Lucy Begley from Humanware demonstrates the Hark Reader and Stella Treck GPS system. The Hark reader is an easy-to-use portable reading machine; place your document on the platform, and the Stella automatically takes a photograph and starts reading.
The Stella Track GPS system uses GPS to help you navigate when you’re out and about. You can programme your own custom routes or landmarks. Once you get to where you are going, the Stella can help you locate the door with its door location feature. It can also read text, allowing you to read signs or menus.
00:00 – Start
00:48 – Intro
01:26 – Lucy Begley
03:44 – Hark Reader
10:16 – Question – Price
11:16 – Question – Reading Tables
12:12 – Question – How well does it read bank statements
13:08 – Question – Can you change the voice
14:26 – Question – What format are documents saved to USB memory stick
15:02 – Question – Support Available
17:22 – Question – Complex Layout
19:52 – Question – Keeping a document in place
22:00 – Quesion – Document Orientation
22:38 – Sella Trek
28:35 – Question – How do input a route
33:29 – Comment – Repeating Text
34:01 – Question – Pricing
34:14 – Question – Size and Weight
47:01 – Question – Initial Setup
49:12 – Question – Working inside a building
50:02 – Question – Does it overheat
50:52 – Question – RNIB Books and Audible on Victor Read Stream
In this video, we’ll guide you through a comprehensive tutorial on optimising your Kindle App experience for low-vision users. We’ll cover:
1. Utilizing the Kindle Widget for quick access to your favourite books.
2. Customizing your Library View and organizing your books with Collections for easy navigation.
3. Personalizing the Appearance settings to improve readability and comfort.
4. Harnessing the power of Speak Screen/Selection to have your iPad read your books aloud.
5. Navigating a page, adding bookmarks, and downloading new books with Voice Over assistance.
6. Enhancing your reading comprehension with the built-in Dictionary feature.
Contents
00:00 – Start
00:48 – Intro
02:36 – The Kindle Widget
04:19 – Customising the Library View
06:47 – Customising the Appearance
10:43 – Speak Screen/Selection Tool
15:17 – Navigating a Page using VoiceOver
20:22 – Navigate by Chapter
22:57 – Setting Bookmarks
26:46 – Using the Dictionary
29:59 – Downloading a New Book
33:39 – Outro
Are you worried about falling victim to scammers? In this video Antony Horner talks about the social engineering tricks that scammers use and the steps you can take to protect yourself. Understand how to spot a fake email, why it is important to make sure your email account is secure, and how to choose a good password.
00:00 – Start
00:47 – Intro
01:28 – Antony Intro
02:14 – What is a scam
02:29 – Who is at risk of being scammed
02:44 – Jim Browning
05:56 – Why did he fall for it
07:12 – Why do people fall for Scams – Social Engineering
13:42 – How to protect yourself
17:33 – How to spot a fake email
19:10 – Password Safety
22:33 – Three Random Words
24:14 – Types of Scam – Transfer Job
25:18 – Advanced Fee Fraud
26:52 – One Time Passcode Scam
29:53 – Computer Service Fraud
30:57 – Courier Fraud
31:33 – Conclusion
Sam Coulson from Sight and Sound joined us to demonstrate the Hable One the world’s smallest Braille Keyboard, The Oxsight Onyx, a wearable magnifier that promises to make watching TV easier and talk about Empatheyes, a revolutionary new low vision simulator.
00:00 – Start
00:49 – Intro
01:31 – Sam Coulson Intro
02:03 – About Sight and Sound
02:52 – Hable One
14:28 – Hable One and iPhone Demonstration
26:37 – Question – Can the Hable one link directly to an embosser
27:51 – Pricing
28:12 – Question – Comparison between using on iPad or iPhone
30:25 – OxSight Onyx
37:49 – Question – What eye conditions is it suitable for
39:01 – Question – Product Range
41:14 – Question – Saving Settings
43:36 – Question – Direct TV Feed
45:24 – Question – Can you thread a needle with it
46:47 – Question – Could be used in a theatre
47:47 – Question – Can you use it walking around
50:28 – Question – Is it possible to hire one
53:12 – Empatheyes
59:16 – Question – Is it Augmented Reality
Maintaining good eye health is especially important for people with Diabetes. But what are the problems that can occur, and what can you do to help prevent them. In this video, Shirley and Mick Mitchell from Sutton Vision and Diabetes UK discuss the various types of eye conditions linked to Diabetes and answer viewers’ questions.
