Ronald, Have you tried this glasses personally, if yes then, how much accurate the device for totally/born blind users. And, where can the person experience the device personally. Please share the demo details if you have with you.
*** thanks and regards, Shankar.C trainer, consultent, senior accessibility tester. reach me at [email protected]. *** -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ravi N. Hiremath Sent: 19 March 2020 12:20 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AI] Envision Launches AI Google Glass for Blind and Visually Impaired Users Very good development but, totally out of reach, what's the use? highly costly. On 3/19/20, Khandu Bhandare <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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