Allison interviews Scott Bolt and Thomas Varghese from Danlaw about their CleverCharge home EV charging system. This level 2 EV charger can be installed indoors or outdoors. It is hardwired or plugged into a 240V outlet and can deliver 46 miles per hour or 38 miles of range per hour of, charge respectively. It can […]
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CES 2025: 10minds AI Motion Pillow
Allison interviews Zenora Andrade from 10minds about their AI-based smart pillow system. The Motion Pillow detects the user’s snoring patterns and adaptively adjusts the pillow to reduce snoring and improve sleep patterns. The system is comprised of the Motion Pillow and Motion System sensor, which sits next to the user on a bedside table. After […]
Continue readingCES 2025: Monar Canvas Speaker Blends Art, Music, and Technology
Allison interviews Ben Yu, founder and CEO of Monar, about their Canvas Speaker. The Monar Canvas Speaker is a smart device that merges the display of renowned artworks and music playback with live lyrics, creating an immersive audio-visual experience. Monar is made to be hung on a wall just like a piece of art. It […]
Continue readingVoice Synthesis – the 2024 Edition with Play.ht and Resemble AI
Last week, as you may remember, I lost my voice (yet again) and produced one segment of the show with an AI-generated voice. I promised to tell you how I did it this week. Ask ChatGPT In 2023 I used ElevenLabs.io to produce my voice, but I thought I’d ask ChatGPT what all the cool […]
Continue readingThe Flavor of Macstock 2024
Every year after the Macstock conference I like to talk about what I learned and what the experience was like. This year, the 10th-anniversary event was even more amazing than ever. As Dave Hamilton said on the Mac Geek Gab, Macstock is like camp for nerds. Mike Potter continues to run a fantastic event and […]
Continue readingCES 2024: Whispp Real-Time Assistive Voice Technology
Allison interviews Joris Castermans, Founder and CEO of Whispp. His company has developed an app that uses assistive voice technology to convert impaired speech to a clear and natural voice in real time. Whispp works for all kinds of voice disabilities ranging from soft whispers to rough esophageal speech to stuttering. By providing recordings to […]
Continue readingNC #970 Android with a Mac, MacWhisper 2-3X Faster, Baseus Blade HD Power Bank, Security Bits
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, December 10, 2023, and this is show number 970. mp3 download CCATP #780 — Jason Howell on Using Android with a Mac CCATP #781 — Bart Busschots on […]
Continue readingWhisper Transcription for macOS — by Jill from the Northwoods
Hi, this is Jill from the Northwoods. I told you recently how I was using AI to help me make podcasts show notes better. Again, I’m not using it to write my content. I really want to do that myself. But instead, I was using AI to get good show notes and get some good […]
Continue readingHow Jill from the Northwoods Uses AI to Help Her Write
Hello, this is Jill from the Northwoods. I realized a while ago I really dislike writing. And, well, maybe dislike is a harsh term, but I’m certainly not good at it. I can get things done. Obviously, the work world needs me to be a good writer. I took a few classes through the university […]
Continue readingCSUN ATC 2023: AYES OKO Navigation Aid for Blind & Low Vision
Allison interviews Michiel Janssen from AYES about their OKO mobile app and service that make traffic lights and buses/trams accessible to those who are blind or with low vision. OKO is a mobile app that you can download on an iPhone. To use the app, the user simply points the mobile device’s camera toward the […]
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