AT Banter Podcast
AT Banter’s goal is to celebrate and share stories of disability. Join Rob Mineault, Ryan Fleury, Steve Barclay, and Lis Malone as they talk with advocates and members of the Disability Community to educate and inspire better conversations about disability.
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Thursday Oct 31, 2019
Thursday Oct 31, 2019
It’s Halloween once again in the Guitar Dungeon, and the boys have gathered along with special guest Rick Chant from Chaos Technical Services to have a frightfully live show where literally ANYTHING could happen ….
Show Notes
“Are Guide Dogs Unethical?” from Good Morning Britainhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqht8JyI9Vg
AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with over 30 years of knowledge and experience. Visit them online at www.canasstech.com or call toll-free 1-844-795-8324.
Need repairs on your device? Chaos Technical Services offers service and support on almost any piece of Assistive Technology, while also providing parts and batteries. Visit them online at www.chaostechnicalservices.com or call 778-847-6840.
Friday Oct 25, 2019
Friday Oct 25, 2019
This week we’re excited to welcome Matthew Shifrin, creator of the website Lego for the Blind, into the Guitar Dungeon where he explains the origin of his step by step instructions for multiple LEGO sets as well as how it came out that LEGO followed suit and began to develop their own pilot project for Braille and audio instructions.
Show Notes
Microsoft AI for Accessibilityhttps://news.microsoft.com/en-ca/2019/10/17/ideas-from-the-heart-could-help-make-employment-more-attainable-for-people-with-disabilities/ LEGO for the Blindhttp://legofortheblind.com/LEGO Audio and Braille Instructionshttps://legoaudioinstructions.com/How LEGO Helps Blind People Seehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVy5E2DZkKM
AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with over 30 years of knowledge and experience. Visit them online at www.canasstech.com or call toll-free 1-844-795-8324.
Need repairs on your device? Chaos Technical Services offers service and support on almost any piece of Assistive Technology, while also providing parts and batteries. Visit them online at www.chaostechnicalservices.com or call 778-847-6840.
Friday Oct 18, 2019
Friday Oct 18, 2019
This week we travel all the way to Hawaii (yeah, we wish) and talk to Dr. Brett Oppegaard about The UniD Project, whose mandate is to create more vivid and robust audio descriptions for the visually impaired. We discuss the project's origins, its mandates and its first phase which is providing audio description at National Parks.
Show Notes
Uber Introduces Pet Uber https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/9/20905237/uber-pet-app-update-dog-cat-fee-price-cities-available
The UniD Project https://www.unidescription.org/
Friday Oct 11, 2019
Friday Oct 11, 2019
It’s a Dog Day Afternoon in the Guitar Dungeon as we break some big news concerning the Domino’s Pizza Accessibility lawsuit before welcoming in Tara Dougherty from the Pacific Assistance Dogs Society for a discussion about (almost) everyone’s favorite topic -- puppies!
Show Notes
Supreme Court Denies Domino’shttps://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/464897-disability-activists-notch-win-as-supreme-court-declines-to-take-up Pacific Assistance Dogs Societyhttps://pads.ca/
AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with over 30 years of knowledge and experience. Visit them online at www.canasstech.com or call toll-free 1-844-795-8324.
Need repairs on your device? Chaos Technical Services offers service and support on almost any piece of Assistive Technology, while also providing parts and batteries. Visit them online at www.chaostechnicalservices.com or call 778-847-6840.
Friday Oct 04, 2019
Friday Oct 04, 2019
World Cerebral Palsy is almost upon us on October 6, so we take some time this week to talk with Elizabeth Specht and Jeanne Morton from the Cerebral Palsy Association of BC, who discuss the condition itself as well as the Association and the work it does for individuals all over the Province.
Show Notes
Domino’s Wants to Slice Away at ADAhttps://slate.com/technology/2019/09/supreme-court-dominos-web-accessibility-visually-impaired.html Alexa’s Show and Tell Features ID Objectshttps://www.engadget.com/2019/09/23/amazon-alexa-accessibility-show-and-tell/ Cerebral Palsy Association of BChttps://www.bccerebralpalsy.com/Contact CPABCinfo@bccerebralpalsy.com
AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with over 30 years of knowledge and experience. Visit them online at www.canasstech.com or call toll-free 1-844-795-8324.
Need repairs on your device? Chaos Technical Services offers service and support on almost any piece of Assistive Technology, while also providing parts and batteries. Visit them online at www.chaostechnicalservices.com or call 778-847-6840.
