On Today's headlines segment, Grant Hardy talks about how to keep cool during a heat wave (0:00). On our Accessible Gaming segment, Markus McCracken lets us know about a few games he’s exploring on Xbox and PlayStation (11:53). We have another edition of the weekly roundtable. Our guest today is Kelly and Ramya contributor, Mike Feir (28:02).

If you've ever had daydreams of living a totally different life, Michael Feir found the perfect accessible game for you. It’s called BitLife and he tells us all about it (8:51). Is empathy something we can do without thinking or do we choose to be empathetic? We chat more about this with Fern Lulham (23:11). We have the Thursday Buzz with Bill Shackleton (38:02).

This week, Joeita speaks to blind visual artist Clarke Reynolds about his artistic journey and why he incorporates Braille as an artistic medium. This is the July 13, 2023 edition

Explore Clarke Reynolds' art at his website: https://www.seeingwithoutseeing.com/

One thing is for sure at Double Tap: You never quite know what you are going to get!

Today on the show, Steven and Shaun discuss Shaun’s latest software find, called Logitech Options+ which lets him add new functionality to his MX Keys keyboard. Also, there’s a beautiful message from listener Robbie who tells us about the impact our show on blind advocacy had on him personally.

Also, Jason Fayre from Toronto joins us to talk about 3D printing and answers our questions on whether the technology could be used for printing out Braille books.

And if that’s not enough for one show, we also have a new song produced for us by longtime listener and friend of the show Philippe Bouchard.

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In the second hour of NOW with Dave Brown: Shaun Preece of Double Tap tells you about OpenFit Earbuds by Shokz (10:32). And Dawn Dickinson previews Voices of The Walrus with an article about the world’s oldest marathon runner, Dag Aabye (36:06).

In the first hour of NOW with Dave Brown: Chef Joshna Maharaj reflects on issues of food insecurity across the country (16:41). Journalist Rebecca Dingwell chats about her upcoming feature on the Newfoundland Ponies at P&P Pastures Homestead in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (29:25). And community reporter Blaine Deutscher tells you about summer programming at Fenek Farms outside of Regina (40:02).

In this Kelly and Ramya Highlight: Dr. Christine Korol joins us with some tips for looking after our mental health during this unprecedented wildfire season.