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Re: MS Word Alt Description - is this new?

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From: JP Jamous
Date: Oct 4, 2017 12:27PM


Easy girl! You mean this is an AI feature that links to the Microsoft cloud?

I have not been a big fan of the Microsoft cloud. I use 2016 365, but I try to keep it from connecting fully to the cloud.

What are the other products that it will be included in? Is VS.NET one of them?

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Lucy Greco
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] MS Word Alt Description - is this new?

i disagree the auto part of the process is new its been in the insiders for about 4 months now and i have been dieing to try it. yes you were always able to add the alt text but the AI part is brand new and i reely want to know how good it is. Ms tells me that if you change the text they give you the system lerns and the recognishion will get better over time i asked if this would be in only the 365 and they said the plan is to have it in all products in time please let us know how good the auto discription is i
am diing to try it

Lucia Greco
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IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration University of California, Berkeley
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On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 8:20 AM, JP Jamous < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> No it is not new. It has always been under "FormatAlt". The only
> difference is that in the latest version of Word, they made it visible
> to users who do not know about a11y.
>
> It is also found in PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.
>
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> Behalf Of John E. Brandt
> Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 9:35 AM
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List' < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: [WebAIM] MS Word Alt Description - is this new?
>
> I was just preparing some training documents for a presentation on
> accessible PDFs. Using the latest version of MS Word in MSO365, I
> noticed that when I added an image/picture there was a space
> superimposed on the image showing a "suggested Alt description." When
> I clicked on it, it brought up a dialog box that says: "How would you
> describe this picture and its contents to someone who is blind? (1 - 2
> sentences recommended). Then it gives that recommended Alt description
> (not very sophisticated, I might
> add) which you can edit.
>
>
>
> I've posted the screenshots in the following links.
>
>
>
> https://jebswebs.net/blog/2017/10/microsoft-adds-
> automatic-alt-description-t
> o-ms-word/
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> This is new to me. When did Microsoft start doing this?
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>
>
> I suspect it is associated with MSO365 and is using some AI from the Cloud.
> Will investigate further to see if it is in the Mac version and other
> MSO apps.
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> ~j
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> John E. Brandt
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