And now for my story:
How did my house turn into a bus stop?
As I am dyslexic, I do have to use AI to help me. I also use humans to proofread; they look for mistakes, not rewritten or reinterpreted information!
Sadly, neither the AI devices or even humans saw this mistake before it got sent out. It was only when it hit my own inbox that I noticed.
This is really concerning to me as it's part of my disability—when I read things back I automatically start to understand and make sense of things.
My dyslexia causes me many issues understanding written text. It often happens that I need a human to explain to me, as I am not always able to follow written instructions.
I always need a human to learn from – I can’t learn from a video, as I find screens too small and with too much information on them.
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This is because when I look at a screen on computer, my eyes do not know where to look.
My assistants will say it’s there on the top bar, but with so many things on the top bar, my eyes have to slowly attempt to read each one and as I look, my eyes just jump around on this far too busy page.
Then there is my spelling. By the way I do not hear certain sounds, so I can’t sound words out. I am also now a bit deaf.
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So, my proofreader looks for spelling, grammar and punctuation but not whether what is written is correct or not. What we have to acknowledge, in my humble opinion, is that AI lies. Not that is knows that it is lying, or even what a concept such as lying is, just that it does it.
I am self-taught, with some help, but I often do not write the questions or tasks with enough details for AI. If a human helped me, they could ask questions. AI is always limited by what the human that taught it to do, I guess. The difficulty is when you have a disability and need help.
When you can't spell or use grammar at all—that's me—you look for support in whatever form it comes from. My vocabulary is also very limited. This is why I must be so driven by visual language.
I also read this week that THE software for people who are visually impaired can’t read emojis, which AI shows as colourful bullet points! So please bear this in mind?
Wow, what can you use then? Disability is so vast, trying to be accessible needs a lot of thinking about, so to be accessible include both bullet points and emojis.
Look forward to meeting you at one of my events soon. Thank you for your support, as always.
Michelle Baharier
Michelle Baharier - Artist | Curator | Facilitator
