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    Automated Accessibility Content Generation

    For educational institutions with 10K+ learning resources. Auto-generate alt text, captions, and transcripts. 95% accessibility compliance, 80% cost reduction.

    Who It's For

    Universities, K-12 districts, and EdTech platforms who need to make large content libraries accessible while meeting WCAG, Section 508, and ADA requirements

    Problem Solved

    Making educational content accessible requires expensive manual work - $5-15 per image for alt text, $2-4 per minute for captions. Most institutions have backlogs of thousands of inaccessible resources

    Why Mixpeek

    95% accessibility compliance achievement, 80% cost reduction vs manual accessibility work, and automatic remediation of content backlogs

    Overview

    Educational accessibility is a legal requirement and ethical imperative. This use case shows how Mixpeek automates accessibility content generation at scale.

    Challenges This Solves

    Content Backlog

    Thousands of images and videos lacking accessibility features

    Impact: Legal compliance risk, excluded students

    Manual Costs

    Alt text and captions cost $5-15 per item

    Impact: Accessibility budgets cannot cover all content

    Ongoing Creation

    New content created daily without accessibility

    Impact: Backlog grows faster than it can be remediated

    Quality Variance

    Manual descriptions vary in quality and detail

    Impact: Inconsistent accessibility experience

    Implementation Steps

    Mixpeek analyzes images, videos, and documents to automatically generate contextually accurate alt text, closed captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions

    1

    Audit Existing Content

    Identify content lacking accessibility features

    import { Mixpeek } from 'mixpeek';
    const client = new Mixpeek({ apiKey: process.env.MIXPEEK_API_KEY });
    // Audit content library for accessibility gaps
    const audit = await client.accessibility.audit({
    bucket_uri: 's3://learning-content/',
    checks: [
    'images_without_alt',
    'videos_without_captions',
    'pdfs_without_tags',
    'audio_without_transcript'
    ],
    report_format: 'wcag_2_1_aa'
    });
    console.log(`Found ${audit.total_issues} accessibility issues:`);
    console.log(`- Images without alt text: ${audit.images_without_alt}`);
    console.log(`- Videos without captions: ${audit.videos_without_captions}`);
    console.log(`- PDFs without structure: ${audit.pdfs_without_tags}`);
    2

    Generate Alt Text

    Auto-generate contextual image descriptions

    // Generate educational alt text for images
    async function generateAltText(imageUrl: string, context?: {
    course_subject?: string;
    surrounding_text?: string;
    educational_level?: string;
    }) {
    const alt = await client.accessibility.generateAltText({
    url: imageUrl,
    style: 'educational',
    context: context,
    settings: {
    max_length: 150,
    include_educational_context: true,
    describe_charts_data: true,
    describe_diagrams_labels: true
    }
    });
    return {
    alt_text: alt.text,
    extended_description: alt.extended, // For complex images
    confidence: alt.confidence,
    image_type: alt.detected_type // photo, chart, diagram, etc.
    };
    }
    3

    Generate Captions and Transcripts

    Auto-caption videos and transcribe audio

    // Generate captions for educational videos
    async function generateCaptions(videoUrl: string, options?: {
    speaker_labels?: boolean;
    technical_vocabulary?: string[];
    output_format?: 'vtt' | 'srt' | 'txt';
    }) {
    const captions = await client.accessibility.generateCaptions({
    url: videoUrl,
    settings: {
    speaker_diarization: options?.speaker_labels ?? true,
    custom_vocabulary: options?.technical_vocabulary,
    timing_precision: 'word', // Word-level timestamps
    auto_punctuation: true
    },
    output_format: options?.output_format ?? 'vtt'
    });
    return {
    caption_file: captions.file_url,
    transcript_text: captions.plain_text,
    duration_minutes: captions.duration,
    word_count: captions.word_count,
    confidence: captions.avg_confidence
    };
    }
    4

    Batch Remediate Backlog

    Process entire content library for accessibility

    // Batch process accessibility backlog
    async function remediateBacklog(bucketUri: string) {
    const job = await client.accessibility.batchRemediate({
    bucket_uri: bucketUri,
    operations: [
    {
    content_type: 'image',
    action: 'generate_alt_text',
    apply_to: 'missing_only'
    },
    {
    content_type: 'video',
    action: 'generate_captions',
    apply_to: 'missing_only',
    format: 'vtt'
    },
    {
    content_type: 'audio',
    action: 'generate_transcript',
    apply_to: 'all'
    },
    {
    content_type: 'pdf',
    action: 'add_structure_tags',
    apply_to: 'missing_only'
    }
    ],
    webhook_url: 'https://your-lms.edu/api/accessibility-complete'
    });
    return {
    job_id: job.id,
    estimated_items: job.total_items,
    estimated_completion: job.eta
    };
    }

    Expected Outcomes

    From 40% to 95%+ WCAG 2.1 AA compliance

    Accessibility Compliance

    80% reduction vs manual accessibility work

    Cost Reduction

    Process 10K+ items per day vs 100/day manual

    Backlog Clearance

    92% rated "good" or "excellent" by reviewers

    Alt Text Quality

    97% accuracy for clear audio content

    Caption Accuracy

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