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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Join us
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">Saturday, October 18 and Sunday, October 19</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> at the
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.nypl.org/locations/snfl" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> (or
virtually via Zoom) for The New York Public Library\u2019s second Accessible Technology Conference\u2014a free and inclusive conference focused on the impact, affordances, and evolution of accessible technologies used by Blind, low-vision, and print-disabled people. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;"><i>Register
</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700;"><i><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBfEpUFPp57QXD8L90wHlYbsQ7FgqcfoXCBSG964w18BSJvQ/viewform" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">here</a></i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;"><i> to
attend in person; register </i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700;"><i><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScd0St4-jUh5x4000XMYdWrOrfGnBoto1TiShet1QnvgciMVQ/viewform" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">here</a></i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;"><i> to
attend via Zoom.</i></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This year\u2019s conference centers around the theme, \u201cConnect, Innovate, Act.\u201d The sessions will focus on community building
and peer support, creativity in tech, new and emerging technologies, and systems of resistance.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The conference is open to all community members and is free to presenters and participants alike. Our conference
team commits to a fully accessible conference, including providing accessible conference materials, an accessible venue, ASL, CART, and other access needs. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBfEpUFPp57QXD8L90wHlYbsQ7FgqcfoXCBSG964w18BSJvQ/viewform" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Register
here</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to join us in person for the free conference and request needed accommodations; space is limited, so register soon. Can't make it in person? We'd love to have you join us on
Zoom - </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScd0St4-jUh5x4000XMYdWrOrfGnBoto1TiShet1QnvgciMVQ/viewform" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">register
here</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> for that option.</span></p>
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<h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 20pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Who Should Attend?</span></h1>
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Blind, low vision, DeafBlind, and multiply disabled community members;</p>
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Technology instructors;</p>
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Service providers;</p>
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Beginner, intermediate, and advanced users of Accessible Technology devices;</p>
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Innovators and inventors;</p>
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Tactile artists;</p>
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Disability justice advocates;</p>
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Access hackers;</p>
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Educators, librarians, and information managers of all kinds;</p>
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Anyone interested in learning more about Accessible Technology!</p>
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<h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 20pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">When Does the Conference Start & End? </span></h1>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">All are welcome to join us on Friday, October 17 from 11 AM to 4 PM for our annual Accessible Community, Culture,
and Technology Fair. Learn more </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2025/10/17/nypls-accessible-community-culture-and-technology-fair" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">here</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></p>
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10 Productivity Tips for Increasing Efficiency When Using Your Mac \u2013 Bradford Snyder</p>
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A.I. Image Model Arena: The Quest for Actually Accurate and Useful Image Descriptions \u2013 A.T. Guys</p>
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A.I. + Humans = Better Image Descriptions \u2013 Scribely</p>
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Access Isn't Theoretical: It's Either There or It Isn't \u2013 Addie McIntire</p>
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A Batty Exploration into Collaborative Tactile Design \u2013 Touch Graphics</p>
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Beyond Repro: How to Be a Better Accessibility Tester \u2013 Intuit</p>
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Blocks Beyond Vision: Teaching Code Through Touch and Design \u2013 Cornell Student Design Team</p>
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Breaking In, Not Breaking Down: Creating Interactive Accessibility Escape Rooms for Community Awareness and Education \u2013 Minh Ha</p>
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Brick by Brick: Accessible LEGO Instructions for the Blind \u2013 Bricks for the Blind</p>
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Communication Is Key: A Case Study on Developing AAC for a DeafBlind Adult \u2013 Helen Keller National Center</p>
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Crowd-Sourcing and Claude-Sourcing Image Description for Project Gutenberg \u2013 Free Ebook Foundation</p>
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Designing Accessibly for the Blind and Other Keyboard Users with PinchPot \u2013 Access to Places</p>
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Designing Tactile Graphics for Museum Artifacts \u2013 Lauren Race</p>
