Award-winning iOS and Android smartphone app Envision, which enables blind and visually impaired people to independently access visual information around them, has announced plans to integrate its AI-powered software technology into Google Glass.
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Carnegie Mellon Researchers Design New Tool Making Memes Accessible for Blind and Visually Impaired People
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have come up with a method that will automatically identify memes and will apply pre-written templates to add descriptive text making them intelligible via existing assistive technologies.
High School Junior Develops Award-winning App for Visually Impaired
A junior at Beaverton’s Westview High School is turning heads and winning awards for an app she developed while interning at Portland State University.
Google Lens Describes Landmarks and Creates Contacts from Business Cards
Originally announced at Google I/O 2017, Lens is a visual search engine. When you take a picture with your phone, Google will do an analysis and provide insights into what you’re looking at. Now, it’s getting even better, and can store information from business cards as contacts, and even describe landmarks you’ve spotted.
Students Invent Portable Reading Device That Can Translate Written Material Into Braille
An innovative student-led project at the UAE University in Al Ain is hoping to make reading easier for visually impaired people by developing a pocket-sized portable device that can translate reading materials into Braille.
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