[NFBMT] aira -- visual interpreter for the blind

[Bruce&Joy Breslauer]

Sorry, Dar, I knew you were there and I should have said so.

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Subject: Re: [NFBMT] aira -- visual interpreter for the blind

I also was there, but didn't get a chance to speak with the lady who was
showing it.
Many persons were interested, as well as myself.
There used to be glasses out there you talked to them, and got information.
They ran by battery, don't know the name of them.

Original message:
> This device was demonstrated at the East Valley chapter meeting Sheila
> and I went to while we were visiting Mesa, AZ.  Somebody at the
> Washington Seminar said he used it to navigate the airport.  You
> register and sign up to use it, and it is wearable technology that has
> access to a sighted person telling you what is around you and
> directing you to your destination.  They will tell you what street you are
coming to, but not when to cross; that is up to you.
> When you sign up, you tell them what mobility aid you use, whether it
> be cane or dog or whatever, and they won't help you unless you have
> your mobility aid with you.  You also tell them how you want
> directions to be relayed to you, whether by positions on a clock face,
> left or right, or north or south.  You connect it to your smart phone
> and you can use an earphone if you want to.  I think the lowest price
> is something like two hundred dollars a month, but I could be
> mistaken.  I think that gives you two hours or so of time with the
> assistant.  Don't take that to the bank, though.  Although it is
> expensive, it is illustrative of some of the cool technology that is being
developed for us.



> https://aira.io/



> Joy Breslauer, President

> National Federation of the Blind of Montana

> Web Site: http://www.nfbofmt.org <http://www.nfbofmt.org/>



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