About Project

##Scope

• The problem: focusing on generating meaningful alt text for images uploaded to Twitter, accessed through the Twitter.com interface.

##Specific Issues

• Transcription of text for images of large amounts of text in images to get around 140 character limit (ie, iPhone screenshot, picture of Billboard)
• Alt text for images

##Proposed Workflow

1. User accesses image on Twitter via the Twitter web interface https://twitter.com.
2. Delivers image to alt text lookup service on external server.
3. Uses reverse image search API (ie, Tin Eye API) to identify the image and display OCRed text (if available in server), crowd sourced alt text (if available in server).
4. Add any markup for accessibility needed.

##Future Plans:

• API? Leverage for interfaces like Tweetdeck, Instagram on Twitter, etc.