#this doesnt help

[altarboyy]

hmmm

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[lifesmessyomg]

Why the new Instagram descriptions are still problematic for the blind

• They use alt text, which does not appear in the caption, making them inaccessible to those who rely on descriptions, but don’t use screen readers.

• They still rely on the poster to manually input them in order for the descriptions to be accurate.

• The posts without manually input descriptions use AI to guess what the picture is. 90% of the time, this means that the description guesses less than a quarter of what is actually in the photo correctly.

• AI does not read text accurately, so even if text is detected, we are only read bits of it; usually only the last line or so.

• A lot of the blind community uses large print rather than screen readers, and therefore cannot use this feature. If people stop writing descriptions in their captions, that makes those posts inaccessible to a majority of the very group that this update claims to be helping.

This is, of course, a step in the right direction regarding making social media more accessible, however it does not seem like much of a victory for the blind community overall.

Honestly, the best way to help us is to just write your own descriptions in your caption; not to count on unreliable AI software to guess for you.

[logarto]

urgh the feedback is all positive. how do i improve 

[insomniacbaby]

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[oranzhs]

aughh period cramps

channeling them all to albrecht as we speak

[lascelooper]

I GOT INSECURE ABOUT MY FIRST BLOG SO I MADE A SIDEBLOG BUT THE PROBLEM STILL STANDS.... I DONT ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO USE TUMBLR.

[chronic-romantic]

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