At Banter Podcast

This week has us talking with Bin Liu, Founder and CEO if iMerciv, makers of a new navigation aid for the visually impaired. We also give our Vancouver Sports Riot Predictions for the upcoming year.

In this episode of Banter Bits, we take a quick look at Enhanced Vision's newest portable video magnifier, the Transformer HD and see what's new.

Something a little different this week -- we welcome Mick Szydlowski, guardian of Oskar the Blind Cat to share his stories of how Oskar came into his life, and how a chance encounter at an Nebraska farm created a Internet superstar and feline advocate for blindness and pet adoption.

Join us for this minisode where we talk about what's new in Freedom Scientific's Screen Reader Software, JAWS 18.

In this first 'minisode' of the AT Banter Podcast, Rob and Ryan explain the State of the Podcast and the premise behind Banter Bits.

This week we talk with Karon Argue, Author and Illustrator about life as a legally blind artist and the challenges she's had to overcome.

This week Rob, Ryan, and Rachel take a break from the regular format to talk about Halloween, past and present, how it's changed, and the wonder that is Pumpkin Spice.

This week we chat with Sofeya Devji and Daphne Hitchcock as they give us some insight into what it's like being Vision Teachers and the challenges they face on a daily basis.

This week we welcome Diane Johnson, President and CEO of Descriptive Video Works, to talk about the process of describing video for the blind or visually impaired.

This week it's a free-form show where we ramble and cover some of the more interesting bits of AT-related news that came out this week.

This week we're talking to Ben Schögler - Creative Director and Co-Founder of SkoogMusic - about their music-based assistive technology product and all around fun word, the Skoog!

This week Rob, Steve, and Ryan talk with Bill McCann from Dancing Dots about Braille Music, growing up as a Blind musician and delve into the dark world of Trombone Player jokes.

This week we're getting physical with Mel Scott and her company Blind Alive, which produces accessible exercise programs for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

This week we're joined in-studio by Shawn Marsolais, founder of Vancouver-based Blind Beginnings, and chat about the organization, what it does, and her time as a Paralympian.

This week is another SPECULATIVE episode where Rob, Steve and Ryan talk about Robots and some ways they're being used within AT as well as where they might go, then geek out about our favorite robots in pop culture.

This week Steve and Ryan become athletic supporters and chat with Mike Lonergan from BC Blind Sports about what the organization does, Adapted Sports, and the Canadian Paralympic Team.

This week we welcome Brian Hartgen from Hartgen Consultancy, makers of software packages J-Say, Leasey, and J-Dictate. Plus we do some bad Bob Dylan impressions.

This week we welcome Rachel back to sit in Steve's chair while we discuss some of the latest technology surrounding everyone's second-favorite organ and speculate on what the future may hold.

Wonder what AAC means? Ponder no more -- this week we welcome Elaine Holtham to the Podcast and talk about some of the history of Augmentative and Alternative Communication devices and how they impact their users' lives.

Ever wonder how to describe Falstaff's padding or a Fireworks display? We have the answers this week as we chat with Steph Kirkland from VocalEye Descriptive Arts Society.