The Canadian Council of the Blind Podcast

Chris tells us all about the 2021 NFB Convention, July 6 – 10, anywhere and everywhere. This conference will be fully virtual. We also get to hear a lot about what attending one of these conferences is like in person during non-covid times. Enjoy For more information visit the website at nfb.org  

Darren Burton, former Director of Technology for the American Foundation for the Blind and accessibility specialist at Yahoo, will tell some stories  about working with Silicon Valley and other tech companies. He will focus on some of the history around Apple’s development of VoiceOver for the iPhone, including his involvement with the giants that made that happen.

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Diana Brent takes us through the voiceover rotor settings explaining what each rotor option does. Giving examples of how you might choose to use each one.

Sabrina Knappe and Jeff Blum from McGill University’s Shared Reality Lab give an introduction to a new project, being carried out in strategic partnership with Gateway Navigation CCC Ltd and the Canadian Council of the Blind. The goal is to create rich renderings of graphics you encounter while browsing the internet, using audio and touch (haptic) interfaces. Sabrina and Jeff talk about the projec...

In a similar format to last week's podcast Kim Kilpatrick gives us a walk-through of the settings pertaining to the mail app. Afterward she gives us a walk-through on how to use the mail application itself.

Kim Kilpatrick gives us a thorough walk-through of the contacts application for iPhone. She also takes us through each setting for contacts located within the settings application, explaining each setting.

Jim and Wayne give us a live demo of Rogers ignite TV using a television as well as the application for iOS. Included about a minute into the recording is Wayne's orientation of the ignite remote.

Kim Kilpatrick gives us a thorough walk-through of the settings for the phone application on iPhone. After that she gives us a walk-through of the phone application itself explaining what each tab is for and what options each tab contains.

Wayne Antle who has had ignite TV for two and a half years gives us a demonstration of the capabilities of this screenreader. He talks through the set up of the product and discusses how visually impaired persons receive a discount with the use of this package.

Bryan and Michelle give a demonstration of the OrCam showing us it's different features.  Plenty of informative questions and answers follow their presentation. their emails are: bryan.wolynski@orcam.com   michelle.mendez@orcam.com

Wayne gives us a thorough description of what Twitter is and what you might use it for. Many great questions follow with Wayne giving further descriptions and scenarios on what you might use it for and what kind of information you can find on Twitter.

Show Notes Date: April 7, 2021 Theme: Windows Screen Reader Experience Presenter: Gerry Chevalier In this 43 minute podcast, Gerry will demonstrate the experience of using Windows from the keyboard with a screen reader and no mouse. The presentation is not intended to teach screen readers but rather provide an experience of what it is like to use a screen reader when you cannot see the screen or u...

José cintron gives us a explanation of what these glasses are and how they look/feel. He gives us a thorough demonstration of the different settings and modes these glasses have. Following the presentation are many great questions.

Shane Lowe gives us a walk-through of the Supersense application which can be found on android and iPhone platforms. He discusses features and the many different cases in which people find this application useful. Following the presentation are several great questions. Shane's  e-mail is: shane@mediate.tech

the team who created the Lui assistant gives us a thorough demonstration of the tool. This great demonstration of all Luie's capabilities is done on the android operating system. We also get to hear some applications Luie will support in the future.

Arjun Mali walks us through the many Uses of the buzz clip giving us a detailed description of what and how this proximity sensor works. Website link below: www.imerciv.com information about the detailed map of Toronto link below: www.mapinhood.com you can reach Arjun at : arjunmali@imerciv.com

Jessica and Darcy from the way around team give us a thorough presentation on way around tags. They describe what they are, the many uses they can be put to, how to use the application and the most recent updates to the app. There is an iOS application as well as android. In this demonstration the iOS app is used. To learn more about way around look them up on YouTube, link pasted directly below....

Kim Kilpatrick continues her walk-through of the podcasts application for iOS. Also briefly walking us through two  other great podketcher applications for iOS.

David Greene gives us a walk-through of the YouTube application for IOS. He explains what YouTube is used for. He walks through how to control the playback of videos, subscribe, and search for videos. 

Through Samantha's conversation with her panelist they explore the diversity in blind identity. Discussing similarities and differences. Within the community touching on intersectionality and its relevance in discussion with and about the blind community.

Kim Kilpatrick gives us a description of, what exactly is a podcast? Why would you want them? And how to find them. She explains how to use the application going through each of the tabs and explaining their function.

David Green walks through the tabs in the Facebook application for iOS. Today he is walking us through the profile tab. He takes us through the options giving helpful voiceover user tips as he goes.  This is a great introduction to a user who is wondering what exactly is a Facebook profile.

Sam gives us an introduction on Instagram's use. She outlines what Instagram is and why the blind community might be interested in accessing it.