Facebook adds spoken photo captions for iOS screen readers

 Facebook today announced the launch of a feature called automatic alternative text. It’s a big step forward in accessibility because it will allow people who use screen readers — software that provides spoken descriptions of what’s onscreen — to receive summaries of what’s contained in photos that people post on Facebook.

Until this point, only the name of the person, the person’s share text, and the word “photo” was declared by a screen reader’s automated voice when a post with a photo appeared in the News Feed. Now, thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), certain people with disabilities will be able to get a better understanding of what their friends are trying to communicate.

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