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Alt text leaderboard for Mastodon instances
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this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2023
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There already is alt text in the markdon in the body, but yeah it would be good to have it for the header picture too.
Although I'm hoping for AI to be able to do that automatically.
Writing good alt text is more than just identifying the objects in an image. It requires some understanding of the context around why the image is being included. Harvard provides some great advice for humans to do this well at https://accessibility.huit.harvard.edu/describe-content-images.
Unless Elon puts Tesla's FSD team on this problem, it will be many years before AI can do this well. With the FSD team on it, it would only take a decade.