How do visual interpreter platforms and equipment shape, extend and constrain our skills and opportunities as blind people? How do business practices and design choices affect us, and how can we affect them? How is visual interpreter tech introduced, taught and positioned in the context of blindness training? These informal discussion sessions are designed to help us have an open, thoughtful, sales-free conversation about what visual interpreter tech means in our community. Users, developers, workers and anyone else with an interest is welcome.

Hosted by Chancey Fleet.

RSVP here for Sunday January 27, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM - https://Behindthelens1-27-19.eventbrite.com.

RSVP here for Monday January 28, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM - https://Behindthelens1-28-19.eventbrite.com.

RSVPs for these sessions are optional but appreciated. Alternate arrangements can be made for folks who would like to chat with a trainer but have conflicting commitments. Please contact Chancey Fleet (President, NFB Assistive Technology Trainers’ Division; 2018-2019 Fellow, Data & Society Research Institute) at Chancey@datasociety.net or 347-632-8383.

These sessions will take place in the Senate Room at the Holiday Inn Capitol, Washington, DC. To find the Senate room, make your way the long concourse toward the Capitol Ballroom. After you descend a short flight of stairs or ramp, take an immediate right before the FEMA security station. Proceed down a short hallway to find Senate: it’s the first door on your right.

Behind the Lens: Conversations on Visual Interpreter Tech