Double Tap
by Steven Scott, Shaun Preece, Steven Scott, Shaun Preece
Last updated Oct 19, 2026Is this your podcast?Double Tap is the show where blind people talk tech! If you’re blind or partially sighted and have an interest in technology, this is the show for you. Everyone is welcome no matter how old you are or how much or how lit...
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- Will Guyatt2 eps
- Steven Scott2 eps
- Florian1 ep
Also: Dave Ward, Karolis Arbaciauskas, Shaun Preece, Dave Faliskie, Mike Buckley, Shanell Matos, Garth, Jordi, Martijn Van der Spek, Dani Devesa Derksen-Staats, Scott, Michelle, Callum Stoneman, Marco Zehe, Bernard Chiira, Matt Ater, Ed Rogers
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- 🇺🇸United States · TechnologyHOME#1724.7K to 25K
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom · Technology#851.6K to 8.3K
- 🇨🇦Canada · Technology#188164 to 865
- 🇰🇪KE · Technology#7585 to 450
- 🇿🇦ZA · Technology#13057 to 300
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6.7K to 35K🎙 Daily cadence·600 episodes·Last published 2d ago - Monthly Reach
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22K to 118K🇺🇸70%🇬🇧24%🇨🇦2%+3 more - Active Followers
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12K to 65K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/19/26 | Anthony Corona on Blind Creators, Smart Glasses and Mobility Tech | 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. | 56m 00s | ||||||
| 10/18/26 | Zero Project Tokyo Part 2: Lingvano's Sign Language App and Turn-Motion's Robotic Leg Braces | Two Austrian accessibility innovators from the Zero Project Technology Forum in Tokyo: Lingvano, the sign language learning app taught entirely by deaf teachers, and Turn-Motion, which uses AI and robotics to make custom carbon fibre leg braces. | 35m 14s | ||||||
| 10/17/26 | Zero Project Tokyo Part 1: OryLab's OriHime Robots and Miruoto's Visible Sports Sound | Two Japanese accessibility innovators from the Zero Project Technology Forum in Tokyo: OryLab, whose OriHime robots let homebound disabled people go to work and school, and Miruoto, which turns the sound of sport into words on screen for deaf fans. | 30m 43s | ||||||
| 10/16/26 | Passwords, Passkeys and Blind Employment: A Double Tap Listener Mailbag | Steven Scott and Shaun Preece open the Double Tap mailbag to talk about Meta Ray-Ban battery life, password managers, blind employment and the best keyboard for one-handed typing, with straight answers from two blind tech users. | 56m 00s | ||||||
| 10/15/26 | Are We Relying on AI Too Much? Claude, KeyAble and Accessible Auphonic | Steven Scott has set up a Claude hotline on an accessible Cisco desk phone. It leads into a frank debate about blind users relying on AI. Also covered: a Meta glasses firmware fix for Aira calls, new Facebook and Double Tap Live updates, and listener views on whether smart glasses will last. | 56m 00s | ||||||
| 10/14/26 | Apple HomeView and What's Next for JAWS and ZoomText | Apple's HomeView, a new Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini 2 lead the news, then Vispero's Matt Ater and Ryan Jones explain how Vispero Companion in JAWS will change your settings and help you finish tasks when you get stuck. | 56m 00s | ||||||
| 10/13/26 | Blind Artist Richard Harlow on Tactile Painting, Accessible Cities and Running for Nanaimo Council | Richard Harlow lost most of his sight to LHON while studying at Emily Carr University. Today he is a blind artist and accessibility advocate, and he's standing for Nanaimo City Council on Vancouver Island. He tells Steven Scott how he rebuilt his art, his career and his confidence, and why disabled people belong in local government. | 56m 06s | ||||||
| 10/11/26 | Too Busy to Be Blind: An Apple Engineer's Second Act | In 2015, after twelve surgeries, Brett Halle lost his sight completely. The engineer who spent twenty years building the Mac had to learn to use it with VoiceOver. He explains Radar, why your bug report matters more than you think, and how he treated VoiceOver like a video game. | 27m 47s | ||||||
| 10/10/26 | Remembering Brett Halle: The Apple Engineer Who Helped Build Mac OS X | Brett Halle sold the Apple II as a student, joined Apple in 1991, and was the first engineer through the door after Apple bought NeXT. He led the Core OS team behind Mac OS X, ran Final Cut, and quietly moved the Mac from PowerPC to Intel. This is part one of a two part tribute, in his own words. | 27m 29s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 | NASA's Artemis Webinar for Blind People: RS-25 Engines, Blind Engineers and Accessible Space | NASA ran an Artemis webinar built for blind and low vision people, and two of the panelists are blind NASA engineers. Steven Scott talks to Dr. Robert Shelton, Dr. Craig Moore and Christine Malec about the RS-25 rocket engine, how they built careers at NASA, and what would make space missions accessible to blind fans. | 56m 00s | ||||||
