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From: Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Nov 19, 2014 11:57AM

With Google's face recognition software being so "successful," I'm not
surprised to find them migrating it to Alt-text for photos. Fascinating,
even though it's not ready for prime time.

Agree with Sarah; for now, nothing but a human, professional communicator
can determine that "track" more accurately describes the picture than
"road."

One beautiful facet of language is its massive vocabulary that can describe
subtle nuances, adding important details to Alt-text. So far, it takes a
skilled human to see and use "track" rather than "road."

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