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Re: Google Automatic Alts?

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Nov 19, 2014 2:14PM


On 19/11/2014 21:11, Olaf Drümmer wrote:
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> On 19 Nov 2014, at 20:26, Don Mauck < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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>> I just don't see how Google could ever get this right. Too many variables and too subjective in my opinion.
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> Now that's interesting - how of all things can Google's mechanism be **subjective**? I always that that's reserved for human beings….

Choosing a correct alt (which encapsulates the author's intent) is
*subjective*. So an automated mechanism could not do this job correctly.
That's what Don meant.

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