Presented at 10:30am in Penrose 2 on Monday, November 17, 2025.
#41137Speaker(s)
- Kristin Juhrs Kaylor, Senior Accessibility Instructional Designer, The University of Alabama
Session Details
- Length of Session: 3-hr
- Format: Bring-your-own Device Workshop: Please bring your laptop, your favorite AI platform, examples from your work to generate alt text, and examples of Word documents that need accessibility.
- Expertise Level: All Levels
- Type of session: Pre-conference
Summary
Learn how to speed up alt text creation and make math accessible using AI in this hands-on, BYOD workshop for accessibility professionals, educators, and designers. Participants will generate alt text for complex images and math using tools like ChatGPT-4o and Gemini, explore best practices, and automate parts of the document accessibility process. This session empowers attendees to enhance content inclusivity and empower screen reader users while reducing manual work.
Abstract
How can you improve the quality of your alt text and the accessibility of your math while reducing the time spent on manual writing and building in MathML? Is there a way to speed the process of making documents themselves accessible? This BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) hands-on pre-conference workshop guides accessibility experts, digital content creators, educators, and instructional designers in mastering the use of AI to generate accurate and intricate alternative text (alt text) and create accessible math. It also introduces users to using AI to automate part of the process of making documents accessible. Using standard prompts along with images and documents that need to be made accessible, attendees will have the opportunity to use AI (copilot, Chat GPT 4o, and/or Google Gemini) to create alt text for infographics, diagrams, charts, figurative images, general images, art appreciation images, tables, scatter plots, graphs, math, and complex equations. They will also have the chance to use standard AI prompts to automate a large part of the document accessibility process. Participants will learn how AI generated alt text is changing the game for math by quickly generating reliable descriptions for screen readers, versus MathML which is time consuming to create and does not always read reliably. Some images and math equations will be provided, but participants are encouraged to bring images and math of their own from their work. Screen reader users can use our prompts to generate their own alt text. Participants will also learn to increase the speed of their document accessibility processes through AI. Finally, participants will explore best practices for using AI in accessibility work. Ultimately, this workshop can empower participants to speed their accessibility processes and enhance their online course and web accessibility, making digital content more inclusive for those with visual, learning, and cognitive disabilities.
Keypoints
- Create intricate and accurate AI generated alternative text.
- Create AI generated versions of documents that are more accessible.
- Analyze AI best practices for accessibility work.
Disability Areas
Cognitive/Learning, Vision
Topic Areas
Accessible Course Design, Alternate Format, Artificial Intelligence, Assistive Technology, Uncategorized
Speaker Bio(s)
Kristin Juhrs Kaylor
Kristin Juhrs Kaylor, M.A. is the Senior Accessibility Instructional Designer at The University of Alabama, College of Continuing Studies. She has over 29 years of experience in education accessibility, 17 years of experience as an educator (online learning, publications, and teaching), and 13 years of instructional design experience. For the past 3 years, she has led The University of Alabama Online’s course accessibility efforts, making UA is a national leader in online course accessibility. She is a Certified Adobe PDF Accessibility Trainer. She holds Section 508 web standards and authoring accessible documents certificates through the Office of Accessible Systems & Technology, Department of Homeland Security. She authored the chapter, “The University of Alabama Online’s Digital Accessibility Course Development Process, Practices, and Tools,” for the QM book, A Guide to Digital Accessibility: Policies, Practices, and Professional Development.