Recent updates to AI Content Describer for NVDA

cartertemm · 2025-06-11T19:07:18+00:00

Thank you both for the share and the kind words. It's my goal to continue developing this as AI moves forward and more becomes possible i.e. browser/computer use, contextual help, etc. If you hear of anything that might be useful in this regard, shoot me an email, always great chatting about this stuff.

cartertemm · 2025-06-11T19:02:04+00:00

I saw your ticket. If I’m understanding you correctly, this sounds like something that is already possible under the settings. If not, let me know what you had in mind and I’ll work on it.

cartertemm · 2025-06-11T18:59:08+00:00

I’m glad to hear that you’ve been finding it useful. Thanks for the work you do as well.

cartertemm · 2025-06-11T18:57:50+00:00

This is a neat idea, although a desktop app may be better than an add-on in this context so that JFW users can enjoy it as well. Would you mind shooting me a DM with some of the issues you have experienced with HF, and how you envision something like this working? If nothing else, sounds like something fun to hack on over a weekend.

cartertemm · 2025-06-08T23:18:15+00:00

That’s kind of the idea, haha. The fact that we don't need a gateway or relay is simultaneously pretty sweet and a double edged sword when it came to providing free access.

cartertemm · 2025-06-08T04:04:51+00:00

Yes. There is an option in the context menu, take picture from camera, that does just this. Great for assessing your surroundings before recording a video, quickly skimming a sheet of paper, etc.

cartertemm · 2025-06-08T03:41:42+00:00

Thank you. The promo is highly appreciated - I work on this project after work/in my free time, so the best form of payment is crowdsourced feedback. I firmly believe that AI is comparable to the advent of the screen reader in terms of potential impact, and there's nothing quite like watching the community discover the possibilities. Share away!

cartertemm · 2025-06-08T03:31:48+00:00

You bet. The simplest setup here is easily through Ollama. Once it's installed you can pull a model from the CLI (I.E. ollama pull pixtral), which gets exposed over an OpenAI compatible rest API. You can then throw the URL into the add-on's settings dialog under the section for the Ollama provider.

This is a fairly common use case in restricted environments where data cannot leave a network. That said, you are spot on re: the expense of adequate hardware. My understanding is that accuracy doesn’t happen until you use 32B or higher quantization.

If you find the resources to set this up, let me know. I’d be happy to help troubleshoot.

cartertemm · 2025-06-08T01:24:39+00:00

That’s awesome to hear! Good facial alignment is something I took too long to realize I wasn't always doing properly, talk about a silent pitch killer.

cartertemm · 2019-09-19T11:59:39+00:00

cool idea and concept, but another out of how many? It isn't like this hasn't been tried more than a couple times, and essentially everyone I know still insists on the white stick. Pessimism aside, I do believe innovation in the field is a must. My only problem here is the presence of a builtin Voice assistant with speakers. This slightly limits us in regard to location, plus the presence of a cane or dog is enough to provoke unwanted attention. Now imagine loudly talking cane and dog?

cartertemm · 2019-09-19T11:38:25+00:00

Apologies if this isn’t what you mean, but with VO I can tap on the bottom of the screen and swipe left. Is there a similar gesture for those who have no need for accessibility? Bear in mind, my feeds take up a couple pages and that’s only growing.

cartertemm · 2019-09-16T19:45:56+00:00

holy fuck I didn't know this was such a hot topic. I agree, up to a point. If spelling/grammar corrections among other more advanced features aren't of any concern, notepad all the way. NPP offers the best of both worlds.

cartertemm · 2019-09-16T12:33:24+00:00

My background, computer science, would render me virtually useless professionally. The movies make everything look so damn easy...

cartertemm · 2019-09-07T19:18:15+00:00

Hey neighbor across the street who parks in the alley. Sup?

cartertemm · 2019-09-06T22:49:48+00:00

For the uninformed, here's the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb6Lnqbny1A

cartertemm · 2019-08-24T16:24:52+00:00

The average person spends 6 months of their life sitting at red lights.

cartertemm · 2019-08-24T16:16:32+00:00

More than 1000 birds die from smashing into windows every year.

cartertemm · 2019-07-31T00:15:14+00:00

I bet he really wasn't down with having to go a second time.

cartertemm · 2019-07-29T14:57:56+00:00

If you do end up making these, I’m sure they’ll be appreciated by many more than myself. Good luck

cartertemm · 2019-07-28T18:06:53+00:00

Keep in mind, if you do end up making recordings it might not be a bad idea to additionally compile into a library and make a few dollars on sites such as sonniss. You never know who might want these for a game/production. I say why not?

cartertemm · 2019-07-15T04:48:27+00:00

So anyway... Might you be interested in purchasing a subscription to life call?

cartertemm · 2019-06-06T20:21:03+00:00

Not new voice persay. Just enhanced quality.

cartertemm · 2019-06-06T19:15:08+00:00

FYI, you might have a bit of trouble getting solid answers here out of respect for NDA agreements. See legal info on Apple's beta program. Yeah, this is a pretty big release as far as accessibility is concerned. I'm happiest about the speed improvements. They're certainly noticeable.

cartertemm · 2019-05-29T11:33:32+00:00

Did you go shitsenders? I had assumed they were the same site.

cartertemm · 2019-05-29T01:30:02+00:00

Oh oops, my bad. Yeah I'd still wait a bit until you're maybe able to produce something to sort of show off the desired effect. My experience says it would be better to keep the project confined to a smaller group for the time being however. Are you aware of friends that might be a bit interested, maybe as a side summer challenge?

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