Meta Ray-Ban Display Hands-On, Lumin Updates and the Double Tap App
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Meta Ray-Ban Display Hands-On, Lumin Updates and the Double Tap App

B1IntermediateOctober 1, 202656 min
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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. Steven expected the in-lens display to be useless to him. He was wrong. The glasses have their own screen reader, and you switch it on from the Meta AI app. Setup walks you through the Neural Band gestures well: rub your thumb along your index finger to swipe, and pinch to double...

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Premier League and more. All on SiriusXMFC channel 188 and the SiriusXM app. Hey guys welcome all to another episode of Double Tap. Today I'm going to tell you about a pair of glasses I've bought with a screen bill in. This is Double Tap where blind people talk tech. Here's Steven Scott and Sean

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Are you Sean Preece? How are you this fine day? Disappointed, but okay, I suppose. Why? Because I bought glasses with a screen built in. A screen? Who needs a screen? You're a traitor, sir. A screen!

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