Wednesday, 9th July 2025
11 am via Zoom
Question 1. Has anyone tried the envision glasses? The company had a stand at a recent sight village.
Recommendations: The “In Vision” glasses are based on Google glass. A major consideration in comparison to other products, such as the meta Rayban glasses is the substantial price tag which according to their website, starts at £2,758.80 excluding shipping. This is in comparison to the Meta Rayban glasses which are available at £299 from a myriad of retailers.
To view more information about the envision glasses, please visit the following link https://www.letsenvision.com/glasses/home
Visually impaired “influencer” Lucy Edwards has also posted the following review about the envision glasses here.
NB on 20 June 2025, Meta announced its collaboration with Oakley to produce the next generation of smart glasses. These “Oakley Meta” glasses will be available to order from 11th July. They have an inbuilt translator amongst other new features. For more information, please visit this website.
Question 2. Is there a talking air fryer available?
Recommendations: yes and this article from RNIB (published last year),is a good place to start:
Question 3. What talking DIY gadgets are available e.g. is there a talking spirit level?
Recommendations: yes, there are many accessible tools available including a talking spirit level which is combined with a tape measure. The “Tape King” costs approximately £95 and is available from several retailers including the following:
Question 4. Can I register a friend as a carer?
Recommendations: the following from the Carers UK website has useful information:
The citizens advice bureau also has useful information here.
Question 5. Has the zoom layout changed? It seems less intuitive than usual.
Recommendations: A significant update to Zoom took place in 2024, so nothing recently. However, there are various ways to adjust the Zoom layout in settings to suit your preferences including going back to its “default” setting. The following link has more information, here.
Information about the official Zoom technical support can be found here
Other recommendations:
1a. RNIB PenFriend 3 audio labeller. RNIB PenFriend
1b. Reusable pen friend labels. Labels
2. Consider investing in a robot vacuum that can be managed via an app on your phone. Prices start at approximately £150. Depending on the model, robot vacuums can be very effective at sweeping up dog and cat hair. Worth doing your research to find the right model for your needs; there are vacuums that mop and can cope with stairs!
3. Consider subscribing to chat GPT as you may get a better and faster experience. ChatGPT
4. There is a new “iOS Access for All (iOS 18” edition) available here
5. Consider subscribing to “iPhone Life” to receive tips every day into your inbox. iPhone Life
Eye Matter member Scott has kindly shared the following tips he has collated from “iPhone Life”:
Tip 1) Find recipes using photos and the Visual Look Up tool. Find out more here.
Tip 2) Live Text is an iPhone feature that lets you copy, paste, and share text straight from your Camera or Photos app. Your iPhone will recognize text in a handwritten note, a business card, a nutrition label, a street sign, and so many other places. Find out more here.
Tip 3) Discover the hidden sleep timer. Find out more here.
Tip 4) Customise your font size in individual apps. Find out more here.
Tip 5) Save battery with an easy adjustment. Find out more here.
Comments and tips to:
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