TikTok introduced on Wednesday that it’s increasing its suite of accessibility instruments by rolling out AI-generated ALT textual content for photographs, a high-contrast mode, and assist for device-level daring textual content preferences.
TikTok launched assist for ALT textual content for photographs a number of weeks in the past, permitting creators to offer descriptive textual content for photographs to assist customers with display screen readers perceive the visible content material via spoken descriptions. Now, the corporate is testing AI-generated ALT textual content to robotically describe photographs out loud when creators don’t add alt textual content manually.
The corporate says AI-generated ALT textual content will make TikTok extra accessible for folks with visible impairments. The transfer comes as Instagram has been utilizing AI for ALT textual content since 2018.
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As for the brand new high-contrast mode, customers will be capable to change it on with the brand new “coloration distinction” choice within the app’s accessibility part. Doing so will enhance the foreground coloration of textual content, icons, and consumer interface components. This alteration will make TikTok extra usable for folks with low imaginative and prescient or sensitivity to low distinction, the corporate says.
TikTok now additionally adheres to a consumer’s system’s daring textual content setting, which suggests that it’s going to robotically show all in-app textual content in daring when enabled. This enhances readability for customers preferring or depend on bolder fonts.
“We all know that when folks really feel seen, heard, and supported, they’re empowered to share their tales, create and join with others in significant methods,” the corporate stated in a weblog submit. “That’s why we’re centered on constantly constructing merchandise that serve everybody. We see accessibility not simply as a accountability, however as a chance to innovate and foster a extra inclusive platform for our international neighborhood.”
The brand new options be part of TikTok’s current suite of accessibility instruments, which incorporates options like auto-generated captions for video content material, darkish mode, text-to-speech, and the flexibility to regulate textual content measurement throughout the app.
