The AudioPizza 2025 Gift Guide that No One Asked For
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Audio Pizza’s annual holiday gift guide is back, with Sean, Garth and Kayaker trading banter, bad weather reports and actually decent present ideas. They compare Meta smart glasses with newer AI-first options, talk through why Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 and Apple Watch remain go-to tech gifts, and get surprisingly passionate about good iPhone cases, light-up white canes, and properly sharp kitchen knives. Garth throws in tactile Hanayama puzzles and UV-printed tactile photos as great options for blind and low-vision friends, and the trio round things out with a defence of gift cards, a detour...
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Thin Is In, just ask My iPhone - AP151
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This month, the globe spins faster than Sean’s excuses for not reading the manual as the Audio Pizza crew—Kayaker, Garth, and Shaun—check in from around the world with special guest Brett Halle and a surprise cameo from Jordie, freshly armed with a shiny new iPhone 17 Pro. The gang dives deep into Apple’s latest event—iPhones, Watches, AirPods, and a healthy sprinkle of sarcasm. • Shaun: Still refusing to upgrade because “thinness is overrated.” • Garth: Tempted by the Air, but only if it gets a second speaker. • Brett: Drops insider-level knowledge bombs about RAM, LiDAR,...
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Battersea Park - W08
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After a four-year hiatus, we’re delighted to welcome you back to the Words Words Words podcast. Along with a couple of featured words from Douglas Adams' wonderful book "The meaning of Liff", this episode includes a listener-contributed word, Battersea Park. Thanks Sally for sending it through. If you have any ideas to contribute, please get in touch. Battersea Park (verb) - The act of assaulting a poorly parked car, by a blind person with their white cane. Whilst neither recommended nor encouraged, this can relieve ones frustration when suddenly coming across a car which has been left...
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Safety Glasses - AP150
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In this episode of Audio Pizza, Shaun, Garth, and Kayaker try on the future—AI-powered smart glasses that promise to help us blind folk find our way without walking into quite so many lamp posts. After that, they swap specs for security, digging into the iOS settings that can keep your iPhone safer than a squirrel guarding its last nut. And remember: if you must steal an iPhone… Shaun’s is apparently the one to go for.
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Fun and Games - AP149
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Fun and games? Not exactly. In this edition of Audio Pizza, Shaun, Garth, and Kayaker try to talk about what they do for fun and games… only to reveal they’re not all that fun and don’t actually play that many games. But what they lack in actual gameplay, they make up for with quick banter, questionable opinions, and spirited chats about entertainment, video games, blind sports, and the occasional board game.
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Solving Shaun’s Storage Issues After WWDC - AP148
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The elite Audio Pizza team digs deep into close to 100 sessions from Apple's World Wide Developer Conference, but they were unavailable, so Shaun, Garth and Kayaker fill in at the last minute. The crew also digs into a host's question about the best accessible network attached storage options for your home. Best of all, you'll not want to miss the intro spoof, ok you might want to miss it, but give it a listen anyway.
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Global Accessibility Day - AP147
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We won't bury the lead, Garth is back! Yes, he's tired, but what else is new? Well, Garth, Shaun and Kayaker will tell you all about Global Accessibility Awareness Day and the key take aways from Apple. And, we respond to a listener's question regarding what we do when we get our new phones.
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Get Busy Living (Mental Health and Blindness) - AP146
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Shaun and Kayaker have a candid talk with Sally, a Person Centered Counselor, who holds a Masters in Counseling about mental health with blindness and vision loss. The threesome shares some personal stories with a bit of humor and how they try to cope with blindness each day, and sometimes fail. Links for your reference: our-services/wellbeing-services
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CSUN, Sea Faring and C-section - AP145
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Kayaker, Shaun, Garth and Kayaker talk about the latest Apple product announcements including the new MacBook Air M4. Listener feedback offers additional AI tips using your own special files. But the biggest news is our very own Shaun travelled to the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference and offers his insights about what he found on the exhibit hall floor including his latest impressions with the Glide.
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Oko,From free to fee and deep seeking a use for AI - AP144
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Kayaker, Garth, and Shaun crush Kayaker’s opinion on the need for free blind utility apps, but everyone seems to be against the subscription model. And the gang discusses the latest AI news and how it might help the blind AI app world.
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