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Text to speech software that can read text on pictures (like memes)? (self.Blind)
submitted by carpe_diem1977
I read in another post that software can't read text in memes or text over a picture. Has anyone found a software that can do this? If not, would it be helpful if I can figure it out?
geoffisblind 3 points 7y ago
I'm working on a project with a few of the moderators here called /r/DescriptionPlease which is inspired by /r/CaptionPlease. We are getting it ready to roll out soon and hopefully that can fix some of the problems with these kinds of issues.
carpe_diem1977 [OP] 1 points 7y ago
Excellent! Is it an open group? I have a friend who is interested in this kind of thing has started trying some softwares.
geoffisblind 2 points 7y ago
It will be soon, we are finalizing some stuff and then it will be ready to go. There will be an announcement here when it is ready.
carpe_diem1977 [OP] 1 points 7y ago
I just found out about Project Naptha. Impressive! But only available as a Chrome Extension.
carpe_diem1977 [OP] 1 points 7y ago
Thanks
fastfinge 2 points 7y ago
Yes, it would be incredibly useful, especially as a Firefox extension. The easiest UI would probably be to let the user right-click on an image (my screen-reader, NVDA, will let me press the applications key when it's focused on an image, and the menu with "save image" etc will open) and select "recognize". Then either put the recognized text in a dialogue with an OK button, or update the images alt-text to be the recognized text.
carpe_diem1977 [OP] 1 points 7y ago
Great info! Thanks.
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