Facebook automated captions improve accessibility, provide additional insights

Yesterday, Facebook announced the release of automatic alternative text – or automatic alt text – for images posted to Facebook. Automatic alt text uses object recognition technology to generate a description of a photo, processing each through Facebook’s artificial intelligence engine to establish image content.

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Topics:
Adaptive aids, Inclusion and access

Author:
Andrew Hutchinson

Source:
Social Media Today

Date published:
Wed 6th Apr, 2016