FB Improves AI used to Describe Images for visually impaired users
The visually impaired people have been able to hear things like “image may contain: three people, smiling, outdoors” with the help of AAT. According to Facebook, with the latest advancement of AAT, the company has been able to provide more detailed descriptions to incorporate activities, landmarks, different food types, and types of animals, like “a selfie of two people, outdoors, the Leaning Tower of Pisa” rather than “an image of two people”. Furthermore, Facebook added that in order to render more information regarding position and count, the company programmed its two-stage object detector via an open-source platform developed by Facebook AI Research. According to the company, In the past, similar kind of efforts have been made by some other tech firms to improve the user experience for visually impaired users. Check out? Facebook Advertising Integrity Chief Resigns from the Company
