Daily Archives: April 7, 2016

How Facebook Is Helping Blind People ‘See’ Photos

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Facebook is using artificial intelligence to help blind people “see” photos that appear in the News Feed. Sharing photos on Facebook is a great way for users to communicate, but it is challenging for people that are blind or visually impaired to enjoy the experience of the News Feed. Over two billion photos are shared every day across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, but there are over 39 million people who are blind and over 246 million people who have a severe visual impairment. To help blind or visually impaired users understand what is happening on the News Feed, Facebook has launched a feature called Automatic Alternative Text.

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Alcatel and TCL to launch Xess in US April 22 – the perfect kitchen accessory

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We saw the Xess at CES back in January and it was called the Xess Slate, it seems like Alcatel dropped the Slate from the name and TCL, Alcatel’s parent company TCL, decided to put its own brand on it instead.

The Xess will launch in the US on April 22 for a price of $500. It is essentially a large tablet that is almost a touch PC. It acts as a control center for the home, in a way. The way it presents itself is more of a household appliance than a tablet for consuming media.

The Xess is powered by a 1.5 GHz Mediatek processor paired with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage,…

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