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There is. The problem is that automatically attached alt-text isn't particularly useful. You don't know what the intention is of an image. Is it of a banana? A
by edent 2y ago
There is. The problem is that automatically attached alt-text isn't particularly useful.
You don't know what the intention is of an image. Is it of a banana? A specific banana? The sticker on the banana?
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/07/should-you-embed-alt-text-inside-image-metadata/ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/07/should-you-embed-alt-text-i...
And, no, this isn't something which AI can help with.
https://tink.uk/thoughts-on-screen-readers-and-image-recognition/ https://tink.uk/thoughts-on-screen-readers-and-image-recogni...
- qingcharles 2y agoFantastic articles, thank you. I work with alt text a lot. I used a hinted LLM prompt for the first pass, and then I edit if needs be. Sometimes it misses obvious details, other times it sees things (most) human eyes would never see. Like all tools, just have to be careful how you use it.
- mschuster91 2y agoMy use case is "someone shares a dank meme on twitter, i save it to share it on bsky", and every time I have to copy the alt-text myself.