Sometimes, Videos are a bit unclear. A similar device developed by an Israeli company, Orcam, you can have it read selected paragraphs of an article by pointing at that area. I did write to the company, and got a fairly rapid response that a totally blind person could use their glasses as well. In their video, you do use a couple gestures to initiate certain things, and apparently when it reads the overhead signs in the aisles of the department stores, you have to have trained that initially.
The group in Massachusetts is the one involved with working on Visus, a quite similar project, although they don't have any units out in the wild as Orcam does. I think all the Orcam production for this year is now sold out. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: erik burggraaf To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 8:48 AM Subject: Re: Visus Visual Assist System Could Help Visually Impaired “See” It's on a droid. I haven't watched the video yet but the article clearly states that it's running on a samsung phone. Best, Erik Burggraaf Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2013-08-17, at 3:12 AM, RobH! <[email protected]> wrote: Remarkable lack of key detail, not even about iOs or iDevices. We see a few of these - Aren't we wonderful doing this for the blind! - projects; now we, the end user, would like to know the lowdown on it if it is going to be taken seriously, by those that matter most, the ones who might have to use it, maybe even have to pay for it. Rh. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avnish Chopra" <[email protected]> To: "ViPhone" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 6:14 AM Subject: Visus Visual Assist System Could Help Visually Impaired “See” Visus Visual Assist System Could Help Visually Impaired “See” Ubergizmo I am quite sure that many of us have already heard of this particularly common phrase, “There’s an app for that.” Sure, that might be true and your smartphone is a ringing endorsement (pun not intended) for such a saying, but do bear in mind that not everyone is able to use the smartphone as intended to, and visually impaired folks happen to fall under this particular category. Innovators and entrepreneurs from Visus Technology figured out that they need to do something about this situation, coming up with a system which will be able to assist visually impaired and blind people “see” things from a new perspective thanks to the use of wireless technology. Known as the Visus Visual Assist system, trials of it happened last month, involving a bunch of middle-school aged students in a summer enrichment program over at the world-renowned Carroll Center for the Blind. Each of these students were equipped with a Samsung smartphone, where they were then trained on using the Visus app, before being sent out to see just how helpful this app is. The Visus Visual Assist system was developed in collaboration with the Verizon Innovation Program, and hopefully, it will hit the market pretty soon, letting blind and visually-impaired people recognize faces, determine colors, and navigate their travel. Check out feedback from the students and teachers in the video above, and be encouraged. 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