The Canadian Council of the Blind Podcast

72. Kim Kilpatrick on the contacts app for iPhone

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.

71. Rogers ignite with Wayne Antle and Jim Hamilton

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.

70. Kim Kilpatrick on the phone application on iOS

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.

69. Wayne Antle on Rogers Ignite TV (how accessible is it?)

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.

68. OrCam Technologies

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

67. Wayne Antle on twitter

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.

66 Windows Screen Reader Experience, An Overview, April 7, 2021

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 use the mouse. It is intended for low vision people who are struggling to use Windows with a mouse as their vision loss progresses and they might wonder what the screen reader experience is like. For his presentation Gerry will use the Narrator screen reader since it is part of Windows 10. He will demonstrate:

• Desktop navigation
• Document’s folder navigation
• Editing and saving a document in Notepad
• Using Outlook email
• Using a web browser

 

 

65. José cintron Envision AI glasses distributor

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.

64. Shane Lowe from Supersense

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

63. Louis Voice Control

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.