The Beyond Barriers Unscripted Podcast

AI, Dungeons and dragons,Problem solving and building something that has an impact

“Envision Glasses are AI for your eye. They use the power of speech to make everyday life more accessible for any visual impairment.”!- letsenvision.com

In this episode, recorded at the beginning of July 2022, we are joined by Karthik Kannan. Karthik is the CTO and cofounder of the company behind the Envision Glasses and Envision AI app. He shares the inspiration behind this life changing technology that brings independence and empowerment to people with print disabilities around the world. 

Karthik shares about inspiring moments in his life and his feelings of making a meaningful difference in the lives of others.

We talk about the evolution of artificial intelligence and what the future holds.

Thank you for listening

For more information about the Envision Glasses visit: https://www.letsenvision.com

Learning Braille, Baby Grand Pianos, Yak Tracks in Alaska and more...

In this inspirational Unscripted conversation recorded late April 2022. Randy and Brandie sit down with Voice Talent, Audio Description advocate and entrepreneur Satauna Howery. From classical trained pianist to businessperson and Beyond, Satauna is the quintessential renaissance woman. During this episode she shares with us all about her life growing up as a blind child in southern California, her college adventures in Alaska and how she began her family and Voice Over career. This is truly a don’t miss episode and we even found out what “Yak Tracks” are.  Thanks for listening!

Please visit Satauna’s website to find out more at:

https://satauna.com

”Step back and keep pushing...”

In this episode, Brandie and Randy finish their conversation with APH Digital Content Managers, Katie Frederick and Richard Rueda from the American Printing House for the Blind. Katie and Richard share about their passion for networking, travel and making a difference. This interview was recorded late March 2022.

links:

The American Printing House for the Blind

APH Home | American Printing House

Vision Aware

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Career Connect

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"We work together..."

In this episode, Richard Rueda and Katie Frederick join us to talk about the American Printing House for the Blind , Career Connect and Vision Aware. This is the first part of our Unscripted conversation, recorded on March 19, 2022. Thank you for listening.

links:

The American Printing House for the Blind

APH Home | American Printing House

 

Vision Aware

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Career Connect

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Meet Renee Rentmeester

”Edutainment”

In this episode, we are joined by the creator and executive producer of the Cooking Without Looking Television Show, Renee Rentmeester. Ren’ee was kind enough to share an inside look at the history of the show and talk about attitudes toward blindness in this Unscripted conversation recorded on February 26, 2022. Thank you so much Ren’ee.

thank you for listening.

Please follow the links below:

Cooking Without Looking YouTube channel

https://youtube.com/user/reneerent1

Cooking Without Looking podcast webpage

Cooking Without Looking

Be kind to yourself...

Nasreen Bhutta joins Brandie and myself in this Unscripted conversation from late 2021.  Nasreen shares about her sight loss journey, parenting and joining Bold Blind Beauty on AIR

I’m just me…

Co host Brandie Kubel joins me in this Unscripted conversation with Sylvia Stinson Perez. Sylvia cohosts the Bold Blind Beauty on AIR podcast and has served as Chief Program Officer at American Foundation for the Blind. She shares about her motivation and longevity in the blindness community. This interview was recorded late November 2021.

Bold Blind Beauty websitte

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BBU Episode 26 meet Stephanae McCoy

“Blindness is a spectrum…”

Co host Brandie Kubel joins me in this Unscripted conversation with the founder of Bold Blind Beauty, Stephanae McCoy. Steph shares about her organization, podcast and experience as a creative person in the BVI community.

Bold Blind Beauty website

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Bold Blind Beauty on AIR podcast

Bold Blind Beauty On A.I.R.

The  ApexChaser and TikTok

In this episode I am joined by James Warnken. James works as a Search Engine Optimization specialist and  has a background in digital marketing. James is a fellow content creator and shares his experience with the various platforms in todays social media. During our conversation we talk about his journey pursuing a meaningful career that meets his creative side.

Thanks for listening and take care…

Nothing about us without us...

This month I am joined by guest host Brandie Kubel. We sit down and have an unscripted conversation with voice talent Roy Samuelson. Roy has voiced thousands of movie and television titles as well as video games, commercials and audio books. Brandie sets the stage for an engaging  conversation about quality audio description and what that means. Roy shares his personal  experience and talks about the many roles that go into producing quality described content. Big thanks to Roy and Brandie for doing this a second time.

Roy also hosts the ADNA Presents: Know Your Narrator Series Podcast 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adna-presents-know-your-narrator/id1513229594?i=1000537248130