[Nfbf-l] interesting technology--Fw: BlindBargains.com Daily Deals for Monday, July 29

[Patricia A.Lipovsky]

Thanks for sharing Sherry. This was interesting. 

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On Jul 29, 2013, at 9:40 AM, "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm forwarding this e-mail, which is really great to let you know of recent 
> bargains available, however, of particular note is item #8. I pasted the 
> info below, but take a look at the entire e-mail. Thanks.
> 
> Sherri
> 8. Visus Technology Makes Your Smart Phone Even Smarter
> For the past two weeks, students from the Carol Center for the Blind have 
> had the opportunity to test out the new Visus Visual Assistant System from 
> Visus Technology. The system uses a Galaxy S4 Android smartphone paired with 
> a bluetooth headset to convey a variety of information that would be useful 
> to the blind. According to this article in the Boston Globe the these are 
> some of the features of the new system, "The Visus program can be trained to 
> identify faces, so a blind person who encounters a friend or colleague 
> wonâ?Tt have to guess at a name. Instead, he can scan the face with his 
> phone. An electronic voice can announce the personâ?Ts name through a 
> wireless Bluetooth earpiece. Another Visus feature lets the user scan a 
> large area with the camera to pinpoint objects containing text, such as 
> signs or bulletin boards. The software can translate the text to speech and 
> read it aloud. The phone also makes it easier for a blind person to find a 
> restroom. It is programmed to recognize the standard symbols indicating a 
> menâ?Ts room or womenâ?Ts room and point them out to the user. The software