
That Real Blind Tech Show
Brian Fischler, Ed Plumacher, and Allison Meloy · Brian Fischler and Ed Plumacher
Show overview
That Real Blind Tech Show has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 117 episodes. That works out to roughly 160 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h 7m and 1h 44m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 22 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 37 episodes published. Published by Brian Fischler and Ed Plumacher.
From the publisher
A podcast Hosted by Brian Fischler, Ed Plumacher, and Allison Meloy discussing the good and bad of assistive technology for the low vision and totally blind. Key topics include Apple's VoiceOver, Amazon's VoiceView, Windows Narrator, Freedom Scientific Jaws, Described Video, and basically any product that talks to you. We are not NPR, as we are an entertainment technology show.
Latest Episodes
View all 117 episodesEpisode 213 - Apple Event, Fully Erect, Physically and Metaphorically
Episode 212 - Two Cox and A Johnson, A History of Privacy Wonking
Episode 212 - Two Cox and A Johnson, A History of Privacy Wonking
Episode 211 - Bad app Store connect, Bad app Store connect
Episode 210 - Vomitous Interruptous
Episode 209 - Half Burp, Half Laugh For the Blind
Episode 208 - Demo of Claude in Action, xCode, and Terminal Making the Baseball SIM and That Real Movie Quiz iOS Game
Episode 207 - Special Report: The VibeCoding episode
Episode 206 - WWDC26 Recap, See What You see and Introducing StudHub
Episode 205 - Demo of amazon Web Mac Improved Accessibility and New Innosearch Fees
Episode 205 - Demo of amazon Web Mac Improved Accessibility and New Innosearch Fees
Episode 205 - Demo of amazon Web Mac Improved Accessibility and New Innosearch Fees
Episode 204 - #GAAD, Google IO, and Walrus Penis Bone
Episode 203 - GPT Smackdown Demo for Mac Usability
Episode 202 - Mother Tucker it's A Sloppy Enis
Episode 201 - Stroke Man, We're All Stroked Out
Episode 200: The 200th Episode Spectacular, And There's Your Show title!
Episode 199 - Putting the Fun in CSUN!
It's an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as Allison, Brian, David, and Jeanine tried to get together to record as usual on Zoom, but what a shit show of accessibility Zoom has become. We thought we would never be able to record again, and right before our 200th episode since we changed from That Blind Tech Show to That Real Blind Tech show. Brian then goes in to his psychic abilities as if you listened to our last episode he was ready for a meteor to hit the Earth, and one actually did! We then bring up the sad news about the possible demise of Innosearch.AI. Breaking news, there are still some good people on this place we call Earth, as a 78 year old man was working as a Door Dash Driver, and a bunch of people got together, put up a Go fund Me, and the dude is now rich. Google is rolling out free personalized intelligence to all of its United States Gemini users. Apple announced the upcoming release of the Air Pod Max 2, but does anyone really care? And in our second segment of does anyone care? Amazon is rumored to be working on designing an Alexa powered phone. We then discuss That Real Blind Tech show going to Taiwan. Brian then dives in to his full recap of this year's CSUN AT Conference. He starts off discussing his and Dr. Bryan Wolynski's presentation at this year's Conference, Artificial Intelligence, In and On Your Face. Brian then discusses all the networking he got done at this year's conference and some of the people he hung out with. He then discusses some of the companies that had a big presence at this year's Conference. We then discuss the big announcement coming out of CSUN, all the disability focused apps coming to the Meta Frames, and soon. Brian then recaps his post-CSUN Hollywood adventures, and it is more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading. To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], join our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, join us on the Twitter @BlindTechShow
Episode 198 - Don't Let Your Meta Frames Make You a Glasshole!
It's an all new That Real Blind Tech Show, as we bring you our annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference Preview with Allison, Brian, and Jeanine. However, only one of us will be making an appearance at CSUN. Way before we get in to our CSUN coverage, we kick things off discussing how do you know when your historic unbelievable bad luck may be turning around for the better? Which then leads back to the theft and hacking Brian went through and discussing that an iPhone hacking tool is now in the hands of Russian spies. We then discuss the bizarre story of the woman who is dealing with reverse porch piracy. Brian then discusses finally setting up his ally Glasses and his first experiences with them. Next up we discuss who is watching the watchers, meaning the peeps wearing the Meta Glasses. And we finally have a name for the facial Recognition feature coming to the Meta Glasses, it's called NameTag. Which leads to us discussing Royal Caribbean banning Smart Glasses on its cruise ships. Could using VoiceOver get you kicked off a United airlines flight soon? And here is the entire bullet point on United Airlines of something that could get you kicked off a flight that Brian could not get through. • Passengers or Passengers' Service Animals whose conduct is unlawful; indecent, lewd, or sexual in nature (including viewing offensive content); harassing; disruptive; disorderly; offensive; abusive; unsanitary; or violent. We then dive in to our CSUN 2026 Preview as Brian will be presenting once again with Dr. Bryan Wolynski at this year's CSUN Conference on Wednesday at 11:20am, it will be one of the most entertaining sessions at this year's CSUN as they discuss Artificial Intelligence, In and On Your Face. Jeanine then fills us in on some of the big stuff coming out of Aira for this year's Conference. Apple announced a bunch of new products this week, but are any of them worth getting? We start discussing the new M5 Mac Book Pro. But Allison roles us right on it to the new M5 Mac book Air, as she feels that is the computer in the Mac line up to get. Which then rolls us in to discussing the new Mac Neo versus a Mac Air. Apple also released the budget friendly iPhone 17E. We then dive in to the Apple 26 feature for the phone app to go unified or old school. We then discuss two new iPhone apps for the blind Curb to Car and Vision AI Assistant. Are they ready for prime time? Google Gemini has now joined a lot of the other ChatBots as they have been hit with their first wrongful death suit. We then discuss the troubling news of what the Department of Defense is doing to Anthropic, and what this could mean for tech companies in the future. And it's more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading. To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], join our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, join us on the Twitter @BlindTechShow
Episode 197 - Air Pod Colonoscopy
It's an all new That Real Blind Tech show as Brian, David, Ed, and Jeanine gather around to discuss the latest greatest tech news. We kick the show off discussing the bizarre week down in El Paso, Texas. Then it is the return of the popular That Real Blind Tech show Feud as we ask our contestants what are Door Dash Drivers now getting paid to do? We then discuss a CNN article about Menfluencers filming themselves hitting on women. Will this ruin Smart Glasses for the blind? And how in the world is CNN's accessibility so awful in 2026? A new dating app called Score is using credit scores to make its matches. Next we discuss the new Be My Eyes Workplace. We then discuss using What Three Words with Aira. We then do the That Real Blind Tech show version of Double Tap as we play some emails we received after the last episode. We then discuss the possibility of Facial Recognition coming to the Meta Glasses, and how the media has approached this story. Claude's new free version can now connect to several apps and help you create all kinds of documents. We then dive in to the bizarre article about people going on dates with A.I. chat bots. Seriously, we are not making this up, it is happening right here in New York City! How shocking the new Smarter Siri is rumored to be delayed yet again. And the next Gen Air Pod Pros 4 are rumored to have cameras built in to them. And it's the return of What's Pissing Off Brian Now and more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading. To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at [email protected], join our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, join us on the Twitter @BlindTechShow