Microsoft Seeing AI

I heard about Seeing AI and gave it a try. It runs on iOS, and is phenomenal. If you or someone you know has low vision, it should be very helpful.

Aside: has accessibility been covered on MPU?

Edit: a little more detail:

Short Text

Speaks text as soon as it appears in front of the camera

Documents

Provides audio guidance to capture a printed page, and recognizes the text, along with its original formatting

Products

Gives audio beeps to help locate barcodes and then scans them to identify products

Person

Recognizes friends and describes people around you, including their emotions

Scene

An experimental feature to describe the scene around you

Currency

Identify currency bills when paying with cash

Light

Generate an audible tone corresponding to the brightness in your surroundings

Color

Describes the perceived color

Handwriting

Reads handwritten text

I was thinking of making an app like this (specifically the person and elementary scene info)…if only I didn’t have a day job!

I’m really glad it’s being done though, I’ll download it tonight.

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