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Weekly Bytes | Microsoft’s ‘affordable’ Surface laptop, Chrome’s password protection, and more Updated: Updated: Heres our curated list of important tech news from this week in byte size. Share Article Heres our curated list of important tech news from this week in byte size. (Subscribe to our Todays Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.) Microsoft launches Surface Laptop Go in India Microsoft has launched its Surface Laptop Go in...

Facebook updates Automatic Alternative Text to generate automated photo descriptions for visually impaired users A screen reader can describe the contents of the images using a synthetic voice enabling them to understand images on their Facebook feed. Jan 21, 2021 13:20:32 IST Facebook has updated the Automatic Alt Text (AAT) system that generates automated photo descriptions for people with visual impairments. According to Facebook, AAT can now identify a photo 10 times more than before, and i...

Facebook is improving its Automatic Alternative Text (AAT) technology to better utilize object recognition to generate descriptions of photos

The internet is not easy to navigate for people with visual imparities. While there are screen reader applications to help them, often, websites or users don’t add alt text to images. In turn, the reader can’t describe to the user what the picture looks like. Thankfully, we have seen plenty of AI models in the […]