Hi this is another episode relating to my student in year 11 secondary school.
Mohammed, you recall, had a brain tumour and is registered blind as a result. The impact
on a sighted young person of losing their vision is very different in many ways to someone
who has grown up with a sight loss. There are all the visual memories for instance that he or she can draw upon, which is a major advantage when navigating through the environment. Mohammed is really a delight to work with. He is so positive and enthusiastic about using any
bits of equipment that I bring in. And he is really keen to test drive hardware
and software. In this short video Mohammed talks about the pros and cons of
assistive technology – as I would call it – but you and he might just call it ‘gadgetry’. He
now has a range of equipment from an ipad to a MYReader2 ‘CCTV’.
Monday, 14 May 2012
Vision Loss due to a Brain Tumour - 3. Pros & Cons of Assistive Equipment
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Hi! I recently made an app for android that takes a picture of a page (words) and then speaks it aloud. I wanted to do it open source (free), inspired by a Ted Talk video that stated this technology used to cost a lot.
ReplyDeleteNow any android phone can do it, here it is I'm trying to get it out there to those who can use it:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.davecote.seesay
Also on the left of the page you will see a version that takes a picture of ANY language (but this one is more geared to travelling:)
Enjoy!!
Dave:)
Above link has been changed, See Say Image to Speech for the Visually Impaired is now here on Google Play:
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Take Picture of Book Page, Android Reads it Aloud! See Say Image to Speech OCR.
An app for android that takes a picture, and speaks the text aloud:) A tool for the visually impaired, or just for the curious.
I was inspired by a Ted Talk that mentioned that not too long ago, this technology was available for around $10,000.00, for the visually impaired. Technology has come so far that I am able to write this app and release it for under five bucks :)
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seesay.seesay
There is also one that does page image to speech translating from any language:
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Further along the lines of Visual Impairment, I spent the better part of 6 months developing Object Recognition, in other words, picture of ANY object to speech. This tool works best on "things", not people, and it gets smarter each update. It's named ANDROID EYE, and it won Reviewers Choice Award, with much great positive feedback:
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now present in your city
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