it is not affordable right now. i feel that the future our community will b able enjoy, perform and proceed as others do through these kinds of inventions.
Regards, Marisport.A On 3/19/20, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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