Staying curious and learning more about AI and where it can help with accessibility, I see a lot of work done with bolting it on instead of shifting it left. Seems that shift left needs us once again.
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Regressions happen, but proper processes can prevent a lot of it. With accessibility it may be more difficult, but systems can help. Fixing one bug and introducing another one reveals poor system processes – consider accessibility governance.
Thanks to Michael Fairchild and Microsoft, we now have some accessibility benchmarks for a selected range of AI models – where they were tested with automatic accessibility tools after generating sample code. Project is called A11y LLM Eval, and it provides quite some insights, both directly and indirectly.
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is not perfect, but it is a good start – as it can provide reality for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Less hallucinations help with inclusion.
Having an accessibility statement in itself is saying a lot, but only if the statement is telling the truth and in the right way.
Sometimes I read a post and have a need to add some personal views of mine. This time it’s a short list that came to my mind about being an accessibility specialist.
Less than a month before EAA start and some organizations still wait with accessibility activities. It is not too late. Stay calm, but make sure you are preparing. It is about process improvement, not perfection.
Seems that even AI needs accessibility, at least some parts of WCAG will help AI as well. Another benefit of accessibility.
We need to be aware of the limitation of the tools to be able to use them properly and to prevent any bias.
AI is a fact. Some say it will improve accessibility, and I hope it will, but please consider the facts and new regulation.
If Jakob’s intention was attention, then he got it. Please don’t internalize that accessibility is failed when it didn’t had a chance to even start.
Wouldn’t it be nice if computer would just make a perfect alternative text for us when we include the image? While there are some services promising this – they should be manually checked and corrected! But in the future…