29-01-2016 14:09 via phys.org

Using Facebook when you can't see the faces

As its name implies, a lot of Facebook is about faces: Users upload 350 million photos a day, making visual content a big part of the platform's experience. But this presents challenges to visually impaired users, according to a study by Cornell information science researchers, who suggest that the technology used on Facebook and other social media sites should be adapted to improve accessibility.
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