NoaCast

About NoaCast

NOA is a wearable mobility aid for visually impaired people, designed as a shoulder harness which complements a primary mobility aid such as a White Cane or Guide Dog. It can provide navigation instructions to guide you to specific destinations, detect obstacles in your path, locate different objects you need to find such as stairs, doors, empty seats, bus stops, etc and provide brief as well as extremely detailed descriptions of your surroundings. This podcast is designed to raise awareness of this truly life-changing device and highlight my own personal experiences from a user's perspective. I will be demonstrating it's features and capabilities as well as real-life examples of NOA in action.

Publisher

Stuart Beveridge

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Feb 2025

Latest episode

2 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

18 of 19 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   2 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   19: Live AI

   The NOA software update introduces a live AI feature that describes indoor and outdoor scenes in real-time, offering a hands-free experience for users.

2. 

   31 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   18: Updates To Navigation Features

   The hosts discuss the recent software update to NOA, focusing on the ability to save up to ten destinations in the companion app.

3. 

   8 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   17: AI: People Detection

   This episode demonstrates NOA's new AI feature that detects people within a scene, offering enhanced situational awareness.

4. 

   24 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

   16: AI: updates to previous episodes on doors and stairs detection

   The host Noa Keren provides updates and corrections to previous episodes, demonstrating the effectiveness of AI features for door and stair detection in outdoor environments.

5. 

   22 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

   15: AI: grass area detection

   A quick demo of why I use the "grass area" detection feature if needed when walking with my Guide Dog.

6. 

   22 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

   14: AI: bus stop detection

   A quick demonstration of how the NOA device can be used to locate bus stops and if there are any buses waiting at these stops.

7. 

   20 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

   13: AI: open seat detection

   A quick demonstration of using NOA to detect empty seats in both indoor and outdoor situations.

8. 

   18 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

   12: AI: stairs detection

   A few demonstrations of how the NOA device can be used to detect stairs in both indoor and outdoor situations.

9. 

   16 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

   11: AI: Crosswalk (Pedestrian Crossing) Detection

   This episode demonstrates how useful the NOA device can be if you need to locate pedestrian crossings and also highlights information relating to these crossings such as length, if they have a push button etc.

10. 

    5 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

    10: AI: Door Detection

    Demonstrations of how the NOA device can be used to detect doors and give location information of said doors as well as approximate distance and if they are open or closed. Text detection, which is another of the AI features is also briefly demonstrated as it  is extremely useful for detecting door numbers.

11. 

    3 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

    9: AI: Text Detection

    Demonstration of the text detection feature both indoors and outdoors which I mainly use for reading address numbers on doors.

12. 

    22 Apr 2025TRANSCRIPT

    8: AI: Scene Descriptions

    This episode provides demonstrations of how the AI features of the NOA device can be used to generate scene descriptions in both indoor and outdoor scenarios. Sorry  for some crackling you will hear during this recording,, a lot of noise, when outside, but I hope you will still find a lot of the content beneficial.

13. 

    14 Apr 2025TRANSCRIPT

    7: Obstacle Detection

    This episode focuses on how the NOA device can be used to detect different obstacles for both indoor and outdoor situations.

14. 

    10 Apr 2025TRANSCRIPT

    6: Navigation

    In this episode, I give a live demonstration of one of the most important features of NOA "navigation."

15. 

    5 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT

    5: Settings Summary And Smart Warnings Features

    This episode provides an overview and user examples of why the settings summary and smart warnings features are extremely useful and effective, as they give vital information about the performance of the NOA device, such as battery status and internet connection.

16. 

    1 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT

    4: Powering On, Off and Sleep Mode

    In this episode, I demonstrate the two different ways to power NOA on and off and also discuss a very useful feature called Sleep Mode.

17. 

    25 Feb 2025

    3: Battery Usage and Charging

    A quick discussion and demo on using both of the batteries and how easy they are to charge. I also give some additional information on battery life.

18. 

    24 Feb 2025TRANSCRIPT

    2: The NOA Control Panel

    This episode focuses on the control panel of NOA. I describe the location of the buttons and what each is used for.

19. 

    24 Feb 2025TRANSCRIPT

    1: Introduction

    In this episode, I discuss the NOA device, what it is, it's features and why I use it.

Inside a recent episode

19: Live AI

Published 2 Aug 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It's only giving you information when there is a significant change in the scene either when indoors or outdoors that it thinks the user needs to be aware of. Just remember though that Noa is a mobility companion designed to complement an existing primary mobility aid either a white cane or a guide dog. So when you're walking it's not going to highlight colors or say things like you're passing pretty yellow daffodils on your life. It's giving you very specific information to help you navigate your surroundings more easily and with confidence. When I first heard that the Mive AI was available, I was like a kid at Christmas because nothing like this has ever been done on a mobility device and the whole concept is fantastic. […]

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Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

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Social presence

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YouTube

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Engagement

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