The Canadian Council of the Blind Podcast

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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 project’s approach, how it will compare to existing tools, and give some examples of how technology like spatialized audio can help convey information more concisely than ordinary text-to-speech. To learn more about the project or get involved, please see

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.

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.

Bryan and Michelle give a demonstration of the OrCam showing us it's different features.  Plenty of informative questions and answers follow their presentation.

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.