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Video: The Talking Register (Patreon)

Published:
2026-09-17 19:47:38
Imported:
2026-09

Content

Finally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC4iNA7Oeok

I am incredibly proud of this video.

It's been a tough three months. I've been dealing with chronic pain compounding depression, and I needed - needed - a way to make smaller, simpler videos in order for this job to remain feasible. I think I pulled it off.

I rebuilt my home office into a place that's both nice to live and work in, and - I feel - a nice setting for videos. I don't intend to get rid of the studio, but I have a bunch of stuff that's just too small and fiddly to film there, and I think I can do a better job of it here at home, in a cozier space where it's easier to do retakes and whatnot. Please let me know what you think.

This video has a number of errors and I will be making a second version, so I've disabled comments; leave them here for now and I'll make another post when I have everything fixed, I just want to give everyone a few hours for feedback on anything I've missed before I do that.

Thank you all.

Files

Captek register RC1

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Comments

sdomi

i'm so happy to see this out <3 will watch shortly (also, holy crap "smaller, simpler videos" and it's 41 minutes long. i think you're not giving yourself enough credit - maybe not your longest production, but it's certainly still a substantial length)

Rick Green

TBH, you should go the LGR route and do Blurbs. Unscripted videos where you go "Hey look at this thing! It's cool!" Like Little Guys, but about anything the AUDHD dart decides to land on that day.

nytpu

Yeah, I know the Little Guys series got some flak, but I think that was just because there was *nothing but* Little Guys for months. I quite enjoyed watching those, and would be happy to see off-the-cuff videos branching out into more topics

Rick Green

People liked the Little Guys format, but got kind of tired of the same thing being shown over and over.

Jacob Alexander Tice

I liked Little Guys a lot (let's check the internet!) but yeah, it was a rough patch when that was all Gravis uploaded even though I do understand why that was the case for a while on his channel.

Zen The Fox

Happy you have a cozy space to work away from the studio! Wishing you all the best <3

doink

Always happy to see you back :)

Stormcrash

Yay more Cash Register Dude! I think for a device like this the presentation layout of the thing being on the table next to/behind you works great. The home office looks great too! It could be worth trying a similar table setup in the studio too instead of the usual anchor desk setup for things that need it, you've already done alternate layouts before like the Telephone stories video or the MPEG zone and those both worked well.

Xaviette Katzenfrau

I'm so happy you were able to pull this off! What a treat, my shift ends in 3 hours and then I've got the whole weekend to watch and then watch again when it goes public 😁

Bryce Lanham

Glad I saw this, Patreon apparently decided to unpledge when my CC bounced, smh. New set looks great!

Crash Cash

Wait... change from a $20 for $9 should be $11, not $10? Or do I have extra fingers?

Crash Cash

So the A440 pop-up says "if extra parts are needed, such as memory processors" -- so um, what? would these be spares, or why the hell would a register need extra "memory processors"?

sdomi

finished watching! great video <3 only comment: ~25:55, 27:30, 27:43 - audio levels could use some tuning; the machine is too high while you're speaking too

Henry O'Keeffe

Expanding the number of departments from 20 to 50

Henry O'Keeffe

Don't know if you caught this already, but the text on screen at 13:28 has a loading symbol in the middle of it

Stuart Rose

just popping in to say i love the CRD PVM graphic

Thermo [D G]

This video is great! And i do love the home office set. The computer on the shelf doing its thing reminds me of Tom Scott's "The Basics" (A series I miss dearly) in the computer museum. Honestly, I'm up for these "short" videos. Don't undersell yourself here!

Gecko089

New room looks nice! I personally are the kind of person who is so absorbed by the info that I don´t register environment as much, but I like it. I chuckled at the coffee cup on the shelve - it had me fooled for a moment. Like the notorious VCR cassette, do you do those yourself?

Headset Guy

Props to the Lehvak in the background starting around 6:38.

