AT Banter Podcast

AT Banter Podcast Episode 115 - Dot Inc

We go international all the way to South Korea this week and connect with the folks at Dot Inc to talk about their new product, the Dot Watch. We talk about the unique technology that drives this accessible Smart device as well as discuss plans for forthcoming products. We also learn magnets are cool!
Show Notes
Dot Watch on the Webhttps://dotincorp.com/
Dot Watch on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/pg/dotsmartbraillewatch
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.
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AT Banter Podcast Episode 114 - Mike May

Rob and Ryan take shelter from the Vancouver August heat in the cool confines of the Guitar Dungeon to talk with no other than Mike May, founder of Sendero Group and pioneer in the field of GPS Assistive Technology. And as if that isn’t enough, we also talk to him about his downhill skiing career and what it’s like to hold the speed skiing record in downhill for a totally blind person (which is, for the record, 65 mph).
Show Notes
BVI Workforce Innovation Centerhttps://www.workforceforall.com/
Sendero Grouphttp://www.senderogroup.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 Episode 113 - Children's Low Vision Project of BC

This week we’re very excited to welcome educators Lynn Langille and Linda Mamer into the Guitar Dungeon to discuss their passion project, the Children’s Low Vision Project of British Columbia. We discuss the important work the project does for youth with visual impairments all around the Province and how the events that they bring to communities are planned out.
Show Notes
Children’s Low Vision Project of BChttp://www.clvp-bc.com
AMI Covers CLVPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAT96uT8jRQ
Want to Know More About CLVP? Email them at clvpbc@sd23.bc.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.

AT Banter Podcast Episode 112 - Rainbows, Unicorns, and Puppies

It’s the end of the month and time for our monthly free-form news show! This week we welcome Adam Wilton, Manager at the Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired to help talk about a host of news stories from the past few weeks in a free form discussion that, as usual, breaks out into several digressions, a few arguments, and leaves everyone feeling very optimistic about the future of assistive technology. It’s a feel-good episode!
Show Notes
Reprogrammable Braille Could Eliminate Reading Multiple Books to Just a Few Pages
https://coolblindtech.com/reprogrammable-braille-could-eliminate-reading-multiple-books-to-just-a-few-pages/
Cool Wearable Technology: Seismic Super Suit Helps Old People Move
https://www.i4u.com/2018/07/128995/cool-wearable-technology-seismic-super-suit-helps-old-people-move
Bone conduction wireless glasses
https://www.eastersealstech.com/2018/07/10/bone-conduction-wireless-glasses/
This clever app lets Alexa read Sign Language
https://www.fastcompany.com/90202730/this-clever-app-lets-amazon-alexa-read-sign-language
Firefox makers working on voice-controlled web browser called Scout
https://www.cnet.com/news/mozilla-working-on-scout-a-voice-controlled-web-browser-project/
PRCVIwww.prcvi.org
Adam Wilton’s Twitter @TVI_Adam
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 Episode 111 - Mark Kingwell and the Red Pill

This week it’s time for something completely different. Mark Kingwell, Canadian professor of philosophy and associate chair at the University of Toronto's Department of Philosophy joins us in the Guitar Dungeon for a rousing discussion about AI and technology and its current and potential impact on our society. Get ready to take the red pill and take a deep dive in The Matrix with those one, folks!
Show Notes
Mark Kingwell Wikihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kingwell
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 Episode 110 - Brian MacDonald and National Braille Press

This week we take a deep dive into all things Braille as we welcome Brian MacDonald, President of the National Braille Press into the Guitar Dungeon and discuss what the organization does to promote Braille and Braille Literacy. And while we’re on the subject of Braille, Ryan breaks down a new Braille Display coming to market called the QBraille.
Show Notes
QBraille Braille Displayhttp://www.hims-inc.com/product/qbraille-xl/
National Braille Presshttp://www.nbp.org/
Candice Elzinga Casting Directorcandice@cecastinginc.com
BrailleMe by Innovisionhttp://innovisiontech.co/brailleme/
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 Episode 109 - Lowell Taylor

