Artificial intelligence is transforming accessibility by helping blind and low vision users create and interact with digital content in ways that were once difficult or impossible. Today’s AI tools can generate images, create videos, build Word documents, analyze Excel data, and design PowerPoint presentations using simple conversational prompts. Applications such as Microsoft Seeing AI and Be My Eyes can describe photos, read documents, identify products, and provide rich image descriptions, while screen readers such as NVDA and JAWS work alongside AI tools to make these experiences more accessible.
While the progress is exciting, there are still limitations. AI-generated image descriptions can sometimes miss important details, context, or complex visual information. For the best experience, many users combine screen readers with tools like Be My Eyes and Microsoft Seeing AI to gain additional insight into images and on-screen content. As AI continues to evolve, the combination of intelligent assistants, screen readers, and computer vision technologies is creating new opportunities for independence, creativity, and productivity for blind and low vision users.
Written by the PASS Power Blog Team