Facebook amplification: the blind can "see" pictures-
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Foreign media reports, Facebook is about to release a new screen reader tools, automatic description of the contents of the picture, so that blind or vision-impaired patients "see" images.
It is reported that users in the iOS device when the screen reader is used, the tool allows you to automatic text processing photos, letting the user hear content descriptions in the picture, such as "there are three people, smiling, standing on the outside" and so on. If you don't have this tool, users can know friend posted a new photo of specific contents have little knowledge. But fortunately, the new screen reader tools Web page and document into synthesized speech, so as to facilitate the blind and vision-impaired patients.
Facebook accessibility Business Director jiefu·weilande (Jeff Wieland) said in an interview: "We hope that in the description of the most frequently used tools to add a batch of photos, photos to highlight the narrative focus and precision. ”
Related accessibility experts could develop (Matt King), "said for blind users, when a friend posted a picture does not add any text describing the photo, even if we can get a small amount of information is of great significance. If you do not know the content of photos, there will be a feeling of being left out. ”
Readers familiar with foreign social networking tools are aware, Facebook, and Instagram, and Messenger and more than 2 billion photos are shared every day on Whatsapp. Unfortunately is, in the face of such a massive photo sharing, blind and vision-impaired patients do not get the picture, this would be equivalent to the "quarantine" in the dialogue.
This screen the first version of the tool will be able to identify basic objects in the picture, such as cars, boats, basketball, baseball, ice cream, sushi, beard and glasses and so on. Future, with further study, this tool can also identify more in the picture, such as the identity of the person.
In addition, Facebook also plans to expand the tool to more devices, support for more languages, covering all applications of Facebook to its. At present, the tool only supports the iOS screen readers and English.
Complications two years ago and lost sight of the Visual effects artist make·suoxikexiya (Marco Salsiccia) says: "because they could not see, so pictures and video for me is usually ignored. "At the moment, suoxikexiya in helping Facebook testing new tools.
She said: "with this new tool, I now have photos and can't be easily skipped. "She welcomed this innovation on Facebook, but also noted that the tool currently does not recognize everything in the picture. She said: "to be as normal as, Facebook still has a long way to go. ”
Facebook放大招：让盲人也能“看”到图片 -
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国外媒体报道，Facebook即将发布一款新型屏幕阅读工具，能对图片上的内容进行自动描述，从而让盲人或视觉障碍患者“看到”图片。
据悉，用户在iOS设备上使用这款屏幕阅读器时，该工具可对照片进行自动文本处理，从而让用户听到照片上的内容描述，如“有三个人，面带微笑，站在户外”等。如果不用这款工具，用户只能知道好友发布了一张新照片，对具体内容基本没有什么认知。但幸运地是，而这款新型屏幕阅读工具可以将网页和文档转换成合成语音，从而为盲人和视觉障碍患者提供方便。
Facebook无障碍访问业务主管杰夫·维兰德(Jeff Wieland)在接受采访时称：“我们希望在该工具中添加一批照片使用频率最高的描述，以突出照片的叙事重点和准确度。”
相关的无障碍访问专家马特·金(Matt King)称，“对于盲人用户而言，当好友上传了一张未添加任何文字描述的照片时，即使能从中获取少量信息其意义也是重大的。如果不知道照片上的内容，会有一种被排挤在外的感觉。”
熟悉国外社交工具的读者都知道，Facebook、Instagram、Messenger和Whatsapp上每天有20多亿张照片被共享。令人遗憾的是，面对如此海量的照片共享，盲人和视觉障碍患者却无法看到照片上内容，这相当于将其“隔离”在对话之外。
这款屏幕阅读工具的首个版本将能识别图片中的基本物体，如汽车、轮船、篮球、棒球、冰淇淋、寿司、胡须和眼镜等。将来，随着研究的深入，这款工具还能识别图片中的更多内容，如人的身份等。
此外，Facebook还计划将该工具拓展到更多设备上，支持更多语言，涵盖到Facebook旗下的所有应用。目前，该工具仅支持iOS屏幕阅读器和英语。
两年前因手术并发症而丧失视力的视觉特效艺术家马可·索西克西亚(Marco Salsiccia)称：“因为看不见，所以照片和视频对我来说通常被忽略。”目前，索西克西亚在帮助Facebook测试这款新工具。
她说：“有了这款新工具，我现在遇到照片后也不会轻易跳过了。”她对Facebook的这项创新表示欢迎，但同时也指出，这款工具目前还无法识别图片中的所有内容。她说：“要做到和正常人一样，Facebook还有很长一段路要走。”