AT Banter Episode 324 – The DateKeepers

February 22, 2023Leave a comment

This week Ryan, Rob, Steve, and Lis sit down and talk with Itto and Mekiya Outini, the husband and wife team behind The DateKeepers, a new media platform designed to share untold stories of people with disabilities. They share Itto’s own story of her journey of vision loss, how they met, and how frustrations with how media covers disability prompted them to start The DateKeepers.

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The DateKeepers
https://www.thedatekeepers.com/

Lives Less Ordinary Podcast Episode
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0crdblb

The ScripTalk reader sits surrounded by a collection of pill bottles that have the talking ScripTalk labels on them. The words "Episode 323 - Talking Prescriptions" covers the left hand side of the image.

AT Banter Episode 323 – Talking Prescriptions

February 14, 2023Leave a comment

This week Ryan, Rob, and Steve welcome Dean Steacy to the show to discuss his efforts to get ScripTalk, an accessible prescription reading system, into his local drug story and ended up getting national attention in a CBC new article. Oh, and Steve does an unboxing of a mysterious box from sent from Lis…

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En-Vision America

ScripTalk Mobile

CBC News Story – This blind man has been fighting for years to get ‘talking prescriptions’ at his local pharmacy

AT Banter Episode 322 – John Melville

February 8, 2023Leave a comment

This week Ryan, Rob, Steve and Lis welcome John Melville, Vice-President of Content Development and Operations at Accessible Media Inc. We discuss everything from his early years and how he landed at AMI from a career in radio to how AMI’s content is developed and put through the lens of disability and the importance of the disability community’s input in the process. Oh, and we giggle at Newfoundland town names.

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AMI Online
https://www.ami.ca/

AT Banter Episode 321 – AccessAbility Business Guide

February 1, 2023Leave a comment

This week Ryan, Rob, and Steve welcome advocate and fledgling app developer Megan Heximer to the show to discuss Accessibility Business Guide, her new app that provides the Disability Community with detailed accessibility information for local businesses. They discuss how the app works, the importance of community driven data as well as the need for information about accessible venues in mainstream Mapping programs.

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