A Huge Potential for Artificial Intelligence to Assist with Accessibility

<p><strong>Ryan Shugart, Microsoft, Senior Program Manager</strong></p><p>Rich works as a an accessibility subject matter expert with the cloud and AI teams at Microsoft. He shares his experience being born visually impaired and how that affected his early use of a home computer and technology. Graduating from college in IT, he began his work as a system administrator. As a blind person, he experienced many challenges. Rich talks about some of what is involved in the process of reviewing products for accessibility - from design through to release. He also talks about artificial intelligence, the interaction of applications and assistive technologies, and the limitations of standards. </p><p>Mentioned in this episode:</p><p><strong>Info about Accessibility at Blink</strong></p>