I was never that good at sport at school. The bottle-top lenses in my glasses earned me a fair amount of stick in the classroom, but once I was without them on the sportsground I became a slow-moving target for everything from insults to cricket balls. And I’m afraid that
Author: Louise Humphreys
RealThing Ai scoops two Awards at the 2021 Rising Stars Awards with its innovative technology for Blind people
The team behind the RealSAM UK Smart Speaker, has been recognised for two awards at the 2021 Computing Rising Stars Awards, winning both Team of the Year and Digital Person of the Year for UK Manager, Louise Humphreys. At the height of the pandemic RealThing Ai launched a news and
Find My Pocket?
Following on from last week’s blog about the ‘dangerous’ new Bookshelf feature on my Pocket, I feel the need to make a public service announcement! I suspect that I am far from the only one to be feeding a serious audiobook habit through my Pocket and experiencing the side-effects of
Pocket Bookshelf
Earlier this week I received a very exciting email from Louise at RealSam, telling me about a new feature on my Pocket called Bookshelf. It enables you to search for and curate a collection of books by subject, rather than having to know the title or author. So, it should
Launching Bookshelf on RealSAM Pocket
Summer’s here and so is the release of the latest feature on RealSAM Pocket! Today we joined the team at RNIB Connect Radio to share how RealSam has your summer holiday reading sorted thanks to the launch of our new Bookshelf feature. Bookshelf makes it easier to listen to your favourite
Every Dad Shall Have His Day
I’ve never been particularly good at remembering calendar dates. It’s about as much as I can manage to keep track of my immediate family’s birthdays, and of course my wedding anniversary! And so, to be honest, for much of my life, annual events like Father’s Day have rather passed me
Pocket Perspective: An Article by Red Szell
Back to full power after his Covid vaccine, Red has taken a moment to reflect on how his confidence has grown in using new technology thanks to the time he has spent using RealSam devices. We’ll start working on how to order your tea and digestives on Pocket @RedSzell! Fortunately,
At Home In Bed: An Article by Red Szell
This week I was fortunate enough to receive my second Covid vaccination. Having checked out all the latest information provided by the various sight loss charities and made instantly accessible through both my RealSam Pocket and RealSam Speaker, I felt confident I was making the right decision and knew what
All Hail Pocket! An Article by Red Szell
As lockdown eases, so my diary starts to fill up. Friends and family I haven’t met up with for ages have begun to plan evenings out, and theatres and music venues are taking bookings again. Of course, Pocket has filled some of the gap over the past months, with its
Pocket Pub Guide: An Article by Red Szell
“A moment of triumph when I realised that this was probably the first time I had got to and from my local and navigated the menu by myself for about eight years”. We were in Moscow; Satan and his talking cat Behemoth were creating havoc at the theatre, when suddenly