Using AI in accessibility: What can we do with AI?

AI is increasingly being used by designers to enhance accessibility, focusing on areas such as text summarization, accessible color generation, image description, and language captioning. Various AI-powered tools, including Semrush AI summary generator, QuillBot text summarizer, Venngage color palette generator, Khroma, Image Caption Generator, Ahrefs alt text generator, and Otter.ai, provide practical solutions to these challenges. These tools help automate processes like generating concise text summaries for individuals with cognitive disabilities, creating color palettes that meet accessibility standards, producing descriptive text for images to assist visually impaired users, and generating captions or transcriptions for audio and video content to aid those with hearing impairments. While these AI tools offer valuable support, designing accessible content requires deliberate decision-making throughout the design process, and AI should be used as a supportive aid rather than a complete solution.