{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Gremlins, guitars and lawn mowers","description":"What’s  Up  Docs\n\nTake Two. The gremlins are mostly gone. One remains. He lives here now. He's weird throwing water at him didn't work.\n\nJackie — 145 books in. Debating whether Mr. Bump was actually visually impaired.\n\nKen — Three books into The Grey Man series. Up until 1am. No regrets.\n\nPat — Live from the States at 31 degrees, ice cream in hand, scouting tech.\n\nStuart — Retained Irish blind tennis number one. 5th singles, 3rd doubles at UK regionals in Loughborough. Also reading God is Disappointed in You.\n\nJade — Huge congratulations to her sister Taylor. Leaving Cert survivor. She’s free.\n\nListener Emails\nJackie Coyle named the Andrea Mara book. It Should Have Been You. All Jackies know books.\nPat answers a listener question on spoken content with screen magnification: Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → Speak Screen → Control Actions → set Double Tap to Speak on Touch.\n\nScribeMe Interview\nStuart and Jackie talked to Mark Morad, founder of ScribeMe. Fascinating story. The app is back on the App Store. A pair of Meta glasses may have been ordered as a result by somebody.\n\nMain Topic: Tech Toys\nJade — Fisher Price radio. Cassette tapes. Microphone. Mother suffered greatly.\nJackie — Franklin Language Master. Recently deceased,  Moment of silence observed. baby doll she shuck by the neck.\nKen — Atari. Sat on it. R.I.P.\nStuart — The talking watch. Cock-a-doodle-doo. Banned from school.\nStuart (from the control room) — Toy lawnmower used as a proto-cane on Rosses Point Beach. Click, click, click. An origin story.\nJackie — Inflatable guitar as mobility aid in hospital. Why? Still unclear.\nPat - watch with red light up digits  turned him into Super Pat when used\n\nTech Doc Tip\nCustomise your VoiceOver gestures. Settings → Accessibility → VoiceOver → Commands → Touch Gestures. Change what you can’t do to something you can. There is a reset button. Blame Jackie if needed.\n\nListener Challenges\nWhat was your first tech toy?\nName Stuart’s lawnmower.\nName our gremlin.\nIs the outro music Stuart Lawler or AI?\n\nGet in Touch\nEmail: thetechdocpod@outlook.com (mailto:thetechdocpod@outlook.com)\nWebsite: thetechdocpod.com (http://thetechdocpod.com/) — now with 90-second voice notes.\n\nLinks\n\nScribeMe (https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/scribeme/id6739640292)\n\n Out of Sight with Joe G  (https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/out-of-sight-with-joe-g/id1873593436)\n\nGremlin Pest control (https://www.gremlinpest.com.au/)\n\nDisclaimer: The Tech Docs are not responsible for gremlins multiplying, the Franklin Language Master’s passing, concerned motorists on the Rosses Point Road,  or VoiceOver gestures gone rogue.","author_name":"The Tech Docs","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5167824-the-tech-docs","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43495404/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}