Seeing AI Is Helping Sight-Impaired People Engage with Technology
A pioneer in the field of AI-assisted technology for the sight and hearing impaired, Raanan Liebermann has developed products to help that community live fuller lives. Raanan Liebermann is the president of Signtel, a company specializing in creating and marketing assistive technologies. There are plenty of projects attempting to leverage the use of AI to help impaired users to better engage with technology. One such project is the patented TV for the blind and deafblind developed at Signtel, enabling also the benefiting from Youtube that is scheduled for market introduction next year. Another technology that’s drawing attention in the field is a new app released by Microsoft called Seeing AI.
Seeing AI has a number of features and relies on increasingly advanced mobile technologies to complete multiple tasks for its users. Among the simplest tasks is text narration, in which the app reads any text that appears on the screen. In addition, the app can find and read bar codes to identify products, identify a currency's denomination, and even recognize people by scanning their faces.
The app has a number of experimental features, such as the ability to describe the environment via the mobile device’s camera. It can also read handwritten as well as printed text, and recognize surrounding light levels.
Seeing AI has a number of features and relies on increasingly advanced mobile technologies to complete multiple tasks for its users. Among the simplest tasks is text narration, in which the app reads any text that appears on the screen. In addition, the app can find and read bar codes to identify products, identify a currency's denomination, and even recognize people by scanning their faces.
The app has a number of experimental features, such as the ability to describe the environment via the mobile device’s camera. It can also read handwritten as well as printed text, and recognize surrounding light levels.
