Dear all Access Indians, Technology is a wonderful thing, particularly when it's used to advance the lives of those who would otherwise, never be able to enjoy it. Over the years, much has been done to increase the joy in the lives of those who are visually-challenged. Screenreaders, Braille devices and even mobile apps have been designed to enable the blind to enjoy certain aspects of technology in much the same way as those with normal vision. Now, Dustin Adams, a Ph.D student and his colleagues in the University of California Santa Cruz have come up with a new smartphone app that helps blind users take excellent photographs. The app was built around solutions that were asked for in a survey of blind smartphone users, the students took much-needed features and tried to construct an app that addressed all of them. What resulted was an app that gives aural cues to the blind users when faces are detected and in focus, and a 30-second audio clip is captured with each snapshot. This ena bles the blind users to listen in to what was being said surrounding each photo as they're shuffling through a gallery in an attempt to sort their pictures later on. It's earnestly hoped that this app leaves the University campus and hits various app stores soon, moreover, this is the start of the trend, I reckon, before an eventful app is designed for certain in the nearest future to detect the faces of human beings who are within the reach of visual field of smartphone camera. Warm regards David Richards E-mail: drvvrjune @gmail.com Mobile No. 09787225844.
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