Facebook AI Gets Better at Describing Photos for Visually Impaired Users – PCMag AU

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In an effort to better accommodate users who are blind or visually impaired, Facebook this week updated its automatic alternative text (AAT) technology.
The feature, introduced in 2016 (and granted the Helen Keller Achievement Award from the American Foundation for the Blind in 2018), relies on object recognition to generate descriptions of photos on demand.
Blind and visually impaired (BVI) users have long relied on individuals…

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