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As someone with a blind relative I always am interested in new technology that can help. So of course this sparked my interest. But there is a glaring problem i
by jeffmould 10y ago
As someone with a blind relative I always am interested in new technology that can help. So of course this sparked my interest. But there is a glaring problem in that it requires the "VIP" (using their acronym) to take a photo of the object with their phone. This can be extremely challenging for an individual who is completely blind. I know first hand because I have received some interesting photo messages from my relative. For example, often times the photo will be well out of focus, or the front camera was used instead, or the photo is of something completely random and not what they intended. I would be curious how the app overcomes this challenge.
- giacomop 10y agoHello Jeff, I'm Giacomo, one of the co-founders! Sometimes it happens that our VIPs take a picture with the phone too close to the object and therefore the picture comes out blurry, but that is a small percentage of the cases. But we do have a solution on which we are working on (will be released in one of the future updates). It is a tool that guides the VIP when taking the picture by telling which side to move and if the object is too close. This is accomplished using some machine vision algorithms (in particular the region proposals ones) ...You'll see how it works when it comes out!
- jeffmould 10y agoThanks for the reply. That's great and sounds interesting. I will definitely follow your progress. Too early for me to suggest to my relative now, but with those added changes it would definitely be something I would try. Thanks again and good luck.
- giacomop 10y agoIf you want, you can sign up as a sighted to help our VIPs ;) the link is bespecular.com/signup and then you download the app from the stores or at bespecular.com/download. Have a nice day