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View looking obliquely down from above of a corporate campus including concrete & glass buildings. Between the building lies a courtyard containing grass, trees, walkways, and a pond with a bridge crossing it. A man wearing sunglasses and using a pair of crutches to stand looks up at the virtual camera. Mountains are visible at the horizon in the distance with the sun setting behind them.

CSUN 2024: XR Navigation Audiom Inclusive Digital Map

Allison interviews Chris Toth, CTO and Co-Founder of XR Navigation. His company provides the Audiom digital map service that is accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired. Audiom pulls GeoJSON map data from standard digital maps and renders the information into 3D audio. This audio can be used to navigate to a desired […]

Tesla vs. CarPlay … Or the Best of Both Worlds

I’m a big fan of the giant screen in Teslas, especially because of how it displays navigation. In the Model S and X, the screen is vertical, while in the Model 3 and Y that Steve and I own, the screen is in landscape orientation. On the left side, you get a visualization of the […]

A man in a suit jacket wears the Ara device on his chest. The device is black in color, about the size and shape of a hamburger bun, and is strapped around his waist and shoulders.

CSUN 2024: Strap Tech Ara Wearable Mobility Device for the Blind

Allison interviews Javier De Leon from Strap Tech about Ara, their wearable smart device developed for the blind and visually impaired to move faster and safer in everyday life. Ara is worn on the chest facing outward and has straps around the waist and over the shoulders to keep it in place. About the size […]

Glide unit composed of a single-handed handle on the top of a post that connects to a small base unit on the ground. The base unit has two side-by-side wheels that can brake and turn left and right.

CES 2024: Glide Self-Guided Mobility Aid

March 11, 2024
by Steve Sheridan

Allison Sheridan interviews Amos Miller, Cofounder and CEO of Glidance, about their self-guided mobility aid designed for people with sight loss. Glide addresses the needs of people who cannot see and want to move about. It provides them a third alternative to using a cane or guide dog. Glide is composed of a single-handed handle […]

CSUN 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 […]

NC #932 Macstock Expo, GoodMaps Indoor Navigation, Long (Numeric) Passcode on iOS, Keyboard Macros as Finder Quick Action, 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, March 19, 2023, and this is show number 932. mp3 download Allison on Clockwise I love being on Clockwise and this week’s episode was my favorite so far. […]

New Favorite Phone Car Mount – TechMatte MagGrip

Ever since smart phones started giving us navigation, we’ve been on the hunt for the best way to mount our phones so we can see them while driving. There were the window suction cups which totally obscured your view out the windshield and which were against Department of Motor Vehicle regulations. There were the things […]

Galileo Offline Maps Pro for iOS and Android

I’ve been a user of Google and Apple Maps for a long time, both of which work great if you’ve got Internet access. Lately I’ve found myself outside of cell service while traveling in the US and those map applications don’t work well at all. I hadn’t thought about solving this problem until we were […]

Apple CarPlay Gives a Useful Interface in Volkswagen Jetta – by Dorothy R

Guest Post by Dorothy R (aka @maclurker) As soon as Allison heard I had a new car that included CarPlay, she had to know more. All the details, in their technical glory. Specifically a NosillaCast review. So before I could even get started, I had to define … The problem to be solved: how to […]

CCATP #424 Bart Busschots Programming By Stealth – 8 of x (CSS Positioning)

Buckle up everyone – in this Installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart will dig in deep on explaining how to position the blocks we’ve learned about before onto our web page using CSS. It’s a tough hill to climb but Bart stays patient with me till I THINK I’ve got it! You can find Bart’s […]