At Banter Podcast

Set the table and get your Pepto Bismo ready, this week the gang in headed into the kitchen – The Blind Kitchen to be exact! Rob, Ryan and Steve sit down with Debra Erickson, executive chef and founder of The Blind Kitchen, an organization that brings adaptive tools, helpful strategies, and specialized knowledge to blind and vision-impaired people who want to cook safely, confidently, and independently. They talk about Debra’s own vision loss, what prompted her to make a career shift into the culinary arts, tips on how to make a kitchen accessible, and much more! Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/at-banter-podcast-episode-344-debra-erickson-and-the-blind-kitchen.pdf Show Notes The Blind Kitchen https://theblindkitchen.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 rep

This week we go back to our Assistive Technology roots as Mike Calvo and Matt Campbell from Pneuma Solutions (formerly Serotek) stop by to give us an update on their new cloud based assistive technology products, and discuss everything from pricing to the importance of developing accessible software from the ground up. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/at-banter-podcast-episode-343-mike-calvo-matt-campbell.pdf Show Notes Pneuma Solutions https://pneumasolutions.com/ AccessKit https://accesskit.dev/ 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 778-847-6

The gang is back together again just in time to welcome Michiel Janssen, founder of Ayes to the show to talk about their AI-driven app called OKO, a navigation solution for the blind and visually impaired that uses AI and a smartphone's back camera to recognize pedestrian signals and provides audio and haptic feedback to the user. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/podcast-episode-342-michiel-janssen-oko.pdf Show Notes Ayes Online https://www.ayes.ai/ 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.

Rob, Steve and Ryan sit down this week with Peter Field from the Triple Vision Podcast to get an update on their podcast which was created to recount the past, present, and future of blindness in Canada from a lived experience perspective. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/at-banter-podcast-episode-341-triple-vision-returns.pdf Show Notes Triple Vision Podcast https://triplevision.team/ 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.

It’s a huge show this week as Rob, Ryan, Steve and Lis are honored to welcome Associate Professor at Stony Brook University, two-time author, politician, disability advocate, and official honorary Canadian, Brooke Ellison to talk about her journey through disability, her new book, “Look Both Ways”, and so much more. It’s not often that a guest can leave Lis speechless with her accomplishments, so this is a show you most certainly don’t want to miss! Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/at-banter-podcast-episode-340-brooke-ellison.pdf Show Notes Brooke Ellison Online https://www.brookeellison.com/ Miracles Happen on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Miracles-Happen-Mother-Daughter-Journey/dp/0786867701 Look Both Ways on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Look-Both-Ways-Brooke-Ellison/dp/1951568184   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

This week Ryan and Rob welcome audio description writer Darla Biccum from Descriptive Video Works to the show to give us an inside look at the writing process and how effective and impactful descriptions are produced before discussing the future of Audio Description and whether AI may have a place in the process at some point (Spoilers … nope). Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/at-banter-podcast-episode-339-darla-biccum.pdf Show Notes Descriptive Video Works https://descriptivevideoworks.com/ Darla's AD Writing Credits https://theadna.org/darla-biccum-writer/ 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

This week Ryan, Lis, Rob, and Steve welcome broadcast veteran and audio describer Dianne Newman to the show to discuss her work with Descriptive Video Works, the role of the audio describer, how her broadcast background impacts her current voice over work, and what the process of recording audio description is like. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/at-banter-podcast-episode-338-diane-newman.pdf Show Notes Descriptive Video Works https://descriptivevideoworks.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.

With National AccessAbility Week quickly approaching, we are talking all things accessibility as we welcome accessibility advocate, consultant, author, and blogger Sheri Byrne-Haber to discuss the current state of accessibility including accessibility lawsuits, overlays, the problem with the “business case” for accessibility, and so much more! Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/at-banter-podcast-episode-337-sheri-byrne-haber.pdf Show Notes Sheri Byrne-Haber’s Blog https://sheribyrnehaber.com/ Sheri on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheribyrnehaber/ 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

This week we dive into a discussion all about artificial intelligence as Rob, Ryan and Steve welcome Kenny Vo to the show to discuss his Twitch and YouTube channels where he builds home-made robots powered by his own artificial intelligence named EVEEE. We discuss the channels and Kenny’s mandate to create systems that help people along with some of the possible ways AI systems could benefit assistive technology in the future .. if we don’t destroy humanity first. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/at-banter-podcast-episode-336-kenny-vo-artificial-intelligence.pdf Show Notes Kennevo on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/kennevo Kennevo on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/kennevo 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 offer

Can you smell what the AT Banter Gang is cooking? This week Rob and Ryan welcome Blind Griller Extraordinaire Chris Peltz to the podcast to tell us all about his unique YouTube Channel and Podcast that details his experiences grilling and gives out some pointers for blind and sighted individuals alike! If you have ever wondered if you can make Banana Bread on the barbq, this episode is for you… Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/at-banter-podcast-episode-335-chris-peltz-and-blind-grilling.pdf Show Notes Blind Grilling Experience https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blind-grilling-experience/id1515334158 Blind Grilling on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/BlindGrilling 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 ser

