Tech That Started As A11Y Features, Overlays, AI Taking Away Jobs - Emily

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Beyond Barriers - An Accessibility Podcast

Wally

39 episodes

5 days ago

Accessibility is still an area unknown to most people. Brian, co-founder of Wally, teams up with accessibility experts across the content supply and the disabled community, to understand their insights on accessibility. Listen to accessibility specialists, consultants, developers, designers, managers, and other motivational people themselves.

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Tech That Started As A11Y Features, Overlays, AI Taking Away Jobs - Emily | Accessibility Advocate

Beyond Barriers - An Accessibility Podcast

37 minutes 43 seconds

11 months ago

Tech That Started As A11Y Features, Overlays, AI Taking Away Jobs - Emily | Accessibility Advocate

In this episode of Beyond Barriers, Emily talks about how smartphones have accelerated the adoption of accessibility to support user preferences, program management at the enterprise level, how accessibility should be backward integrated and maintainable, how AI needs to be trained on disabilities, the lack of data for AI, and whether AI will take over the jobs of accessibility experts.

Throughout the podcast, she shares real-life stories of how accessibility has been adopted over the years, including the many features that started out as accessibility features. We bet you haven't heard this anywhere else!

Watch Beyond Barriers on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WallyAX

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(00:00) : Introduction and Background

(02:04) : Becoming an Accessibility Leader

(06:10) : The Impact of Technology on Accessibility

(09:08) : Compliance vs. Usability

(10:31) : Training and Education in Accessibility

(11:36) : The Holistic Approach to Accessibility

(23:47) : Building a Multidisciplinary Accessibility Team

(29:04) : The Role of AI in Accessibility

(34:24) : Challenges and Opportunities of AI in Accessibility

(36:26) : The Future of Accessibility and AI

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