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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Episodes
Friday Jun 14, 2019
Friday Jun 14, 2019
This week it’s all about Apple as we welcome Tyler Stephen from AppleVis into the Guitar Dungeon to give us a rundown of the major Accessibility announcements that were made at Apple’s annual Developer’s Conference.
Show Notes
Ali Stroker Makes History as First Wheelchair User to Win a Tonyhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/09/theater/ali-stroker-oklahoma-tony-awards.html WWDC 2019 as it happened: everything announced during Apple's keynotehttps://www.techradar.com/news/wwdc-2019-liveblogAppleVishttps://www.applevis.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 Jun 07, 2019
Friday Jun 07, 2019
A very special episode this week as we spend the entire hour talking with Kelly Goto, respected presence in the UX, Service Design and CX communities and Founder of Goto Media. We discuss the often mysterious world of design, and get an inside view of some of the most important design elements of the past 20 years before diving into the importance of universal design.
Show Notes
Goto Research / Mediawww.gotomedia.comwww.gotoresearch.com Global Research Consortium www.uxfellows.comColin’s Storyhttps://mindfultech.us/light-and-dark/
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 May 31, 2019
Friday May 31, 2019
Rob and Ryan fly solo this week while Steve is out and welcome Amanda Tolson and Jenna Reed from En-Vision America to the show. We discuss En-Vision’s long standing presence in the Assistive Technology community, dive into everything we wanted to know about bar code scanning, and the importance of Accessible Prescription labeling solutions.
Show Notes
AODA Alliance More Details on Amendments to ACAhttps://www.aodaalliance.org/whats-new/more-specifics-on-the-amendments-to-bill-c-81-the-proposed-accessible-canada-act-that-the-senates-standing-committee-passed-and-that-we-want-the-house-of-commons-to-ratify-still-no-commitment-by/ Accessible Canada Act Could Become Law Next Monthhttps://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-s-first-accessibility-bill-could-become-law-next-month-minister-1.4433709CRTC calls for comments on Bell, Corus, Rogers proposed amendment to described video conditionshttps://mobilesyrup.com/2019/03/12/crtc-amendments-call-comments-bell-corus-rogers/En-Vision Americahttps://www.envisionamerica.comEn-Vision America Advocacy Pagehttps://www.envisionamerica.com/advocacy/
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 May 24, 2019
Friday May 24, 2019
This week Rob, Ryan, and Steve welcome local photographer, accessibility advocate, and one of the busiest people we know, Cathy Browne into the Guitar Dungeon to talk about her photography, some of her advocacy work and the importance of accessible environments.
Show Notes
Google Unveils Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/google-glass-enterprise-edition-2-2/Cathy Browne Flickr Albumhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/cathybrowne/albums/72157660569356506 Soap Box Radio Archivehttps://www.coopradio.org/station/archives/4575Follow Cathy on Twitter! @CathyBrowne
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.
Thursday May 16, 2019
Thursday May 16, 2019
Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! It’s been a week since Google I/O, Google’s big annual developer’s conference, and we welcome have three of the Google Accessibility Team to talk about some of the Accessibility announcements that were made at the event.
Show Notes
New Microsoft Patent Reveals Plans for Braille Controllerhttps://www.gameinformer.com/2019/05/06/new-microsoft-patent-reveals-braille-controller-for-visually-impaired-gamersMicrosoft is Improving Windows 10 Update Processhttps://wccftech.com/microsoft-promised-future-of-windows-10-update-process/ Google Accessibility Websitehttps://www.google.com/accessibility/ Contact Google Accessibility https://support.google.com/accessibility/answer/7641084
Transcript of this show
Big shoutout and thanks to Adrian Roselli for his invaluable assistance in making the transcription of this show possible. Visit his website at http://adrianroselli.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.
Thursday May 09, 2019
Thursday May 09, 2019
It’s back to business as usual this week as we pick up the pieces from the 150th episode and welcome Dr. Amy Kavanagh to the Guitar Dungeon, all the way from across the pond! Rob and Ryan explain what happened to Episode 150 and cover a bit of news before chatting with Dr. Kavanagh about her Twitter campaign of #JustAskDontGrab and the origins behind it.
Show Notes
Lego Creates Braille Building Blockshttps://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/building-blocks-lego-creates-new-braille-bricks-1.4398733Microsoft is making VR better for those with vision problemshttps://www.engadget.com/2019/04/18/microsoft-seeing-vr/Cane Adventureshttps://caneadventures.blog/Dr. Amy Kavanagh on Twitter @BlondeHistorian #JustAskDontGrab
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 Apr 26, 2019
Friday Apr 26, 2019
Rob, Ryan, and Steve cover a few news stories of the week and then are joined by Noah Callan, CEO and founder of the website Disability Tek. Noah discusses his excitement about assistive technology, what impact it’s had on his life, and the state of Apple Accessibility.
Show Notes
Intuitive Limbs: The New Era In Prosthetic Technologyhttps://www.forbes.com/video/6000038875001/#192bb3472c57Toronto’s only operating cannabis retail store not wheelchair accessible on opening dayhttps://globalnews.ca/news/5120247/hunny-pot-cannabis-co-accessibility-toronto/
Third of blind people have been hit or narrowly missed by electric carhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6914721/Blind-people-hit-narrowly-missed-electric-car.html
British scientists on cusp of curing blindness with stem cellshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6919821/British-scientists-say-theyre-cusp-curing-blindness-stem-cell-treatment.html
Disability Tekhttps://www.disabilitytek.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.
Thursday Apr 18, 2019
Thursday Apr 18, 2019
This week we’re joined by Sam Seavey from the popular YouTube Channel The Blind Life. We discuss the state of Assistive Technology, what kind of AT he uses in his daily life, and the trials and tribulations of being a YouTube Content Creator.
Show Notes
The Blind Life YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNbzN3eHbLKPzltSB560DkABlind Shell Accessible Mobile Phonehttps://www.blindshell.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 Apr 12, 2019
Friday Apr 12, 2019
This week Rob, Ryan and Steve welcome Karthik Kannan, co-Founder and Chief Engineer at Envision Technologies, into the Guitar Dungeon all the way from the Netherlands! We discuss the details of the Envision app, which assists blind or partially sighted users and the power of AI and machine learning that drives it.
Show Notes
Envision AIhttps://www.letsenvision.com/Download Envision AI for Androidhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.letsenvision.envisionai Download Envision AI on iOShttps://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1268632314
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 Apr 05, 2019
Friday Apr 05, 2019
This week we’ve got a very important show – if you only listen to one episode of AT Banter this year, this is the one! Renowned disability advocate David Lepofsky joins us to talk all about C-81, the proposed Accessible Canada Act and details some of the shortcomings of the Act which he and many other disability advocates hope will be rectified before the Act passes into law. Listen in and find out what you can do to help and make your voices heard!
Show Notes
AODA Alliance Website https://www.aodaalliance.orgEMAIL THE SENATE COMMITTEE!soci@sen.parl.gc.ca AODA Alliance on Twitter @aodaallianceEmail the AODA Allianceaodafeedback@gmail.com Accessible Canada Act Is Too Weak to be Effective, Advocates Say (CTV News)https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/accessible-canada-act-is-too-weak-to-be-effective-advocates-say-1.4224281
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.