Instagram has announced it's making changes to its platform in order to make it more accessible to the more than 285 million people in the world who have visual impairments. The first new feature is automatic alternative text. This will allow visually impaired users to hear image descriptions through their readers while using Instagram's Feed, Explore and Profile sections. Automatic alternative text uses object recognition to automatically generate photo descriptions for screen readers, so users...
Instagram has announced it's making changes to its platform in order to make it more accessible to the more than 285 million people in the world who have visual impairments. The first new feature is automatic alternative text. This will allow visually impaired users to hear image descriptions through their readers while using Instagram's Feed, Explore and Profile sections. Automatic alternative text uses object recognition to automatically generate photo descriptions for screen readers, so users...
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