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This week the gang reassembles to get a bit geeky about assistive technology as they welcome Courtney Cameron, Eastern Region Coordinator for Neil Squire Society’s innovative program Makers Making Change - an online platform providing a low-cost alternative to commercially available assistive technologies that involves pairing volunteer makers with people with specific AT needs. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2024/03/at-banter-podcast-episode-371-courtney-cameron-and-makers-making-change-1.pdf Show Notes Neil Squire Society https://www.neilsquire.ca/ Makers Making Change https://www.makersmakingchange.com/s/ What Is Makers Making Change? https://youtu.be/s1z-3uZ3G60?si=TwPerMNhMJXrAJqa 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 or visit their Assistive Technology Showroom at 1

This week we are diving back into the wonderful world of audio description as Ryan, Lis, and Rob welcome Tabitha Kenlon, Project Coordinator for The Audio Description Project. The ADP, founded by the American Council of the Blind, serves as a comprehensive resource for both consumers and providers of audio description services as well as a central hub for information and resources related to audio description including an extensive directory of audio-described content. If you are a fan of audio description, you don’t want to miss this one!   Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2024/03/at-banter-podcast-episode-370-tabitha-kenlon-the-audio-description-project.pdf Show Notes The Audio Description Project https://adp.acb.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 or visit their Assi

There is much rejoicing on the show this week as the Banter gang heads to their favorite place to talk about their favorite subject .. and if you guessed “the kitchen” to talk about “food”, you are clearly a regular listener! The rest of you, get your minds out of the gutter and listen as Lis, Ryan, and Rob welcome Mary Mammoliti, host of AMI’s Dish With Mary to talk about, food, accessible cooking, and her own journey through vision loss after being diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa.   Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/at-banter-podcast-episode-369-mary-mammoliti.pdf Show Notes Watch “Dish With Mary” on AMI Plus https://amiplus.ca/m/0/episode?seriesId=74X8SA9S Kitchen Cofession https://www.kitchenconfession.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 or visit their Ass

This week Rob, Lis, and Ryan welcome Kevin Shaw, entrepreneur, broadcast media professional, digital accessibility specialist, musician and host of the AMI show “Mind Your Own Business” to the show! They discuss Kevin’s background, life as an entrepreneur, some of the common pitfalls faced by many starting out a new business, how technology has impacted today’s entrepreneurs, and much much more! Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/at-banter-podcast-episode-368-kevin-shaw-.pdf Show Notes Watch Mind Your Own Business on AMI Plus https://amiplus.ca/m/0/episode?seriesId=2TrQmHNU Kevin Shaw Online https://kevin-shaw.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 or visit their Assistive Technology Showroom at 106 – 828 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver. Need repairs on your device? Cha

What do you get when you combine the magic of professional audio description with the detailed and wonderous illustrations in children’s books? Join Rob, Ryan and Steve this week as they talk with The Audiobook Wizard himself, Richard Rieman and find out! From professional news radio talent to audio describer and author, Richard tells us all about his current passion to create accessible versions of children’s books and even brings along a few samples to showcase how much a descriptive audio track can enhance the experience for any child. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/at-banter-podcast-episode-367-richard-rieman-.pdf Show Notes Imagination Storybooks https://dcmp.org/producers/1913-imagination-storybooks The Audiobook Wizard https://theaudiobookwizard.com/ The Audio Book Wizard on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5lqjv2TcPlb47Px4OjaiQg AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with o

This week the gang is very excited to welcome Virginia Vuleta, Director of Digital Content at Accessible Media Inc to the show to talk all about AMI’s brand new streaming digital streaming service AMI Plus. They discuss the benefits of this new streaming service, the challenges of implementing it, and future plans to roll it out to multiple devices. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/at-banter-podcast-episode-366-ami-plus.pdf Show Notes AMI Plus https://www.amiplus.ca/ AMI https://www.ami.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 or visit their Assistive Technology Showroom at 106 – 828 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver. Need repairs on your device? Chaos Technical Services offers service and support on almost any piece of Assistive Technology, while also providing parts and ba

Get ready to get a little geeky as Rob, Ryan, and Lis break down and discuss a few of the new assistive technology devices that were featured at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that happened in early January. They break down and discuss their impressions of Guidi, a haptic smart belt, Oorion, an app that features objection recognition, and EyeCane, smart glasses to assist people with age related Macular Degeneration. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/at-banter-podcast-episode-365-ces-discussion.pdf Show Notes Guidi https://www.ai-guided.com/product Oorion App https://www.oorion.fr/en EyeCane https://eyecane.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 or visit their Assistive Technology Showroom at 106 – 828 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver. Need repairs on