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| 10/8/26 | Microsoft's Hybrid AI Windows Event and the Surface Laptop Ultra | Microsoft's latest Windows event went all in on hybrid intelligence, which means AI that runs on your own PC when it can and in the cloud when it has to. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece break down what the agentic OS, a smarter Windows search and the new Copilot could mean for blind and screen reader users. They also look at the $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra. | 56m 00s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 | Gemini Guided Vision Tested, Siri Frustrations and Android Help From Listeners | Google Gemini's new Guided Vision feature, built with Aira, gives blind and low vision Android users more detailed visual descriptions through Gemini Live. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece put it through real tests, then go through listener emails about Siri, iOS 27, Gemini settings and life on Android. | 56m 00s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 | A Tribute to Brett Halle and What Envision's News Means for Users | Envision has announced it may wind down. If no partner takes the company on, active development of the Envision and Ally apps stops on December 31, 2026. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece read the Envision founders' statement in full and look at what it means for blind and low vision users, for people who own Ally Solos glasses, and for other smart glasses makers. The episode opens with a tribute to Brett Halle, the Apple engineer who helped build Mac OS X. | 56m 00s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 | Lumin Adds Outlook Support and Audio Reminders, With Sriram Ganesh | Lumin, the voice-first email app for blind and low vision users, now works with Outlook, Hotmail and MSN accounts and has a new audio reminders feature. Founder Sriram Ganesh announced both on our Double Tap Live special. This replay starts with his live demo, then he takes listener calls and talks about how AI is changing the way accessible products get built. | 56m 00s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 | NVDA Bugs, Siri AI Frustrations and Your Emails on Mastodon and LiDAR | Siri AI on iOS 27, Gemini on Android and NVDA screen reader bugs all get a frank once-over from blind tech fans Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, along with your emails on LiDAR, Mastodon and smart glasses. | 56m 00s | ||||||
| 10/1/26 | Meta Ray-Ban Display Hands-On, Lumin Updates and the Double Tap App | Can a blind person get real use from smart glasses with a screen? Steven Scott has bought the Meta Ray-Ban Display and Meta Neural Band. He and Shaun Preece talk through the built-in screen reader, the wrist gestures, WhatsApp, Maps and what is still missing. | 56m 00s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 | Meta Glasses Bugs, Smart Glasses Privacy and the Launch of Double Tap Live | 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. | 56m 00s | ||||||
| 9/29/26 | Feedback: Luna Glasses for Night Blindness, Claude Code Tips and Bricks for the Blind | Double Tap Live, a new 24/7 radio channel for blind and visually impaired listeners, launches this week. Listener stories also cover Luna night vision glasses, LEGO without sight and Claude Code tips. | 56m 00s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 | Feedback: Passkey Headaches, Seeing AI Rescues and the Smart Glasses Debate | Passkeys were supposed to replace passwords, so why are they still this hard to use? Steven Scott and Shaun Preece go through a full mailbag on passkeys, password managers, blind employment and the backlash against Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. | 56m 00s | ||||||
| 9/27/26 | OOrion on Meta Glasses: Hands-Free Object Finding and What Meta Connect Means for Blind Users | Meta's Wearables Device Access Toolkit is out of beta, and Meta chose accessibility apps to show it off. Stéphanie Robieux, co-founder and CEO of OOrion, joins from Meta Connect to explain what this means for blind and low vision people using Ray-Ban Meta glasses. | 28m 00s | ||||||
| 9/26/26 | More From Zero Project: Rebuilding a Career After a Spinal Cord Injury: Ishaan Mehta of LinkedIn | A spinal cord injury took Ishaan Mehta's career in a single afternoon. This is how he rebuilt it, with assistive technology, a list of 50 employers, and a role at LinkedIn he never settled for. | 28m 32s | ||||||
