Microsoft's new iPhone app narrates the world for blind people

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:03 pm

Someone with an iPhone please try this and report back. Take a picture of people. It will tell you their age and sex.

Microsoft has released Seeing AI — a smartphone app that uses computer vision to describe the world for the visually impaired. With the app downloaded, the users can point their phone’s camera at a person and it’ll say who they are and how they’re feeling. They can also point it at a product and it’ll tell them what it is. All of this is done using artificial intelligence that runs locally on their phone.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/12/1595 ... -blind-ios

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqeQByqf_f8

wags83 · Postby **wags83** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:23 pm

Downloading now on my work phone. I wonder if you could print a copy of a bill and it would tell the blind person that it's real money.

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:28 pm

wags83 wrote:Source of the post I wonder if you could print a copy of a bill and it would tell the blind person that it's real money.

Test it!

I once heard a rumor that cheap home-use photo copiers are smart enough to not scan/print money. Test that as well.

tylersucks · Postby **tylersucks** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:30 pm

I tried it. It said "not a hot dog"

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:31 pm

tylersucks wrote:Source of the post I tried it. It said "not a hot dog"

Liar! You don't have an iPhone!

wags83 · Postby **wags83** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:32 pm

It could read a business card. Not the best cadence of reading so it's a bit hard to understand. I haven't tried it on any people yet.

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:35 pm

wags83 wrote:Source of the post I haven't tried it on any people yet.

Go take pictures of people without explaining why.
Male. 47 years old. Disapproval look.

wags83 · Postby **wags83** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:38 pm

Tyler wrote:Source of the post
wags83 wrote:Source of the post I haven't tried it on any people yet.

Go take pictures of people without explaining why.
Male. 47 years old. Disapproval look.

Lol, I do want to see what range of emotions it claims to recognize.

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:19 am

Did you even take a picture of Erin last night?!

wags83 · Postby **wags83** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:25 am

Tyler wrote:Source of the post Did you even take a picture of Erin last night?!

None that I can show you!

Heyooooooo! Homemade pornog joke.

But seriously, no I didn't. I did tell her about it but we were already in bed.

Tyler · Postby **Tyler** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:29 am

wags83 wrote:Source of the post I did tell her about it but we were already in bed.

Such sweet pillow talk.
"Tyler posted about an app on CPT today"

wags83 · Postby **wags83** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:51 am

Some people say the romance dies when you get married, but obviously that isn't true.