A Canadian teen with a passion for artificial intelligence has created a robot she hopes will someday help guide people with visual impairments.
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This Robot Dog Could One Day Replace Seeing Guide Dogs
Using deep learning and artificial intelligence, scientists from Florida Atlantic University’s Machine Perception and Cognitive Robotics (MPCR) Laboratory are bringing Astro, the robotic dog to life.
This Company Aims to Make the Internet More Accessible Through Artificial Intelligence
accessiBe has recently launched a pioneering web accessibility tool powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The solution simplifies the way companies and site owners can make their content accessible to users with disabilities by using AI to automatically apply accessibility standards to their websites.
Ajman University Develops Smart Glasses for people who are blind and Partially Sighted
A group of researchers at Ajman University have created smart glasses with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) technology that can read, navigate and identify faces to help the visually impaired.
Artificially Blurring Children’s Sight Until They Understand What They See
Congenital cataracts account for up to 20 percent of blindness cases in children.
How To Change Google’s Assistant Voice to John Legend
Last year, while at the Google I/O 2018 developer conference, Google previewed the John Legend’s voice as one of six new Google Assistant voices that were in the works. Thanks to Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence and speech synthesis model WaveNet, Google can easily sample human speech, thereby cutting down on studio time, and still create realistic-sounding voices.
Danish Researchers Developed the First Genderless Voice: Here’s How it Sounds
Danish companies Virtue Nordic and Copenhagen Pride have developed a new program that produces a genderless voice.
Japanese Doctor Develops New Technology for the Blind
Chieko Asakawa, a Japanese doctor and inventor, is developing a new technology that will aid visually impaired individuals. Her passion for advancing technology for the visually impaired started when Asakawa had a swimming pool accident when she was 14 which caused her blindness. She is now working with other companies to improve the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help people live a normal life.
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.
Ford Creates Prototype That Allows blind Passengers to See Outside the Car
Ford revealed a prototype technology, called Feel the View, that allows the blind passengers to “feel” what they can’t see outside a car’s window.
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