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Technology Fair

Stay tuned for more information regarding the 2024 Technology Fair!

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Each year we bring together life-changing low vision and blindness-specific assistive technology exhibitors from all over the world to connect with the blind and visually impaired community of consumers, families, friends, professionals, and anyone who is interested in learning more about assistive technology. 

The Technology Fair is held at the Carroll Center for the Blind, in Newton, MA and is open to the general public. This free event has two components: an exhibition hall and insightful workshop presentations.

2023 Technology Fair Presentations

  • 9 am to 9:45 am: Be My AI, Nick Corbett and David Kingsbury

Learn to extract information from images with the new Be My Eyes app feature called “Be My AI”. From submitting pictures for interpretation and asking follow-up questions such as recognizing landmarks while traveling, identifying the layout and options on an appliance control panel, putting together outfits, and troubleshooting computer challenges, Nick and David will guide you through real-world applications for using AI.

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  • 10:30 am to 11:30 am Three Apps for Built Environment Navigation, Nick Corbett

Join Nick as he touches upon how OKO, Magnifier, and Seeing AI are helping people access crosswalk signals, detect doors, measure proximity to people, read text, and navigate around objects using lidar enabled haptics.

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  • 12:30 pm to 1:15 pm Smart Apps in the Kitchen, Sheila Carney, Kritika Singh

Experience the apps that will make your kitchen more accessible to you! Apps like Seeing AI, Tap Tap See, and Be My Eyes will be demonstrated to identify food products, read recipes, follow cooking directions, find expiration dates, and more. Also see a demonstration of Amazon Echo Show, and its popular feature of show and tell. You can even ask Alexa for help with recipes and cooking questions.

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  • 2:30 pm to 3:15 pm Top Ten Daily Screen Reader Practices, David Kingsbury

Join David as he reviews his top ten daily practices for being an effective screen reader user; from the very basic to a bit more advanced. He will also discuss revisions that will be appearing in his third edition of “The Windows Screen Reader Primer: All the Basics and More.” This new edition will be released by the Carroll Center early next year.

2023 Technology Fair Exhibitors

Thank you to our 2023 Technology Fair Sponsor!

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