GLAM Wiki 2023/Program/Alt-Text Revolution: Bridging the Image Accessibility Gap on Wikipedia with apps and AI

ID: 2075
Facilitators/Speakers: Jazmin Tanner, Fiona Romeo, Angie Cervellera	Time block: Afternoon	Beginning: 16:00
	Location: 411	Duration: 1 hr
Description: Join an early demo of a tool focused on empowering app users to contribute and enhance Wikipedia articles by adding crucial alt-text to images. Alt text is important for people with no or low vision and also for readers who turn off images due to low internet bandwidth or high mobile data charges. With 95% of Wikipedia images currently lacking alt-text, our tool aims to bridge this accessibility gap and foster inclusivity within the Wikipedia community. During the session, attendees will have the unique opportunity to witness a live demo of the alt-text adding tool, hear about some of the research that has gotten us to this point, and provide feedback on what changes should be made to the tool before it is fully rolled out. We will also be demonstrating past microtask tools built in the apps as an indicator of what a future iteration could look like with the assistance of AI. There will be an opportunity for attendees to sign up to serve as quality checkers of the output of the feature once it's been released. Attendees will be able to provide early feedback to an alt-text adding tool in the Wikipedia apps and evaluate the guidance being used to create the tool. We also hope to inspire attendees to expand thinking of ways technology can be ethically used to address accessibility gaps in our collective pursuit of ensuring everyone can share in the sum of all knowledge.		Experience level: No previous knowledge is necessary
		Keywords: Artificial intelligence, Knowledge equity, Tech, platforms & tools
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