Donnie Denome

I gasped when you started explaining the point of this video — I am so, so, so into videos about the history of assistive technology. I am a disabled person who, for various reasons, uses a lot of the same assistive tech as people with vision disabilities, despite not (really) having a vision disability. Some feedback I have (all with the caveat that this is a great video and I’m trying to help you make it better, not be nitpicky for the sake of being nitpicky): 1. Braille displays aren’t useful for “just about every computer user with limited vision” because they, yknow, require you to be able to read Braille. Many (most?) people with vision disabilities don’t read Braille and instead rely on their remaining vision, audio/text to speech, and other sensory information/assistive tech/etc. How many people with vision disabilities actually read Braille is another matter (the often cited “only 10% of blind people can read Braille” stat is based on outdated information; source: https://afb.org/blog/entry/how-many-braille-readers), but not everyone with a vision disability is going to read Braille. 2. Title I of the ADA applies to employment and is one of the several different laws that are supposed to protect against disability-based discrimination in employment. In a purely theoretical sense (I am not a lawyer, I can’t answer legal questions, this is not legal advice), employers are supposed to make reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities, which might include purchasing adapted equipment or software for a blind employee. (The website askjan.org is a great resource about employment law and reasonable accommodations in the U.S..) 3. You’re right that basically all assistive tech for people with disabilities (especially stuff that requires a specific tangible device be produced instead of adapting existing devices or installing software) is Like That. It’s just a network of little companies making extremely specialized products that they probably sell a couple hundred of per year. Maybe a couple thousand if they’re lucky. Honestly, when I am looking for assistive tech for some need, I do not assume that “website that looks like it was last updated in Y2K” means a company is closed because *so many* of these companies are basically 2-3 people in an office somewhere, dutifully making whatever XYZ assistive product and fulfilling orders, and the reason their website is Like That is because they made it circa 2000 and nothing has catastrophically broken since then so why change it? 4. Okay, this is just a fun one that’s not really feedback but I feel like sharing: the shift to software as an accessibility “interface” is so real. For instance, I have three devices within my reach that run dedicated text-to-speech/speech generating software for people with speech disabilities. The first is my phone. The second two are dedicated speech generating devices, “manufactured” by different companies. The first is a Windows Surface tablet running Grid 3 software (produced by Smartbox). The second is an iPad Pro running Proloquo4Text (produced by AssistiveWare). Oh, the devices are marketed under different names, of course (Windows tablet is a “Zuvo 12,” iPad Pro is a “ProSlate 13”), but they’re just a Surface tablet and an iPad Pro running specialized software. The difference is that you add the specialized software (price point between $300 and $1000, roughly), lock the device down in settings so all you can do with it is run the software, and then mark it up for 5-10x the price because now it’s durable medical equipment and insurance will pay that. 5. I cannot recommend taking apart any of these devices on-camera for a future video (because they’re all in the category of Not Supposed to Have Them if you don’t have a qualifying disability and in some cases Are Literally Government Property), but if you want some more modern cool examples of purpose built assistive tech, look into videophones and TTYs (also sometimes called TDDs) for Deaf/hard of hearing people and any of the equipment the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) produces. You *might* be able to find an old TTY at a secondhand electronics store (or definitely on eBay); videophones are typically lent out to consumers on longterm loan by video relay service providers and NLS devices go through state branches of the NLS (look up what the Braille and talking book library is in your state). Personally I have been hoping for *years* you would consider doing a video on the history of TTY relay (and its more modern relatives, IP relay and VRS). Anyway, great video, loved it a lot. Can’t wait to see the final version!

George Dorn

This is awesome. Every now and then I have this thought that, with infinite time and energy I could add a feature to a beloved piece of hardware, and this would ultimately be how it would have to happen. And then of course I don't, because the only thing worse than working on something this painful for a market of a few people a year is working on something this painful for a market of one. Regarding how modern POS system handle accessibility, for some devices that's baked into the OS, not the software. iOS, for instance, has a whole other mode for blind users, allowing them to touch a button once to have it read to them, and then another gesture (I think it's configurable?) to confirm they want to do it. Depending on the UI tooling for apps written for iOS, they may get this for free and not even realize they got it.

ChiraFox

I love accessibility features. Not only does it feel good to see them being implemented, it also feels like it's own little hidden world you're discovering. Like a little secret.

Loading_M_

The problem for Title 1 of the ACA is the "reasonable" in the language. Unless there is a product they can buy, there's a good chance they can argue it's too much work to accommodate. Even then, high cost can still let them off the hook.

Donnie Denome

Yes, that is a huge problem, especially when (as the video points out) assistive devices are not mass-produced and often quite expensive compared to their non-adapted counterparts. My point was more that the ADA does include language about accommodations for employees, as full of loopholes and carve outs as it is. 🙂

Loading_M_

Fantastic video. You've discussed what it's like working at these small, scrappy businesses, but do you have any experience working in larger manufacturing environments? From my experience, the chaos and problems don't really go away, they just move to other parts of the business. I'm currently working on a software tool that is supposed to help manage the production process for a billion dollar company, and the levels of disorganization are beyond belief. The piece about Target developing their self-checkout assistive devices in-house isn't quite what you implied. They use a fully custom, in-house POS system, so there obviously isn't an off the shelf system that integrates with their POS. On the other hand, for most stores, and since basically the beginning of time, the appropriate solution is a cashier - the customer doesn't need to operate a touch screen, they just let the cashier handle ringing them up and just hand over the money.

