Event Name
Open Source Assistive Technology Hackathon
Event Date
5/21
Event End Date
5/22
Start time in UTC
09:00
End time in UTC
20:00 on day 1 and 07:00 on day 2
Event Type
misc
Event Language
English
Event Location
88 Colin P Kelly Junior Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
Organizer name
Maria Lamardo
Event URL
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-source-assistive-technology-hackathon-tickets-1984064378967
Event Description
GitHub is committed to improving the accessibility of open source software and empowering people with disabilities to actively contribute. In partnership with NV Access, the Center for Accessibility and Open Source, and the Northwest Center for Assistive Technology Training, we’re hosting an Open Source Assistive Technology Hackathon focused on empowering participants to build skills and make real contributions to the assistive technology tools people rely on every day.
We will have a Github Learning room where participants can learn about core GitHub contribution workflows (including NVDA and keyboard-only navigation), so they can practice navigating repositories, issues, pull requests, and code reviews with confidence.
NV Access, team behind NVDA,
We’ll have special community spaces to help participants learn, build, and collaborate throughout the hackathon:
- Github Learning Room: A two day hands-on workshop where we guide learners through learning Github principles with the capstone of ending up contributing to an open source project and creating AI-based accessibility agents.
- NV Access Office Hours Room: The NV Access team behind NVDA will be available on Day 1 to support participating projects. Stop by during office hours to ask questions, get feedback, or troubleshoot. Sign-ups will be available at the hackathon.
Participants will be able to join one 16 featured open source AT projects. We welcome people to bring their own projects and pitch them at the event.
Participants
No response
Maintainers
No response
Event Name
Open Source Assistive Technology Hackathon
Event Date
5/21
Event End Date
5/22
Start time in UTC
09:00
End time in UTC
20:00 on day 1 and 07:00 on day 2
Event Type
misc
Event Language
English
Event Location
88 Colin P Kelly Junior Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
Organizer name
Maria Lamardo
Event URL
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-source-assistive-technology-hackathon-tickets-1984064378967
Event Description
GitHub is committed to improving the accessibility of open source software and empowering people with disabilities to actively contribute. In partnership with NV Access, the Center for Accessibility and Open Source, and the Northwest Center for Assistive Technology Training, we’re hosting an Open Source Assistive Technology Hackathon focused on empowering participants to build skills and make real contributions to the assistive technology tools people rely on every day.
We will have a Github Learning room where participants can learn about core GitHub contribution workflows (including NVDA and keyboard-only navigation), so they can practice navigating repositories, issues, pull requests, and code reviews with confidence.
NV Access, team behind NVDA,
We’ll have special community spaces to help participants learn, build, and collaborate throughout the hackathon:
Participants will be able to join one 16 featured open source AT projects. We welcome people to bring their own projects and pitch them at the event.
Participants
No response
Maintainers
No response