Following on from her talk in July we were once again joined by Kate Urwin of Yorkshire Energy Doctors. In this talk, Kate updated us on the government’s energy price guarantee and the help that was available from the government in relation to energy costs along with tips on how to save energy.
00:00 – First Marker
01:58 – Kate Urwin Introduction
03:58 – Energy Prices
07:45 – Managing your Bills
10:53 – Question – What happens to the price cap in energy prices fall?
12:24 – Question – Should people switch to prepayment as an alternative to Direct Debit
14:43 – Question – How easy is it to switch from a prepayment meter
16:11 – Question – What about off-grid fuel
19:18 – Question – What happens to people on a communal supply
20:12 – Update on Government Help
22:57 – Question – Timeline for receiving the £400 discount
23:27 – Question – What happens if you don’t receive the discount
24:37 – Question – Is the £650 instead of the £400
25:52 – Question – What bank account is the payment made into
28:59 – Question – Is it £300 per household
29:20 – Question – Will all pensioners receive the payment
29:49 – Question – Is the disability payment £150 per household or per individual
30:32 – Question – Are these one-off payments?
31:16 – Scams
32:24 – Question – How does the scam work
33:15 – Update on Warm Home Discount
36:41 – Electricity use of appliances
40:54 – Question – Fridge Freezers
41:27 – Question – Making the Freezer more efficient
43:10 – Question – Smart Meters
46:42 – Question – Smart Meters and dual rate tariffs
47:39 – Question – Requesting an Accessible In-Home Display
51:10 – Complaints against energy companies
52:04 – Question – Can people in flats have smart meters
53:15 – Question – Appliances on Standby
54:51 – Question – Do you need internet for a smart meter
55:36 – Question – Renewable Energy
57:41 – Question – Hive Radiator Valves
Imagine a white cane that can detect obstacles above it, give you turn-by-turn directions, and even tell you when the next bus is due and, once you are on the bus, when your stop is. The WeWalk is a SmartCane App that can do all these things. We were joined by Joe Alfonso and Ogulcan Baskan from WeWalk, who talked us through the canes features.
For a limited time, viewers can get 20% off a WeWalk Cane using the offer code suttonvision20, which expires on 15 October 2022.
00:00 – Start
00:50 – Intro
01:41 – Jo Alfonso Introduction
02:21 – Ogulcan Baskan Intro
02:48 – What is WeWalk
03:41 – WeWalk App
06:13 – Awards
07:15 – Partners
08:24 – Testimonials
11:27 – Hardware Overview
16:34 – Smart Handle Components
21:12 – Holding the Cane
22:24 – Folding the Cane
22:56 – Software Overview
26:04 – Navigation
29:45 – Transport
30:36 – Exploration
32:33 – Voice Menu Gestures
38:00 – Discount Code
38:43 – Question – Height of object detection
39:57 – Questions – Does it use What 3 Words
41:00 – Question – Customising types of Public Transport
42:26 – Question – Leaderboard
43:31 – Question – How much does the handle weigh
44:33 – Question – Size Availability
45:24 – Question – Moving between Transport and Walking
48:03 – Question – What happens if the internet fails?
