What if user does not want to type an image description?

Would it be acceptable to have the image file name as a default/starting point as ID?

I know sometimes image names are random characters. Would have to think through this.

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Yeah, only trouble would just be if the image file is mislabeled. May get more pushback for tons mislabeled than just the option of individuals adding IDs.

Definitely overdue in general though and still not in broader consciousness. I think Twitters was like .3 percent of people using IDs when they had metrics/A Director of Accessibility for a shortwhile. Other sites don’t really even track stats yet.

This is a pretty big one. What do you think #[7]​ ?

Are there any open source ML image to text synthesizers/characterizers we could use?

I don’t know about open source but Google ML Kit supports image labeling for 400+ categories. https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/vision/image-labeling

Actually, iOS supports the same functionality out of the box. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/vision/classifying_images_with_vision_and_core_ml

Fysa thread, this is how the interface appears in Bluesky.

They use the wordage Alternative Text/Alt Text + have an indicator top right to edit.

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