UI automation is necessary for accessibility
UI automation is necessary for accessibility
Posted Jul 11, 2026 6:08 UTC (Sat) by quotemstr (subscriber, #45331)In reply to: UI automation is necessary for accessibility by DemiMarie
Parent article: An update on the scraper situation
> Unless one imposes an allowlist of accessibility tools
Accessibility tools translate one form of user input into another. They don't generate interactions out of thin air. They can carry through attestations made against their original inputs. Besides: what you really want to do is attest physical human presence, and there are multiple ways to do that, of which using attested input stamps is just one.
> What one can do is tie them to a user identity
Requiring identity linkability for everyone is far worse than complicating accessibility tools for a few.
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