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as in debbie, can you meet your thoughts, november 9th? today we're talking all about cutting edge texts. the blind and visually impaired people, almost 300000000 world wide, are affected, and most of them develop that condition over the course of their lives. so it could in theory, effect anyone. but how can tech help? let's find out on shift. imagine waking up one day to find your world, looking at something like this, all this or even like this. people with visual impairments say the world differently and often have to learn new ways of navigating it. they might rely on others on tools like walking came style is also especially helpful,

but recent advances in iowa might add one or 2 more to that toolbox like this very special guy dog. right about dogs soon to be taking the lead in the glad dog. well, in theory they can do just about everything necessary. catapults can only this quite. japan doesn't get distracted, no breaks, and it can be shut off when you don't need it. navigating by us census and cameras, the rubber dog can even identified traffic lights the gym, and i can tell her right about where i'm going. volume voice recognition. i can control the speed with this chain doing this a lot as a mom was. oh, you don't have to i if i need to go false. i just push it all the way forward. once . yeah, if i need to slow down, i just put it back and it will, it just it speed has this could be

a huge development for the blind in china. where the there only $400.00 guide books in service in china. but we have about 20000000 blind people. it's impossible to solve this problem with guide books in their own. research into robo dogs, photo blind isn't just exclusive to china. however, for researches at the university of glasgow in scotland, their biggest challenge is navigation. so how will robots find their way around? gps is pretty reliable when outdoors but problems arise inside buildings and confront spaces. so how can we solve this? wouldn't be developing something like this, and it's a mix. it all for several think. we'd use computer vision. we use the to the technology with it to scan the whole environment and to get to understand with each of each color as the obstacle is ended to memorize order. members,

this should enable robot dogs to guard people safely in those like in this museum. and even using speech that some large language models, so these of citizen swedes kind of have intimidates, coming back to soon so the adult can answer questions about it surroundings providing information about the route. and that's just the beginning. we want to put this technology on to a visual board. we also want to put this to a normal human. i do a lot and also such kind of gone through board so that the end user deed have the, have a different whether robot good dogs will catch on is not only a question of resolving the technical issues, but also about finding one to buy in the 1st place and how much they could cost, but there might be a cheaper and simple option and improving what's already available might be most valuable in the short time. it's time to update the classic watch. we will continue

to the help of ion cutting edge tech could be k and improving access for the visually impaired equipped with cameras. incense. is this a oh i came from gluttons. can god uses even alone pray to find groups. it recognizes obstacles of the coins and can even describe it surroundings. acoustically working space can be set to suit individual needs. and according to its manufacturer is the ios smart came from. we will recognize as obstacles, not only on the ground, but also at chest and one level with the accessible app you'll. kane could bring you to the nearest bus stop. and once that it informs you, which buses are leaving next. once on board, it'll tell you when you've reached your final destination, the eye glasses like oil, cam or, and vision glasses. also, i promise better navigate ation through every day last full, the visually impaired,

but invalids into his stuff to be the is great for people with visual impairments. it brings us closer to our goal and allows us, can you access to information? for example, people use to send means to people with disabilities, and what could they do? nothing because they couldn't see them. but now it allows us to read means to read text. it gives us the image descriptions. it gives us descriptions of videos to you, but he believes that this technology won't be widely available for some time to comp anymore and don't. are you what my dent in columbia, a lot of people unemployed. i mean the, but they, i to, which would be a huge help for people with disabilities. i mean, they, as many people with wizard impairments are unemployed and don't have the financial means to buy a new device. so how can we buy these devices and how can we connect them to the internet? if you in bogota, the capital of columbia, there's no neighborhood where you won't find a internet connection, but it's very different invalid areas. it's not uncommon. i models such as the chat

j k t to be integrated to you for recognizing the use of the environment and helping them accordingly until now that was often done by family members or human assistance. this next step brings these 2 approaches together. developers of be my eyes. once you use a check bought in there are users will be able to take a picture which is analyzed and described with a bought based on chat said pay tape. and if the i get stuck, real people can still be called in to help, as well as the case before. the allows blonde people to request assistance pay my eyes sends the request of volunteers to matching language and time zones. the 1st volunteer to respond is connected to the person seeking help. the app then transmits video to the volunteer via the use of the camera. this allows problems to be solved together, such as small, tough luck reading out labels, helping with groceries, or even withdrawing cash from an atm. yep

