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Lookout is Finally Available for Download, But Was it Worth the Wait?
Google’s Lookout app is finally available for download, but only in the U.S., and only for owners of Pixel devices.
This AI Program Can Diagnose Blindness
Dr Ramasamy Kim, head of retina services at an eye hospital in southern India, and his team at the Aravind eye hospital in Madurai have examined about 15,000 images from across the country showing the interior surface of the eyeball, known as the fundus.
Huawei’s App Uses AI to Help Visually Impaired Users ‘Hear’ Facial Expressions
Huawei is using artificial intelligence (AI) to help blind people “see” the faces of people with whom they’re speaking. The Chinese company debuted Facing Emotions, an app for the Huawei Mate 20 Pro that can “translate” seven different universal emotions — anger, fear, disgust, happiness, sadness, surprise, and contempt — into seven corresponding sounds.
Company Develops AI Wearable for the Blind and Visually Impaired
A German AI company is developing a machine learning system to help blind and visually impaired people find their way safely around towns and cities.
Update Changes Google Assistant’s Voice Using Colours
Now that Google Assistant has 8 english voices to choose from, the company is rolling out a colorful update that gives US users a new interface for changing Assistant’s voice. According to Google, You just select a color associated with a random voice.
Ask Chloe to Read the Label on Your Prescription Bottles
A recent collaboration between the AT&T Foundry for Connected Health (located in the Texas Medical Center Innovation Institute) and Aira, which makes smart glasses for people who are blind or have low vision, now has a solution to reading the tiny print on prescription bottles.
AI Algorithm Can Accurately Diagnose Cause of Childhood Blindness than Most Experts
An algorithm that uses artificial intelligence can automatically and more accurately diagnose a potentially devastating cause of childhood blindness than most expert physicians, a paper published in JAMA Ophthalmology suggests.
Google AI Can Pick Out Your Voice by Looking at Faces
Google researchers have developed a deep learning system that can pick out specific voices by looking at people’s faces when they’re speaking.
AT&T Collaborates with Aira to Develop New Prescription Medication Reader
AT&T and Aira are developing and testing a solution designed to help people who are blind or have low vision better manage their prescription medication. The companies are working through the AT&T Foundry to develop the solution.
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