Σε μια προσπάθεια βελτίωσης της εμπειρίας κοινωνικής δικτύωσης στους χρήστες με προβλήματα όρασης, το Facebook εισήγαγε ένα νέο feature in its app for iOS that will help them "see" them photos.
With help artificialς νοημοσύνης, η εφαρμογή δημιουργεί αυτόματα μια περιγραφή της κάθε φωτογραφίας που εξετάζει κάποιος χρήστης. Έτσι με κάποιο program reading screen for iOS, it will be able to hear descriptions of objects in photos, such as “The image contains three people, smiling, outdoors.”
The feature of the descriptions is called Auto Alternative Text or in English Automatic Alternative Text, and is produced as an alt text in the image. It is a feature of HTML that is designed to increase accessibility from reading tools.
AI or Artificial Intelligence uses Facebook's Facebook technology to identify what a photo is.
The company reports that it took 10 months to develop the typical mean of the current phase, using neural networks that mimic the brain to learn how to recognize images after having been trained with millions of examples.
The Automatic Alternative Text feature is available in English for iOS users in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Facebook says the new feature will soon be released on more platforms, languages and countries.
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