
Discover the humour, honesty, and real-life tech struggles of blind life in this engaging episode of Double Tap, where Steven Scott and Shaun Preece share stories about Facebook accessibility bugs, retro Braille tech, and the emotional realities of vision loss. In this episode, Steven and Shaun kick off with light-hearted banter about “phoning in” Fridays before diving into some breaking accessibility news: Facebook’s missing back button for VoiceOver users has been fixed—but now a brand new scrolling bug has come in its place. They discuss the quirks of social media updates, the joys and frustrations of adaptive tech, and the nostalgia of old devices like Perkins Braillers, PacMates, and embossers. The conversation takes a thoughtful turn into personal reflections on vision loss, independence, and the emotional dynamics of relationships when both partners are blind. Listener emails add humour and warmth, from stories about screen readers mispronouncing shop names to the empowerm...
No transcript available.