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   13 Oct 2026 · 56 minNew

   Blind Artist Richard Harlow on Tactile Painting, Accessible Cities and Running for Nanaimo Council

   Richard Harlow lost most of his sight to LHON while studying at Emily Carr University. Today he is a blind artist and accessibility advocate, and he's standing for Nanaimo City Council on Vancouver Island. He tells Steven Scott how he rebuilt his art, his career and his confidence, and why disabled people belong in local government.

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   11 Oct 2026 · 28 minNew

   Too Busy to Be Blind: An Apple Engineer's Second Act

   In 2015, after twelve surgeries, Brett Halle lost his sight completely. The engineer who spent twenty years building the Mac had to learn to use it with VoiceOver. He explains Radar, why your bug report matters more than you think, and how he treated VoiceOver like a video game.

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   10 Oct 2026 · 27 min

   Remembering Brett Halle: The Apple Engineer Who Helped Build Mac OS X

   Brett Halle sold the Apple II as a student, joined Apple in 1991, and was the first engineer through the door after Apple bought NeXT. He led the Core OS team behind Mac OS X, ran Final Cut, and quietly moved the Mac from PowerPC to Intel. This is part one of a two part tribute, in his own words.

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   9 Oct 2026 · 56 min

   NASA's Artemis Webinar for Blind People: RS-25 Engines, Blind Engineers and Accessible Space

   NASA ran an Artemis webinar built for blind and low vision people, and two of the panelists are blind NASA engineers. Steven Scott talks to Dr. Robert Shelton, Dr. Craig Moore and Christine Malec about the RS-25 rocket engine, how they built careers at NASA, and what would make space missions accessible to blind fans.

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   8 Oct 2026 · 56 min

   Microsoft's Hybrid AI Windows Event and the Surface Laptop Ultra

   Microsoft's latest Windows event went all in on hybrid intelligence, which means AI that runs on your own PC when it can and in the cloud when it has to. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece break down what the agentic OS, a smarter Windows search and the new Copilot could mean for blind and screen reader users. They also look at the $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra.

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   6 Oct 2026 · 56 min

   A Tribute to Brett Halle and What Envision's News Means for Users

   Envision has announced it may wind down. If no partner takes the company on, active development of the Envision and Ally apps stops on December 31, 2026. Steven Scott and Shaun Preece read the Envision founders' statement in full and look at what it means for blind and low vision users, for people who own Ally Solos glasses, and for other smart glasses makers. The episode opens with a tribute to Brett Halle, the Apple engineer who helped build Mac OS X.

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   5 Oct 2026 · 56 min

   Lumin Adds Outlook Support and Audio Reminders, With Sriram Ganesh

   Lumin, the voice-first email app for blind and low vision users, now works with Outlook, Hotmail and MSN accounts and has a new audio reminders feature. Founder Sriram Ganesh announced both on our Double Tap Live special. This replay starts with his live demo, then he takes listener calls and talks about how AI is changing the way accessible products get built.

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   2 Oct 2026 · 56 min

   NVDA Bugs, Siri AI Frustrations and Your Emails on Mastodon and LiDAR

   Siri AI on iOS 27, Gemini on Android and NVDA screen reader bugs all get a frank once-over from blind tech fans Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, along with your emails on LiDAR, Mastodon and smart glasses.

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   1 Oct 2026 · 56 min

   Meta Ray-Ban Display Hands-On, Lumin Updates and the Double Tap App

   Can a blind person get real use from smart glasses with a screen? Steven Scott has bought the Meta Ray-Ban Display and Meta Neural Band. He and Shaun Preece talk through the built-in screen reader, the wrist gestures, WhatsApp, Maps and what is still missing.

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    30 Sep 2026 · 56 min

    Meta Glasses Bugs, Smart Glasses Privacy and the Launch of Double Tap Live

    Meta smart glasses bugs, privacy worries and region limits fill the Double Tap inbox, and Steven Scott and Shaun Preece work through them with blind listeners. The episode also marks the launch of Double Tap Live, a new 24/7 radio channel at DoubleTapOnAir.com.