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Aiden Gardiner
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I am the IT manager of the Sunderland and North-Durham Royal Society for the Blind. I am a technology and space exploration enthusiast. My hobbies are attending Football matches, experimenting with different kinds of technology and researching random topics that catch my interest.
Simon JaegerIf you are blind and have multiple computers, and especially if you live on the edge and don't have a monitor hooked up to one of those computers, having a capture card really is a game changer.
I have a cheap one that I need to replace. But even with that cheap one, I was just able to call Aira from my laptop and select the capture card as my video device, rather than my camera.
Then, I hooked the capture card up to a mini PC that needed an OS reinstall, and the Aira agent was able to read the display output in real time.
From that point, it took us about 30 seconds to get into the boot menu of the mini PC and select the USB drive.
Even without account for Aira, having a way to reliably capture the output of a computer is infinitely useful. All you need is an app that can take a picture or video from that device and interpret it as-needed. That could be an OCR reader, an AI describer like Be My Eyes, or a calling app so you can ask a friend to look at it.
It certainly beats needing to position the camera in front of a screen, and in the case of the mini PC, it saves me from having to set up a screen in the first place.
I have a cheap one that I need to replace. But even with that cheap one, I was just able to call Aira from my laptop and select the capture card as my video device, rather than my camera.
Then, I hooked the capture card up to a mini PC that needed an OS reinstall, and the Aira agent was able to read the display output in real time.
From that point, it took us about 30 seconds to get into the boot menu of the mini PC and select the USB drive.
Even without account for Aira, having a way to reliably capture the output of a computer is infinitely useful. All you need is an app that can take a picture or video from that device and interpret it as-needed. That could be an OCR reader, an AI describer like Be My Eyes, or a calling app so you can ask a friend to look at it.
It certainly beats needing to position the camera in front of a screen, and in the case of the mini PC, it saves me from having to set up a screen in the first place.
Just finished reading the Leasey Sports and Games documentation. If I wasn't looking forward to it before I definitely am now. There's a championship playoff game I'm particularly interested in happening the day after the release which I'll be testing monitoring on even though I'll be listening to it. That'll give me a good feel for the delay between the radio broadcast and Leasey.
Listening to some old ghost hunt shows that were broadcast on British radio years back. I bought the old recordings from the presenter's official website. Some people in the UK at least might remember the name Alan Robson. He hosted a show called night owls. As part of that show he visited many haunted locations, either by himself, with listeners who volunteered or members of the station crew. Some of the things that were picked up were amazing. Here's a link directly to the ghost hunts section of the website. https://www.robsonsworld.com/ghost-hunts-from-around-the-world/
Forgot this existed, quite entertaining. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2KI0COH9PY
Gollum Covers Taylor Swift
ugh, setting my headset up for zoom but when I go into Zoom's audio settings I keep losing audio and have to back out. The headset's the default audio device when it's connected so I'm assuming it'll just kick in when I join the meeting.
Apple store's down ahead of the event.
The X1 carbon's a great machine but it sacrifices upgradability.
Adding to the conversation about songs that spook you @lulu_bear, check this one out. The beginning and end of the clip, you'll know it when you hear it. It's from a film called We Were Soldiers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeu2h0E1RBU
We Were Soldiers - The Final Battle Scene
the commentators on the AD stream are describing the closing ceremony