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E11: Accessibility Matters: How AI and New Guidelines Are Changing the Digital Landscape

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This episode features a conversation with Britt Otter, an accessibility expert who shares valuable insights on the intersection of AI and digital accessibility. Britt discusses current trends in AI tools and their potential to enhance accessibility when properly implemented, while also highlighting important considerations and potential drawbacks. The conversation explores how accessibility initiatives have evolved over the past five years, particularly since COVID-19, touching on the expansion of digital accessibility requirements and new legislation like the European Accessibility Act. Britt also provides detailed technical guidance on implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) for various content elements, shares insights on the importance of plain language in accessibility, and recounts a successful collaboration with Geographic Solutions to improve labor market information module accessibility

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This episode features a conversation with Britt Otter, an accessibility expert who shares valuable insights on the intersection of AI and digital accessibility. Britt discusses current trends in AI tools and their potential to enhance accessibility when properly implemented, while also highlighting important considerations and potential drawbacks. The conversation explores how accessibility initiatives have evolved over the past five years, particularly since COVID-19, touching on the expansion of digital accessibility requirements and new legislation like the European Accessibility Act. Britt also provides detailed technical guidance on implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) for various content elements, shares insights on the importance of plain language in accessibility, and recounts a successful collaboration with Geographic Solutions to improve labor market information module accessibility

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