o40

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   by o40 2y ago

   Yes, repeated information is not great in many cases. A more advanced system could possibly keep track of which information is new and which information is already known to the user. I wanted to create something opposite of needing to say &
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   by o40 2y ago

   Yes. My partner is visually impaired so that is one of the reasons why I think this is interesting to investigate. The current solution is way to "janky" to actually use, but gives insight in the problem to solve. My hope is that
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   by o40 2y ago

   Very interesting. This in combination with something that "tracks" described object not needing to describe them again would be a game changer.
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   by o40 2y ago

   Yes, apps for this is for sure the best solution. Hopefully something like "Be My AI" in combination with consumer products such as Ray-Ban Meta, where you can get descriptions without telling the world that you are requesting des
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   Show HN: I created a PoC for live descriptions of the surroundings for the blind(github.com)

   73 points by o40 2y ago|25 comments
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   by o40 5y ago

   Braille input exists on apple phones: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210066 and I think Android supports something similar.