As AI speeds up development, accessibility must be built in from the start. This lightning talk highlights GitHub's Accessibility Scanner and how it brings accessibility signals directly into developer workflows, alongside security and quality checks. The talk explores the full software development lifecycle – from planning grounded in disability, through design tools that make inclusive design easy, to deterministic testing and code review as the last line of defense. Three speakers (Jessie Lorenz from Microsoft AI, Aaron Gustafson from Microsoft, and Carie Fisher from GitHub) demonstrate how accessibility checks should exist at every stage: as lint rules in editors, gates in CI/CD, and flags in code review. The presentation includes real examples like Microsoft's Speak to Done feature and GitHub's Accessibility Scanner, showing how innovation can scale inclusion when accessibility is embedded from the start.
Microsoft BuildJun 3, 2026
Can your AI pass the accessibility test?
As AI accelerates development, embedding accessibility directly into everyday workflows helps teams avoid scaling new barriers at speed.
talkAccessibilityAI/MLAT testingCI/CDUI/UX