Application for Mobile helps blind to see
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For Gislaine Ceregatti
Using the camera device, a software is able to recognize and describe orally objects.
SeeScan The software, developed by U.S. company iVisit, promises to increase the quality of life of visually impaired. Using the camera mobile phones latest, the software is able to recognize objects of everyday life and describe them aloud.
As Register Hardware, the program has a library of objects that can confront the images stored in memory to those obtained with the camera phone and, after a quick process, identify the object. New entries can be added, counting with the help of a person of vision unchanged.
The program seems to work well, says the GSM Dome. When testing SeeScan, even partially exposed elements, such as a banknote folded, were easily identified.
The iVisit is eyeing a huge market potential, since current technologies do not patronize people with vision problems. The site Into Mobile account that, according to research firm, more than 11 million Americans have some visual irregularity and that, among these, 10% are totally blind. The software was tested on a sample group of 30 disabled users.
A beta version of the program should be available by the end of the year, says the iVisit. In a first phase, the application will run on devices with Windows Mobile, but versions for Symbian OS and the iPhone are already in development.
Source: Magnet
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