorial provides a comprehensive quick-start guide to the Capsys SmartVision 3 mobile phone, detailing its physical features including the dual touchscreen and physical keypad interface, navigation controls, and specialized accessibility functions.
The hosts report from the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference 2026, showcasing the latest innovations in braille displays and low vision devices.
Stuart Lawler opens episode 91 with a look ahead to Sight Village Central in Birmingham.
Stuart Lawler opens episode 97 with the lead-up to Sight Village and the approach of episode 100.
Episode 92 returns after July and August with a Braille-focused conversation about the Canute console.
Stuart Lawler opens episode 89 by marking Sight Village's 30th year in Birmingham.
Stuart Lawler opens Episode 83 with National Optometry Week and a conversation with optometrist Sarah Arnold.
Stuart Lawler marks the podcast’s 100th episode and looks back on seven years of Sight & Sound Technology.
Episode 88 opens as a Sight City special from Frankfurt.
Episode 80 is the show’s Christmas send-off for 2023.
Stuart Lawler returns after a little while and opens the show from Sight City in March.
Stuart Lawler opens episode 90 with a reminder about upcoming Sight Village dates in Birmingham, then turns to the International Council on English Braille's recent General Assembly in Auckland.
Episode 94 opens with Stuart Lawler welcoming listeners to the first show of 2025.
Host Stuart Lawler interviews Joe Sedd from Tactile Engineering about the Cadence Braille tablet, a modular, refreshable multi-line display that supports tactile graphics, education, and workforce applications.
Stuart Lawler interviews Adam Lee from SpeakSee about technology that creates live captions for deaf and hard-of-hearing people.
Host Stuart Lawler interviews Stephanie Davies, Head of Sales and Marketing, about her experience at the CSUN 2024 Assistive Technology Conference in Anaheim.
This episode explains recent pricing and licensing changes for Vispero's assistive technology products (JAWS, ZoomText, Fusion).
Stuart Lawler interviews Jenny Axler from Selvis Healthcare about the new Braille eMotion 40 device, exploring its features as a hybrid note-taker and Braille display that offers plug-and-play HID USB connectivity and updated JAWS compatibility.
Host Stuart Lawler interviews Jackie Brown from RNIB Northern Ireland about their upcoming annual technology fair for blind and visually impaired people.
This episode introduces Page Connect, a new product that upgrades the classic Perkins Brailler to connect wirelessly to modern devices, and welcomes Alan Taylor as the new training team lead in Scotland.