Yeah, I like the theory. I would just want to have more technical information, and to be able to try it out myself before buying. I can think of some good uses for it. In no way would I expect it to replace my orientation and adaptability skills.
On 9/13/13, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > So I took a poke through the web site and what it seems to be is a > little camera you clip onto the side of a pair of glasses which also has > a bone-conduction audio thingy that goes against your cheek. It then is > tethered to a small box which has a computer in it. What it claims to do > is recognize a pointing gesture and the camera will read the text where > you are pointing. Examples are pointing to the label on a bottle or a > line of text in a book. They also claim to recognize things in the > environment like the color of a crosswalk sign or faces of people you > have trained it on. To train it you wave your hand in front of the > camera and then give it a description. They say they made 100 units @ > $2500 each and sold out. They expect another 500 to be ready and sold by > the end of the year. All the reviews I could find seemed to be people > excited about what this 'should' do but none of them seemed to actually > have used the device. It's a ways out but I would expect them to make a > showing at CSUN next March so folks can really try it. Could be amazing, > could be snake oil. > > CB > > On 9/13/13 9:12 AM, Venkatesh Potluri wrote: >> Hi listers. >> I came across an interesting technology and I am excited to share the >> information here. Please follow the link and put forth your views. I >> would be happy to hear from early adapters( if any ). >> link: >> http://www.orcam.com >> the video posted on the website explains the technology. >> Thank you. >> Regards >> Venkatesh Potluri >> > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Jamie T Check out my blog. http://blindranger.wordpress.com Twitter: jathlete76 Facebook: jathlete76 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
