New User Interface for Blind: AI-Powered Tool to Access Chart Images
| Aspect | Details |
|---|---|
| Event | Development of a new user interface for blind and visually impaired individuals |
| Developers | Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad, and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany |
| Tool Purpose | Enables blind users to search images and understand them using AI-generated alternative texts (Alt-text) |
| Research Paper | 'Alt4 Blind: A User Interface to Simplify Charts Alt-Text Creation' |
| Conference | Presented at an international conference on computers helping people with special needs in Linz, Austria |
| Alt-Text Issues | Manual creation often leads to oversimplification or overcomplexity |
| AI Role | AI technology adopted for generating Alt-Text |
| Tool Characteristics | Online, open-source tool using AI image retrieval to enhance alt-text writing |
| AI Definition | Ability of machines to acquire and apply knowledge and carry out intelligent behaviour |
| AI Technologies | Includes machine learning, Deep Learning, Big Data, Neural Networks, Computer vision, Large Language Models |
| AI Coined by | John McCarthy, American computer scientist and cognitive scientist |