Humans in the Loop: Privacy-Focused AI Solutions for Digital Collections Alt-Text

Librarians collaborated to develop a workflow that utilized a local AI model to retrieve, scan, and create initial alt-text for all repository images to meet ADA Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 at the University of South Florida Libraries with a focus on privacy and ethical human review.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2026-10-15
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23401180
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Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
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Humans in the Loop: Privacy-Focused AI Solutions for Digital Collections Alt-Text

Jason Boczar, Amanda Boczar, Ann Abney
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
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Humans in the Loop: Privacy-Focused AI Solutions for Digital Collections Alt-Text

Jason Boczar, Amanda Boczar, Ann Abney
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Abstract

Librarians collaborated to develop a workflow that utilized a local AI model to retrieve, scan, and create initial alt-text for all repository images to meet ADA Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 at the University of South Florida Libraries with a focus on privacy and ethical human review.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US), University of South Florida (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 2%
Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
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