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CaptionBot - For pictures worth the thousand words

Hi, I’m Anselm Hannemann, a freelance Frontend Developer and Engineering Manager. You can hire me. I wrote WDRL for 10 years and have a a Market Garden as a side-business.

This link appeared in WDRL 131 on 01.04.2016.

CaptionBot - For pictures worth the thousand words

Microsoft has released CaptionBot at their Build conference. The tool analyzes images for their content and suggests a description of what is seen on the photo. It’s actually quite impressive how good the results work and how this could improve accessibility and help automate processes to provide alternative texts for images.