Special Skill of Visually Impaired Persons 17 - Can visually impaired persons use Facebook?

Recently, everyone is staying at home more because of the pandemic of COVID-19. We are able to know how are our friends via social media. If you wish to make it easier for visually impaired people to keep updating yours on social media, you may find the below useful.

Facebook has introduced a function called "alternative text", which uses artificial intelligence drivers to recognize photos with an accuracy of 80 to 90 percent. When visually impaired users use the screen-reading software, they can listen to the voice over to describe the characters and objects in the photos. In addition, you can also input the text to describe more precise to the visually impaired by yourself.

How to do:

1. Click on the photo to enter the photo page

2. Click "…" next to the page name to select more items

3. Select "Change Alt Text"

4. Enter the alt text content, such as "The Movie Poster of Time": Patrick Tse and Petrina Fung are sitting in the back, they are staring at the blue sky; in front of them is a bamboo clothes drier that hangs towels and clothes.

If you want to know more about the visually impaired, apart from following us, you can also follow the Facebook of the Hong Kong Society for the Blind.