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Explore how audio solutions enhance digital accessibility, breaking down barriers for diverse learners while offering greater flexibility in how students engage with course content. With ReadSpeaker integrated into Brightspace, course text is converted into audio with a single click. 

Discover how text-to-speech supports multimodal learning, aiding students with learning differences, visual impairments, or language barriers when navigating dense readings, complex terminology, and assignment instructions. Learn how ReadSpeaker, a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) certified solution, proactively addresses accessibility compliance and supports student success.

In this session, you’ll learn:

• How to leverage ReadSpeaker to transform standard digital materials into more accessible audio content
• How embedding audio tools seamlessly into everyday course design and instruction makes course more accessible and engaging
• How audio supports neurodivergent learners, auditory processors, and dual-modality readers
• How ReadSpeaker aligns with UDL principles to help meet digital accessibility standards and improve inclusivity in course design

Join ReadSpeaker’s Erin Martin  and Colleen Sandquist as they discuss how audio can provide a fresh framework for creating a more inclusive digital learning environment.

Presenter: Kaitlin Young

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Join Silktide for a practical, easy-to-follow demo on making web and PDF accessibility easier to manage. See how to find and prioritize accessibility issues, understand what needs fixing, and give everyone who manages web content the guidance and tools to improve it.

Silktide already works with SUNY Empire, SUNY Jefferson Community College, SUNY Niagara, SUNY Stony Brook University, and SUNY Tompkins Cortland Community College — so we’ll keep the demo relevant to the challenges SUNY teams are working through today.

Hosted by Kaitlin Young, Web Accessibility Consultant at Silktide, with 5+ years helping organizations improve their website accessibility.  

Accessibility questions answered by Jessica Chambers, Certified Professional in Web Accessibility (CPWA), with 12+ years in accessibility and a lot longer building for the web. Her specialty is making accessibility make sense by connecting how people think, what they notice, and what they can actually use into something practical

No accessibility expertise required. Bring your questions!

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• Free Silktide Accessibility Checker
  Test any webpage for 200+ WCAG issues and get straightforward guidance on how to fix them.
  Try the free accessibility checker
• Silktide Accessibility Videos
  Short, practical videos that make web accessibility easier to understand and put into practice.
  Watch the accessibility video series
• Don’t Panic. It’s Just Accessibility.
  A friendly, funny, people-first introduction to accessibility — without the overwhelm.
  Read Don’t Panic
• ADA Website Compliance Guide
  A practical guide to understanding ADA website accessibility requirements and what they mean for your organization.
  Read the ADA compliance guide

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Description:

As universities face mounting legal expectations – including updated ADA Title II regulations – proactive and sustainable digital accessibility is more critical than ever. This one-hour webinar explores GrackleDocs’ end-to-end suite of products and expert services, demonstrating how higher education institutions can seamlessly streamline digital accessibility, build organization-wide buy-in, and ensure every student, faculty member, and staff stakeholder has the accessible resources they need to succeed.

Key Topics Covered:

• Comprehensive Product Ecosystem: Explore industry-leading tools designed for higher education workflows, including Grackle Workspace, Grackle PDF for advanced document remediation, and Grackle Office for Microsoft environments.
• Expert Services & Auditing: Discover our professional PDF remediation services, where experts help transform complex files and legacy content into fully compliant assets. Followed by a comprehensive look at our specialized Grackle Audit services – including manual WCAG 2.2 alignment evaluations and user journey testing by individuals with disabilities – designed to ensure absolute compliance and elevate the user experience.
• Strategic Integration & Roadmaps: Learn how to move beyond reactive fixes by partnering with Grackle Consulting to develop tailored digital accessibility assessments, multi-year strategic plans, robust governance structures, and updated procurement policies.
• Building Buy-In & Training: Through Grackle Training, gain actionable techniques to foster institutional culture change, communicate the value of digital equity across departments, and leverage customized training programs and accessible Learning Management System (LMS) integration.

Separate Resources: 

• Grackle Go is our free PDF accessibility checker and validator. Simply create a Grackle Account, upload a PDF, and receive an interactive, printable compliance report. You can create your Grackle Account here.
• Grackle Office is an extension for Microsoft Word and PowerPoint that provides an accessibility checker directly within your documents, helping users identify and address accessibility issues. Grackle Office is simple to install, simple to use, and has a free trial available.
• Grackle Workspace is a Google Workspace add-on that provides an accessibility checker and generates accessible PDFs directly from Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. A free trial is available through the Google Workspace Marketplace.
• Grackle PDF is designed for anyone who needs to quickly tag a PDF, including non-technical users. A free trial is available to help users see how PDF tagging can be fast and easy to do.

As the SUNY system-wide dedicated Account Manager, I would be happy to be included as a resource for anyone looking to learn more:

Christina Mackenzie
Dedicated Account Manager
cmackenzie@grackledocs.com

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One Plan, Every Student: A Simpler Path to Campus Accessibility

Making lectures, events, and media accessible to every student is central to how colleges and universities serve their communities, and it supports compliance with ADA Title II. In this one-hour session, Verbit introduces Campus Complete, our higher education accessibility subscription that brings captioning, transcription, and audio description into a single plan, so institutions can meet that goal while keeping budgets predictable.

We’ll cover:

• Human and AI captioning across live and recorded content, from lectures to campus events to existing media libraries
• Unlimited AI Audio Description, now included, making video accessible to students who are blind or have low vision with no per-hour caps
• How one subscription keeps costs steady and puts disability services, accessibility, and IT teams on the same page
• How Campus Complete supports ADA Title II compliance for digital media on your campus

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Presenter: Michael Peckham

Your website is the part of your digital estate everyone sees. Your PDFs are the part almost no one checks, and for most universities, that is exactly where accessibility risk piles up.

