AI and Accessibility abdicating engagement UNESCO
AI and Accessibility: abdicating engagement? | UNESCO Bennett, A (2025) AI and Accessibility: abdicating engagement? UNESCO. Online at: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/ai-and-accessibility-abdicating-engagement (Accessed 03 September 2026) Further, “digital accessibility” refers to the principles and processes of making digital content that disabled users can fully engage with. That is, ensuring that both the digital output can be accessed by those using assistive technologies (such as screen reader software) and the content itself, (such as image description, transcripts and captions) are functional and readily available to all users. Accessibility by design is always easier than a retrofit, whether addressing physical or digital accessibility. Adopting Universal design principles is a far more inclusive approach than addressing contextual requirements as an afterthought. For example, the Web Accessibility Initiative ( WAI )...