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.
Episodes
Nov 10, 2017
Nov 10, 2017
55 min
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/
Oct 31, 2017
Oct 31, 2017
1hr 4 min
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
Oct 27, 2017
Oct 27, 2017
1hr 14 min
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/
Oct 20, 2017
Oct 20, 2017
1hr 7 min
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/
Oct 13, 2017
Oct 13, 2017
56 min
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
Oct 6, 2017
Oct 6, 2017
59 min
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/
Oct 5, 2017
Oct 5, 2017
23 min
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
Sep 29, 2017
Sep 29, 2017
1hr 23 min
Rob, Ryan and Steve are back to basics with one of their patented stream-of-consciousness News shows, joined by Chaos Technical Service’s Rick Chant. Listen in as they discuss everything from fruit fly genitalia to hijacked voice assistants, and everything in between!
Show Notes
These Disabled Americans Are Getting Dragged Out and Arrested for Demonstrating Over Healthcarehttp://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a12466578/disabled-protesters-healthcare-hearing/
Al Franken raises concerns about Apple’s FaceID
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/13/us-senator-questions-face-id-privacy-security/
Wearables Fashion Show at the Accessibility Innovation Showcase at Invictus Games https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/09/23/wearable-assistive-technology-will-hit-the-runway-at-invictus-showcase.html
Google assistant comes to Bose head phoneshttps://www.thurrott.com/cloud/135419/google-assistant-comes-bose-headphones
Amazon brings new accessibility to Fire deviceshttps://www.amazon.com/p/feature/ter2a57g6htm6mr
Your future sex robot could be hacked and programmed to murder youhttp://bgr.com/2017/09/11/sex-robot-hack-security-cyborg/
Internet of cellshttp://www.nature.com/news/how-the-internet-of-cells-has-biologists-buzzing-1.22645
Hijacked Voice Assistantshttps://coolblindtech.com/how-alexa-siri-google-assistant-can-be-listening-without-you-knowing-it/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost
Google Chrome Will No Longer Autoplay Content With Sound In January 2018 https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/09/15/2232241/google-chrome-will-no-longer-autoplay-content-with-sound-in-january-2018
Sep 22, 2017
Sep 22, 2017
1hr 5 min
Rob's off this week and leaves the podcast duties to Steve and Ryan, who talk with Nancy Willard, Director of Embrace Civility in the Digital Age, a program and advocacy movement that targets online bullying and bad online behaviors.
Show Notes
Embrace Civility in the Digital Age
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Sep 15, 2017
Sep 15, 2017
1hr 1 min
This week we do a bit of iBantering about the new Apple announcements before we’re joined by Idan Meir, co-founder and CEO of Right-Hear, an app and accessibility solution for the visually impaired.
Show Notes
Apple Special Event As It Happenedhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/iphone-8-release-apple-event-as-it-happened/
Right-Hearhttp://right-hear.com/
Right-Hear App for Androidhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.righthear&hl=en
Right-Hear App for iOShttps://itunes.apple.com/il/app/right-hear-righthear/id1061791840?mt=8
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.