Well, It’s not exactly old news. However, there have been some refinements to the technology.
And yes, being in the dark is still a bad joke! (GROAN) :) -Eric > On Nov 17, 2018, at 7:22 PM, Cristobal Muñoz <cristobalm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello list, > So maybe it’s been around for a bit, but I barely noticed it first on the FB > iOS app and now while browsing FB on my PC with Firefox and Chrome, but it > looks like VoiceOver and Jaws at least are reading the included text in image > postings. I know one could always add the alt text, but at least for the few > memes and pictures my friend’s and family are posting, I don’t have to do > anything special. The text is simply being read. In iOS it was kind of a > hassle since you had to first save the picture to your camera roll then > navigate to the photos app then use the Seeing AI app to recognize text only > to find out that the picture you saved was just of someone’s dog with the > word woof on it or something like that. Jaws was way more hit and miss if you > were lucky. > Is anyone else seeing this as the saying goes or have I been in the dark and > this is simply old news? > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone > <https://groups.google.com/group/viphone>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
