hokey news is mean to be direct over the populace , but along the way , it seems to be helping out mankind from time to clip . Today ’s illustration : Facebook is using its artificial intelligence meshwork to describe exposure to the blind .
If your Facebook provender is anything like mine , the vast majority of my friends ’ posts are either photos or link . Without being able to see photos , blind substance abuser are being pass on out of a huge clump of the social interaction happening on Facebook .
The company ’s answer is automatic alternative text : a neuronic web analyses photo , and if it ’s at least 80 percent confident it interpret what ’s going on , the AI will describe the photo . It ’s a big footstep forwards for unsighted exploiter , although at launch , it only works in English , and with a limited number of concept .
If you want to see the technology in legal action for yourself , it ’s now available for iOS users using iOS ’s built - in screen lector — just maneuver to preferences—>General—>Accessibility , and activate VoiceOver .
[ TechCrunch ]
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