AI in digital accessibility: challenges, benefits and risks
summary
The talk examines how artificial intelligence can help or hinder digital accessibility by automating tasks that range from rule-based checks to subjective interpretation. It focuses on AI techniques for accessibility, using automatically generated alternative text for images as a concrete example to discuss potential benefits and risks of automation.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction
- 7:05AI role in accessibility
- 11:03Document structure recognition
- 17:24Table and chart recognition
- 20:40Alt text for images
- 30:50Challenges and accountability
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