# RAIUC04-BP03 Identify accessibility requirements for different user groups
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 Identifying accessibility points assists to generate requirements for people with different capabilities and disabilities to use the proposed AI system effectively. 

 **Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established:** High 

## Implementation considerations
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1.  Conduct accessibility needs assessment. Research the specific accessibility challenges faced when interacting with AI systems, including cognitive, visual, auditory, speech, sensory, and motor accessibility needs. You may explore research published in the [ACM CHI: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems](https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3706598), or consider reading more from articles published from Amazon: [Use AWS AI and ML services to foster accessibility and inclusion of people with a visual or communication disability](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/use-aws-ai-and-ml-services-to-foster-accessibility-and-inclusion-of-people-with-a-visual-or-communication-disability/) or [12 ways Amazon is making products more accessible for customers with disabilities](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/amazon-accessibility-features). 

1.  Map out multimodal interactions. Provide multiple ways for users to input information and receive AI outputs, including voice, text, visual, and tactile options as appropriate for your system. 

1.  Consider if AI explanations, confidence indicators, and system status information would be available in formats accessible to users with different abilities (screen reader compatible, high contrast, simplified language options). You may read more from [AWS Accessibility](https://aws.amazon.com/accessibility/) or [12 ways Amazon is making products more accessible for customers with disabilities](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/amazon-accessibility-features). 

## Resources
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 **Related documents:** 
+  [AWS Accessibility](https://aws.amazon.com/accessibility/) 
+  [Use AWS AI and ML services to foster accessibility and inclusion of people with a visual or communication disability](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/use-aws-ai-and-ml-services-to-foster-accessibility-and-inclusion-of-people-with-a-visual-or-communication-disability/) 
+  [Exploring accessible audio descriptions with Amazon Nova \| Artificial...](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/exploring-accessible-audio-descriptions-with-amazon-nova/) 
+  [12 ways Amazon is making products more accessible for customers with disabilities](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/amazon-accessibility-features) 
+  [ISO/IEC 42001:2023](https://www.iso.org/standard/42001) A.8.2 System documentation and information for users 
+  [Sign-Speak builds with AI on AWS to create accessible experiences](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/startups/sign-speak-builds-with-ai-on-aws-to-create-accessible-experiences/) 
+  [Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA)