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AT Banter Episode 461 – Roxie In Color – Diane Debrovner and Stacy Cervenka
This week the gang sits down with guests Diane Dubrovner and Stacy Cervenka, co-authors of the new middle-grade novel Roxie in Color. The book follows Roxie, a 12-year-old girl starting at a new school who’s trying to keep one big secret under wraps: both of her parents are blind. The story explores real issues faced…
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AT Banter Episode 460 – Right Hear, Right Now with Shanell Matos
This week Rob, Ryan, and Lis kick things off with failed catchphrases, and Lis’ mysterious “voodoo diet” before welcoming guest Shanell Matos, community manager at Right Hear. Shanell explains why Right Hear is an orientation app rather than a navigation app, how Bluetooth beacons and powerful markers give blind and low-vision users rich information about their surroundings…
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AT Banter Episode 459 – Grief, Growth, and Gold Seams: Psychotherapist Matthew Reeves
This week, the AT Banter crew is very much in the house – basement, man cave, and all – as we welcome Matthew Reeves, a legally blind psychotherapist, rehab counselor, and host of the Insight Out podcast. Diagnosed with Stargardt’s Disease at 12, Matthew is a a therapist focused on helping people live well with…
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AT Banter Episode 458 – Bridging the Generation Gap Part 2
In this “Generations Part Two” episode of AT Banter, Rob and Ryan welcome back Clement Chou, Albert Ruel, Betty Nobel, and Russell Leung for a lively, thoughtful – and often very funny – conversation about the generation gap in the blindness community. Together they tackle big questions like what can older and younger blind people genuinely learn from each other, and how…
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AT Banter Episode 457 – Dolphin Computer Access The Swiss Army Knife of AT
In this episode of AT Banter, Rob, Ryan, and Steve shake off an early-morning, post–long weekend haze (fueled by espresso) to welcome Simon Kitchen, Chief Commercial Officer at Dolphin Computer Access. Dolphin is celebrating 40 years in assistive technology, and Simon joins the crew to dig into how the company has evolved from hardware speech synthesizers in the pre-Windows days…
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AT Banter Episode 456 – Believe it or Not: Lynn Jensen’s Best Kept Secrets for Traveling
In this episode, the gang welcomes Lynn Jensen, Registered Nurse, longtime Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist, and author of ‘Best Kept Secrets for Travelers With Sight Loss’. If you’ve ever thought, “Travel is stressful and airports are chaos”—and that’s before adding sight loss into the mix—this episode is packed with concrete tips, great stories, lots of…
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AT Banter Episode 455 – Making the Inaccessible Accessible with Guide
This week Rob, Ryan, and Lis dive into the fast-evolving world of AI and accessibility as they are joined by Andrew Gillies, founder and CEO of Guide, an AI-powered assistant for Windows that helps blind and low-vision users navigate inaccessible apps and interfaces. Instead of replacing screen readers, Guide works alongside them, stepping in when buttons aren’t labeled, controls can’t be…
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AT Banter Episode 454 – From Meningitis to Best‑Seller: John Grimes Returns
In this episode of AT Banter, Rob, Lis, and Steve welcomes back best‑selling author and Meningitis advocate John B. Grimes, whose new memoir Destiny Is Debatable: A Memoir of Meningitis, Losing Sight, and the Love I Didn’t See Coming dives deep into survival, disability, and the messy, beautiful business of building a life afterward. John…
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AT Banter Episode 453 – Bridging the Generation Gap
This week Rob and Ryan dive into one of the lesser talked about challenges in the blindness and advocacy communities: the growing gap between generations. With guests Betty Nobel, Albert Ruel, Clement Chou, and Russell Leung, they explore how technology can both connect and isolate, why younger blind folks may resist joining organizations or volunteering,…
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AT Banter Episode 452 – Ambutech & White Cane Week
It’s White Cane Week and Rob, Ryan, and Steve kick things off with some classic AT Banter chaos before welcoming Mellyssa Lyght, Senior Customer Service Rep and buyer at Ambutech, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of canes for blind and low vision users. Mellyssa takes us behind the scenes of a small but mighty…
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