Fair point, and that will apply to any surveillance-equipped microphone device (MS Cortana, Apple Siri, Google, etc.).
Thought also occurred to me after posting my comment above that the original hardware-based podcasting device was ... the iPod. I'd be surprised if MP3-based players didn't have the capability to manage and play podcast episodes somehow, though there might be some issues navigating through those for someone who's blind.
BARD lists some commercial vendors for devices and accessories, though I've not explored their suggestions.
Turns out there's at least one audiobook player intended for blind / visually-disabled persons, or at least was in 2009:
Thought also occurred to me after posting my comment above that the original hardware-based podcasting device was ... the iPod. I'd be surprised if MP3-based players didn't have the capability to manage and play podcast episodes somehow, though there might be some issues navigating through those for someone who's blind.
BARD lists some commercial vendors for devices and accessories, though I've not explored their suggestions.
Turns out there's at least one audiobook player intended for blind / visually-disabled persons, or at least was in 2009:
<https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/an-audiobook-pl...>
Then again, this was the original portable audiobook player:
<https://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/AQ1001_05/portable-cassette-pl...>