Researchers Are Making Memes Accessible to the Blind

Post by SolaceQuantum » Wed, Oct 09, 2019, 3:08 PM UTC

michannne wrote: post #2

From the article: > “The stereotypical image we might have of a meme is the image with captions at the top and bottom,” says Wark. “But memes have gotten a lot weirder over the last few years. Many don’t really have a punchline like a joke does [...] “A program that can classify these [memes] with a 92% accuracy rate could be extremely useful for meme consumers with visual impairment,” she says. A large part of the m…

Post by SnarkAsh » Wed, Oct 09, 2019, 3:21 PM UTC

DoreenMichele wrote: post #11

I would rather see Twitter adding accessibility to its GIFs. In disabled circles, it's common for people to add a descriptor for the GIF, which is awkward and cuts into a limited character count. I end up not wanting to participate, then feeling a bit guilty because I'm handicapped, though I'm not blind. There should be native support. This shouldn't be an issue. They offer native support for embedding the GIFs. They…

Post by SnarkAsh » Wed, Oct 09, 2019, 5:22 PM UTC

egfx wrote: post #15

SnarkAsh wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you can already natively add alt text to images including GIFs, but need to enable the UI on your account firist: https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/picture-descriptio...

From the help page: Note: Image descriptions cannot be added to GIFs or videos.

Post by miki123211 » Wed, Oct 09, 2019, 6:14 PM UTC