Mantis Q40 Gets Winter Update Bringing Text To Speech

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Today on the show Steven and Shaun discuss a range of tech topics including the rise in popularity of a pedestrian navigation app, a new AI assistant that’s just launched, and a major update to a popular QWERTY braille display.

First up, the guys talk about the Oko app, which is an app to help blind people cross the road safely. They’ve just been announced as finalists in Apple’s app of the year awards.

Up next they chat about the new Envision Ally assistant and how it compares to other AI assistants out there. Ally is now available on Envision Glasses and we are keen to hear from you if you’ve tried it out.

Our main story of the day features the news that the Mantis Q40 from Humanware and APH (American Printing House for the Blind) is getting a major update this winter, bringing text-to-speech to the popular QWERTY braille display. There’s a special webinar being held on the 2nd of December with more details on all of the new features coming in version 2.4 of the software - sign up here - https://aph.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9xhdtKLoTfipb6B3Zq2amQ#/registration

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