This week Rob, Ryan, and Lis welcome Amos Miller, founder and CEO of Glidance, to the show to talk about their new self-guided mobility aid called Glide. They discuss its creation, how it fits in as an aid between a mobility cane and a guide dog, how it uses robotics and AI for objection detection and avoidance, and many of the use case scenarios for the device. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/at-banter-podcast-episode-364-amos-miller-and-glide.pdf Show Notes Glidance https://glidance.io/ 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 or visit their Assistive Technology Showroom at 106 – 828 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver. Need repairs on your device? Chaos Technical Services offers service and support on almost any piece of Assistive Technology, while also providing parts and b

It’s been 57 years since we have had them on the show, so we figured it was high time to have the boys from Double Tap back on the show! This week the gang welcome Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, hosts of AMI’s Double Tap podcast Double Tap TV to talk about Assistive Technology, looking back at some of the highlights of 2023 as well as looking forward to what we’re excited about in 2024. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/at-banter-podcast-episode-363-double-tap-returns.pdf Show Notes Double Tap Online https://doubletaponair.com/ AMI https://www.ami.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 on

Recorded on World Braille Day, the AT Banter Gang sits down with a full house of Braille advocate superstars, including Riane LaPaire from National Network for Equitable Library Service, Adam Wilton and Jen Jesso from Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired, and Charmaine Co from Centre for Equitable Library Access. We dive into the importance of World Braille Day, some of the Braille related events planned for the month long “World Braille Days”, and discuss the importance of highlighting the importance of Braille in their daily lives. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/at-banter-podcast-episode-362-braillepalooza-2024.pdf Show Notes NNELS https://nnels.ca/ CELA https://celalibrary.ca/ PRCVI https://www.prcvi.org/ World Braille Days 2024 Events https://nnels.ca/world-braille-days-wbd-2024 History of Braille https://nnels.ca/world-braille-days-wbd-2024 https://celalibrary.ca/Louis_Braille_EN   AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales

It’s the first show of a brand new year and we couldn’t be more excited to start things off with a bang as Ryan and Rob welcome social media superstar and author, advocate, and musician Heather Hutchison to the show. We talk about how she began her career as a content creator, what it’s like material that is both entertaining as well as educating,  her passion for music and her albums, and much much more! Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/at-banter-podcast-episode-361-heather-hutchison.pdf Show Notes Heather Hutchison Online https://www.heather-hutchison.com/ Holding On by Letting Go: A Memoir https://www.heather-hutchison.com/books Heather’s Music https://www.heather-hutchison.com/music 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

It’s hard to believe, but it’s that time of season once again! The trees have been decorated, the lights put up and once again we have gathered a collection of friends of the show together to celebrate the holiday season! Joining Rob, Ryan, Steve and Lis this year is Shawn Marsolais of the Limitless Podcast, Riane LaPaire from the National Network for Equitable Library Services, and Melissa Hope from Descriptive Video Works! And if that isn’t enough, we also have included the world premiere of a brand new song from Ryan called “Christmastime Is Not For Me”! Show Notes Blind Beginnings https://www.blindbeginnings.ca/ Descriptive Video Works https://descriptivevideoworks.com/ National Network for Equitable Library Service https://nnels.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

This week the entire AT Banter gang reunites in order to welcome Ean Price, Peer Team Lead at Technology for Living and Founder of ICAN Resource Group to the show. They discuss his role at Technology for Living and the work they do around Assistive Technology and how he came to found ICAN as well as the importance of open source AT and accessible travel. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/at-banter-podcast-episode-359-ean-price.pdf Show Notes Technology for Living https://www.technologyforliving.org/ ICAN Resource Group https://icanresource.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 ww

This week Rob and Ryan welcome  Riane LaPaire and Leah Brochu from the National Network for Equitable Library Services and Sarah Smith-Eivemark from Penguin Random House Canada to discuss their recent partnership to provide braille editions of two new books from cooking legend Jamie Oliver. They discuss the books, how the partnership came about, the funding that allowed the partnership to happen and the importance of accessible publishing. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/at-banter-podcast-episode-358-5-ingredients-braille-advocates.pdf Show Notes 5 Ingredients Mediterranean: Simple Incredible Food by Jamie Oliver https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/5-ingredients-mediterranean-simple-incredible-food/9780525612902.html Billy and the Giant Adventure https://a.co/d/cjpm5I8 National Network for Equitable Library Service https://nnels.ca/welcome-nnels Rob’s Recipe Recommendation https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chicken-recipes/crispy-paprika-chicken/ AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian

