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Reelabilities Film Festival New York

ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York Baruch Student Disability Services and BPAC (Baruch Performing Arts Center)

Registration Closes Tomorrow

9th Annual CUNY Accessibility Conference registration closes tomorrow, March 15,2018. If you need to register, please access the registration page here.

Tecla-e takes being mobile to a new level of breaking boundaries for assistive technology. The Tecla-e empowers individuals with disabilities who cannot independently use smart phones, tablets, computers or smart home technology with touchscreens and keyboard.

Transition To Online Learning Captioning Video Lectures

CUNY Assistive Technology Services and the Media Accessibility Project (CATS and MAP) are here to support faculty and staff with captioning audio or video content for online lectures. However, the turnaround time will be longer due to the increase in online video content. Please email Tania at akalaitzidis@qcc.cuny.edu for more information or if you have any content that needs to be captioned.

Find Essential Accessibility In This New Web Browser

In recent years, web browser developers have worked to incorporate accessibility features into their software, from Apple’s incorporation of VoiceOver into Safari to Google’s new dictation option.

Fleksy: The Fast, Accessible Typing Solution For Smartphones

By all accounts, smartphones are here to stay, but as technology has moved away from buttons and towards touchscreens, typing messages can be an obstacle for the visually impaired user. While talkback features make reading a simple task, writing becomes tricky without a way to accurately correct text mistakes. With the Fleksy keyboard, though, low-vision smartphone users have a keyboard that is tailored for use by the visually impaired.

NVDA, Free Open Source Screen Reader Alternative

Screen readers are important for blind users to navigate through a computer

Assistive Technology software for Home use, Available to CUNY Students, Staff , and Faculty.

Due to the immediate changes caused by the Coronavirus outbreak, many users of our ZoomText, JAWS, Kurzweil 3000, and WYNN licenses will need to have access to these software at home. Home licenses are available to all these software, with the exception of Kurzweil 3000 which does not require a license for use, but instead an account. This account can be created at your disability office at any of the 26 CUNY campuses.

Assistive Technology Software for iPad and Chromebook

Below we have a list of applications and browser extensions for iPad and Chromebooks. Some of the software requires a paid subscription and some are free with the CATS lab package.

Free and Discounted Tools for Students, Faculty, and Staff During COVID-19 Pandemic

Below is a list of companies that are offering their services and tools for free or discounted for a limited time in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. This page will be updated regularly as more announcements are made. Last updated on April 13th, 2020.