Generating Accessibility: Using AI to Improve Higher Education for the Visually Impaired

Sophie Schauer, Katharina Simbeck, Leon Schüßler

2025

Abstract

Visually impaired students face many obstacles in higher education, including access to adapted course material. While accessibility is a legal requirement in many countries, its implementation is linked to practical challenges for educators. In this paper, we discuss the adaptation of existing course materials for blind students in a case study and propose using generative Artificial Intelligence to facilitate the creation of accessible educational materials, contributing to a more inclusive learning environment. We introduce and evaluate the tool TRAIL to generate accessible textual descriptions of lecture slides.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Schauer S., Simbeck K. and Schüßler L. (2025). Generating Accessibility: Using AI to Improve Higher Education for the Visually Impaired. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU; ISBN 978-989-758-746-7, SciTePress, pages 15-25. DOI: 10.5220/0013136300003932

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu25,
author={Sophie Schauer and Katharina Simbeck and Leon Schüßler},
title={Generating Accessibility: Using AI to Improve Higher Education for the Visually Impaired},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU},
year={2025},
pages={15-25},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013136300003932},
isbn={978-989-758-746-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU
TI - Generating Accessibility: Using AI to Improve Higher Education for the Visually Impaired
SN - 978-989-758-746-7
AU - Schauer S.
AU - Simbeck K.
AU - Schüßler L.
PY - 2025
SP - 15
EP - 25
DO - 10.5220/0013136300003932
PB - SciTePress