56. Breaking down barriers - empowering students with better accessibility in digital and artificial intelligence

In this episode, Jisc's Kellie Mote welcomes Dr Ann Kristin Glenster from the Glenlead Centre and Bouquette Kabatepe from Imperial College London for a discussion on digital accessibility and the accessible digital futures project.

The group reflect on how they met and how a shared passion for accessibility sowed the seeds of the accessible digital futures project, a series of events bringing together digital leads from UK HE to explore the potential of accessible digital and AI technologies for all.

Bouquette speaks about hosting a workshop and the importance of having representation from all levels at the university, raising awareness that digital accessibility is a must, not just a nice to have. Ann Kristin delves into some of the findings from the project, highlighting feedback from the edtech sector further emphasising the need to build accessibility into products at the earliest stages.

Listen now to hear about accessible procurement, AI in accessibility tools and assistive technologies, the impact of the European Accessibility Act and much more.

Show notes

• Get involved in the accessible digital futures project
• Join us for the next accessible digital futures workshop
• Learn more about Imperial, Intel and Lenovo's ICICLE project
• Find out more about Bouquette, and Imperial's commitment to digital accessibility in this blog
• Watch a video demonstration of Microsoft's Seeing with AI
• Learn more about the 100-year life book mentioned in the podcast