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NC #969 Mac Tiny Tips Part 8, OCR PDFs with Open Source Software on a Mac, Alt Text on Images with Tom Mattock
Dec 4, 2023
Tom Mattock, an expert in alt text on images in social media, discusses the importance of alt text for visually impaired individuals and the challenges of accurately describing images. The speakers also explore using AI technology for analyzing and describing images, overcoming challenges with cerebral palsy, and the issue of captions not sticking to iPhone photos.
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- Adding alt text to images helps make online content more accessible to visually impaired individuals.
- Creating an OCR shell script involves steps such as assigning variables, extracting directory and file names, and concatenating output file names.
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Using Be My Eyes for Image Description
Be My Eyes is an iPhone app that allows users to receive descriptions for images. By sharing a photo with the app, Be My Eyes will use AI to analyze the image and provide a detailed description of what's in the picture. This can be helpful in adding more context and richness to alt text descriptions.
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