Photos and various images are one of the most important components of any social network. It's hard to even imagine Facebook or VKontakte without the millions of images that users upload there daily. That is why the team of engineers involved in adapting Facebook for people with disabilities is committed to making photos accessible to blind users. And so, starting today, the technology “automatic alternative text” has become available on the social network, which literally voices everything that is shown in the photographs.
Artificial intelligence in a fully automatic mode tries to describe the photo and its contents to a blind Facebook user. For example, if the picture shows two people on the sea coast, AI will notice that there are two people in the picture, try to establish emotions on their faces, and also note that the picture was taken by the sea in the daytime. If pizza is shown in the picture, then AI will explain that the food is shown here, most likely pizza. Of course, the percentage of successful interpretations is still far from ideal, but the team of Facebook experts continues to improve the algorithm, and something tells us that sooner or later they will succeed in achieving what they want.
The technology is available to users of the mobile operating systems iOS and Android, as well as to those people who prefer to visit the social network using stationary web browsers. The neural network responsible for object recognition is constantly improving and learning through the study of millions of different photos. The team of engineers working on this technology includes Matt King, who is also blind, so experts understand very well what it means to be deprived of one of the most important feelings in our lives.
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