This week gang welcomes Dr. Rheanna Robinson, member of the Manitoba Métis Federation, Assistant Professor in the Department of First Nations Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), and advocate to the show to discuss her research of Indigenous perspectives on disability, intersectionality, advocacy, and her own lived experience living with Multiple Sclerosis . Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/at-banter-podcast-episode-334-dr.-rheanna-robinson.pdf Show Notes Dr. Rheanna Robinson at UNBC https://www2.unbc.ca/people/robinson-dr-rheanna 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 t

Sam Seavey, creator of the ever popular YouTube series The Blind Life stops by this week to visit the gang, shares some laughs, and talks about the channel, his take on some of the new trends in Assistive Technology, and even some of the misfires that manufacturers have made over the years.  And if that’s not enough, you won’t want to miss special guest star Chat-GPT, who may or may not be replacing Rob as host... Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/at-banter-podcast-episode-333-sam-seavey-the-blind-life-ft.-chat-gpt.pdf Show Notes The Blind Life https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNbzN3eHbLKPzltSB560DkA 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 a

This week the Banter gang welcome Lance Johnson, creator and host of the See-Through Podcast. They discuss how his eye condition of Retinitis Pigmentosa prompted the creation of the podcast, how the show impacts him on a personal level, and why choosing to talk about controversial topics is important for the greater conversation about disability. You won’t want to miss this fascinating conversation, and be sure to check out his podcast on both YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/at-banter-podcast-episode-332-lance-johnson.pdf Show Notes See-Through Podcast https://www.seethroughpod.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

The AT Banter Gang gathers once again this week to talk all about accessible video games as they welcome Tara Voelker, Senior Xbox Game Studios Accessibility Lead. They discuss the current state of accessibility in video games across a variety of platforms, including the work that Microsoft Game Studios is doing specifically in that space, as well as how far it’s come over the past decade. Grab your energy drink, gaming headset, and adaptive controller, this is one you won’t want to miss. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/at-banter-podcast-episode-331-tara-voelker.pdf Show Notes Tara Voelker Online https://tara-voelker.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 Assis

The popular Blindness App Be My Eyes recently announced their partnership with OpenAI, makers of Chat-GPT along a forthcoming feature dubbed “Virtual Volunteer” which will incorporate artificial intelligence into the app. Rob and Ryan welcome Be My Eyes CEO Mike Buckley to the show to talk about this partnership, why Be My Eyes has embraced AI, and the implications and positive impact this evolving technology is having on Assistive Technology. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/at-banter-podcast-episode-330-mike-buckley-virtual-volunteering.pdf Show Notes Be My Eyes https://www.bemyeyes.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 provid

It's an episode filled with laughs and music as the gang welcome NY based singer, songwriter, and founder of The We Can Project Jesse Ruben to the show to discuss his initiative for young students designed to help them discover their passions and encourage advocacy. They discuss the project’s origins and mandate along with Jesse’s music career and the importance of visiting schools in rural areas of Canada and the US. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/at-banter-podcast-episode-329-jesse-ruben-the-we-can-project.pdf Show Notes Jesse Ruben Online https://www.jesseruben.com/ Jesse Ruben on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/5tZhefLixacZsUcEDx9wCL 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

This week Ryan, Rob and Lis welcome Ann-Marie Pham, CEO of the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion to discuss the organization and its mandate and as well as the importance and societal benefits of both diversity and inclusion. And if that isn’t enough reason to drop what you’re doing and listen to this episode, we also feature the world premiere of Ryan’s new song, “Glitter and Spangles”. You definitely don’t want to miss this one! Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/at-banter-podcast-episode-328-anne-marie-pham-ccdi.pdf Show Notes Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion https://ccdi.ca/ White Cane Records www.whitecanerecords.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

This week Ryan and Rob sit down with fellow podcaster John Grimes of the Ambiguously Blind podcast to talk about his vision loss journey after a life threatening bout of Meningitis, how it impacted his life, how the podcast came about in an effort to help spread awareness. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/at-banter-podcast-episode-327-john-grimes.pdf Show Notes Ambiguously Blind Podcast https://www.ambiguouslyblind.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.

This week Ryan, Rob, Steve, and Lis welcome Dhaval Patel and Natalie Shearer from Lotus Labs, a company that is actively working to revolutionize the idea of Smart Homes by developing a wearable ring that can control all smart devices in the home and making the process of setting up a smart home much less expensive and frustrating. Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/at-banter-podcast-episode-326-lotus-labs.pdf Show Notes Lotus Labs https://www.lotuslabs.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.

This week Ryan, Rob and Steve welcome Adam Grant Warren, writer, performer and member of the All Bodies Dance Program to talk about this innovative “mixed ability” dance company that not only embraces the idea of inclusion but of integration. They discuss the origins of the program and it’s mandate, how the notion of “all bodies” is incorporated into the creative process, and much more. If you are a fan of the arts, and of dance in particular, you won’t want to miss this episode! Show Transcript https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/at-banter-podcast-episode-325-adam-grant-warren.pdf Show Notes Adam Grant Warren https://www.adamgrantwarren.com/ All Bodies Dance http://allbodiesdance.ca/ All Bodies Dance You Tube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd6SKEs-culgMsTjnmVhTZg 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