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Audiovisual Smart Glasses for the Blind That Can Read a Room

Technological advancements have created new opportunities for Spanish start-up to enhance the quality of life for people with various disabilities.

Eyesynth has designed a pair of glasses which work as an audiovisual system for the blind and visually impaired. The device is connected to a microcomputer and it records the surrounding environment in three dimensions. This is translated into intelligible audio that is then sent to the person wearing the glasses.

The technology involved was developed and designed by the start-up itself. The glasses have three core features. They work in full 3D, which means that they allow the user to identify shapes and spaces. But also the ability to sense depth and locate objects accurately. read more

DT Cane Introduces a Technologically Advanced Wearable

DT cane is introducing a Smart Cane that will “revolutionize the lives of the blind.”

The cane has been designed to offer the blind and visually impaired an opportunity to do the things that the sighted take for granted. The cane is capable of memo-rising locations both inside and out, finding doorways, recognizing objects, identifying buses and trains, currency and keys. It has built in safety devices and will connect to the user’s Smart Phone to dial for help if necessary.

The DT cane has a learning system with voice recognition and it supports several languages. It can recognize faces and voices and identify them for the cane user. It can assist the user from walking into dangerous situations and will alert them when there are puddles and snow drifts. The cane is equipped with a solar panel so it charges while outdoors. It can be used at night as it has a flashing light for night time use. read more

How To Disable Fingerprint and Facial Recognition on Your Phone

Opening your phone with your fingerprint or facial recognition is convenient. But in the United States and possibly most other countries, enabling Touch ID or Face ID gives law enforcement free access to your phone if you’re arrested. Thankfully iOS and Android let you temporarily turn off fingerprint or face recognition with various methods.

US courts have ruled that law enforcement can’t force you to enter your phone’s passcode, but they can force you to open your phone with your fingerprint. So any time you expect a brush with law enforcement, you should lock up your phone. read more

Facebook Improves How Blind Users Can See Images

When Matt King first got on Facebook eight years ago, the blind engineer had to weigh whether it was worth spending an entire Saturday morning checking whether a friend of his was actually in his friend list. Such were the tools at the time for the visually impaired – almost nonexistent.
Today, thanks to text-to-audio software, it just takes a few seconds for him to accomplish the same task. And because of a new face recognition service the social network is rolling out, he can now learn which friends are in photos, even those who haven’t been tagged by another user. read more

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