cathoderaydude

thank you so much for all this feedback! I'll tell you up front that I have always been very resistant to covering accessibility devices for a couple of reasons, one because I don't want to make assertions that aren't true on such a sensitive subject, but also because I don't want to either look like I'm exploiting disability for advertising dollars, or encourage people to scoop up what little second hand stuff is out there to hoard as if they're toys. so, while I have come across quite a few of those TDDs, it felt like the optics would be bad at a minimum, and worse, they can't actually be demonstrated serving their intended purposes because, as I understand it, it is actually illegal for me to use a tdd service, and that too is something I wouldn't want to inadvertently encourage people to copycat with all that said, this one felt like a safe bet because of how straightforward the concept is, it being a device I fully understand, with exactly one difference that is self-explanatory. and even then, I actually wasn't going to touch on any of the contextual stuff until I found that report, which had it all written in the words of the people who were directly affected; that felt like safe ground to tread. regarding the Braille reader, I wasn't asserting that everyone could use it or needed it, just that anyone with vision problems could, potentially, make use of one, as opposed to something far more specific like a special purpose tool. regarding the ADA topic however, it sounds like that one could use some actual clarification. I didn't mean to imply that there were no laws regarding employee accommodation, just that I couldn't find anything that seemed to apply to this - but if you know any specific statute I could look up, it would be nice to add that detail.

Donnie Denome

Title I of the ADA is the legal citation you want; the kinds of technology you talk about would likely be considered part of a “reasonable accommodation” in employment. Whether that means any given employee with a vision disability *could* get those devices as an accommodation without a huge fight depends largely on whether their employer decides to be an asshole. Capitalism! More information: https://adata.org/employment-resource-hub-employment-and-ada-basics/ Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act would also apply if the employer receives federal money, which covers more employers than you might think. Company gets a contract to sell office supplies to the feds? Covered. Tiny non-profit gets a grant from a federal agency to study some issue or another? Covered. (Subject to the same disclaimer as Title I of the ADA though; legal protections are only as good as one’s ability to enforce them.) More information on Section 504: https://www.eeoc.gov/rehabilitation-act-1973 Regarding Braille displays: understood, I was likely being overly literal in my interpretation of what you said. And yeah, understood on why making videos about assistive devices is such a sensitive area. I wish it wasn’t so, because you have a great skill at explaining tech!

Nikita Fedorov

The vibes of the room are impeccable! Please make more videos here! Also the Freezepop reference on top of the Achewood reference last week? Boys On Film. He’s a Very Special Boy. Hope you don’t have to go to the moon to code JavaScript alone to feel better

cathoderaydude

Oh huh. When I'd dug into Target before, I swear I'd learned they used either NCR Storeline or Toshiba SurePOS. But either way, what I'm driving at is that this thing - which shouldn't need to be any more complex than a HID device and a sound codec - ought to be available as a generic control surface, and all Target should have to do is write the integration code on their end. The fact they had to get this thing manufactured from the ground up is still indicative of an underserved market.

Loading_M_

You're totally right. I haven't dug into it, but it really should be extremely simple hardware.

Strawberry Daquiri

i am excited for the Captech employee to show up in the comments when this goes live, :3

cathoderaydude

yep, i designed this cup and had redbubble print it years ago, haha. thank you!

Lars Jansen

All I can say for now is welcome back! I liked the video and the room. Sorry to hear about the struggles, and good to hear you're getting back on top of it. Hang in there, and hugs.

CallSomeone

Great video! Always excited to see you on the feed

Paul

I'd guess it's a sales tax thing.

cathoderaydude

hahaha, I did notice that - it LOOKS like a throbber but it's actually a genuine artifact from the scan. No idea what produced it, maybe a droplet of liquid.

cathoderaydude

ding - Sharp designed the 440 to be slightly expandable.

cathoderaydude

You know, I never configured sales tax on this so I have no idea what the factory setting is, but I'd assume that's it yeah..

cathoderaydude

patreon is *so good* at their one job, by which I mean they fail tragically on pretty much everything anyone wants them to do. :p thank you so much!

Simon Hill

Great video. You say "I don't want to bug anyone over there so I haven't bothered e-mailing them to find out"...which I think we get is an in-character throwaway...but then you almost immediately say "in my experience these places are miserable to work at, you're constantly using sub-par tools"... and so on. I get why you put that there, but it seemed a bit much to tar them with that particular brush having done zero outreach to a nice little company that still exists! I have also seen "behind the scenes" at some niche manufacturers and they are not always grim pits of despair and hackery. New mini-studio vibes are great. Love the mug. You seem to be looking slightly askance at the script from a TV / monitor just off camera? Anyway - all that is irrellevant really: be well, feel better - hoping this new setting helps you to create even more content.

Edward Swartz

Nice video! The home room does have a cozy vibe. I enjoy your teardowns of devices and the surveys of "the chips you didn't know were in there" across all these product ranges. Only minor audio point: someone is really tramping up the stairs at 18:20-18:24 or so, lol. And it may be useful to add some sound padding (on the walls behind the camera?) since there's a bit of room echo. Nothing terrible, though. Take care!