[NFBofSC] Newswire: Tek Talk meeting of 1/11/21 at 8pm Eastern features a representative of Envision AI to discuss their recently launched Envision Glasses, AI-powered smart glasses

Sun Jan 10 12:30:18 UTC 2021

From: aw-announcements at groups.io <mailto:aw-announcements at groups.io>
<aw-announcements at groups.io <mailto:aw-announcements at groups.io> > On Behalf
Of Alan Lemly

The Pat Price Tek Talk Training Room Zoom meeting link follows and executing
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take you right into the meeting with no further action required other than
waiting for the host to start the meeting:

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Major sections of this newswire are at heading level 1. Contact information
is at heading level 2.

Newswire 

Tek Talk welcomes a representative from Envision AI . Envision, an
award-winning assistive technology company, has announced the official
launch of Envision Glasses, which are AI-powered smart glasses for blind and
visually impaired people. Envisions software uses artificial intelligence
(AI) to extract information from images and then speaks the images out loud
so the user has a greater understanding of the environment around them.
Blind and low-vision users can see to read documents at home or work, view
labels while shopping, easily recognize their friends, find personal
belongings at home, use public transport, video call anyone in real time,
and more.

Envision is developed for and together with the visually impaired community.
The app is simple, gets things done and brings the best assistive experience
to blind and low vision users. Simply use your phone camera to scan any
piece of text, your surroundings, objects, people or products and everything
will be read out to you thanks to Envision's smart artificial intelligence
(AI) and Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Now, they have taken things
one big step further and put everything into glasses.

Website: https://www.letsenvision.com/envision-glasses
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Contact information: Karthik Mahadevan, Co-founder / Chief Designer and
Karthik Kannan, Co-founder / Chief Engineer.

Email: karthik at LetsEnvision.com <mailto:karthik at LetsEnvision.com>  

About 10 minutes before each program dial the Zoom numbers or work with your
computer link found on your Zoom invitation.

Zoom invitation

The Zoom meeting invitation for this Training Class is the following:

Hi there,

Larry Gassman and Alan Lemly are inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Tek Talk welcomes a representative of Envision AI to discuss their recently
launched Envision Glasses, which are AI-powered smart glasses. 

Time: Meets Monday, January 11, 2021, from 8-9 p.m. Eastern. If you have
installed the Zoom client software on your computer, I would recommend your
starting that software before executing the below link on your computer. If
you have installed the Zoom Cloud Meetings app on your smart device, I
suggest you open that app before executing the below link on your smart
device.

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Contacts:

Larry Gassman: Accessible World Co-Chair

Phone: 714-449-1958

Email:  <mailto:larrygassman at roadrunner.com> larrygassman at roadrunner.com  

Alan Lemly: Accessible World Co-Chair

Phone: 601-919-6907

Email:  <mailto:walemly at gmail.com> walemly at gmail.com

 <http://nfbofsc.org/?p=1985> Click here to access the membership form for
the National Federation of the Blind of SC

Steve Cook

District 2 State Board Member of the National Federation of the Blind of SC

President of the Columbia chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of
SC

1st Vice President of the Computer Science & Technology Division of the
National Federation of the Blind of SC

The National Federation of the Blind of SC owns and operates Rocky Bottom
Retreat & Conference Center.  Below is a link to read more about Rocky
Bottom and to make a reservation for a mountain retreat!

 <http://rockybottomofsc.com/> Rocky Bottom Retreat & Conference Center

Please join the National Federation of the Blind of SC on Face Book at any
of the below links!

 <https://m.facebook.com/NatFedofSouthCarolina/> National Federation of the
Blind of SC on Face Book

<https://m.facebook.com/Computer-Science-Technology-Division-of-the-NFB-of-S
C-343263089815304/> Computer Science & Technology Division of the National
Federation of the Blind of SC

 <https://m.facebook.com/RockyBottomofSC/> Rocky Bottom Retreat & Conference
Center 

South Carolina Association of Blind Students

 <https://m.facebook.com/groups/375092969314880?_rdr> South Carolina Parents
of Blind Children

Free White Cane Program 

The National Federation of the Blind has distributed more than 64,000 free
white canes since 2008.

The white cane gives blind people the ability to achieve a full and
independent life, allowing us to travel freely and safely. We started our
free white cane program because we believe that no blind person should be
without a white cane, regardless of his or her ability to pay for it.

You can request a Free White Cane at the below link.

 <https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/free-white-cane-program> Apply for a
Free White Cane!

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