The October 26, 2026 Ottawa municipal election denied my daughter and me an independent and secret vote. I have voted as a blind person for 40 years, and this was the most inaccessible voting experience I have had to date. I live in the west end of Ottawa and my voting place in Kanata South … Read more
Meta’s Muse product is Meta’s consumer AI solution. It’s an agent that takes the form of a virtual device assigned only to you in the cloud that works on the tasks you assign it whether you are there or not. You can reach it in the app on desktop, mobile, and web, and in other … Read more
I got asked a question recently: as someone who is blind, If you are going to be looking for work and are starting from zero which is better to learn a screen reader on, a Windows laptop or an Apple laptop. Note: This article is only my personal opinion, based on my own experience. My … Read more
If you sit in the space between sighted and blind, you probably already know what I am about to say. There is no ideal solution for people who need both a powerful screen reader and serious magnification support on Windows. I have been looking for one for years. Recently, I decided to run an experiment. … Read more
I’ve been waiting for this toy since I pre-ordered it last winter and while 2 months late, finally the Clicks Universal Power Keyboard arrived. I’d pre-ordered it, waited patiently (well, impatiently), and finally held in my hands what amounts to a BlackBerry keyboard reborn as a slim MagSafe slab for the back of my phone. … Read more
Over the past couple of years I’ve had the chance to use GoodMaps in several venues and I want to share what that experience has been like. I first used it at the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in California and since then I’ve used it at three locations in Ottawa: the Rideau Centre Mall, the … Read more
I’ve had the opportunity to use these glasses for 2 months now and wanted to share my early impressions. I’ve also used several Meta Glasses, ally solos and a number of previous similar tools [e.g. envision glasses, orcam, etc]. I have spent time with a pre-release pioneer unit of the Agiga Echo smart glasses. With … Read more
I’ve been meaning to write this article for years. Seriously. for well over Ten years I’ve been using Flashnote every single day, and I keep thinking I should tell more people about it. Especially blind users who are still scattered across multiple Notepad files trying to keep track of everything. For those who haven’t come … Read more
The 1st article in this series “My Exploration Of How Copilot Can Help Blind Users” was written almost 2 years ago. My feelings and observations remain the same and my use of AI has only increased over time. However; at work as part of the pilot we are running, I recently got asked the question: … Read more
If you’re blind and considering smart glasses, you’ve likely heard the promises and some of the buzz around the glasses. I’ve had the opportunity to use these glasses and a number of previous similar tools [e.g. envision glasses, orcam, etc]. After spending a year and a half using both the Ray-Band and more recently switching … Read more