On Tuesday January 24 2023 at 7:30pm-8:30pm EST (00:30-01:30 UTC Jan 25) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts a meetup ‘Automatic Captions: Our Experiments and Best Practices‘. Presenters Thomas Logan & Meryl Evans will share real data and lessons learned from a variety of artificial intelligence (AI) platforms to determine which one provides the most … Read more
On Tuesday December 6 2022 at 7:30pm-8:30pm EST (00:30-01:30 UTC Dec 7) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts an online meetup ‘Breaking into Digital Accessibility Careers: Part 2‘. Guest speaker Louise Clark returns to build on her previous presentation by continuing our exploration of digital accessibility roles. She will discuss what skills might be required … Read more
On Tuesday November 15 2022 at 5:30pm-6:30pm EST (22:30-23:30 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts ‘Marketing in Accessibility‘ at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library in NYC. Bryan Stromer will draw from his experience as a Disabled marketer in Corporate America to share his ethos to ensure people with disabilities are recognized … Read more
On Tuesday Sep 13 2022 at 5:30pm-6:30pm EDT (21:30-22:30 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts ‘Assistive Technology for Kids with Multiple Disabilities‘. When we think about accessible video games, most of us might think about adaptations such as the Xbox adaptive controller. However, this leaves out a large population of people who access games … Read more
On Tuesday Aug 16 2022 at 5:15pm-6:30pm EDT (21:15-22:30 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts ‘How You Can Future-Proof and Differentiate Your Business‘. In the first A11yNYC hybrid meetup since March 2020, Frances West, author of ‘Authentic Inclusion Drives Disruptive Innovation‘ will talk about accessibility infrastructure investment as a core business value. The meetup … Read more
On Tuesday July 12 2022 at 7:30pm-8:30pm EDT (23:30-00:30 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts an online meetup ‘Speaking Up and Speaking Out: Tactical Communication and Consulting‘. How frustrating is it when you have something important to say, but people don’t listen? What should you say when your leaders and colleagues don’t hear the … Read more
On Tuesday June 7 2022 at 7:30pm-8:30pm EDT (23:30-00:30 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts an online meetup ‘Breaking Into the Digital Accessibility Profession‘. Trying to begin a career in digital accessibility can be intimidating as people new to the profession struggle to find paths toward becoming experts in their field. They may want … Read more
On Tuesday April 5 2022 at 7:30pm-8:30pm EDT (23:30-00:30 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts an online meetup ‘Accessible Typefaces, Fonts, and Text: Optimizing the reading experience‘. Typefaces, fonts, and text styling can have a significant impact on the user experience — and there are few accessibility guidelines that relate to text accessibility. Jared … Read more
On Tuesday March 1 2022 at 7pm-8pm EST (00:00-01:00 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts an online meetup ‘Overlays Underwhelm‘. Accessibility overlays bring promises of accessible sites in one line of code, but experiences from users tell us the opposite. Web developer Adrian Roselli will look at the guarantees, the marketing efforts, the code … Read more
On Tuesday February 1 2022 at 7pm-8pm EST (00:00-01:00 UTC Jan12) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts an online meetup ‘Google Project Relate: A Communication Tool‘. Pan-Pan Jiang of Google will introduce a new Android app called Project Relate, which aims to help people with speech impairments communicate more easily with others and interact with … Read more