Join Luke Scriven and Cory Ballard, Assistive Technology Specialists at Vision Forward, for Tech connect Live! This free event every other Thursday at 11:00 AM CST features a live demonstration of an assistive technology product, followed by an open question and answer session and general discussion. Come find out how devices perform when they’re put on the spot – and how Luke and Cory perform for that matter! This informal event is a great place to come and get a real experience of assistive technologies, all without having to leave the comfort of your own home.
Latest episodes
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46 min
Skip the gestures. Make your Android smartphone more accessible using AppGenie! | Tech Connect Live!
0:00 Start 9:00 Introducing our Guest Kevin Grosu 10:30 Mission Statement 11:30 Who is your family's Designated Tech Guro? 14:00 The conversation which inspired Kevin's focus on in…
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58 min
Lumyeye Pro is the perfect app to quickly read text or scan objects using LiDAR | Tech Connect Live!
0:00 Blank while we troubleshoot the stream 1:30 Start 3:00 Luke is on vacation in Denmark, International Flights 4:45 Lumyeye Pro Introduction of Alban and Manisha 6:50 Alban Cloc…
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54 min
Transcribe Audio with AI using Plaud! | Tech Connect Live!
0:00 Start 1:15 Welcome, Ice-Breaking via Emoji 4:00 Comments and The Order of Names 6:30 Introducing Plaud AI and its uses 10:00 Why use Plaud? Memory Degrades over time 12:15 Pla…
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54 min
Tony Gebhard's Interactive NVDA Coach is great for training Screen Reader Use! | Tech Connect Live!
0:00 Start 2:00 Introducing today's Guest 5:00 Tony Gebhard's Personal Story 8:00 Music Production in the Modern Age 11:00 Writing his own music at 12, the adolescence band experie…
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54 min
Discussing Apple WWDC 2026 and the WeWalk Smart Cane | Tech Connect Live!
0:00 Start 1:00 End of our Intro Music 4:00 No guest today, unexpected miscommunication etc 6:00 Intro to Apple World Wide Developer Conference, typically this is all software focu…
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40 min
Tovala Smart Oven with CEO David Rabie! | Tech Connect Live!
0:00 Start 1:00 England's World Cup Update 2:00 Wildfires causing air issues, geographic hazards 4:45 Introduction to the Tovala Smart Oven System 5:00 Promo Code VISIONTECH, Disco…
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52 min
Glide by Glidance with Amos Miller! | Tech Connect Live!
Episode Notes Notes go here 0:00 Begin 0:10 False Start 2:15 Into Music 3:30 Cory Welcome 6:00 Ice Breaker with Amos Miller 7:00 Introduction to the Glide device 9:30 Why invent Gl…
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44 min
Maggie IVR makes your iPhone a Wearable Magnifier w/ CEO Elizabeth Evans | Tech Connect Live!
0:00 Start 3:30 Introduction for Elizabeth Evans from Maggie IVR 6:00 Maggie started off using the iPhone 15, but currently on 17 7:00 High pixel count provides great magnification…
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51 min
"There's No Vision Like Low Vision" w/ Author Tom Perski | Tech Connect Live!
Episode Notes 0:00 Start 4:30 Introducing Tom Perski 10:00 Cory comparing his own loss of vision around 13 years old 11:00 Luke and Tom discuss various Catch Phrases and their mean…
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51 min
Find what you've been looking for with the OOrion App and Meta Glasses! | Tech Connect Live!
Episode Notes Notes go here 0:00 Start 6:30 Introducing Axelle from OOrion 11:00 Origin Story of OOrion 17:00 No Internet required, but optional generative AI uses internet 20:30 A…
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48 min
Humanware in 2026 featuring Braille Note Evolve w/ Rachel Ramos! | Tech Connect Live!
Tech Connect Live! 0:00 Start 2:15 Welcome to the Show! We got an Award! 4:00 Introducing Rachel Ramos from HumanWare 6:00 History with HumanWare 8:45 Is the Android fad done? A ge…
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54 min
Assistive Technology With Carrie Morales from Carrie on Accessibility! | Tech Connect Live!
Episode Notes Notes go here 0:00 Start 1:30 Post Intro Music 8:00 Impressions 9:30 Introducing Carrie 13:00 Oorion App for iOS 16:00 Training the AI to follow commands without repe…
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50 min
New EYE7 Smart Glasses and Eva AI w/ Jay Cormier from Eyedaptic! | Tech Connect Live!
0:00 Start 1:05 End of Intro Music 6:30 Introducing Jay Cormier 11:00 Previous Devices EYE5 and EYE6 14:45 Electronic Wearable Magnifiers Generally 15:15 Founding Principles = Disc…
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52 min
CSUN 2026 Product Showcase and Discussion! | Tech Connect Live!
0:00 Start 2:00 Why no Livestream last week? Morris Town, New Jersey 6:00 CSUN Generally, Past Years and What its All About!? 9:15 Optaro by Eschenbach 16:45 LVI MagniLink Pro 20:1…
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47 min
Give Everything a Voice Label Using Speech Label w/ Maryam Nakhaei from Hable! | Tech Connect Live!
0:00 Start 5:15 Intro of today's guest Maryam Nakhaei, Product Manager from Hable 6:30 Hable Products and The Company in general: One, New, Speechlabel, 10:20 New Intro Music comin…
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52 min
Which Wearables are Worth Wearing in 2026? | Tech Connect Live!
0:00 Start 3:00 Comments and Announcements 6:30 Geography, Siberia and Russia, our livestream has Worldwide Reach! 12:30 IrisVision 14:00 IrisVision Live 2.0 has stopped production…
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50 min
New Space, Same Live Energy! | Tech Connect Live!
Episode Notes 0:00 Begin 10:30 Introducing the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas 2026 12:00 Smart Lock U400 alternative ways to lock and unlock physical doors 19:30 LifX Smart Mir…
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1 h 02
Switching Studios: Adieu to the Old, Hello to the New! | Tech Connect Live!
Episode Notes Notes go here 0:00 Start 4:00 Sicily Jo and CSUN in California 20:00 First livestream, radically different setup 35:00 Sam Seavey and Peter Tucic as guests on our end…
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46 min
Enhance your Android Smartphone with these Low Vision features! | Tech Connect Live!
Episode Notes 3:45 Scary Movies and Famous Directors 11:00 Android Demo 13:00 Turning off Adaptive Brightness, Dark Mode 14:15 Font Size 16:15 Night Light, using a Blue Light Block…
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43 min
Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses! | Tech Connect Live!
Episode Notes Notes go here 0:00 Begin 6:30 Addressing what we know so far 12:30 Watching and Discussing the Video 37:00 Wrap Up from the video, upcoming topics 43:00 Ending Song