A new Facebook feature helps people who are blind ‘see’ photos
A new Facebook feature helps people who are blind ‘see’ photos
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Images of a golden California sunset, or the squishy cheeks of a newborn rank pretty high on Facebook’s “like” factor. But for Facebook users who are blind, this aspect of the experience doesn’t exist.
Until now.
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The social media giant has added Automatic Alternative Text, a new function for iOS that helps blind Facebookers “see” images through descriptions.
Andrea Peterson, who covers technology policy for the Washington Post, joined host A Martinez to tell more about how it all works.