When Kari Brown-John sat down to try to book passage on a new ferry service between Nanaimo and Vancouver last summer, she was in for a big surprise. As it turns out, their policy was not to allow power wheelchairs on board. What started as a routine trip ended up splashed in the local media, and this week Kari sits down with Rob, Ryan, and Lis to tell her story and talk about the other various stories we are seeing in terms of accessibility issues within transportation. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/at-banter-podcast-episode-357-kari-brown-john.pdf Show Notes B.C. woman shocked Hullo Ferries doesn’t allow motorized wheelchairs https://globalnews.ca/news/10014096/hullo-ferries-motorized-wheelchairs-batteries/ Air Canada CEO apologizes for accessibility barriers https://globalnews.ca/news/10081950/air-canada-accessibility-measures/ Air Canada apologizes, introduces new measures amid growing accessibility concerns https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/air-canada-apologizes-introduces-new

We’re doing it at 300 BPM this week (if you’re a bass player you will get that joke) as we welcome Ciara Moser, a professional bassist who has also been blind since birth and has just released a new album called, “Blind, So What?”. We talk to her about her passion for music and where it all started, her podcast, how advocacy and education is incorporated into her music and brand, and much much more. If you’re a music fan, this is one episode you won’t want to miss! Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/at-banter-podcast-episode-356-ciara-moser.pdf Show Notes Ciara Moser Online https://www.ciara-moser.com/ Blind, So What Podcast on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0Z8pm0gKJCbJA6zRUX9jJH Blind, So What Album on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/0dwFmVgwpLgz1CwuTDK5JP?si=m_rip_ajQDC_P1w7Dxk9Iw 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 t

It’s that time of year again, when the pumpkins are placed on the doorsteps and witches and ghouls gather for tricks or treats! It’s also that time when the hosts of AT Banter gather together, drinks in hand, to engage in a little Halloween fun and nonsense, and this year is no different! Come join us as we welcome Shawn Marsolais and Keisha Anderson from the Limitless Podcast to help us ring in the “Ghoul Year” and discussion about everything from Halloween candy to watching horror movies as a blind or partially sighted viewer and much much more! And, for a change, no co-hosts were injured in production of this Halloween episode…. Show Notes Canada's chief accessibility officer 'furious' after Air Canada forgets her wheelchair https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/air-canada-lost-wheelchair-cadieux-1.7005429 Limitless Podcast https://www.blindbeginnings.ca/limitless-podcast Blind Beginnings https://www.blindbeginnings.ca/ AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training i

In July of 2023, Scott Rees swam more than 30 kilometres across the Strait of Georgia, from Vancouver to Nanaimo, in just under 11 hours as part of a fundraiser for Canadian Guide Dogs. Join us this week as we sit down with Scott to talk about his vision journey with retinitis pigmentosa, his own experience getting his Guide Dog Caleb, what prompted him to start up this ambitious fundraiser, and what it was like to brave the waters of the Georgia Strait for 11 hours. Grab some Doritos and settle in, you don’t want to miss this one! Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/at-banter-podcast-episode-354-scott-rees.pdf Show Notes Blind B.C. man swims Strait of Georgia to help those in need of guide dogs https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/strait-of-georgia-swim-scott-rees-canadian-guide-dogs-for-the-blind-1.6914751 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 an

Prepare to have your funny bone tickled this week (or if you’re Lis, your hand stabbed) as we welcome Steven Verdile, founder and Editor-in-Chief of the disability satire site, The Squeaky Wheel. We learn about how the site came to be and some of the challenges surrounding a satire site that centers on disability, as well as using humor to shine a spotlight on ableism and invoke social change. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/at-banter-podcast-episode-353-steven-verdile-and-the-squeaky-wheel-.pdf Show Notes The Squeaky Wheel https://thesqueakywheel.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 o

It’s something a little different this week as Ryan, Rob, and Lis welcome back Shawn Marsolais, founder of Blind Beginnings and host of the Limitless Podcast back once again for a freeform, roundtable discussion about advocacy. We discuss everything from advocacy burnout to whether or not it’s fair that the community has to feel like they need to advocate and educate all the time. So what are you waiting for?  Grab a hand and come join us down at the duck pond for an open and honest conversation about what it means to be an advocate. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/09/at-banter-podcast-episode-352-the-great-advocacy-discussion-.pdf Show Notes Blind Beginnings www.blindbeginnings.ca Limitless Podcast https://www.blindbeginnings.ca/limitless-podcast 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