[lynx23]

It is about choice, ...

Thanks for being a volunteer. But please dont judge blind users if you apparently can not put yourself in ther shoes...

Yes, one reason is that some blind users dont want to waste volunteer time. Another reason is that volunteers are different, but the performance of the image AI is predictable. Another reason is that the AI OCR is fast, can also translate, and, surprise, the text is easier to handle later, for copy&paste.

Besides, the performance of the AI describing pictures is, sorry to say, a little bit above what the typical human is willing or capable of doing. IOW, some humans performs worse then the AI. Also, camera access is different from picture taking. I use volunteers when I need more interactive help, but I totally prefer the AI when I just need a single pic.

[imglorp]

I was sighted volunteer on a call with a fellow using a treadmill touchscreen. He already knew the menu flow but the UX was dynamic and it wasn't his screen or he could put locator dots on it (Lesson to all designers! Hardware can have physical buttons!). Our interaction was mostly him stating his goal determining the screen's starting state and then where UI elements were, and I would feed back his finger position like "a little left ... no, too far, now up a little ... ok hit it."

I think we can imagine an AI could describe the screen, and even find non-language visual elements if asked explicitly, like arrows or turtle vs hare icons etc. But is it ready to have shared context of how people need to interact with that UI?

[krisoft]

> But is it ready to have shared context of how people need to interact with that UI?

And what if it is not? Does the AI have to be useful for every single possible use case before it can be used?

You are reacting as if they are proposing to remove the already existing venues of help. When I see no sign of that.

[PoignardAzur]

Ehh, give it a few years.