work-related devices for VI pics from google
WORK-RELATED DEVICES
1. IPad VOICE OVER – an application used during exams. “With ipad you can replay questions over and over through your headset.”
2. ORCAM GLASSES – glasses with attached camera on its side. Use advanced computer vision to help the visually impaired and blind regain the functionalities that were lost.
3. VOICE STICK – a portable text scanning device for the visually impaired. When it scans printed letters, the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) function recognizes the texts and converts the written information into a voice.
4. EyeRing voice-activated augmented reality device for the blind:
- a finger-worn device that allows you to point at an object, take a photo, and hear feedback about what it is you just focused on.
- can also work as a navigation or translation aid. It can even help children learn to read
- also offers aural feedback through a wearable device. Printed with plastic using a 3-D printer, the augmented reality ring also has a small camera, a processor, and Bluetooth connectivity
5. Screen magnifiers - A screen magnifier is software that interacts with a computer to present enlarged screen content.
6. Speech recognition software - Speech recognition software allows people to operate their computer and enter data using voice rather than a mouse or a keyboard.
7. Text-to-speech (TTS) software - converts written text such as, text files, web pages, PDFs and emails into audio files that can play on a wide range of devices, such as computers, MP3 players, iPods and CD players.
8. Large monitors - make on-screen reading easier by providing more space on-screen, for people to manage preferences in their operating systems for how certain elements are displayed.
9. Closed circuit television (CCTV) - stationary standalone devices that use cameras to magnify large format printed materials and objects. The materials are inserted into a shelf in the device, which displays the magnified images on-screen.
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1. IPad VOICE OVER – an application used during exams. “With ipad you can replay questions over and over through your headset.”
2. ORCAM GLASSES – glasses with attached camera on its side. Use advanced computer vision to help the visually impaired and blind regain the functionalities that were lost.
3. VOICE STICK – a portable text scanning device for the visually impaired. When it scans printed letters, the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) function recognizes the texts and converts the written information into a voice.
4. EyeRing voice-activated augmented reality device for the blind:
- a finger-worn device that allows you to point at an object, take a photo, and hear feedback about what it is you just focused on.
- can also work as a navigation or translation aid. It can even help children learn to read
- also offers aural feedback through a wearable device. Printed with plastic using a 3-D printer, the augmented reality ring also has a small camera, a processor, and Bluetooth connectivity
5. Screen magnifiers - A screen magnifier is software that interacts with a computer to present enlarged screen content.
6. Speech recognition software - Speech recognition software allows people to operate their computer and enter data using voice rather than a mouse or a keyboard.
7. Text-to-speech (TTS) software - converts written text such as, text files, web pages, PDFs and emails into audio files that can play on a wide range of devices, such as computers, MP3 players, iPods and CD players.
8. Large monitors - make on-screen reading easier by providing more space on-screen, for people to manage preferences in their operating systems for how certain elements are displayed.
9. Closed circuit television (CCTV) - stationary standalone devices that use cameras to magnify large format printed materials and objects. The materials are inserted into a shelf in the device, which displays the magnified images on-screen.
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