49:15 – Question – Can it be used anywhere in the world
50:11 – Question – Other Languages
50:40 – Question – Pricing
Waymap, the world’s only navigation app that guides you both indoors and outdoors. Accurate up to 1m, with no signals required. In this video Ethan Brooks from Waymaps tells us about the service and answers viewers questions. For more information on waymap visit https://waymapnav.com/
00:00 – Start
00:46 – Intro
01:21 – Ethan Brooks Intro
01:38 – What is Waymap
04:21 – History of WayMap
04:40 – Problem with Existing Technologies
05:41 – The Waymap Solution
06:26 – Question – Does it Cover Airports
06:48 – Washington DC
07:05 – UK Cities
08:51 – Question – Cost to Organisations
12:22 – Question – Cost to end user
13:51 – Question – How does the app work
19:17 – Question – How does the person find the entrance to the building
20:57 – Question – Specifying your destination in a building
25:13 – Question – Advantages over existing systems
27:12 – Question – Why the system wasn’t rolled out in the UK first
29:15 – Question – Can users suggest venues
36:42 – Question – What happens if anything in the building chanes
39:12 – Question – Navigating Shared Spaces
40:23 – Question – What signal is required?
41:35 – Question – Does it rely on additional services
42:06 – Question – Doesn’t require venue to be mapped before
43:24 – Outro
For our July Live Well session, we were joined by Kate Urwin, the Yorkshire Energy Doctor. In this video, Kate talks about how to best manage your home energy bills, what government help is available and the priority services register. She also answers questions about Fixed vs Variable Rate plans, Economy 7, direct debits and smart meters.
You may also find this video demonstrating accessible in-home displays by Outlookers helpful. A smarter way to read the meter – https://youtu.be/XhxK7G_M520
00:00 – Start
00:48 – Intro
01:38 – Kate Urwin
03:36 – Energy Price Cap
04:38 – Price Rises
05:35 – Existing Fixed Price Deals
05:53 – If your existing fixed deal has ended
06:25 – Should you be on a fixed deal
06:53 – Switching Supplier
07:18 – Direct Debits
08:09 – Ensure Direct Debit payments are adequate
08:29 – Prepayment Meters
08:57 – Switch to Direct Debit
09:39 – Give regular Meter Readings
10:44 – Question – Topping up your prepayment Meter to beat price rises
12:43 – Question – Direct Debit Oil Supplier
13:44 – Question – Direct Debit increases when in Credit
14:43 – Question – Long term fixed rate deals
16:55 – Question – Night and Day Rates
19:30 – Question – Economy 7 Price Difference
21:56 – Government Help
26:08 – Question – Deadline for receiving payment
27:37 – Question – Old and New Government Bill Estimates
28:47 – Question – Shorting the Assessment Period
29:39 – Question – What will bring prices back down?
31:16 – Question – Support for Charities with Energy Costs
32:36 – Suppliers Going Bust
34:47 – Question – Standing Charge
35:42 – Question – Is the standing charge covered by the price cap
36:29 – Comment – Newer pricing models
37:31 – Question – Standing Charge for Gas
38:37 – Smart Meters
40:44 – Comment – Accessible Inhouse Display
41:52 – Question – Accessible Boiler Controls
45:13 – Devices on Standby
47:41 – Amount of power used by common appliances
51:12 – Energy Performance Certificate
52:15 – Grants for Insulation
52:36 – Priority Service Register
55:07 – Savings on Water Bills
Learn about the various different types of headsets, visors and glasses and how they can augment existing sight through image enhancement or how artificial intelligence can interpret your surroundings, describe scenes and identify people. Or how they can help you read. Matt Harrison from My Sight Notts looks at the various types of devices available, how they can be used and the pros and cons.
00:00 – Start
00:52 – Intro
01:48 – Matt Intro
03:29 – Session Aims
04:40 – What are wearables
06:19 – Types of Wearables
07:20 – Visors and Headsets
14:26 – Smart Glasses
20:47 – Cameras
26:46 – Safety
28:42 – Uses
36:02 – Pro and Cons
39:32 – Access to Work Funding
40:16 – Suppliers
40:51 – More Information
43:14 – Question – Using Orcam with no vision
44:42 – Question – How much of a document in scanned with the Orcam
46:37 – Question – Searching for specific text
47:56 – Question – Using this technology in public venues
51:37 – Question – Devices for use with Macular Degeneration
57:15 – Question – Has your device lived up to expectations
01:02:58 – Question – Safety Testing
