lucy edwards there.come vital tools for blind people? absolutely. ithink, you know, lucy touched on it there — what has been extraordinary has been the pace of change in that smartphones now are just absolutely essential as an accessibility aid. do you think there's even more to come in this space? absolutely. i think the next thing will be live, on—the—fly, people recognition, so it can identify individual people, notjust people in general. but i think it a more wider sense, ai is going to have huge implications for this area and i think as more companies cotton on to the power, we'll see it rolled out much more widely. hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was a week that tiktok started allowing some users to record longer 3—minute videos as part of a test run, instead of the usual one minute limit. spotify has had some of its pages defaced by a hacker who put up pictures of his own snapchat, amongst other things. and apple revealed the nhs covid—i9 app was the second most downloaded iphone app in

well, we'll have more from paul later on in the show, but first, lucy edwards who is somewhere betweenfirst blind dj and a tiktok phenomenon. she's been investigating how ai could be making smartphones the latest must—have accessory for people with visual impairments. if you're blind like me, tech that describes its surroundings can be life changing. phone ai voice: facing south—west. .. not that it always gets it right. is there bike parking in front of us? that was last year. now, the new iphone 12 comes with lidar to help users detect people around them. that's especially useful right now when we're all meant to be socially distancing. i asked my best friend dave to help me give it a go. hello! hello, how are you? i'm good thank you, how are you? it's nice to see you. in these strange times, i have felt a bit anxious about leaving the house. have you tried it out of the house yet or is the first time? this is the first ever time. the world outside is so inaccessible at the moment for me. i don't know if people are going to cough in my face or where they are in proximity to me, but w

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well, we'll have more from paul later on in the show, but first, lucy edwards who is somewhere betweeni voice: facing south—west. .. not that it always gets it right. is there a bike parking in front of us? that was last year. now, the new iphone 12 comes with lidar to help users detect people around them. that's especially useful right now when we're all meant to be socially distancing. i asked my best friend dave to help me give it a go. hello! hello, how are you? i'm good thank you, how are you? it's nice to see you. in these strange times, i have felt a bit anxious about leaving the house. have you tried it out of the house yet or is the first time? this is the first ever time. the world outside is it so inaccessible for me. i don't know if people are going to cough in my face or where they are in proximity to me, but will this in my hand, have the answer? there's no people detected it so i'm guessing that's correct. as we set off to my local high street, we saw the tool could be amazingly accurate. a white building with a red sign on it. a person wearing a helmet sitting on a moto

kate, rachel, lidia, lucy, doug, jamie, danny, paris, isaac, edward, and abel will not be free. doug mr. wilson is giving them to the tollivers as a gift. they are being developed amongst my dead nephews and nieces. i want to scream or cry, or punch something. how can i celebrate when so many i love our still slaves? >> lidia was grappling with her newfound freedom. but she's been enslaved for most of her life. now, as it relates to lidia and this time period, what is the definition of slavery? how would you define a slave? >> well, an enslaved person is someone who is bound by enslaved law, and i think it's important to point out that slavery as entrenched in the law is here in virginia, and all colonies. it's far and wide reaching. it changes peoples classifications. it puts limits on what people can and can't do. it's not just one law or a handful of laws, it's hundreds of laws that are amended and strengthened overtime. >> can you speak a little bit about the laws that codified slavery here in virginia, or anywhere? >> alright. well, before we talked about the laws, there ar