Anthony Corona on Blind Creators, Smart Glasses and Mobility Tech
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Anthony Corona on Blind Creators, Smart Glasses and Mobility Tech

B1IntermediateOctober 19, 202656 min
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  • Technology

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. Steven was on BBC News talking about smart glasses from a blind person's point of view, pushing back on the idea that they're "creepy." Anthony introduces Sunday Edition, now a family of 10 podcasts, and gives honest advice on starting a show and keeping it going. On wearables, Anthony says...

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Hey guys welcome along to a brand new episode coming up. I'm apparently an advocate and also apparently other podcasts exist. What? This is Double Tap where blind people talk tack. Here's Steven Scott at Sean Preece. Oh hello Sean Preece, how are you? Well I didn't like that at all but I'm very well thank you Steven Scott, not as well as you

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apparently, I noticed. What do you mean? Well, you know, I'm just saying we spend a lot of time together here. Too much time. A lot of time together. I think of us as a double act, if you will, on Dolce. But apparently that's not how, you know, the other media sees us. I didn't get a phone call. That's what I'm saying. I didn't get a phone call.

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Is this because I was on the BBC on Friday? Is that what you're getting at? When I get a phone call and I'm talking to Dear Mama and Papa and they say, oh, we saw your mate Stephen on TV today. Yeah, I still don't quite get that.

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