Keynote by Chancey Fleet
Assistive Technology Coordinator
New York Public Library
De-visualizing Data and Images: Tactile Approaches to Graphic Access
Tactile graphics are raised-line representations of graphs, maps and other images designed to be read by touch. In this talk, I will explore a brief history of tactile graphic production methods, design considerations for tactile reading, challenges and opportunities in tactile graphic literacy and how emerging technologies are re-defining what graphics accessibility online can be.
Bio
Chancey Fleet is a Brooklyn-based tech educator and activist who identifies as Blind. Chancey is the Assistive Technology Coordinator at the New York Public Library. In that role, she curates accessible technology in the branch, collaborates across the NYPL system to improve equity of access, and coordinates a diverse team of staff and volunteers who provide one-to-one tech coaching and group workshops, free of charge and open to all. Through a 2017 NYPL Innovation grant, she founded and maintains the Dimensions Project, a free open lab for the exploration and creation of accessible images, models and data representations through tactile graphics, 3d models and nonvisual approaches to coding, CAD and "visual" arts.