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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: wolfnowl on June 04, 2013, 03:26:21 pm

Title: Device From Israeli Start-Up Gives the Visually Impaired a Way to Read
Post by: wolfnowl on June 04, 2013, 03:26:21 pm
With apologies in advance to Jim Pascoe...

A glasses-mounted camera, connected to a pocket-sized computer, OCR software and a bone-conduction speaker.  Like Google Glass, but with purpose:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/science/israeli-start-up-gives-visually-impaired-a-way-to-read.html

Mike.

P.S. Can you imagine making art if you couldn't move?
http://phys.org/news/2013-05-brainpainting-frees-paralyzed.html
Title: Re: Device From Israeli Start-Up Gives the Visually Impaired a Way to Read
Post by: Justan on June 05, 2013, 08:35:08 am
What a fabulous concept!

I’ve worked with speech to text conversion recently with software by Dragon and that is sadly, still not ready for the masses. But in contrast, OCR technology has been doing great for some time. The combination of maturation and automation showed in the “OrCam” is brilliant.

This tool or a near term evolution of it will help a vast number of people. In addition, the name “OrCam” may become a colloquialism for people who have reading comprehension issues (as nearly everyone does from time to time).
Title: Re: Device From Israeli Start-Up Gives the Visually Impaired a Way to Read
Post by: Patricia Sheley on June 05, 2013, 09:04:22 am
I've been following the "brain painting" with great interest. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"  set me off in that direction initially. Thanks, as is always the case, for your excellent finds!
Title: Re: Device From Israeli Start-Up Gives the Visually Impaired a Way to Read
Post by: BobDavid on June 06, 2013, 10:42:48 am
Inspiring!