Join Luke Scriven and Cory Ballard, Assistive Technology Specialists at Vision Forward, for Tech connect Live! This free event every other Thursday at 11:00 AM CST features a live demonstration of an assistive technology product, followed by an open question and answer session and general discussion. Come find out how devices perform when they’re put on the spot – and how Luke and Cory perform for that matter! This informal event is a great place to come and get a real experience of assistive technologies, all without having to leave the comfort of your own home.
Lumyeye Pro is the perfect app to quickly read text or scan objects using LiDAR | Tech Connect Live!
0:00 Blank while we troubleshoot the stream
1:30 Start
3:00 Luke is on vacation in Denmark, International Flights
4:45 Lumyeye Pro Introduction of Alban and Manisha
6:50 Alban Clochet's personal journey in this industry
11:45 Cory thinks our best innovators have personal experience helping someone with vision loss
14:30 Using the app by just using your voice is 100% possible
20:00 This app updates and keeping up with Apple/iPhone updates
23:00 Questions from the chat, Android and Comparable Apps like Oorian
25:00 Top functions = Finding nearby objects, LiDAR enhanced navigation
29:00 Actionable Information. If an object you are navigating to "disappears" past the bottom of the screen, the app tells you it is likely below you on a table or the floor itself
34:00 Taking pictures of documents, forcing it to read word by word without changing anything.
38:00 Launching the app, getting right into it
40:00 Voice First with Lumyeye Pro gives you the ability to ask very specific questions right away
42:00 Comments from our audience, Positive Audio response jingle, Meta Glasses???
45:00 Search for businesses online and call them without needing to leave the app
47:00 Vision Live feature gives 10 minutes of use free
50:00 Via Contact Us, our Audience is given 15 days of free use for the Lumyeye Pro App
54:30 Wrap Up, Lumyeye Pro App, our YouTube channel,
57:00 Sign off, saying goodbye to Alban and Manisha, ending music dance!
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10 Sept 2026
Transcribe Audio with AI using Plaud! | Tech Connect Live!
0:00 Start
1:15 Welcome, Ice-Breaking via Emoji
4:00 Comments and The Order of Names
6:30 Introducing Plaud AI and its uses
10:00 Why use Plaud? Memory Degrades over time
12:15 Plaud Pin is a magnetic pin or wrist-worn microphone system
16:30 You can use your phone itself for recording on the Plaud App
17:30 5 hours is the maximum length of audio file, longer recordings will be multiple files
18:00 Note Pro has better microphones, credit card sized, very small screen with no menus
20:30 Legality of recording audio without first getting full consent from all parties
21:10 Plaud One is a headphone but otherwise similar to Note Pro in capacity and quality
23:00 Plaud Pin is very convenient, one button activation without even unlocking your phone
24:00 Once recorded, you get a transcription which differentiates between speakers
25:30 Templates are available for specific purposes like Meetings, or Appointments etc
26:15 Auto Flow is a setting where you can have Plaud auto email you specific things
28:30 Get reminder emails for our Livestream by emailing TechConnect@vision-forward.org (http://-forward.org)
31:30 Create reusable custom templates or import existing templates to help Plaud
32:15 Different costs for the physical devices.
33:00 Different Tiers of Subscription Cost, Starter, Pro, Unlimited, and Team Plan
34:30 Visual of the Plaud App, very subtle visual indicators for the Plaud Pin.
36:00 Musing on modern surveillance, differences in consent laws between states of USA
38:30 Plaud App navigation of recent notes and options
43:00 Example of how a summary sounds using our own ice breaker conversation earlier
46:00 Accessibility is okay, but its better when you are sending things through email
48:00 Wrap Up Review of Plaud, Plaud.AI (http://Plaud.AI) website,
49:00 Claud vs Plaud (funny story)
50:15 Top Commenters Celebrated
53:00 Upcoming topics for the produced videos and livestreams
13 Aug 2026
Tony Gebhard's Interactive NVDA Coach is great for training Screen Reader Use! | Tech Connect Live!
0:00 Start
2:00 Introducing today's Guest
5:00 Tony Gebhard's Personal Story
8:00 Music Production in the Modern Age
11:00 Writing his own music at 12, the adolescence band experience
16:00 Learning Digital Music Editing via Logic Pro, Audacity, Garage Band,
19:30 Tony's Views on AI, how to synergize AI with a Screen Reader
23:00 Various AI options available now: Claude, Codex, Chat GPT,
25:00 Making things Edited with AI vs Generated/Created by AI
28:30 Website Design, first Word Press, then Hosting a Server
32:00 NVDA Coach talks to you like an instructor would, step by step
35:30 Step by Step how to find and get the Coach running properly
40:00 Tony's Book: "No Sight Required: The Blind User's Guide to AI
46:00 Where to find it, printed or read aloud etc
50:00 Wrap Up, TonyGebhard.me (http://TonyGebhard.me) and upcoming Tech Connect Videos
53:30 Outro
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