Every so often I'm reminded that I once made an app to help me decide if it's a "shorts day" or not. Sharing it with all of you to celebrate the weather as of late.
So they're just like regular taxis and ride shares, then?
"Transcripts created by 12 of the 20 programs contained incorrect information like capturing a different drug than was prescribed by the doctor. Seventeen of the 20 systems missed key details about patients’ mental health issues."
Artificial intelligence note-taking tools intended for use by Ontario doctors provided incorrect and incomplete information or demonstrated "hallucinations," and were not evaluated adequately, the pro...
Both are helpful for describing an image; the goal of alt text is to help people understand the contents of an image.
Here, the post describes the quantitative aspects of the image (creator, date, size, title), but not the qualitative. Alt text is intended to describe what's happening in the image.
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You can probably get away with skipping a third of non-cat videos.
Exterior plugs should be on their own breaker. If only there was a way to stop the flow of electricity through a breaker...
I'm an instructional designer, so accessibility considerations are something that are a regular part of my work. I won't say I'm an expert.
In my view, descriptions have two dimensions: quantitative and qualitative - not that this is necessarily the correct terminology.
Really, if Bluesky (the corp, the users, etc) think alt text is a priority, they should build an optional, locked down AI agent that people can use to suggest the first draft of alt text. That would be an appropriate accommodation to create a culture of accessibility.
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So in this case, yes. Alt text would be helpful for some folks to understand what the image is about.
But also, this is social media; I'm not going to be upset that a creator doesn't include that info, especially after reading their post.
The trade off is that people who need or would benefit from alt text might choose to copy and paste the image into an LLM to have the image described to them. I'm generally cautious about using AI, but this would be a good application of it.
