Jupiter Sigh

Hi Fedi, I'm looking for a post from a while back that linked to a write up a blind woman did of her assessment of the usefulness of AI/LLMs for blind people. Does anyone remember it? Unfortunately I didn't bookmark it.

Thank you!

#disability #blind #AI

Dec 10 at 8:58pmWeb
Show threadAlan StearnsDec 10
@jupitersigh https://tetralogical.com/blog/2025/08/08/accessibility-and-the-agentic-web/ ?
Accessibility and the agentic web - TetraLogical

Imagine being in a department store that sells clothes from multiple brands and having a personal shopping assistant to help you select the clothes you want to buy. As a blind person, that's about the only way it's possible to go clothes shopping, independently at least, but few stores offer such a service, so you resort to shopping online.

TetraLogical
Show threadJupiter SighDec 11
@famulimas Thank you, but I'm sorry, that isn't the one I'm looking for.
Show threadJillDec 11

@jupitersigh

Hmmm was it by @LavenderPawprints ?

Show threadJupiter SighDec 11
@JillsJoy @LavenderPawprints Hmm, I'm not sure. But the name rings a bell, so maybe. LavenderPawprints, do you remember making a post about this by any chance? I remember reading it as an article or blog post that someone linked to.
Show threadGreenSkyOverMe (Monika)Dec 11
@jupitersigh There is one about AI audio descriptions: https://theconversation.com/ai-is-now-used-for-audio-description-but-it-should-be-accurate-and-actually-useful-for-people-with-low-vision-256808
AI is now used for audio description. But it should be accurate and actually useful for people with low vision

For AI to be beneficial in accessibility tech, the people who use it must be involved in its development.

The Conversation
Show threadJupiter SighDec 12
@GreenSkyOverMe Thank you, but I'm sorry, that isn't the one I'm looking for.
Show threadLegends and LottiesDec 16
@jupitersigh I put lots of post about this subject. What was it about specifically?
Show threadJupiter SighDec 16
@Lottie It was a woman (I think, from memory) talking about her personal experience and assessment of the usefulness of AI/LLMs for blind people. My take away from it was that the biggest benefit it offered her was that she didn't need to ask a person for help and didn't have to pay any of the emotional labour involved in doing that. But the downside lay in how the AIs she tested would be confidently incorrect in the same way they would be confidently correct. So she concluded that it was useful tech for her for situations where her personal safety wasn't an issue, like deciding what to wear. But that it wasn't useful when her safety was in question, like accurately reading medication labels. Does any of that sound familiar to you? I remember the post was a link to somewhere else with the full write up.
Show threadLegends and LottiesDec 16
@jupitersigh I did develop and write about the three layers of trust human in the loop mixture models and when it’s just information. And I did also develop the mixture of models method used in PiccyBot. Do you by any chance write extremely long descriptions? Because if you do, I sent remember talking to you many times.
Show threadJupiter SighDec 16
@Lottie No, that wasn't me, sorry. The post I'm looking for was someone's personal experience, it wasn't about developing things.
Show threadLegends and LottiesDec 16
@jupitersigh No worries, I think the person I was thinking of was called Jupiter Rowland.