J.J. and Joe reconvene to discuss the news of the week, bring you an interesting interview about live audio description and J.J. has a tip that can assist you with those hard to make decisions. We also have "Sound Off" and the "Last Word" on deck. so tune in to see if lightning strikes twice and knocks Joe off the line in midsentence this week.
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Interview: David Lepofsky: Audio commentary of Live Sports
Attendees of the recent Parapan Am games in Toronto were offered a new way to access the events as they were unfolding, courtesy of live audio description for three sports including goalball and wheelchair basketball, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies.
David is an accessibility advocate in Canada and also attended the games and experienced the audio described narration first-hand. In this interview, he talks about the coverage and how it differed from audio description one might hear on television. Perhaps we'll hear expanded coverage in Rio in 2016.
Here's the accessibility page from the Parapan Am games in Toronto.
David is the chair of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Alliance and can also be found on Twitter at @davidlepofsky
Tip: Eat This, Not That
J.J. talks about this website which includes articles and recommendations on healthy food choices.
Sound Off;
We asked listeners to post their comments on episode 27 in order to be considered for a giveaway promotion. And we may have gotten more than we expected as there are some great insights in these posts. Like this first one from John.

"Hey guys, I don't want to be entered in the drawing; but I want to comment on the banter about candy corn near the end of the show when Patrick filled in for Joe. You haven't lived until you've mixed a bag of candy corn with a jar of peanuts in a large bowl. Try it. It's to die for. You can't stay out of it. I'm not kidding. "

Neither J.J. or Joe had tried this, however, we'll keep it in mind with the candy corn season nearly upon us soon. next up, Lewis talks notetaking devices.

"It's interesting to me that APH is halting development of the Braille Plus and that braille notetakers are going through a time of turbulence. Although I hate the expensive price of notetakers as much as anyone else, and the trend of mainstream tech being accessible out of the box is great, there is an efficiency of a braille notetaker that an iPad or other tablet paired with a braille display can t reach. Sometimes I just need to jot down a quick note, or read a file of personal information quickly. I suppose displays like the Braille Edge and Vario Ultra can allow for that, but I personally have gotten accustomed to having braille and speech in a small mobile package. It would be awesome if a simple notetaker with 20 braille cells and speech with basic apps that people have become familiar with was released by one of the major AT companies. Leave out the BookShare download and the internet features to cut down the price, and I think something neat can be created to fill a void between the braille displays without speech capabilities and traditionally expensiv