Alt Text Generator

This extension makes it easy to generate descriptive alt-text for images. Simply provide an image using one of the three commands, and the extension will make a call to the OpenAI API to create a concise and descriptive alt text.

Requirements

This extension is Bring-Your-Own-Key (support for OpenAI only at the moment). If you don't have an API key yet, you can sign up for one at OpenAI - Api Keys.

Commands

You can generate alt-text in three ways:

From URL: This command will generate alt-text from a hosted image URL.

From Clipboard: This command will generate alt-text from an image copied to the clipboard.

From File Selection: This command will generate alt-text from a single file selection in Finder. Supported image types and file sizes are set by the OpenAI API. For more information, refer to the OpenAI API Vision documentation

Good to know

• The extension works local images too. If you want to generate alt-text for a local image, you can use the Generate Alt-Text command and provide the relative or absolute path to the image file.
• Once generated, the alt text is copied to the clipboard by default
• Supported image types and file sizes are set by the OpenAI API. For more information, refer to the OpenAI API Vision documentation.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• prompt: Customize the prompt message that is sent to OpenAI for generating alt-text.

Known Issues

File path resolution for local images is still WIP, so you may run into some issues there.

Contributing

If you have any suggestions or issues, feel free to open a PR or an issue on the Raycast Extensions Repository

Roadmap

• Add support for more image types like svg.

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