Weekly Bytes | Microsoft’s ‘affordable’ Surface laptop, Chrome’s password protection, and more
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Here s our curated list of important tech news from this week in byte size.
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Here s our curated list of important tech news from this week in byte size.
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Microsoft launches Surface Laptop Go in India
Microsoft has launched its Surface Laptop Go in India at a starting price of ₹63,499. The software giant said the new addition to the Surface line-up combines performance, battery life and style, and is the most affordable and lightweight Surface laptop yet – weighing 1.11 kg. The device features a 12.4” PixelSense touchscreen display, full-size keyboard, finger print reader (on select models), built-in Studio Mics, Omnisonic Speakers, Dolby Audio and 720p HD camera. The Surface laptop is powered by 10th Gen Intel i5 Quad-C
Facebook updates Automatic Alternative Text to generate automated photo descriptions for visually impaired users
A screen reader can describe the contents of the images using a synthetic voice enabling them to understand images on their Facebook feed.
Jan 21, 2021 13:20:32 IST
Facebook has updated the Automatic Alt Text (AAT) system that generates automated photo descriptions for people with visual impairments. According to Facebook, AAT can now identify a photo 10 times more than before, and is able to identify more detail in a photo as well. Taking to
their blog, Facebook wrote that users who are blind or visually impaired (BVI) can experience Facebook imagery, provided it is tagged properly, with the help of alternative text.
The internet is not easy to navigate for people with visual imparities. While there are screen reader applications to help them, often, websites or users don’t add alt text to images. In turn, the reader can’t describe to the user what the picture looks like. Thankfully, we have seen plenty of AI models in the […]