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
Thursday Nov 30, 2017
Thursday Nov 30, 2017
It’s everybody’s favorite time of the month – and yes, we’re referring to our Monthly News Show! Rick Chant from Chaos Technical Services joins us to banter about some of the past few weeks’ most interesting news stories.
Show Notes
Apple delays HomePod launch until 'early 2018
http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/11/17/apple-pushes-homepod-launch-into-early-2018
Report: 6 million iPhone X units sold over Black Friday weekend, buyers favor more expensive 256 GB model
https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/28/black-friday-iphone-x-sales/
Hulu sued for not offering audio service for blind customers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/hulu-sued-for-not-offering-audio-service-for-blind-customers/2017/11/21/726a646a-cef6-11e7-a87b-47f14b73162a_story.html?tid=ss_tw-bottom&utm_term=.4d3650f41748
Uber service animal policy under fire for 'doctor’s or cleric’s letter' exemption
http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/2017/11/20/uber-service-animal-policy-under-fire-for-doctors-or-clerics-letter-exemption
3D printer makes first wearable ‘battery’
https://blog.adafruit.com/2017/11/22/3d-printer-makes-first-wearable-battery/
Friday Nov 24, 2017
Friday Nov 24, 2017
This week we invite Shawn Smith of ‘Don’t Dis My Ability’ into the Guitar Dungeon where we talk all about invisible disabilities and the burgeoning field of Neurodiversity.
Show Notes
Don’t-Dis-My-Abilityhttp://ddmacs.ca/
Mindview Mind Mapping Softwarehttps://www.matchware.com/mind-mapping-software
Friday Nov 17, 2017
Friday Nov 17, 2017
This week we welcome Kiki MacDonald to the Guitar Dungeon, co-founder of Euan's Guide which is an accessibility review website based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Show Notes
Euan's Guide Websitehttps://www.euansguide.com/
Euan's Guide Twitter@EuansGuide
Friday Nov 10, 2017
Friday Nov 10, 2017
This week we open the Guitar Dungeon to fellow podcaster Jeff Thompson, from Blind Abilities and talk about all manner of things related to Blindness and the transition into the work force – as well as a bit of general silliness regarding the proper form of the past tense of ‘tweet’.
Show Notes
Blind Abilitieshttps://blindabilities.com/
Blind Abilities App on iTuneshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blind-abilities/
Tuesday Oct 31, 2017
Tuesday Oct 31, 2017
Happy Halloween! This week it’s our annual Halloween show, and Ryan has dressed up the Guitar Dungeon to be even spookier that it is normally! Rick Chant from Chaos Technical Services sits in as we answer from Listener emails, talk about a few recent Assistive Technology items in the news, and then launch into bantering about all things Halloween while eating way too much candy.
Show Notes
Don’t Blame Batteries for Every Lithium Ion Explosionhttps://www.wired.com/2017/03/dont-blame-batteries-every-lithium-ion-explosion/
Most Popular Halloween Candy by Statehttp://www.delish.com/holiday-recipes/halloween/g4584/most-popular-halloween-candy-america/
Best and Worst Halloween candyhttp://www.eatthis.com/halloween-candies-ranked/
2017 Most Popular Halloween costumeshttp://time.com/4989367/most-popular-halloween-costumes-2017/
8 Super Weird Things You Didn't Know About Halloweenhttp://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/halloween-weird-facts_n_5948456
Friday Oct 27, 2017
Friday Oct 27, 2017
This week we welcome Dave Wilkinson into the Guitar Dungeon, where we discuss some of the products that HIMS manufactures, what the development cycle is like, and the state of Braille hardware in general. BONUS: Keep listening after the show to listen to Ryan unbox his brand spanking new Google Home Mini.
Show Notes:
HIMShttps://hims-inc.com
BrailleSense Polarishttps://hims-inc.com/products/braillesense-polaris/
Friday Oct 20, 2017
Friday Oct 20, 2017
This week we're bantering with Peter Tucic, Blackhawks fan and Blindness Product Specialist, about Humanware's line of forthcoming new products -- as well as a bit of hockey smack talk for good measure.
Show NotesHumanwarehttp://www.humanware.com/
Canadian Assistive Technologyhttp://canasstech.com
How To Get Your Apps and Ringtones Back on Your Mac and PC with iTunes 12.6.3https://coolblindtech.com/how-to-get-your-apps-and-ringtones-back-on-your-mac-and-pc-with-itunes-12-6-3/
Friday Oct 13, 2017
Friday Oct 13, 2017
This week we travel across the pond (via Skype of course – we don’t have that much of a budget) and banter with Steve Bennett from Dolphin Computer Access, makers of the SuperNova screen magnification and screen reader software.
Show Notes
Dolphin Computer Accesshttps://yourdolphin.com/
Canadian Assistive Technologyhttp://www.canasstech.com
Friday Oct 06, 2017
Friday Oct 06, 2017
This week we welcome Tom Dekker, founder of iHabilitation Canada, blogger and Blindness advocate into the Guitar Dungeon where he discusses his early days of Phone Phreaking, some current trends in AT, and the fight against a new set of standards being introduced for Canadian Guide Dogs.
Show Notes
Hands off Our Harnesses
https://handsoffourharnesses.wordpress.com/
https://www.facebook.com/handsoffourharnesses/
iHabilitation
http://www.ihabilitation.com/
Thursday Oct 05, 2017
Thursday Oct 05, 2017
Join us for a triumphant return to the Banter Bit as Rob, Steve, and Ryan give their brief thoughts and impressions of this week's Google Event and learn about the lifespan of domesticated Racoons.
Show Notes
Best of the Google Eventhttps://lifehacker.com/the-best-of-the-google-event-from-everyone-else-1819189217
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.