Web Accessibility Challenges for Disabled and Generation of Alt Text for Images in Websites using Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

There are millions of visually impaired persons worldwide, and their numbers are continually increasing due to the ageing of the baby-boomer generation. The Internet may be extremely beneficial to blind individuals because it allows them to achieve things that they would otherwise be unable to complete without the assistance of others (such as reading mail or managing bank accounts). Education services and online shopping is also increasing day by day in the world of internet. So it is important that education websites, online shopping websites should be accessible to all regardless of their disabilities. This study describes challenges in accessibility of Indian Universities website especially for Visually Impaired. It also discusses its solutions by generating alternate text for images in websites through Artificial Intelligence techniques