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

[Sherri]

You're most welcome and hope all on the list have a good day.
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DailyDeals for Monday, July 29


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

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