Overview

ALT Text Artist is a Generative Pretrained Transformer (GPT) designed to provide enriched and precise ALT texts for images. Users interface with this tool by uploading an image, after which, the GPT carries out detailed research to enhance the ALT text of the image.

The tool is primarily used for generating robust alternatives for image descriptions, which can be especially useful in situations where images cannot be loaded or for accessibility purposes, serving visually impaired web users.The GPT employs a variety of prompt starters to guide its process, such as 'Describe this image with additional research', 'Generate an enriched ALT text for this photo', 'What additional info can you find about this image', 'Provide a detailed ALT text with extra context for this picture' and 'Conduct a web search to describe this image'.

Through these prompts, the tool is empowered to offer more detailed, context-rich ALT text than might be possible through basic machine learning methods.It requires a ChatGPT Plus subscription for usage.

The platform is hosted on reddgr.com where users can sign up to start using the tool. The ALT Text Artist is positioned as an innovative digital tool to aid web developers, designers, content creators and digital accessibility professionals, among others.