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Seattle PM Builds Website Accessibility Checker With AllenAI Open Models

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Original postKyle Wiggers#1206
Ai2@allen_ai

Brendan Works is a product manager focused on paratransit services in Seattle. See how he built PointCheck, a website accessibility checker powered by our open Molmo, MolmoWeb, & Olmo 3 models. 👇

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PointCheck tabs through a page like a keyboard user and screenshots each step. Molmo locates the focused element; MolmoWeb and Olmo 3 handle the rest.

Brendan chose open models for his experimental side project so teams can self-host—no files leave the environment.

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We release open models so they're available to builders working on problems that matter to them. On Global Accessibility Awareness Day, PointCheck is a fitting example.

Read more ↓ https://allenai.org/blog/global-accessibility-awareness-day-2026

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In his day job, Brendan sees how often digital tools fail the people who most depend on them—like a booking app that won't load or a scheduler a screen reader can't navigate.

"It cuts someone off from getting to see their friends or getting to class," he says.

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Most web accessibility checkers inspect code & compare it against guidelines, but compliant code can still produce unusable pages.

Works wanted something that could catch what only shows up on screen—like a focus ring that's invisible against a colored background.

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