Comment by postalrat

8 months ago

That all sounds great until you start considering what needs to be done for accessibility. For blind readers as well as many different screen resolutions.

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szastamasta  8 months ago

I agree. That's actually one of few problems with having just canvas - accessibility. Most libraries would not have it, and it would be a disaster for disabled users, but... That's one of few things current state AI could solve. Why not make a neural net that would read or summarize page for blind people? Instead we use it to generate bulsh*t junk content and fake comments...

  • zzo38computer  8 months ago

    It might, but I think that isn't the best way. Accessibility is for everyone, not only for the blind people.

    Better is if the document specifies the text (and any appropriate annotations, e.g. how to pronounce), and the blocks/sections/etc, and then the client software can display it according to the user's settings. Whether that means you want to display it on the screen, with your own formatting, or use a braille display, or text to speech, or whatever else it might be, you can use it.