This breathtaking video speaks for itself. Technology like this literally changes the world for blind people. As shown in the demo, paper money, which the United States is all the same size, a device like this could be instrumental in empowering blind people to be more independent.
It’s called SeeScan, currently in development under NIH grants by iVisit. Who says that government funding can’t result in incredible technological advances? I suppose the next step for this technology is to license it so that we see it sometime relatively soon on apps for Android and iPhone or both. Be prepared to be blown away.
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Is this application currently available?
Under development Rob. Looks pretty ‘done’ to me. Post updated.
This is an excellent development. How about human face recognition in a cellfone? Future…