Category: Podcast Episodes
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AT Banter Episode 344 – Debra Erickson & The Blind Kitchen

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…
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AT Banter Episode 343 – Mike Calvo & Matt Campbell

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 Show…
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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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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…