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Founding Fossils, a Multisensory and Accessible Exhibit \u2013 MuseumSenses LLC & NYU Ability Project</p>
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>From Sidewalks to Systems: Building Equitable Access Through Community-Led Technology \u2013 Taskar Center for Accessible Technology</p>
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High-Quality, Accessible Games and Multi-Sensory Braille Literacy Materials via 3D Printing \u2013 Unicorn Soda Design Studios</p>
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How Smart Glasses Can Improve Sight for Patients with Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Other Conditions \u2013 ERG EE Optics</p>
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Integrating Braille and Tactile Resources to Elevate Awareness \u2013 Mountain Lakes Public Library</p>
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Journey to Access: Co-Designing an Accessible Library Toolkit \u2013 Amanda Baker</p>
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Juniper and the Red Swoosh: Making Math "Click" with the 3D-Click Abacus \u2013 Juniper Eisenberg, Chi-Hoon Kim</p>
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Making the World, and Libraries, More Accessible for All, Especially the Blind and Visually Impaired \u2013 RightHear</p>
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Modeling by Touch: Using Multi-Line Braille Displays for Accessible CAD Design \u2013 University of Washington</p>
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Practical Tech in Occupational Therapy \u2013 Lighthouse Guild</p>
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Safeguarding the Privacy of Disabled People in the Age of A.I. \u2013 American Association of People with Disabilities</p>
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Structured Discovery and Spite: Unleashing Joy, Defiance, and Connection in Nonvisual Navigation \u2013 Kevin Andrews</p>
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Tactile Media Alliance: Cultivating a Community of Practice for Tactile Media Futures \u2013 Georgia Institute of Technology</p>
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Texture Cube: Rubik's Cube Designed for Everyone \u2013 TextureCube</p>
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What Does the European Accessibility Act Mean for U.S. Accessibility Efforts? \u2013 Opossum House Accessibility</p>
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reflect those of NYPL. NYPL does not guarantee the accuracy or reliability of information provided by any presenter. All presenters and attendees are expected to follow
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/legal-notices/policies-and-rules" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">NYPL\u2019s General Policies and
Rules</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></p>
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<h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 20pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Availability of ASL, CART, Tactile ASL, & Assistive Listening Devices</span></h1>
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All sessions will be offered with ASL Interpretation and CART captioning.</p>
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Assistive Listening Devices will be available onsite, and each session room has a hearing loop.</p>
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Please indicate on your registration form if you would like to request Tactile ASL.</p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:accessibility@nypl.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">accessibility@nypl.org</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> with
any questions about accommodations or additional requests. Please send us requests at least two weeks in advance.</span></p>
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We will provide print and tactile floor plans of the venue with written descriptions, as well as an emailed TMAP file.</p>
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The main entrance is on Fifth Avenue, on the east side of the street, just a few steps south of the southeast corner of 40th Street. The main entrance has a large, automatically revolving door and an accessible swinging door next to it. There will be volunteers
throughout the spaces to help with wayfinding. Service animals are, of course, welcome.</p>
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Note that the door to exit is not the same as the one you enter. The exit door on the first floor is to the far right ahead of you when you leave the first-floor elevators.</p>
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The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library has four elevators. The elevators beep as they pass each floor. The floors the elevator beeps for are 1, 1M, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.</p>
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Each floor has a multi-stall bathroom: the odd-numbered floors have women\u2019s restrooms, and the even-numbered floors have men\u2019s restrooms. All restrooms have an ADA-accessible stall. Each floor also has a larger single-stall gender-neutral bathroom.</p>
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Floors 1 through 6 have water fountains. </p>
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The conference will take place on the 7th floor, in two rooms: 7A and 7C; there will be some exhibitors in the common spaces of the floor. The 7th floor also has an outdoor roof deck with seating options and plants.</p>
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Grand Central Terminal for MetroNorth and the Long Island Railroad;</p>
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42nd St Grand Central subway station for 4, 5, 6, 7, S subways;</p>
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42nd St Times Square subway station for the A, C, 2, 3, S subways;</p>
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42nd St Bryant Park subway station for B,D, F, M subways;</p>
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Bus stops at 41st-43rd and 5th Avenue for M1,2,3,4 buses going downtown;</p>
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Bus stops at 39th and Madison for M1, 2, 3, 4 buses heading uptown.</p>
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