Facebook, Instagram adapting photo captions for the visually impaired

This new, more detailed description system will first launch as a test on Facebook and Instagram. — AFP Relaxnews

Make social networks more accessible to people with disabilities – this is what Facebook and Instagram aim to do through the use of artificial intelligence. From now on, photos published on these platforms will be equipped with a better description that will help blind and visually impaired people.

Facebook first launched this initiative back in 2016. Using automatic alternative text (AAT), the social network had set up a system to help blind and visually impaired people perceive photos published on the platform.