@Scoll there are plenty of OCR sorts of tools online that'll do that for free. Just be sure to proofread the results before posting.

@autisticplushy see: https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/116370594103679838

@darkuncle here: https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/116370594103679838

@paperposts in #Moshidon it's under Settings -> Behavior

@flipper in this case it was screenshots of news stories...that are useless when someone can't read all the text on them.

Me going through my recent followers, looking for awesome people to follow back:

"Hey, they look cool! ️"

*clicks media tab*

"Oh... "

Girlfriend's mom: Oh, Alice, while you're here, I have this lockbox that I don't have a key for.

Me: Grab it!

Girlfriend's mom: It's not really urg—

Me: —It's open.

Girlfriend's mom: Wow.

Girlfriend's mom: ...darn, it's not full of cash.

@anyia he's just letting everyone know he's okay

@plutarch I love it! All the exhibits there were amazing, but there were a few that really grabbed me—and this was one.

Went to the Seattle Asian Art Museum with my girlfriend yesterday, and saw this guy absolutely dominating a tiny deer, in what appears to be the Haniwa funerary warrior version of "Tinder profile photo of me holding a fish".

@fgbjr I'd wager that number is significantly higher

@scottwilson did you tell them that not openly supporting queer and other disadvantaged minority groups makes them look even worse?

@ki I've never seen altbot get something so wrong that it would be worse than not having alt-text. In fact, altbot consistently writes better alt-text than like 90% of folx on Fedi.

I hate corporate AI bullshit, but altbot isn't that.

@OddDev

@fgbjr because being unreasonable never made anything better ‍️

@divVerent did I ever imply you should be anything other than kind and inclusive to humans?

@ki also, that's what proofreading is for.

@OddDev

@mirabilos have you seen AltBot? Its alt-text is better than most folx', it's a tiny (7mb), free, open-source model, paid for by the person hosting it, and it takes less energy than opening your fridge for a few seconds.

I'm all for bashing corporate AI bullshit, but this ain't it.

@nilz

Hey @altbot can you describe this image for me? 🩷

@OddDev I like the feature suggestion, but I'd suggest a few restrictions on alt-text submissions so trolls don't use it as an invisible way to spam users with horrible messages.

1. Image must be missing alt-text to get proposal
2. Only one proposal per account
3. No proposals from accounts/servers you have blocked or limited.

@altbot

@benroyce @alexadeswift ah Fedi, bringing unintentional assholes together since 2016 🥰