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Seeing AI

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Seeing AI
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial releaseJuly 12, 2017; 8 years ago (2017-07-12)
Stable release
4.0.1 / 19 February 2021; 4 years ago (2021-02-19)[1]
Operating systemAndroid, iOS, iPadOS
Size302.9 MB[1]
Available in16 languages[1]
List of languages
English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Type
  • Application software
LicenseProprietary software
Websitewww.microsoft.com/ai/seeing-ai

Seeing AI is an artificial intelligence application developed by Microsoft for iOS.[2][3] Seeing AI uses the device camera to identify people and objects, and then the app audibly describes those objects for visually impaired people.[4]

Capabilities

Seeing AI is primarily used to describe short text, documents, products, people, currency scenery, colors, handwriting and light.[5] The app can scan a barcode to describe a product[6] and uses sounds to assist the user in focusing on the barcode.[7] When the app describes people, it attempts to estimate the person's age, gender, and emotional status.[8] Additionally, in a test run by German journalists in December 2019, Seeing AI apparently used some sort of Facial recognition system to identify people on photographs by name.[9]

Some functions are performed on the device, however more complex functions such as describing a scene or recognizing handwriting require an Internet connection.[10]

In December 2017, Seeing AI introduced the ability for currency recognition for US and Canadian dollar, British pounds and Euros.[11]

In December 2019, Seeing AI added support for five more languages, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Spanish.[12]

Seeing AI is available in 70 countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Egypt, Albania, Bhutan, etc.[13]

Supported on iPhone 5C, 5S and later best performance with iPhone 6S, SE and later models

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Seeing AI on the App Store". https://apps.apple.com/app/seeing-ai-talking-camera-for-the-blind/id999062298. 
  2. ↑ "Seeing AI on the App Store" (in en-US). https://apps.apple.com/us/app/seeing-ai-talking-camera-for-the-blind/id999062298. 
  3. ↑ Novet, Jordan (12 July 2017). "Microsoft has a new app that tells the visually impaired what's in front of them". https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/12/microsoft-launches-seeing-ai-app-for-ios.html. Retrieved 6 June 2019. 
  4. ↑ Shah, Saqib (14 December 2017). "Microsoft's Seeing AI app for the blind now reads handwriting". https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/14/microsoft-seeing-ai-app-update/. Retrieved 6 June 2019. 
  5. ↑ Bishop, Todd (12 July 2017). "Microsoft's new AI app describes the world for the visually impaired — now available on iPhone". https://www.geekwire.com/2017/microsofts-new-ai-app-describes-world-visually-impaired-now-available-iphone/. Retrieved 6 June 2019. 
  6. ↑ "Microsoft's 'Seeing AI' app helps vision-impaired users "see" the world through words". 14 April 2019. https://digiaccessorg.wordpress.com/2019/04/14/microsofts-seeing-ai-app-helps-vision-impaired-users-see-the-world-through-words/. Retrieved 6 June 2019. 
  7. ↑ Tracy, Phillip (19 July 2017). "How Microsoft's new app for the blind and visually impaired holds up". https://www.dailydot.com/debug/microsoft-seeing-ai-app/. Retrieved 6 June 2019. 
  8. ↑ Kelley, Steven. "Seeing AI: Artificial Intelligence for Blind and Visually Impaired Users". https://www.visionaware.org/info/everyday-living/helpful-products/using-apps/seeing-ai-app/1235. Retrieved 6 June 2019. 
  9. ↑ "Der Blindenhund kennt auch die Namen" Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 5 December 2019
  10. ↑ Vincent, James (12 July 2017). "Microsoft's new iPhone app narrates the world for blind people". https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/12/15958174/microsoft-ai-seeing-app-blind-ios. Retrieved 6 June 2019. 
  11. ↑ "Updated with currency and color recognition, Seeing AI is available in 35 countries" (in en-US). Microsoft Accessibility Blog. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/accessibility/2017/12/13/seeing-ai-new-features/. 
  12. ↑ "Bonjour! ¡Bienvenidos! Seeing AI expands to 5 new languages" (in en-AU). Microsoft Features. https://news.microsoft.com/features/bonjour-bienvenidos-seeing-ai-expands-to-5-new-languages/. Retrieved 2019-12-05. 
  13. ↑ "Archived copy". https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000235452. 



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