Expert Resources: AI


These are the items that relate to AI found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.

  • AI is making CAPTCHA increasingly cruel for disabled users

    Robin.Christopherson | 20 Feb 2019
    A CAPTCHA, (an acronym for "completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart"), is a test used in computing to determine whether or not the user is human. You've all seen those distorted codes or image-selection challenges that you need to pass to sign up for a site or buy...

  • GOV.UK and Alexa: Government keen to hear the voice of the people

    Robin.Christopherson | 28 Aug 2018
    Smartspeaker ownership is growing rapidly. Already up 3% in 2018 to date, ownership of voice-activated speakers now stands at 8% of the adult UK population - with voice searches more generally also rising rapidly. The GOV.UK team have been working hard at bringing their information available online...

  • 5 ways AI could transform digital accessibility

    Joe Chidzik | 26 Mar 2018
    AbilityNet’s senior accessibility and usability consultant Joe Chidzik explores five ways AI could help make websites more accessible to people with disabilities

  • Speaking of the future: Robin Christopherson at BDF Technology Taskforce

    Mark Walker | 26 Feb 2018
    Robin Christopherson will be speaking about the role of Alexa and other smartspeakers at the BDF Technology Taskforce in London on 27 Feb 2018.

  • How Image Recognition and AI is Transforming the Lives of Blind People

    Claudia.Cahalane | 20 Dec 2017
    AI-powered image recognition is taking off and it's helping blind people gain a better understanding of the world around them. At the AbilityNet technology and disability event last month, TechShare Pro, we heard from Orcam, the makers of AI vision tech MyEye who've recently launched MyEye 2.0.

  • Five top tips for building accessible conversational interfaces

    Claudia.Cahalane | 18 Dec 2017
    The latest advances in Artificial Intelligence are powering ever-greater voice-recognition capabilities - but how do we build machines we can to talk in ways that are intelligible and sensible to a range of people, including those with disabilities, asks Léonie Watson’s at TechShare Pro.

  • Microsoft Seeing AI - the best ever app for blind people just got even better

    Robin.Christopherson | 14 Dec 2017
    Seeing AI: Microsoft’s revolutionary app that helps blind users understand the world around them, has just got even better with the addition of several new functions including handwriting and colour recognition. The best app to help blind users access the world has just got even better, and it’s...

  • How AI could transform the lives of disabled people

    Claudia.Cahalane | 11 Dec 2017
    “The Echo Dot makes me feel included," says Ellie Southwood, chair of The Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB). “I spend far less time searching for things online; I can multi-task while online and be more productive.

  • Alexa vs Google Home vs Cortana: The battle to reach every user intensifies

    Robin.Christopherson | 20 Nov 2017
    In recent weeks the number of voice assistants has multiplied. But in the arms race to reach every household, which one is best at reaching every user regardless of impairment or disability?

  • How Artificial Intelligence is empowering people on the autism spectrum

    Mark Walker | 30 Oct 2017
    Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is empowering people with physical disabilities, allowing them to take charge of their own lives but it’s also having a surprising impact on people with neuro-diverse conditions like autism. It’s easy to generalise about people on the autism spectrum; they like...