Yesterday I tried the Google Vision AI API to solve this. I created an account in the Google console and wrote a NodeRED-Flow accessing it where I could provide an image URL via Node RED UI and the flow then fetched information about it from the API. Unfortunately it only delivers terms about things in the image, not full descriptions, and those results are not good.

I also tested the image caption function of Microsoft Copilot (provide an image and let it write a caption) - and the results were only good for a laugh, but were completely unusable.

ChatGPT 4 may be another solution, but I am not willing to pay 20 bucks a month for it.

#imageDescription #imageAltText #Fediverse

Great in-depth piece about #StevenSpielberg in #TimeMagazine by #StephanieZacharek:


https://time.com/6234045/steven-spielberg-interview-the-fabelmans

He really laid it all out there in #TheFabelmans, which I can’t wait to see.

#ImageAltText: time magazine cover of Steven Spielberg, lit as though in a sunset

#movies #movieReview #story

Steven Spielberg Waited 60 Years to Tell This Story

The movie details not just his beginnings as a precocious child filmmaker, but also a secret he shared with his mother Leah until her death.

Time

#WaterFacts #WaterNews #WaterThoughts

Fascinating article about #TidalPower from #TimeMagazine in July.

“A rising tide lifts all the grids”
https://time.com/6189832/ocean-tide-energy/

“The idea is simple. First, tides. They rise and fall predictably, relentlessly driven by the gravitational pull of the moon. Those traits combined make the tide an attractive proposition for powering the grid. ‘The sun doesn’t always shine; the wind doesn’t always blow,’ notes Simon Forrest, the CEO of Scotland-based tidal-power producer Nova Innovation. But with tidal, he says, ‘we can tell you how much we will be generating two minutes past 3 in the morning a month from now, five years from now.’”

#imageAltText: Waves crash against the cliffs of the Orkney Islands, whose unique geography has made it a global hub for title power.

The Motion of the Ocean Could Be the Next Big Source of Green Energy

Underwater turbines can harness the power of ocean tides for onshore energy. One of the biggest hurdles may be how to tame the unruly tides.

Time

#Editing a #toot does not allow to update the #alt text attached to the #image.

For ref: #FeatureRequest #TootEditing #ImageAltText #Accessibility