I think what we need to keep in mind is this project is still in its infancy. It may not be all people expect but give them time. At least they are attempting to include us. With updates of face book they may add more improvements. Connie
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 5, 2016, at 9:06 PM, Marie Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > I found it on my phone tonight. It wasn’t there this morning. If someone > takes a picture of a landscape it can work nicely. If, however the picture is > of 3 people it doesn’t work as well. It just tells you there are 3 people in > the picture. It doesn’t differentiate, say the blond from the brunette from > the redhead. It also doesn’t tell you if the people are male or female. There > were some pictures where it said the app wasn’t available. For instance my > brother took pictures of his bathroom remodeling and it wasn’t available. > When folks on the east coast of the US took pictures of our snow in April it > did describe the picture adequately. It’s a good first step but it has its > limitations. > > Marie Lyonsble >> On Apr 5, 2016, at 8:28 PM, Grant <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Mary, >> >> I know it has been rolling out slowly but the news release today suggested >> it was now available to everyone. In any case, I certainly see your points >> and believe they are valid. Still I’m glad this is something that’s on >> Facebook’s radar and I love to see the step forward. I certainly agree that >> OCR on text would be a great next step and would help in cases where people >> take pictures of recipes and all manner of other text that we don’t have >> access to. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Grant >> >>> On Apr 5, 2016, at 5:17 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Well, I have been seeing this for at least a month, if not more. And it >>> works, such as it is. It will tell you how many people are in the picture, >>> or if it is outdoors, or, for instance, if it is food, as you might get on >>> a cooking message board. I know many people are very excited about this, >>> but frankly, I don't see where it is very useful at this stage of the game. >>> It does not do OCR on the text which is a major portion of so many photos. >>> And of course, it can't actually describe pictures or cartoons. So the >>> notion that this is going to help you participate in the discussion about >>> the photo is frankly absurd. >>> Mary >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Apr 5, 2016, at 5:12 PM, Grant <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I’ve been reading that Facebook’s artificial intelligence for pictures is >>>> enabled today when using the app on iOS in English. This is so visually >>>> impaired or blind users can identify what objects might be in pictures on >>>> Facebook. Has anyone gotten this to work? I am hearing no difference thus >>>> far. 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