| 9/25/26 | Early Dementia Screening, Inclusive Design and Employment in Mumbai: Zero Project Conference India Day Two | Early dementia screening from a consumer EEG headset, a blunt answer on whether a fully inclusive world is possible, and what India's own accessibility standard means for disabled workers. Steven Scott reports from day two of Zero Project Conference India in Mumbai, the regional edition of the conference that takes over the UN in Vienna every February. | 56m 00s | ||||||
| 9/24/26 | Meta Connect 2026 Through an Accessibility Lens | Meta Connect 2026 brought Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses with no cameras, Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3, a hearing enhancement feature and the Muse AI agent. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece go through each announcement and ask what it means for blind and low vision users. | 56m 00s | ||||||
| 9/23/26 | Ten Innovators, One Room: Accessible Tech Ideas From the Zero Project Technology Forum | Assistive technology innovation from the Zero Project Technology Forum in Mumbai: an audiobook library you reach on any phone, an accessible home pregnancy test app, and AI photo descriptions that know your family by name. | 56m 00s | ||||||
| 9/22/26 | Apple's AirPods 5 Impress, But Google's New Laptops Leave Accessibility Unanswered | AirPods 5 open-ear noise cancellation put to the test by blind users, plus Google's new Googlebook Android laptops, the pricing, and the accessibility answers Google still has not given. | 56m 00s | ||||||
| 9/9/26 | Meta glassesmicrophone fix+4 | — | Meta glassesAdventurer model+3 | — | Meta glassesmicrophone fix+5 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 9/8/26 | NVIDIA acquisitionopen source AI+3 | — | ASUS ProArt PX13Lenovo ThinkPad+2 | — | NVIDIAHugging Face+5 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 9/6/26 | technologydigital ownership+3 | — | Dyson's Camera ToothbrushSony+1 | — | Dysontoothbrush+5 | — | 28m 37s | ||
| 9/5/26 | accessible technologyAI document remediation+3 | Mike Calvo | Pneuma Solutions | — | Remote Incident ManageriOS+6 | — | 49m 13s | ||
| 9/4/26 | workplace accessibilityblindness+4 | — | blind employeesvisually impaired individuals | — | workplace accessibilityblindness+5 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 9/3/26 | recording mishapsAI jokes+3 | — | Apple | — | Double Taprecording disaster+4 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 9/2/26 | technology terminologyaccessibility tools+3 | — | NVDA 2026.2 | — | accessibilitytechnology+5 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 8/31/26 | accessible techblind users+4 | Holly Anderson | Ploud One AI earbudsDot Pad+2 | — | accessible techblind users+4 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 8/30/26 | Apple launchesMeta settlement+3 | Will Guyatt | iPhoneMac Mini+3 | — | AppleMeta+5 | — | 28m 00s | ||
| 8/29/26 | accessible communicationspeech translation+3 | — | Barvox | — | speech translationBarvox+4 | — | 27m 06s | ||
| 7/21/26 | blind technologysmart glasses+3 | — | WebAim | — | blind technologysmart glasses+3 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 7/20/26 | AIaccessibility+4 | — | ClaudeCodex+1 | — | AIblind developers+4 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 7/19/26 | cybersecurityAI+4 | — | GTA 6Grand Theft Auto | Canada | cyber attacksCanada+5 | — | 28m 02s | ||
| 7/17/26 | mobilityassistive technology+3 | — | Sensaball Cane Tip | Australia | Sensaball Cane Tipmobility+4 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 7/16/26 | accessibilityLiDAR technology+4 | — | iPassDouble Tap Productions Inc. | — | iPassLiDAR+5 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 7/15/26 | accessible gamingblind gamers+3 | Aaron Spelker | — | — | AIaccessibility+5 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 7/14/26 | Clicks Power Keyboardsmart glasses+3 | Rachel Ramos | Clicks Power KeyboardClicks Communicator phone | — | Clicks Power Keyboardsmart glasses+3 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 7/13/26 | tech newsAI accessibility+3 | — | JAWS Agentic AIBe My Eyes for Mac+2 | Austin | tech newsAI accessibility+5 | — | 55m 59s | ||
| 6/26/26 | Google Homesmart speaker+5 | Kristi Ardell | Google | Eswatini | Google Homesmart speaker+6 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 6/12/26 | assistive technologywearable navigation+4 | — | Zero Project | NairobiAfrica | Zero ProjectNairobi+4 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 6/11/26 | Braille displaysBraille literacy+3 | Ed Rogers | Canute ScientificCanute 360+1 | — | Brailleaffordable technology+4 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 6/10/26 | WWDC highlightsApple Intelligence+5 | David Nason | Mac VoiceOverApple+1 | — | WWDCApple+6 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 6/9/26 | AppleWWDC 2026+4 | Steven ScottShelly Brisbin+1 | Siri AIiOS 27+1 | — | WWDC 2026Siri AI+5 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 6/8/26 | technologyaccessibility+3 | Marcia Yale | Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians | Canada | blind Canadianstechnology skills+3 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 6/7/26 | Microsoft BuildSurface Laptop Ultra+4 | — | Surface Laptop UltraNVIDIA’s new RTX Spark chip+2 | — | Microsoft Build 2026Surface Laptop Ultra+3 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 6/6/26 | smart glassesaccessibility+3 | — | Agiga Echo VisionBe My Eyes+1 | — | smart glassesaccessibility+3 | — | 34m 35s | ||