. so just barely, there we go. i've just taught one. anyone couldn't register in the app as a volunteer or a visually impaired user and there's no limit to the length old number of calls. the app also helps when it comes to problems with products. to do this, it establishes a direct connection to customer service representatives on the company's end, especially trying to advise people with visual impairments. the going to the movies can be victoriously difficult to visually impaired people that has long been a lack of good audio descriptions for what's happening up on the screen. but for the past few years, the free upgrade to has offered a solution, an additional sound track for blind movie lovers. but when it comes to video games that things are quite different. they tend to be visually orientated and impossible

to play without good eyesight. but i start up from lupsi, wants to change all that and develop video games for selected and blonde play as a look. that means focusing primarily on sound. it's pretty tighten here. let's read quickly. come on. so most players video games are a visual experience. this k, this huge peggy who is visually impaired. oh, i bumped into the wall again. the sounds and vibrations of a game that god. i listen to the sounds help me find it. when i play the game, i rely on the cruise to cues, for example, a fairy or some voice that says, you have to go this way much. in course the noise gets louder. i know that i'm getting close and you know, if it gets quite size of i know that i'm moving away from it doesn't give me stuff on a panel for the blind and visually impaired gaming has long been inaccessible. inclusive gaming, a lovesick startup is working to change that. now players are also guided by spatial

audio. the sounds in the game of 3 dimensional. for example, we can locate a person speaking behind us without saying the challenge then is to artificially reproduce this natural sound conception. you have to find a way to transform it into audio or made into a hectic select control. and every person you can. yeah, create very a massive audio environments, extra the with a space the audio this allows players to enjoy the experience and in shows a cool opportunity on this my gums. so push a lovely. i don't want to deal with that every day. i just want to switch off sometimes with maps. i can come in addition to 3 day sound of the team is also working on games that include audio descriptions, the goal more accessibility. but reaching the target audience is not always an easy

task. many blind people, uh, not so much off on social media and like insight around what take take talk because that's maybe the share and media. so it's actually kind of hard to, to reach to once this hurdle is either come, no additional equipment is needed to play the games each destiny to a computer and to receive a special audio. you would need to have the developer to say that this is just the steps. inclusive gaming is still a budding concept. it's going to a very positive way. and we see the company bringing accessibility, especially for the land and visually impaired people to some of their games. i don't think it would be the case for all games soon that you have like an accessibility setting program. people, they believe gaming,

inclusive future is brought. nobody should feel excluded in every day was that says truth, non disabled people, as it is for those of us with disabilities, which opens up a brand new way to say that no immense us without saying the ways. thanks to this headset face to turn into we gold at the next world power athletics championships. this is this, it's important to understand that opposite goods and that's where my motto, know, limits comes into play. are really most, you know ahead of them. it's important to find solutions and be creative, isn't it? spinning doctor teeth design then became blind at the age of 6 at the change he started. so i think his father is always with him as mentor, and god connected by the headset. he tells them with his obstacles and all that stuff is defense. own senses are equally important. if you concentrate and listen, you content a lot from the sound of the wave,

meaning with the white water. where is it most trouble and how does the sound change and the distance and that also changes depending on where you are on the way for the percentage. and robotics are taking tools for people with visual impairments to the next level. but this is by no means the end of exciting new developments with the technology research as have long been working on brain implants to restore vision. but of course, that introduces a wide range of ethical questions. what do you think? let us know and see next on, on shift. the rich and southern cities and rural areas. the us 2024

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