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Part Three: Understand Images and Visual Information

9. Ask for the Description You Need

Request an overview, literal facts, visible text, layout or atmosphere.

Estimated time: 10 minutes. Last reviewed: 5 August 2026.

The lesson

Start with your purpose: identification, navigation, appreciation, publication or checking.

Ask separately for visible text, positions and uncertain details.

Request literal facts before interpretation when accuracy matters.

Try it

Use one image and request two descriptions: a brief overview and a detailed literal account with all visible text.

Checkpoint

The two descriptions differ in useful ways because your requests were specific.

About this course

Confident with AI was created by Charli-Jo Tyrer in association with the Technology Association of Visually Impaired People (TAVIP).

Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.