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SUMMARY:Digital Accessibility Training - AI in Accessibility: Emerging Tools Survey
DESCRIPTION:Overview  Join us for a presentation on how AI is transforming digital accessibility in higher education, led by Blake Bertuccelli-Booth, with guest speakers Michael Armstrong and Michael Fu.  Explore how AI is reshaping digital accessibility in higher education. This session will highlight emerging tools that support PDF remediation, transcript generation, image alt text, and website accessibility?featuring practical examples from Adobe, AWS, Yuja, OpenAI, AltText.ai, Otter, PREP, Deque and SiteImprove. We'll break down the underlying technologies like computer vision, speech recognition, and rule-based checkers, and discuss when it?s best to use raw AI services (such as GPT-4 Vision, Whisper, or Azure OCR) versus black-box tools. The session will close with a discussion on the trade-offs between speed, accuracy, and control?and how institutions can leverage AI to build more effective, sustainable accessibility strategies.  Target Audience  Web Designers, Developers, Accessibility enthusiasts, and anyone who is interested in how AI is  shaping web accessibility would be interested in this discussion.  Learning Objectives  Participants will engage with interactive demonstrations and hands-on examples, including:       	A demo of AI captioning tools   	A demo of AI-based PDF remediation   	A demo of accessibility-focused chatbots   	A demo of automated alt text creation using AI    These activities will provide practical insight into how AI can support digital accessibility workflows.    Accessibility Information  This Zoom training will feature automatic captions. Electronic copies of the presentation will be provided.    For any additional access requests or questions, please reach out to the DASE team using the contact information below. | Event post: https://it.uic.edu/events?page_id=18094
LOCATION:https://uic.zoom.us/j/87932717907?pwd=mKes5zFMU4XH2k9hPGVkeH92fBDYbI.1
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