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This week on Eyeway Conversations, we speak with Agustya Mehta, Director of Concept Engineering at Meta. His team builds early prototypes for future hardware and software including the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, a stylish mainstream product now making waves in the blind and low vision community. Originally designed to keep users connected without pulling out their phone, the glasses have quickly gained attention for their accessibility potential — reading letters, describing scenes, and even translating text in real time. Agustya shares how blind employees at Meta influenced the design, why AI makes these glasses more than just a gadget, and what’s planned for India, from Hindi language support to local partnerships aimed at reducing cost barriers. In this episode: • The hackathon that sparked the AI smart glasses idea • Why mainstream design helps break stigma in assistive tech • Features that empower independence and privacy for blind users • Plans to make the glasses more affordable and available in India Watch the full episode now. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ePMvypUDNzH0GuDgKNXOQ?si=SZ8LfAUAQVy6c_vd5N110A Youtube: https://youtu.be/m54kKlAJ-qI If you know someone who is blind or visually impaired and looking for support, please share the Eyeway Helpline: 8800 00 4334 Learn more about Eyeway: www.scorefoundation.org.in Team Eyeway -- Shaba Manzoor Communication Executive Score Foundation 17/107, Vikram Vihar Lajpat Nagar-4 New Delhi-110024 Website: www.eyeway.org.in; www.scorefoundation.org.in Eyeway Helpdesk: 8800004334 (Monday to Friday 10 am to 5pm) Telephone No. 011-41600330 -- 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.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/047501dc06ae%24fbc218f0%24f3464ad0%24%40gmail.com.
