Audio Pizza

The gang returns for 2026 with CES chat, and predictions that will age like milk! 
What's inside:
Kayaker freezes in New England; Sean freezes in the original England; Garth refuses to stop being sunny
Steven Scott drops in from Double Tap and immediately turns "a quick chat" into "a feature-length film"
AirPods Pro 3 praise, ear-tip rage, and the haunting tale of the "dog-processed" AirPods
The Lightsaber Cane: brilliant, ridiculous, heavier than normal, and only sometimes practical
"Does this confuse the public?" Spoiler: the public is already confused
Keychron keyboards, accessibility quirks, and a CES announcement of a concrete keyboard (because why not)
HP's keyboard-with-a-computer concept: 
Robot future: great in factories, questionable in living rooms, nightmare fuel for kids' toys
AI glasses talk: open ecosystems, camera access, LiDAR dreams, and "Meta, please stop resetting"
Braille label printer news: useful… if the app isn't a disaster
2026 predictions: Siri overhaul (again), Google wearables rising, AI hype deflating, and general tech chaos
Overall, CES + accessibility + Star Wars + keyboards + mild existential dread. Exactly what you came for.

We're delighted to return with another Christmas audio drama. This time we're revisiting Dr Seuss's classic The Grinch Who Stole Christmas and giving it an accessibility twist. We truly appreciate all those who lent their voices to make this possible. 
Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year from the Audio Pizza team!

In this holiday edition of Audio Pizza, Kayaker, Sean and Garth dive into what Sean saw at Sight Village London. They chat through new low-vision and blindness tech including the Angel Eye document reader, Luna night-vision glasses for RP, and HumanWare's upcoming BrailleNote Evolve Windows notetaker. Sean also gets hands-on with the ultra-light Svárovský cane, and shares updated impressions of the Glide autonomous mobility device. To top it off, Kayaker unveils an MIT-built "Uber car finder" iPhone app, available via TestFlight, that helps blind users locate the right vehicle in busy pickup areas.
Join the test flight for Thing Finder here.

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 into accessible jigsaws, and a spirited argument about cutting up food and eating with your hands.

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, and AI headroom.
• Jordie: Loves her 17 Pro, mainly because it can describe her baby's outfit on command.
Expect passionate debates about whether LiDAR is life-changing or just expensive potential, why every blind person's favourite phrase is "depends how you use it," and how battery life is the new religion.
Shaun leads the charge on the Meta event, which somehow excited him more than Apple's. The crew covers:
• New Meta Ray-Bans and Oakleys with better cameras and longer battery life.
• The wild new neural wristband that reads muscle signals so you can air-type like a Jedi.
• Seeing AI and Be My Eyes coming to the glasses—accessibility in your face.
• And of course, Kayaker's existential crisis over whether using Meta violates his privacy vows.
Last month's cliffhanger returns: Shaun still can't back up his iPhone.
Cue a group intervention featuring Garth's step-by-step fix, Brett's "pay the 99 cents" wisdom, and a gentle reminder that losing your phone is worse than losing your morals to Meta.
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