How an Artificial Intelligence Headset Lets a Blind Developer See - DATAVERSITY

Bridgwater goes on, "Shaikh is shown on a video linked here explaining how the specific confluence of technologies he uses helps him. The intelligence comes from'Seeing AI', which is a research project that helps people who are visually impaired or blind to understand who and what is around them. The app is built using intelligence APIs from Microsoft Cognitive Services. The glasses are built with a side button that the user touches while wearing to take a snapshot of the world in front of them. The image capture and analysis software that the glasses (or smartphone) uses is able to plug into cloud-based services that will help determine what the user is looking at."