{"id":806028,"date":"2026-10-17T23:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T23:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/806028\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T23:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T23:34:08","slug":"senedd-member-says-smart-glasses-help-with-speeches-in-the-senedd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/806028\/","title":{"rendered":"Senedd member says smart glasses help with speeches in the Senedd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Asked if he risked misleading people by giving the impression he was speaking without notes, O&#8217;Connell said: &#8220;I&#8217;m delivering my words in the manner that I see fit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Other people might use an iPad, they might use a phone, they might use printed paper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This is the method that I find works best for me during those long debates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This is authentically my voice, and it&#8217;s just me relaying that in the way that I feel most comfortable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">O&#8217;Connell said the glasses had boosted his confidence &#8220;massively&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;As a new member we do have to get over that hurdle and the more of these you do the more confident you get,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It enables me to communicate effectively with the constituents, the people of Wales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;When I&#8217;m scrutinising government, I want to be able to look the government in the face.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Asked if he risked misleading people by giving the impression he was speaking without notes, O&#8217;Connell said: &#8220;I&#8217;m&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-806028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}