Microsoft has released Seeing AI — a smartphone app that uses computer vision to describe the world for the visually impaired. With the app downloaded, the users can point their phone’s camera at a person and it’ll say who they are and how they’re feeling. They can also point it at a product and it’ll tell them what it is. All of this is done using artificial intelligence that runs locally on their phone.
The company showed off a prototype of Seeing AI in March Last Year at its Build conference, but starting today, the app is available to Download For Free In The US On ios. However, there’s no word yet on when it’ll come to Android or other countries.
The app works in a number of scenarios. As well as recognizing people it’s seen before and guessing strangers’ age and emotion, it can identify household products by scanning bar codes. It also reads and scan documents, and recognizes US currency. This last function is a good example of how useful it can be. As all dollar bills are the same size and color regardless of value, spotting the difference can be difficult or even impossible for the visually impaired. An app like Seeing AI helps them find that information
Microsoft launches app for the visually impaired
Tech giant Microsoft has released an iPhone app, including in India, that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help the visually impaired see the world around them like never before.
The free ‘Seeing AI’ app can read out short snippets of text, describe people, identify products and currency denominations, and take a stab at identifying the objects in a person’s surroundings.
Using a smartphone camera or a pair of camera-equipped smart glasses, the app can identify things in a person’s environment — people, objects, and even emotions — to provide important context for what is going on around them.
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