Friday Sep 27, 2019
Friday Sep 27, 2019
It’s a big show this week as Rob, Steve, and Ryan discuss a range of big topics, including climate change, ape uprisings and even find some time to manage to touch on the accessibility features of iOS 13 before welcoming on Jenine Stanley, Explorer Community Manager at Aira to discuss what’s new with the innovative service for people with Blindness or Low Vision.
Show Notes
Airahttps://aira.io/What’s New in Accessibility with iOS 13 https://appletoolbox.com/wheres-accessibility-settings-in-ios-13-and-ipados-we-found-it-and-more/#What8217s_new_in_Accessibility_with_iOS_13
AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with over 30 years of knowledge and experience. Visit them online at www.canasstech.com or call toll-free 1-844-795-8324.
Need repairs on your device? Chaos Technical Services offers service and support on almost any piece of Assistive Technology, while also providing parts and batteries. Visit them online at www.chaostechnicalservices.com or call 778-847-6840.
Friday Sep 20, 2019
Friday Sep 20, 2019
The Dungeon is alive … with the sound of music! That’s right, this week we dive back into a Music Therapy discussion with yet another returning guest, Dr. Benjamin Schogler, from Skoog! We discuss how this innovative Music Therapy tool was developed as well its mainstream applications, what’s new with the next generation of Skoogs, and how it can be used in therapeutic settings.
Show Notes
Skoog Websitehttps://skoogmusic.com/
Audible Says Captions Are Fair Use https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/amazon-fires-back-at-book-publishers-says-captions-are-fair-use/
AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with over 30 years of knowledge and experience. Visit them online at www.canasstech.com or call toll-free 1-844-795-8324.
Need repairs on your device? Chaos Technical Services offers service and support on almost any piece of Assistive Technology, while also providing parts and batteries. Visit them online at www.chaostechnicalservices.com or call 778-847-6840.
Friday Sep 13, 2019
Friday Sep 13, 2019
The Guitar Dungeon is awash with excitement this week as Ryan, Rob, Steve, and special in-studio guest Grant welcome back Alexis Hillyard, creator of the YouTube cooking channel Stump Kitchen to the show. We discuss her advocacy work as well as how the Stump Kitchen channel has evolved before launching into an extended discussion on how advocacy and content creation can work together. You don’t want to miss this one!
Show Notes
Stump Kitchen YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDa7IzZX_Lb882M4qZc6nzg
Stump Kitchen Online https://www.stumpkitchen.com/
AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with over 30 years of knowledge and experience. Visit them online at www.canasstech.com or call toll-free 1-844-795-8324.
Need repairs on your device? Chaos Technical Services offers service and support on almost any piece of Assistive Technology, while also providing parts and batteries. Visit them online at www.chaostechnicalservices.com or call 778-847-6840.
Friday Sep 06, 2019
Friday Sep 06, 2019
Steve makes his somewhat triumphant return to the show for the first show of the Fall season where we discuss a new Audible accessibility feature that is under fire from publishers before we welcome David Errington, President and CEO of Accessible Media Inc into the Guitar Dungeon.
Show Notes
Major book publishers sue Amazon’s Audible over new speech-to-text feature https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/23/20830057/amazon-audible-speech-to-text-feature-lawsuit-major-book-publishers
Accessible Media Inc https://www.ami.ca
AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with over 30 years of knowledge and experience. Visit them online at www.canasstech.com or call toll-free 1-844-795-8324.
Need repairs on your device? Chaos Technical Services offers service and support on almost any piece of Assistive Technology, while also providing parts and batteries. Visit them online at www.chaostechnicalservices.com or call 778-847-6840.
Friday Aug 30, 2019
Friday Aug 30, 2019
It’s the last show of the summer and we celebrate by welcoming in Derek Featherstone, Chief Experience Officer at Level Access and Accessibility Rock Star, into the Guitar Dungeon for an extended discussion of Digital Accessibility. We discuss everything from how the industry has changed to the new Accessible Canada Act and what needs to happen to drive Accessibility forward.
Show Notes
Watch Derek’s Accessibility Presentation, “Where Accessibility Lives”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecE-oRh6-b8
Level Access www.levelaccess.com
AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with over 30 years of knowledge and experience. Visit them online at www.canasstech.com or call toll-free 1-844-795-8324.
Need repairs on your device? Chaos Technical Services offers service and support on almost any piece of Assistive Technology, while also providing parts and batteries. Visit them online at www.chaostechnicalservices.com or call 778-847-6840.
AT Banter Podcast
The AT Banter podcast is a podcast where we talk with advocates and members of the Disability community to help educate and inspire better conversation about disability. Changing the world and perspectives on disability one episode at a time! Featuring Rob Mineault, Ryan Fleury, Steve Barclay and Lis Malone.