Lizzie Eastham and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look through a different lens.

On this week’s show

“Techfest 2026”

Sam and Lizzie come to you from the floor of Tech Fest 2026!

Thanks to See Differently we get to play with some of the latest pieces of Technology for people who are Blind or have Low Vision.

• Lizzie talks to Shan from Essilor Luxottica about their Nuance Glasses.
• Sam Lizzie talk to Joseph and Mary about the Dot Pad, an adaptive Braille Display.
• Jess from See Differently introduces Sam to some rather talkative Kitchenware.
• Better Love Alarms and Mobility Glasses.  
• Lizzie tries out the Braillesense 7 thanks to Pacific Vision.
• Rickard meets Rickards as Sam chats to Peter Rickards about the Sinsiball cane tip.
• Sam and Lizzie sum up the day with both Amy (one of the attendees) and Andrew Davies from See Differently.

Studio 1 welcomes any input from our listeners. If you have any experience or thoughts about issues covered in this episode or believe there is something we should be talking about. 

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A special thank you Andrew Davies and the crew at See Differently.

This program was made possible with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at https://cbf.org.au/

Resources:

See Diffierntly: https://seedifferently.org.au/

Essilor Luxottica: https://www.essilorluxottica.com/en/

Dot Pad: https://www.dotincorp.com/en/product/dotpadx

Better Love email: eva@betterlovetech.com 

Pacific Vision: https://pacificvisionaus.com.au/

Sinsiball Cane Tip: https://www.sensaball.com.au/