This week the Guitar Dungeon is filled with motivational vibes as Rob and Ryan welcome Lowell Taylor for a visit. He fills us in about what it was like to compete on Canada’s Amazing Race as a visually impaired contestant, his current plans to become a Paralympic athlete, his career as a motivational speaker, and duties as Health and Wellness expert on the AMI TV show, “Mind Set Go”.
Show Notes
Live With Hearthttps://livewithheart.ca/
Lowell and Julie on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/julielowellcan
Lowell and Julie on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/JulieLowellCAN/
Mind Set Go http://www.ami.ca/category/mind-set-go
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 Episode 108 - The End of SausageFest

This week we’re thrilled to be adding a bit of estrogen to the mix and welcoming Maria Johnson aka Girl Gone Blind into the Guitar Dungeon to help us talk about a few of the Accessibility-related news stories of the last few weeks.
Show Notes
Google Rebrands TalkBack into Android Accessibility Suitehttps://9to5google.com/2018/06/20/google-talkback-android-accessibility-suite/
Microsoft Invests 25 million into AI Tech for Disability Solutionshttps://www.arnnet.com.au/article/640866/microsoft-invests-25m-into-ai-tech-disability-solutions/?_lrsc=11f4a7f1-8798-40bc-8b68-5c6c8400a08e
Customer Experiences with AIhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/blakemorgan/2018/06/15/building-beautiful-customer-experiences-with-ai/#2258bb3a1b72
The Proposed Accessible Canada Acthttps://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2018/06/minister-duncan-introduces-the-proposed-accessible-canada-act.html
https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/accessible-people-disabilities/act-plain-language-summary.html
https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/canada/2018/06/21/disability-rights-advocates-welcome-national-legislation.html?__twitter_impression=true
Continued Conversations with Googlehttps://www.androidpolice.com/2018/06/21/continuned-conversation-google-assistant-starts-rolling-today/
Plastic Overlay Makes Reading Easier for Blind iPad Usershttps://coolblindtech.com/plastic-overlay-makes-reading-easier-for-blind-ipad-users/
Morid Alexa Commenthttps://amp.hothardware.com/news/alexa-sees-dying-people#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s
Girl Gone Blindhttps://www.facebook.com/girlgoneblind/
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.
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AT Banter Podcast Episode 107 - Chris Venter The Blind Scooter Guy

This week in the Guitar Dungeon, Chris Venter, aka The Blind Scooter Guy takes a break from his globetrotting to chat with us about how he got his moniker, how life as an adventurer has changed since losing his vision, and how he didn’t let visual impairment deter him from doing the things he was passionate about. How do you eat an elephant? Listen in and find out!
Show Notes
Blind Scooter Guy Website
https://blindscooterguy.wordpress.com/
How I Became The Blind Scooter Guy: My soul searching safari by scooter from the Southern Tip of Africa to the Shamrock fields of Ireland
https://www.amazon.com/How-Became-Blind-Scooter-Guy/dp/0620774967
Chris Venter Ted TalkX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a9UVmmChug
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 Episode 106 - The Marrakesh Treaty

If you’ve been paying attention to the news around Accessibility for the past few years, you’ve surely heard of the Marrakesh Treaty. But what exactly is the Treaty and what does it all mean? You might even be asking yourself (as we did), where the heck IS Marrakesh? This week Brad Turner from Benetech returns to the show to break down all the details of the Treaty and what exactly it means for accessible books for the global visually impaired community while the Guitar Dungeon’s Google Home answers some of our Geography questions.
Show Notes
Benetech
https://benetech.org/
BookShare
https://www.bookshare.org/cms/
Microsoft Accessible Controller Now Available for Pre-Order
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/xbox-adaptive-controller/8nsdbhz1n3d8
 
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.