The Canadian Council of the Blind Podcast

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The Canadian Council of the Blind Podcast episodes

February 11, 2021 57. part A. Kim Kilpatrick on IOS podcasts app
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.
25 min
February 11, 2021 56. part A. Walk-through of Facebook profile tab with David Green
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.
32 min
February 11, 2021 55. Samantha more on Instagram
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.
13 min
January 20, 2021 54. David Green on online banking
David Green walks us through the RBC banking application showing and explaining the functions of each banking tool.
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21 min
January 19, 2021 53. Taxes with Wayne Antle and Joseph Dorosh
Joseph and Wayne discuss and explain how they do their taxes as low-vision/blind persons. They give out lots of information relevant to persons with disabilities including tax credits.
This podcast was recorded on January 13 2021. This information may no longer be relevant depending on when you our listening.
To find out more, visit CRA at https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency.html
36 min
January 19, 2021 52. Samantha Moore on Facebook privacy settings
Samantha Moore gives us a walk-through Facebook privacy settings. In the previous week's show Samantha gave a presentation on Facebook. Everyone agreed it would be prudent to go through the privacy settings more in-depth.
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20 min
January 09, 2021 51. Samantha moore on Facebook
Samantha gives us an overview of Facebook using the iOS app. She discusses Facebook conceptually as well as taking us through some of the more commonly used features and options.
Coming in a follow-up presentation will be a discussion and a walk-through of Facebook's privacy settings to complement Sam's introduction to a few key SETTINGS.
29 min
December 17, 2020 50 Excel from the Keyboard, Intro Using NVDA, December 16, 2020
Show Notes:
December 16, 2020
Theme: Excel from the Keyboard Intro
Presenter: Gerry Chevalier
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In this 18 minute presentation, Gerry demonstrates the experience of using Excel from the keyboard . Gerry demonstrates building a simple grocery shopping list to show basic keyboard navigation and screen reader commands to operate Excel. It is not an instructional Excel podcast but just a demo of what it's like to use Excel with a screen reader and no mouse.
20 min
December 12, 2020 49 Kim Kilpatrick on shopping with the Apple Store app and uber Eats
Kim Kilpatrick gives us a thorough overview of the Apple Store application. She discusses uber eats as well as some of the recent changes in the application. Nolan jenikov gives a quick overview of uber eats newist option, grocery delivery.
33 min
November 23, 2020 48. Exploring rotor options on iOS with Kim Kilpatrick
KIM KILPATRICK walks us through each 1 of the rotor options explaining the function of each option. Following her presentation we have a great discussion on how people prefer to do the rotor action and what options individuals prefer most on their rotor.
42 min