Category: Podcast Episodes
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AT Banter Episode 342 – Michiel Janssen & OKO
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…
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AT Banter Episode 341 – Triple Vision Returns
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 Show Notes Triple Vision Podcasthttps://triplevision.team/
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AT Banter Episode 340 – Brooke Ellison
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…
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AT Banter Episode 339 – Darla Biccum
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…
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AT Banter Episode 338 – Dianne Newman
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 Show…
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AT Banter Episode 337 – Sheri Byrne-Haber
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 Show Notes Sheri Byrne-Haber’s Bloghttps://sheribyrnehaber.com/ Sheri on…
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Episode 336 – Kenny Vo & Artificial Intelligence
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…
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Episode 335 – Chris Peltz & Blind Grilling
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…
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Episode 334 – Dr. Rheanna Robinson
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…
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AT Banter Episode 333 – Sam Seavey & The Blind Life ft. Chat-GPT
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…
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