AI and accessibility: how AI is helping people with disabilities
Image descriptions, live captions, voice control, communication support and reading aids: the ways AI improves accessibility today, and the risks to watch.
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Case study: Be My Eyes and AI visual assistance for blind people
How Be My Eyes added an AI assistant that describes photos for blind and low-vision users, what it changed, its limits, and lessons for designing accessible AI.
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Free accessibility app connecting blind and low-vision people with volunteers, plus Be My AI for instant AI descriptions of photos.
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Microsoft's free app for blind and low-vision people that narrates text, documents, products, people and scenes using AI.
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Text-to-speech reader that reads documents, web pages, PDFs and emails aloud with natural voices, popular for studying and accessibility.
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