I had the same result. I took a picture in good lighting but got no result
when the picture was taken. When I went to where the photos were stored it
just said sharp image which tells me nothing. Any feedback appreciated.
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Subject: Re: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a
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I downloaded this app and tried using it and haven't been able to get any
descriptions of the pictures I take. I hear the speech in the app say
loading, but then nothing happens after that. Has anyone gotten this to
work?
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Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 3:38 PM
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Subject: [BlindTech] Toronto teen uses app to give visually-impaired a new
look at the world
Anmol Tukrel, a Grade 12 student at Holy Trinity who designed an app for
blind people that describes things you take photos of with your iPhone or
iPad. (Andrew
Francis Wallace / Toronto Star) |
A Toronto teen is hoping to change the lives of visually impaired people
around the world with a new app that can identify virtually any object
with
the
quick tap of an iPhone or iPad.
Anmol Tukrel, a 17-year-old grade 12 student at Holy Trinity School in
Richmond Hill, has always been fascinated with technology, particularly
artificial
intelligence. By the time he was in grade 7, he was already teaching
himself
how to code.
Growing up, Tukrel often travelled to Pune, India to visit his aunt who
worked at the K. K. Eye Institute, a hospital dedicated to providing eye
care for
people who can’t afford it. That experience, combined with an internship
at
a startup that uses computer vision to make products for advertising
firms,
led him to the perfect idea for a Canada-Wide Science Fair project.
“I thought I could use computer vision for a more humanitarian use, and
help
visually impaired people,” he said.
Tukrel’s iPhone app, iDentifi, allows users to take a photo of virtually
any
object, and then describes that item in great detail back to the user.
People
can also take photos of text and have it read back to them, in one of 27
languages. Tukrel hopes it makes every day tasks — like picking out the
can
of
pop you want — easier for people who are visually impaired.
Jason Fayre, the head of accessibility and assistive technology at the
Canadian National Institute for the Blind,
tested out the app and, although there are similar apps on the market,
gave
it a rave review.
“I’m extremely impressed, especially that it was written by a grade 12
person,” he said. As a blind person himself, Fayre said iDentifi would
make
his
life in easier when trying to identify things in the kitchen.
“If I don’t know what a particular can of something is, being able to take
a
picture and have that information read back to me in great detail is very
useful,” he said.
It took Tukrel more than a year to develop the app, a process that
involved
months of painstaking research and enough code to fill a two-inch binder.
He
had initially planned on making his own convolutional neural network —
computer speak for the data structure used to make the a program that
recognizes
objects. Eventually, he opted to integrate existing programs.
Tukrel casually speaks about computer vision, convolutional neural
networks,
and application program interfaces as though he were a university graduate
of computer science – not an about-to-graduate high schooler.
“I’ve always liked technology, but as much as I like playing video games
and
using different apps, I wanted to be able to make them myself,” Tukrel
said.
For Tukrel, the work doesn’t stop now that the science fair is over.
He has already met with various organizations to get feedback on the app,
and plans on making tweaks to improve the user experience. So far, the app
has
been downloaded by several thousand people and is being used in 60
countries. And, it’s free, something Tukrel doesn’t plan on changing.
“I want people who are visually impaired to use it without thinking of the
financial consequences of doing so,” he said. “We have such great
technology
and I think it’s important that everyone has access to it.”
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/28/toronto-teen-uses-app-to-give-visually-impaired-a-new-look-at-the-world.html
Take care.
Mike
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