| 6/5/26 | assistive technologyinnovation+3 | Bernard Chiira | Zero ProjectAT4D+1 | NairobiAfrica | assistive technologyZero Project+3 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 6/4/26 | assistive technologyblind and low vision+3 | Matt Ater | VisperoNVDA+3 | Sight City Frankfurt | assistive techNVDA+6 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 6/3/26 | accessible appsnavigation+3 | — | SoundscapeScottish Tech Army | Android | SoundscapeAndroid+5 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 5/8/26 | assistive technologysmart glasses+3 | — | Orion appMeta smart glasses+2 | — | smart glassesassistive tech+5 | — | 55m 59s | ||
| 5/7/26 | Braille technologyassistive devices+3 | — | Perkins Braille BloomPerkins+1 | — | Perkins Braille BloomBraille keyboard+5 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 5/6/26 | AI-generated musicBose speakers+3 | — | Bose Lifestyle UltraGoogle Gemini+2 | — | AI musicBose Lifestyle Ultra+3 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 5/5/26 | AI-generated musicvibe coding+3 | — | viral summer anthem | Puerto Rico | AI musiccoding+3 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 5/4/26 | accessibilitytechnology+5 | Callum StonemanMarco Zehe | Double Tap Productions Inc. | — | MacPC+5 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 5/3/26 | Apple announcementsspatial computing+4 | — | Vision ProiOS 27+3 | — | AppleiOS 27+5 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 5/2/26 | accessible gamesindie development+3 | Dani Devesa Derksen-Staats | RetroRapidXarra+1 | — | accessible gamingRetroRapid+3 | — | 32m 24s | ||
| 5/1/26 | AI mobility deviceblind and visually impaired+3 | ScottMichelle | GlideGlidance | — | GlideGlidance+4 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 4/30/26 | AI note-takingaudio recording+3 | — | Plaud Note Pro | — | AInote-taking+5 | — | 56m 41s | ||
| 4/29/26 | AIimage descriptions+4 | Martijn Van der Spek | PiccyBotMeta | — | PiccyBotimage descriptions+4 | — | 56m 41s | ||
| 4/28/26 | AI toolsproductivity+5 | — | ClaudeChatGPT+2 | GooglePowerPoint | Claude AIChatGPT+6 | Pneuma Solutions | 56m 40s | ||
| 4/27/26 | accessible technologyAI-assisted coding+5 | Florian | Remote Incident ManagerScribe+5 | — | Elgato Stream DeckOpen Deck+5 | Double Tap | 56m 53s | ||
| 4/26/26 | Apple leadershipsmart security+4 | Will GuyattDave Ward+1 | AppleRing+2 | — | Tim CookApple+5 | Pneuma Solutions | 56m 52s | ||
| 4/25/26 | vibe codingaccessibility+5 | Shaun Preece | NVDAClaude AI+1 | — | vibe codingaccessibility+5 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 4/24/26 | AI-powered accessibility toolsassistive smart glasses+5 | — | Remote Incident ManagerScribe+5 | — | accessibilityAI tools+6 | Pneuma Solutions | 56m 41s | ||
| 4/23/26 | buying a computeraccessibility+3 | Dave Faliskie | Remote Incident ManagerScribe+3 | — | computer buying tipsaccessibility+6 | Pneuma Solutions | 56m 40s | ||
| 4/22/26 | privacy concernssocial media misuse+5 | Mike Buckley | Be My EyesDouble Tap | — | Be My Eyesprivacy+7 | Pneuma Solutions | 56m 53s | ||
| 4/21/26 | Apple leadership changeAira on Meta glasses+3 | Shanell Matos | AppleAira+2 | — | Tim CookJohn Ternus+7 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 4/20/26 | assistive technologyAI collaboration+3 | Steven Scott | ClaudeNVDA+1 | — | AIvibe coding+3 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 4/19/26 | Google smart glassesMicrosoft Surface strategy+4 | — | Google smart glassesMacBook Neo+10 | — | Google GlassMicrosoft Surface+5 | — | 56m 00s | ||
| 4/18/26 | blind parentingparenting tips+4 | GarthJordi | Lucy Edwards video | — | blind parentingparenting tips+7 | — | 32m 38s | ||
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Chart history for Double Tap
Peaked at #75 in KE, currently #75 in KE.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KE | — | #75 | #75 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #85 | #85 | — |
| South Africa | — | #130 | #130 | — |
| PH | — | #157 | #157 | — |
| Norway | — | #170 | #170 | — |
| United States | — | #172 | #172 | — |
| Canada | — | #188 | #188 | — |
| Ireland | — | #189 | #189 | — |
Chart Positions
8 placements across 8 markets.
Chart Positions
8 placements across 8 markets.