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Facebook testing AI tech that describes photos to the visually challenged

Facebook is training its computers to become seeing-eye guides for blind and visually impaired people as they scroll through the pictures posted on the world’s largest online social network. For instance, the automated voice may only tell a user that a photo features three people smiling outdoors without adding that the trio also has drinks in their hands. The Menlo Park, California, company is trying to ensure the world’s nearly 300 million blind and visually impaired people remain interested in its social network as a steadily increasing number of photos appear on its service. The vocabulary of Facebook’s photo-recognition program includes “car,” ‘‘sky," ‘‘dessert," ‘‘baby," ‘‘shoes," and, of course, “selfie.” Associated Press

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