Introduction to the First Workshop on Vision Foundation Models and Generative AI for Accessibility

Yapeng Tian, Yuhang Zhao, Jon E. Froehlich, Chu Li, Yuheng Wu; Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) Workshops, 2025, pp. 6753-6762

Abstract

Vision foundation models and generative AI have recently made remarkable advances, enabling groundbreaking applications across computer vision, multimodal reasoning, and interactive AI systems. These models hold immense potential to enhance accessibility by powering assistive technologies that improve the daily lives of individuals with disabilities. At the same time, applying foundation models and generative AI in accessibility contexts presents key challenges, including fairness and bias, data scarcity, interpretability, and real-world deployment. This CV4A11y workshop brings together researchers from computer vision, human-computer interaction, and accessibility communities to identify challenges, explore emerging opportunities, and foster collaboration toward building inclusive, efficient, and responsible AI-powered accessibility systems.

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@InProceedings{Tian_2025_ICCV, author = {Tian, Yapeng and Zhao, Yuhang and Froehlich, Jon E. and Li, Chu and Wu, Yuheng}, title = {Introduction to the First Workshop on Vision Foundation Models and Generative AI for Accessibility}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) Workshops}, month = {October}, year = {2025}, pages = {6753-6762} }