IrfanMay 8, 2023
Ever since i started including alt texts to all media posted on #Mastodon and #Pixelfed, i've never stopped doing it, but i'd be lying if i didn't say it had added quite a huge friction to me posting here *if* a photo/video is involved. It'd be great if there was a local/client-based feature that uses #AI to draft alt texts for u which u then simply need to adjust/improve, that'd be really cool. sort of like @IceCubesApp's feature of hashtagging keywords on ur post automatically.
Show threadJust another rakyat 🇲🇾May 8, 2023
@irfanhakim
I think I’ve seen this feature somewhere, not on mastodon. Also, privacy/security concerns aside, I saw some news about someone who enabled ChatGPT to “see” and describe things with their phone camera & it has great potential for accessibility.
@IceCubesApp
Show threadIrfanMay 8, 2023

@rakyat yea it's defo possible, tho not sure if its implementation would be close to trivial. i'd honestly be happy even if it would only work w images. So far, AI is a big win for accessibility since it enables people/businesses to do stuffs they previously had no resources to (eg. transcribing/translating videos). This is a reversed situation, but similar, is GrabFood (Singapore?) experimenting the use of AI to visualise product listings with no included picture.

https://mastodon.social/@cheeaun/110325459751486618

Show threadJust another rakyat 🇲🇾
@irfanhakim Haha I’m not too sure about the Grabfood one but I think describing objects in an image is something that the current crop of AI should be 100% be capable of doing. I find that developers try too hard in putting AI in places where they don’t really make sense (like Snapchat) but accessibility is one place where AI can make Mastodon clients/any apps better. Better still if it’s built right into the operating system.
May 8, 2023 at 3:57amWeb
Show threadIrfanMay 8, 2023
@rakyat i agree 100% haha, idk what snapchat does but yes AI is everywhere at the moment even in questionable places lol. IceCubes got *some* loud noises when it first implemented the "auto hashtag" thing using ChatGPT but fortunately the dev didn't mind it bcos it is a good (experimental) feature. I also think building it in the OS or application is the logical next step, instead of having to do these neat things on our own. dk how soon would that come tho.