Chris McCausland Documentary on Assistive Technology - BBC Two, Sunday 23 November at 8pm

Chris McCausland is great - I've seen him a couple of times and even did the embarrassing fanboy thing of talking to him outside his dressing room door afterwards, although I blame the wife for that. He was also a guest on Double Tap earlier in the year, so winning Strictly doesn't seem to have corrupted him. I've been eying up his audio book on Audible so will be giving that a go soon. (Can you eye up an audio book?)

Anyway I did not know about this show, so thanks very much for bringing it to my attention. I am all over this.

I would also recommend his show on Radio 4, You Heard It Here First I think. He gets various sighted comedians to do various audio challenges like figuring out what an advert is going on about without the video, or trying to identify sounds or whatever. Anyway it's well worth a go, although you can say that about most things he is involved with.

This was the funniest coment I have ever read! Thanks for making my day!

I cannot seem to find BBC 2 or 4, but perhaps I should try and log into the BBC first? I think I still have an account on there as I've become sort of a news junky these days kind of against my will. Lol but having said that, my personal assistant and I listened to some other stuff by Chris McCausland. Neither of us had heard of him before, but he's great.

Minor Update: This documentary might be on the A-person devices if nothing else. I just asked mine to play BBc 4 and then BBC 2 and she did, so there's hope.

Specifically the bit about video recognition through glasses.
Where can non-UK people watch this? Any possibility of getting this in to our favorite vault?

Hi, I saw the program and to be honest from a blindness perspective I didn't see anything we didn't already know about. Nor did the program address any of what I would say are the major issues we face such as getting around alone or navigating very busy shopping malls alone or the lack of accessibility in everyday cooking appliances.
Yes it showed him being able to read print recipes etc but not how you'd use a flat screen touch pannel to control your induction hob. And before anyone points out certain models kind of address this they aren't what I'd say are slick solutions or available on all models giving us the widest access to these type of products.

Best

You Heard It Here First is on Radio 4, not BBC 4 so you would need BBC Sounds to get it. (Assuming you are in the UK).

Seeing into the Future will be on iPlayer though. I suspect you need to log into both to access them. I've not watched the BBC 2 thing yet but looking forward to it.

Cynical as it may sound, I don't think the documentary was really aimed at us. More likely it was to inform the general public on these sorts of things, Chris McCausland being the 'face' of blindness in the UK at the moment.

Also, remember, we're all nerds, wondful, beautiful nerds, so of course we know most of it and more.

nice to see a documentary where the blind are portreyed realistically. does anyone know which AI app he was using when he asked it to identify the t-shirt?

To the previous commenter: Where did you watch this and is it available on-demand? Thanks. A friend and I have been watching some of Chris's stuff on YouTube, but we can't seem to find this documentary. He's great though.