{"id":12617,"date":"2023-05-20T00:37:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T22:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2023\/05\/20\/google-ai-can-now-describe-images-for-you\/"},"modified":"2023-05-20T23:06:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T21:06:40","slug":"google-ai-can-now-describe-images-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2023\/05\/20\/google-ai-can-now-describe-images-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Google AI can now describe images for you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google is no stranger to accessibility. The tech giant recently released the Lookout app, which uses AI to help users who are blind or have low vision navigate their surroundings. But now, Google is taking accessibility to the next level by upgrading the accessibility app.<br \/>\nGoogle\u2019s AI can now answer your questions about images<\/p>\n<p>Google updated its Lookout app to include an \u201cimage question and answer\u201d feature that provides context for uncaptioned images (via Engadget). The feature uses DeepMind-developed AI to elaborate on descriptions of images that lack captions or alt text.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u201cNow, whether or not images have no captions or alt text, Lookout can process the image and provide a description of it \u2014 then people can use their voice or type to ask questions and have a more detailed understanding of what\u2019s in an image,\u201d Google noted in a statement.<br \/>\nFor instance, if you see a photo of a dog, you can ask via voice or text whether the dog looks playful.\u00a0<br \/>\nThe feature is currently in testing mode with a limited number of people with visual disabilities. Google noted it has plans to release the upgrade publicly soon.<\/p>\n<p>Google Maps also now displays wheelchair-accessible labels<br \/>\nThe upgrade to Lookout is merely one of Google\u2019s recent accessibility updates. The company also upgraded Google Maps to display wheelchair-accessible labels, which are\u00a0 now available to everyone.\u00a0<br \/>\nThis means that before you go to a certain place, you\u2019ll be able to see whether it has a step-free entrance, indicated by a wheelchair icon.<\/p>\n<p>If a location doesn\u2019t have an accessible entrance, you\u2019ll see an alert for that too, as well as options for other accessibility measures.<br \/>\nThese updates are another step in the right direction for Google to further improve accessibility and provide independence for people with vision-related disabilities.<br \/>\nThe post Google AI can now describe images for you appeared first on Android Headlines.&#013;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Google-Logo-2-AH.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\">&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ndroidheadlines.com&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google is no stranger to accessibility. The tech giant recently released the Lookout app, which uses AI to help users [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":12618,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bez-kategorii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12619,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12617\/revisions\/12619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}