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> I feel like this is something where AI can actually shine: generating descriptions of images and video for blind people. That's exactly what you don't want i
by JimDabell 6y ago
> I feel like this is something where AI can actually shine: generating descriptions of images and video for blind people.
That's exactly what you don't want in the majority of cases. The alt attribute is for an alternative to the image, not a description of the image. For decorative images, the alternative is the empty string, no matter what the image contains. "Laughing group of people" might be a correct description of a stock image, but completely wrong as alt text. For, e.g. a red arrow pointing out a required field, the alternative is "Required", not "Red arrow pointing right".