This was too good not to share. Apologies for pointing to the bird domain and all that. Copy an image, it gets run through OCR, paste the text.
https://twitter.com/pry0cc/status/1318982439189008385?s=19
@Gargron wouldn't something like this be great for the alt-text population?
@iconnorclast But we already have an OCR function? It usually needs at least some manual editing though
@Gargron oh great, apologies for missing that. I think OCR that needs some manual editing is probably the best thing to aim for without heavy funding or support and someone who knows a lot more about ML than I do.
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@iconnorclast But we already have an OCR function? It usually needs at least some manual editing though