was expecting the same but highly costly . not at all affordable on this cost.
On 3/18/20, Ronald Escrader <[email protected]> wrote: > Envision Launches AI Google Glass for Blind and Visually Impaired Users > > > Award-winning iOS and Android smartphone app Envision, which enables > blind and visually impaired people to independently access visual > information around > them, has announced plans to integrate its AI-powered software > technology into Google Glass. > > Google Glass is a small, lightweight wearable computer with a > transparent display for hands-free work. > > Envision developed its software on Google Glass, with the recently > upgraded hardware of its Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2. The > combination of Envision’s > software with Google Glass provides blind and visually impaired users > with a less obtrusive and hands-free way of accessing the world around > them, empowering > users with independence to ‘see’ the world around them. > > Envision’s software uses artificial intelligence (AI) to extract > different kinds of information from images and then speaks the images > out loud so the > user has a greater understanding of the environment around them. > > > According to Envision, its software provides the fastest and most > accurate OCR (Optical Character Recognition) available, and can read > any type of text > from any surface, such as food packaging, posters, computer display > screens, QR and barcodes, and handwritten text. > > Additionally, the software can recognize faces, describe scenes, > detect colours, find objects, and read complex documents and letters. > The software is > also capable of recognizing text and scripts in more than 60 languages. > > First available as an iOS and Android smartphone app, Envision was > awarded the Best Accessibility App at the 2019 Google Play Awards. > > Now, Envision’s software will now be embedded in smart glasses, > providing blind and visually impaired users with a more unobtrusive > and hands-free way > to access the world around them. > > > Karthik Kannan, Co-Founder of Envision, commented: “Working with > Google Glass’ technical specifications and build quality has been > ideal for our development > needs.” > > “The level of support we’ve received from the Google Glass team has > enabled us to replicate the fantastic user experience of the Envision > app and deliver > it in a seamless way that empowers blind and visually impaired people > worldwide with a hands-free, easy way to ‘see’ the world around them > through the > spoken word.” > > To find out more about the smart glasses watch the video here. > https://vimeo.com/395534546/229b575541 > or to pre-order them, visit the web site link: > https://www.letsenvision.com/glasses > > Envision Glasses are available for preorder, > with “super early bird” pricing of $1,699, “early bird” at $1,899, > and a regular retail price of $2,099. They’re expected to begin > shipping to the earliest > customers in August 2020. > > > > -- > Ronald Jason Escrader. > > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > -- WARM REGARDS, KHANDU BHANDARE. SWO-A STATE BANK OF HYDERABAD BR: SION TELL: 022-24094077, MOB : 7666206653. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