With the April 2027 ADA Title II deadline approaching, SUNY teams do not need another tool that lists problems and leaves you to it. You need a way to find every barrier across your website and your documents, fix what matters most, and build the documented record that shows the reasonable steps you are taking.

This session focuses on where the workload is heaviest: PDFs. Course catalogs, policies, forms, syllabi, and the thousands of documents that quietly make up a large share of any institution’s digital footprint. Michael Peckham will show you how to find inaccessible PDFs across your site, decide what to fix first, and remediate at scale without burying your team in manual rework.

You will also see how the same approach extends across your whole estate. Find barriers with the Website Accessibility Checker. Remediate documents with PDF Intercept. Give every visitor a more usable experience through the Assistive Toolbar. Capture your evidence with Accessibility Documentation. And bring in expert support through Accessibility Consultancy when you need a hand.

Hosted by Michael Peckham, Business Development Executive at Recite Me, this is a working hour, not a sales pitch. Expect straight answers to real questions and a clear picture of what proportionate, defensible accessibility progress looks like for a SUNY institution. Bring the PDFs and the problems that have been sitting on your list. This is the session to start sorting them.

Separate resources

• Recite Me Website Accessibility Checker
  Scan your site and surface the accessibility barriers hiding across your pages and documents, with plain guidance on what to fix first.
  Start a free accessibility scan
  
  
• Recite Me Assistive Toolbar
  Let visitors adjust how they read and navigate your content, from text and color changes to reading support and translation, so more people can use your site their way.
  Try the features
  
  
• PDF Accessibility Remediation Checklist
  A working checklist for reviewing, fixing, and maintaining accessible PDFs, built for the teams doing the work.
  Get your free checklist
  
  
• Education Report
  Practical steps to make your education website more accessible, remove digital barriers, and ensure students, parents, and staff can access the information and services they need.
  Download the report

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Unlock Document Accessibility with SensusAccess and Sensus Remediator

Are you looking for ways to make your digital learning materials, documents, and content accessible to everyone? Join us for an upcoming presentation on SensusAccess and Sensus Remediator—two powerful tools designed to automate and simplify document remediation.

In this session, you will you will get to know how to:

• Convert documents automatically into accessible formats like audiobooks, e-books, DAISY books and digital Braille using SensusAccess.
• Remediate inaccessible  PDFs at scale with Sensus Remediator.
• Support diverse learning needs and ensure compliance with digital accessibility standards.

Whether you are an educator, administrator, or content creator, this session will give you practical insights into creating a more inclusive digital environment.

Tanja Stevns and Lars Christensen will be presenting and taking questions – we both have been working with accessible media for 20+ years and our services already support a number of universities and colleges in NY; many of them SUNYS.

See you then!

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Genio delivers specialized note-taking support designed for students with accommodations. Already trusted by 27 SUNY institutions, Genio enables students to record lectures, integrate slides, and generate transcripts – with the option to provide comprehensive note sets for those needing higher-level assistance.

As a leader in STEM support, Genio features real-time formula recognition, digital ink annotations, freehand scribble, and advanced OCR technology to instantly extract text and complex equations from any image or slide, or even whiteboard pictures.

We look forward to demonstrating Genio’s newest capabilities, showing it in action, and answering your questions so you can maximize its value for you and your students.

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Discover what’s possible when you provide accessible learning support that adapts to your students’ needs, rather than the other way around.

In this session, we’ll show you how you can change the lives of the students on your caseload – across every subject from STEM to Spanish – by giving them multiple ways to prepare for class, capture notes and study effectively.

Learn how to deliver personalised learning experiences for students with disabilities before, during and after class. Already part of a system-wide SUNY contract, Jamworks helps each and every student turn lectures into lasting knowledge.

We look forward to sharing how these experiences help students overcome barriers, build confidence and – in their own words – change their lives.

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Provides accessible virtual meeting and webinar technology with features such as live captions, transcripts, keyboard shortcuts, and screen reader support for inclusive communication.

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getAbstract is an online platform that compresses non-fiction books, articles, podcasts, and video talks into concise, 15-minute summaries.

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Hushbird: Private On-Device Mac Dictation, Reading & Translation for Student Accommodations

Presenter:
Steven Peguero, Founder & Principal Developer, PSYT LLC

Session Overview:
Join PSYT LLC for an introduction and live demonstration of Hushbird (hushbird.app), an on-device accessibility application built natively for macOS on Apple Silicon.

Hushbird provides system-wide speech-to-text dictation, synchronized text-to-speech reading with visual tracking, and inline two-way translation across all native Mac applications. Designed specifically to resolve the Mac accommodation gap following the discontinuation of Dragon for Mac, Hushbird runs 100% locally on-device with zero cloud audio uploads, ensuring complete student privacy and FERPA compliance without recurring subscription costs.

This session will explore how Hushbird supports students and researchers with repetitive strain injuries, motor accommodations, dyslexia, ADHD, and cognitive processing fatigue, followed by a live demonstration and discussion of institutional licensing and campus testing center deployment.

Resource Links:
• Product Overview
• Accessibility Conformance Report (VPAT – Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA)
• Vendor Information: PSYT LLC (Boston, MA) | SAM.gov UEI: ZST3XWTXJYE6 | COMMBUYS Vendor ID: 00091426

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AT&T enables the connected technologies that help colleges and universities create more accessible, inclusive, and safer learning environments. Through AT&T’s IoT connectivity, FirstNet network capabilities, and device management platforms, institutions can deploy and manage a wide range of accessibility-focused solutions across their campuses.