618: Tech Talk 618: Tactonom, Making It Accessible, Apple Accessibility Preview

About this episode

This episode discusses the Tactonom braille learning device, celebrates accessibility impacts by blind individuals, and reviews new Apple accessibility features.

This week, we’re hearing all about the Tactonom, an innovative braille learning device. We’ll be celebrating some of the ways that blind and partially sighted people have impacted accessibility in their everyday lives. Plus, we’ll be digging through the latest accessibility features announced by Apple. You can listen to the show live in the UK every Tuesday at 1pm on Freeview Channel 730, online at RNIB Connect Radio | RNIB , or on your smart speaker. You'll hear new episodes of the Tech Talk Podcast every Tuesday afternoon, so make sure you're subscribed to never miss an episode. We'd love to hear your thoughts on accessible technology, drop us an email at techtalk@rnib.org

People in this episode

Host: RNIB Tech Talk

Topics covered

• braille learning
• accessibility
• blind and partially sighted
• Apple accessibility features
• technology

Keywords

• Tactonom
• braille
• accessibility
• Apple
• blind
• partially sighted
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RNIB Connect Radio, Apple

Products: Tactonom

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