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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Friday Aug 23, 2019
Friday Aug 23, 2019
This week Rob and Ryan welcome Paul Ruvolo, creator of the indoor navigation app Clew, to the Guitar Dungeon. He walks us through how this innovative app uses Augmented Reality to provide a virtual breadcrumb trail and some of the challenges that were faced in development.
Show Notes
Aira Goes Freehttps://aira.io/aira-is-free
Get Clew on the App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clew/id1268077870
Clew Websitehttp://www.clewapp.org/
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 16, 2019
Friday Aug 16, 2019
We’re back from vacation (again) and go full steam ahead on discussing a few recent news stories surround accessibility. From Lyft horror stories to self-service kiosks, Rob and Ryan cover a wide range of topics before welcoming back Karthik Kannan from Envision AI to announce some big promotional news.
Show Notes
Wheelchair users say even accessible taxis will refuse rides in Vancouverhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wheelchair-accessible-taxis-vancouver-1.5234791San Francisco woman with disability who says Lyft drivers repeatedly cancel her rides is calling for changehttps://abc7news.com/society/sf-woman-with-disability-says-lyft-drivers-repeatedly-cancel-her-rides/5460706/This blind woman says self-checkouts lower the bar(code) for accessibilityhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/self-checkouts-accessibility-concerns-1.5243720A blind man couldn’t order pizza from Domino’s. The company wants the Supreme Court to say websites don’t have to be accessiblehttps://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/25/dominos-asks-supreme-court-to-say-disability-protections-dont-apply-online.htmlEnvisionhttps://www.letsenvision.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 Aug 01, 2019
Thursday Aug 01, 2019
This week we delve back into the always-hot topic of Accessible spaces as Rob and Ryan talk with Jessica Hipp, Chief Operating Officer of WayAround, an innovative Audio Tagging system that could help revolutionize public, home, and office settings.
Show Notes
WayAroundhttps://www.wayaround.com/Contact Jessicaconnect@wayaround.comNew law requires pharmacies to provide “prescription readers” to blind patientshttps://www.klcc.org/post/new-law-requires-pharmacies-provide-prescription-readers-blind-patients
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 Jul 26, 2019
Friday Jul 26, 2019
This week Rob and Ryan welcome Amy Silverman, author of “My Heart Can’t Even Believe It” into the Guitar Dungeon this week where the three discuss a variety of topics including the language of disability, advocacy, and raising a daughter with Down’s Syndrome.
Show Notes
My Heart Can't Even Believe It: A Story of Science, Love, and Down Syndromehttps://www.amazon.ca/My-Heart-Cant-Even-Believe/dp/1606132741Amy Silverman Online https://www.amy-silverman.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 Jul 12, 2019
Friday Jul 12, 2019
Every shop at Old Navy and wish you could purchase a t-shirt that could regulate temperature or monitor your vital signs? Well, you may be in luck soon. This week we talk with Jess Jur, Associate Professor of Textile Engineering, Chemistry & Science at NC State University's College of Textiles who gives us an overview of the notion of Smart Textiles and helps us breakdown what the implications are for Assistive Technology.
Show Notes
Comcast’s latest accessibility feature lets customers change TV channels with their eyeshttps://www.theverge.com/2019/6/17/18681792/comcast-eye-control-accessibility-feature-change-tv-channels Bad braille plagues buildings across U.S., CBS News Radio investigation findshttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/bad-braille-plagues-buildings-across-u-s-cbs-news-radio-investigation-finds/NEXT Research Group https://sites.textiles.ncsu.edu/next/Smart Clothes TED Talkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oUHW9eqNaA
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 Jul 05, 2019
Friday Jul 05, 2019
The show returns from a week long break as Rob and Ryan welcome friend of the show Colleen Connor back into the Guitar Dungeon, where they discuss everything you want to know (and likely a few things you don’t) about the current state of Audio Described content and where they see things (hopefully) going in the future.
Show Notes
BlindInspirationCasthttp://www.blindinspirationcast.com/Audio Description Retreats http://www.adtrainingretreats.com/VocalEyehttp://www.vocaleye.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 Jun 21, 2019
Friday Jun 21, 2019
Ready to do some button mashing?? We take a deep dive into the history and future of Accessible Gaming with this week’s guest, Mike Feir, who is a regular contributor on AMI as well as author of several books. Mike’s experience with Accessible Gaming goes all the way back to the 90s, and he discusses what it was like back then and where he sees gaming going these days.
Show Notes
Audio Gameshttp://www.audiogames.netAppleVishttps://www.applevis.com/Mike’s Bloghttp://michaelfeir.blogspot.com/Blind Bargainshttps://www.blindbargains.com/Kelly & Companyhttps://www.ami.ca/category/kelly-and-company
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 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.
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.