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Tech I Can’t Live Without

Metro.co.uk's weekly series where people share the technology that changed their life, from gadgets to software, from improving wellbeing to mending relationships - you'll find it here.

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Lucy Pearson with a friend

I discovered a little-known app that made me a Spanish speaker in months

Channel: Tech Tech May 20, 2024 By Lucy Pearson

This little-known Christmas app has saved me £1,000 on presents

Channel: Families Families December 11, 2023 By Emma Rossiter

This software means children I teach don't even know I'm blind

Channel: Tech Tech July 30, 2023 By Simon Wheatcroft
Two pictures of Ava (one when she was little, with her mother; the other at the age she is now, giving a speech at a podium), positioned in front of an image with cochlear implants (Picture: Ava Pearson/Getty)

Doctors said I'd never be able to talk - after this surgery, no one can stop me

Channel: Tech Tech July 24, 2023 By Ava Pearson

This app saved me almost £500 on food

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle July 16, 2023 By Kya Buller

I listened to 65 days worth of music last year - I have a Spotify addiction

Channel: Tech Tech July 9, 2023 By Jess Austin

After an attempted break in, this bit of tech made me feel safe again

Channel: Tech Tech July 2, 2023 By Rob Bell

I discovered a little-known app that has taken me from a novice Spanish speaker, to fluent

Channel: Tech Tech May 13, 2024 By Lucy Pearson
Multiple images coming together to create a leading article image. Far left: Jacq crouching on a cobbled path, with a golden-coloured dog sitting next to her, on her right. Jacq has a black rucksack on her back and sunglasses propped up on her head; and is wearing a navy blue t-shirt over a long sleeved black top, with grey trousers; she's holding a grey coat over her left forearm and a face mask in her right hand. Middle (bottom half of main image): an image of a white iPhone with the blue Seeing AI homepage/logo on the screen. Right: Jacq at home in her kitchen, cooking: she's standing behind a kitchen island (which is in foreground of the photo), in front of the oven, hob and white cupboards. She's wearing oven gloves in her right hand and holding a ladle in her left hand. There is assorted food spread out on the island in front of her, including a roast chicken on a wooden board and two plates with other food (e.g. vegetables). The left and right images (both of Jacq) have a grey colour scheme and are tinted with streaks of blue and yellow.

Blindness has put me in lots of embarrassing spots - this app saved me

Channel: Tech Tech June 18, 2023 By Jacq Kelly

Just because I'm non-verbal, it doesn't mean I can't speak to you

Channel: Tech Tech June 11, 2023 By Freddie Latham

This sex toy makes my life so much more pleasurable – not just in the obvious way

Channel: Tech Tech May 28, 2023 By Almara Abgarian

I used to dread going swimming - but waterproof headphones have been a gamechanger

Channel: Tech Tech May 24, 2023 By Emma Rossiter

I wouldn't be able to function as an adult without the Notes app

Channel: Tech Tech September 20, 2023 By Nadeine Asbali

Nervous about speaking problems aloud, I turned to the Samaritans online chat

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle May 11, 2023 By Fiona Reid

I'm always striving to be the best Muslim I can be - the Qur'an app helps with that

Channel: Tech Tech May 1, 2023 By Lilufa Uddin
Tech I Can't Live Without - Emmie

While I wait for hearing aids, this app helps me navigate the world as a deaf person

Channel: Tech Tech April 16, 2023 By Emmie Harrison-West

I couldn't live without WhatsApp - we shouldn't take the app for granted

Channel: Tech Tech April 6, 2023 By Sonya Barlow
TICLW - Lucy Pearson: GoodReads

This app has helped me fall in love with books all over again

Channel: Books Books April 2, 2023 By Lucy Pearson

After kidney failure left me in intensive care, this bit of kit is keeping me alive

Channel: Tech Tech March 26, 2023 By Martin Ives
TICLW - Mel/Hannah Ward: I couldn't do my job without my Mantis braille keyboard

This nifty piece of technology helps me navigate life and work as a blind person

Channel: Tech Tech March 19, 2023 By Mel Griffiths
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