Talking Tech 21st March 2023

Published: March 21, 2023, 4:11 a.m.

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CSUN 2023 Exhibitor List

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A great resource to see who was at this years tech conference.

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https://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/ebb/rbk/2023/index.php/public/exhibitors/index/page:1/sort:booths/direction:asc

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3 Tactile Graphic Displays at CSUN

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Dot Pad, Graffiti, and Monarch.

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Grafety (already available)

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http://www.orbitresearch.com/product/graphiti/

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Dot Pad (available in South Korea)

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https://pad.dotincorp.com/\\xa0

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Monarch (available 2024)

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https://www.aph.org/meet-monarch/

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With these 3 on or coming to the market, I think it is going to be important to understand what each one does given they will range in price from $10.000 US to $20.000 US.

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Sony Develops Camera for the Vision Impaired Showed off at CSUN

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Now this sounds intriguing.

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https://au.pcmag.com/cameras-1/99198/sony-develops-affordable-camera-for-the-visually-impaired

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Orbit Research shows offMagna, new Portable Video Magnifiers at CSUN

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It\\u2019ll be interesting to find out how these compare to other portable VM.

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https://www.orbitresearch.com/magna-handheld-electronic-magnifier/

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Orbit Research shows off Optima Modular speech/Braille computer

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Not available until next year, not sure if this is a solution to a non existant problem.

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https://www.orbitresearch.com/product-category/optima/

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Be-My-Eyes Launches Digital Visual Assistant Powered by Chat GPT 4 at CSUN

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This is a virtual assistant to comment on images taken by the camera and describe their content. At the moment this feature is in beta.

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https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/technology/2023/03/15/be-my-eyes-launches-digital-visual-assistant-powered-by-gpt-4/

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Envision Shows off GPT on the Envision Glasses at CSUN

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Interesting to see yet again how the Power of AI is being used to image/describe the world.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkbm72oHPqY

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Not sure how this will impact Envision, but Google says Good Bye to Google Glass Enter;piese

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https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/16/goodbye-google-glass-we-knew-you-well/

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Giving Aira Explorers more choice, article updated on March 14 2023 for CSUN 2023\\xa0

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Besides a newer interface, people can use the front smart phone camera to talk to the agent.

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https://aira.io/new-mobile-app/

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3 Chat GPT Clients to have a pLay with

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iOS

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Get Roasted with Carrots Weather chatbot now using Chat GPT

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https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/15/carrot-weather-app-new-chatbot-with-chatgpt-update/\\xa0

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Mac

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AI Chat, works well with VoiceOver.

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https://apps.apple.com/au/app/ai-chat-ask-anything/id1667518571

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Apple Watch

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Sorry Siri, Introducing Petey, the New GPT app for the Apple Watch

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https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2023/03/sorry-siri-meet-petey-the-new-chatgpt-app-for-apple-watch/

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Remember, all of these Chat GPT clients (besides Petey I think) need to be subscribed to.

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Bing is also having a play with, as the answers are self voicing.

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New App for the Mac CenteredHead

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This is a way of making sure your head/face is in focus before you go on to a Zoom, webinar call etc.

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https://apps.apple.com/au/app/centered-head/id6446192101?mt=12

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