to and that's it for the program up next is our tech magazine shift to this time looking at how a i and robots can improve the lives of the blind and visually impaired. i melissa chant, thanks for watching dw, the, the us presidential election coverage 2024 on dw, we addressed the principal issues and the 2nd full 5th offering. the questions of mattel to motor and the word power source for the sizing norm is tons of places to prepare for either i've come to as the presidential election. 2024. watch the whole coverage on the don't get ready for an exciting all the until you look surprised. i wish up and i'm ready to dive into the hands of children. to do you have you have

a 145 and the i'm expected sides of slides. today we're talking all about cutting edge tech for 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, or this, or even like this. people with visual impairments see the world differently and often have to learn new ways of navigating it. they might rely on others on tools like walking canes. braille 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, but dogs soon to be taking the lead in the go. i don't. well, in theory they can do just about everything necessary count of pods can only this quarter pet doesn't get distracted, no breaks and it can be shut off when you don't need it. navigating via census and cameras, the rubber dog can even identified traffic lights the gym, and i can tell the robot where i'm going. volume voice recognition, i can control the speed with this chain doing this a lot as a mom. what if i need to go false? i just push it all the way forward. if i need to slow down, i just put it back and then we'll adjust it. speed has this could be a huge development for the blind in china. whether they're only

400 guide books in service in china, but we have about 20000000 blind people when 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 mixed all for several things. 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 jeff, each killer, each of the sticker is and need to memorize order members. this should enable robot

dogs to guide people's actually in those like in this museum and even using speech that some large language models. so this up, so this one. so it's kind of hard. instead he thinks calling about the soonest. 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 v go vote. we also want to put this a normal human. i do more 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 more 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 in 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 walking space can be set to suit individual needs. and according to its manufacturers, the ios smart came from we will recognizes obstacles not only on the ground, but also at the chest and one level with the accessible app you'll can, can 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 navigation through every day life full. the visually impaired invalid except to be the is great for people with visual

impairment just brings us closer to our goal and allows us new access to information. and 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 of these devices and how can we connect them to the internet? 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 area stay now. it's not uncommon. i model such as the chat g p a to be integrated to you for recognizing the use of environment and

helping them accordingly. until now that was often done by family members or human assistance. this next up brings these 2 approaches together. developers of be my eyes once you use a chessboard in their uses, will be able to take a picture which is analyzed and described with a book based on chat said pay tape. and if the yeah 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 tasks like reading out labels, helping with groceries, or even withdrawing cache from an atm yep

. to the disability, there we go. assess top one is anyone can register in the app as a volunteer or a visually impaired user, and there's no limit to the links or 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 for 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 n blonde players a look. that means focusing primarily on sound. it's pretty tighten here. let's move 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 guide to listen to the sounds help me find it. i can see when i play the game, i rely on a cruise to cues, for example, a fairy or some voice that says, you have to go this way much. and course it always gets loud. uh, 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 plays 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 will have to find the way to transform it into audio or maybe into a hectic select control. and every person you can. yeah. create very a massive audio environments, extra the with a space audio. ready this allows players to enjoy the experience and ensures a cool opportunity of this mike on to push a lovely. i don't want to deal with that every day. i just want to switch off. sometimes i can come in addition to a 3 day sound of the team is also working on games that include audio descriptions . the goal more accessibility, about reaching the target audience is not always an easy task. many blind people, not so much, so i'm on social media and i can start grammar take,

take talk because that's maybe the share media. so it's actually kind of hard to, to reach the once this hurdle is either come, no additional equipment is needed to play the games. you just need to a computer and to receive a special audio. you would need have developed to say that this is just the 1st step. inclusive gaming is still a budding concept. it's going to a very positive way. and we see the company branding accessibility, especially for blind 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 settings looking at people, they believe gaming, inclusive future is brought. nobody should feel excluded in every day. was that

says true. so 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 seeing the waves. thanks to this headset phase 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 really it's important to find solutions and be creative isn't. it's been a doctor, chief design, then became blind at the age of 6 at the change he started. his father is always with him as mentor, and god connected via the headset, details him with his obstacles and other stuff as 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, whereas the most trouble and how does the sound change?

and that is and that also changes depending on where you are on the way for developers 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 the 77 percent investigated. nothing's across africa. fear and uncertainty in

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