This almost perfectly encapsulates the problems that create friction for new technology. People want/expect the new technology to be an upgraded version of the old technology.
"AI is going to make screen readers amazing!"
No, that is not what AI is going to do. That is the exact kind of missing the forest for the trees that comes with new tech.
AI will be used to act as a sighted person sitting next to the blind person, who the blind person is conversing with (at whatever speed they wish) to interpret and do stuff on the screen. It's a total misapplication of AI to think the goal is to leverage it to make screen readers better.
They can have sighted servant who is gleefully collaborating with them to use their computer. You don't need 900 words per minute read to you so you can build a full mental model of every webpage. You can just say "Lets go on amazon and look for paper towels", "Lets check the top stories on HN"
"AI is going to make screen readers amazing!"
No, that is not what AI is going to do. That is the exact kind of missing the forest for the trees that comes with new tech.
AI will be used to act as a sighted person sitting next to the blind person, who the blind person is conversing with (at whatever speed they wish) to interpret and do stuff on the screen. It's a total misapplication of AI to think the goal is to leverage it to make screen readers better.
They can have sighted servant who is gleefully collaborating with them to use their computer. You don't need 900 words per minute read to you so you can build a full mental model of every webpage. You can just say "Lets go on amazon and look for paper towels", "Lets check the top stories on HN"