Experimenting with local alt text generation in Firefox Nightly – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2024/05/experimenting-with-local-alt-text-generation-in-firefox-nightly/
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2024/05/experimenting-with-local-alt-text-generation-in-firefox-nightly/
5 Comments
SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 2y
It’s a neat option but the example proof of concept alt text “The Firefox logo”, as I understand it, it isn’t ideal for describing the image.
Maybe something like this?
The Firefox logo which consists of a Fox wrapped around a sphere
ShortN0te@lemmy.ml · 39 pts · 2y
That would depend on the context. How the logo looks like does not matter most of the time, only when the logo itself is the topic.
SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Makes sense. And if it’s not relative to the content you just put decorative only right?
So…
Welcome to Firefox ([Logo for Firefox] marked as decorative)
vs
Our sponsors are [Logo for Microsoft] [Logo for Firefox] [Logo for Google]
OboTheHobo@lemm.ee · 15 pts · 2y
This is the kinda stuff AI should be used for, this could be big for accessibility whenever alt text isn't actually provided
spacedogroy@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y
All sounds pretty sensible. I do think it might feel annoying waiting minutes to download a model for the sake of generating a line of alt text the first time, though. It would probably be quicker to write the alt text.