Talking Vision 789 Week Beginning 14th of July 2025
Sam speaks to CEO and co-founder of Split Atom Labs, Aaron Vernon, whose game studio is the developer of accessible mobile game Land of Livia, currently available on all Apple devices for gamers who are blind or have low vision. We also feature part three of Sam's interview with Ian Bailey, coveri…
Talking Vision 788 Week Beginning 7th of July 2025
This week features part two of Sam's conversation with optometrist, researcher and low vision pioneer Ian Bailey, featuring stories around his postgraduate studies in Indiana, returning to the school of optometry in Melbourne and starting up the low vision clinic at the Association for the Blind in…
Talking Vision 787 Week Beginning 30th of June 2025
This week Sam speaks with Ian Bailey, optometrist lecturer and low vision pioneer still currently working in the school of optometry at University of California in Berkeley. You'll hear part one of their conversation this week from Ian's early life up until leaving London for postgraduate studies …
Talking Vision 786 Week Beginning 23rd of June 2025
Sam speaks to Intopia digital accessibility consultant Andrew Arch about a new series of guidelines Intopia have been working on together with the Australian Human Rights Commission. Then after we hear from Andrew, Sam speaks to optometrist Greeshma Patel from Specsavers about some new findings ar…
Talking Vision 785 Week Beginning 16th of June 2025
Sam is joined by David Davenport, accessible formats production manager at Blind Vision NZ, who visited Australia recently to take part in a round table conference with a special interest in print disability and accessible printing for clients in New Zealand. You'll also hear from Dr Jenny Crosbie…
Talking Vision 784 Week Beginning 9th of June 2025
Sam speaks with Vision Australia national employment manager Vildana Praljak as part of season 2 of the Career Path podcast, where she speaks about ways we can bust some common employment myths faced by people who are blind or low vision. You'll also hear from Umberine Williams, business developme…
Talking Vision 783 Week Beginning 2nd of June 2025
Sam speaks to Kris Rallah-Baker, Australia's first Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander ophthalmologist based on the Sunshine Coast, who has also done work with the Deadly Vision Clinic in Darwin as well as clinical community outreach in remote communities of the Northern Territory. He is part of …
Talking Vision 782 Week Beginning 26th of May 2025
Sam is joined by Jeanna Manifold and Kate Gooden from Amazon's Alexa department to give us some updates on what Amazon is up to in the accessibility space with regards to their Alexa speakers, and what they got up to at the recent Round Table Conference covering topics related to blindness, low vis…
Talking Vision 781 Week Beginning 19th of May 2025
Sam catches up this week with Jonathan Craig from Vision 2020 and Brandon Ah Tong from Fred Hollows Foundation, who have both recently returned from the International Association for the Prevention of Blindness' conference in Nepal. Among other things Brandon speaks about his new role as the chair…
Talking Vision 780 Week Beginning 12th of May 2025
Sam speaks to Victorian Disability Worker Commissioner Dan Stubbs about a campaign the VDWC is currently running to ensure the rights of people with disabilities are upheld, and inform them of what they or those around them can do if they have a concern. You'll also hear from writer, producer and …