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30 side use of to the full of the fun in november 9. the . 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 will, looking at something like this, or 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, black book and canes. braille is also especially helpful, but recent advances,

and now i might add one or 2 more to that tool box like this very special guy, dog. right. but dogs soon to be taking the lead in the glass. well, in theory they can do just about everything necessary kind 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 robot 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 going. so a lot of them mom was what was the odd? how crazy if i need to go false, i just push it all the way forward. it was? yeah. if i need it 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, where they are only $400.00 guide talks in service in china. but we have about 20000000 blind people. it's impossible to solve this problem as guide books alone. research into robo dogs for the 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 things. we use computer vision, we use the to the technology with it to scan the whole environment and to get to understand with the object each filler. each still is. and it memorized,

remembers that this should enable robot dogs to guard people safely in those like in this museum. and even using speech that's on the lodge language models. so this of, so this one, so it's kind of hub in, simulates calling about the song. so the dog 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 a normal human. i do a lot and also it's such kind of dog robot so that the end user, the have they have a different whether i bought god adults will catch on is not on the 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 initial time. it's time to update the classic watch and we'll continue to

the help of ion cutting edge tech could be k in improving access for the visually and ted equipped with cameras and senses. this i, i came from guidance can god uses even alone, pre defined groups. it recognizes obstacles of the client's end can even describe its surroundings. acoustically working space can be set to suit individual needs and according to its manufacturers, the ios smart came from. we will recognize as obstacles, not only on the ground, but also at chest and whine level. and with the accessible app you'll. kane 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 highlight glasses like all cam or and vision glasses. also i promise better navigation through every day life full,

the visually impaired, but ambulance except 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. then what could they do? nothing because they couldn't see them. but now i, it allows us to read means to read text. it gives us the image descriptions. it gives us descriptions of videos for you. but he believes that this technology won't be widely available for some time to come in the morning. don't you? what might end in columbia? a lot of people are unemployed. it may be, but they, i to, it's would be a huge help for people with disabilities. i mean, is many people with visual 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? you in bogota, the cafeteria of columbia? there's no neighborhood where you won't find the internet connection, but it's very different. invalid area stay now. it's not uncommon. i models such as

chat j pay to you to be integrated to you for recognizing the users environment and helping them accordingly. until now that was often done by family members or human assistance. this next up brings these 2 approaches to get developed as of be my eyes one to use a chessboard in there and uses will be able to take a picture which is analyzed and described with a book based on chap, fate 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 requests to volunteers, matching language and time zone. the 1st ball and tear 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 a t m it's

a 1000000 sites. yep. and so just really, there we go. i've just felt one. anyone can register in the app as a volunteer or a visually impaired user, and there's no limit to the length 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 companies and especially trying to advise people with visual impairments. the going to the movies can be notoriously difficult for a 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 has offered a solution and additional sound track for blind movie lovers. but when it comes to video games, things a quite different, they tend to be visually orientated and impossible to play without good eyesight

spot. i start up from lovesick wants to change all that and develop video games the selected n blonde players a look. that means focusing primarily on sound. it's pretty tightened here. let's move quickly. come on. so most players video games are a visual experience. is k, this huge peggy, who is visually impaired? oh, i bumped into the wall again. the sounds and vibrations of a game that god to 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 and always gets loud. uh, i know that i'm getting close on. yeah. if it gets quite type of i know that i'm moving away from it does leave me stuff on the panel for the blind and visually impaired gaming has long been inaccessible. inclusive gaming a lovesick startup is working to change that. now player's 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 a challenge then, is to artificially reproduce this natural sound conception. you have to find a way to transform it into audio or maybe into a headache, select control, and every person you can. yeah. create very a massive audio environments, extra. the, i'm with a space audio. this allows players to enjoy the experience and in shows a cool opportunity on this mike on. so 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 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 i can cite rama,

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 of the 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 say that this is just the 1st step. inclusive gaming is still a budding concert. it's going to a very positive way and we see the companies bringing accessibility, especially the pop landon person to impact people to some of their games. i don't think it would be the case for all games to me 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 waves. 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 office tickets and that's where my motto, know, limits comes into play. i'll really most in our head. it's important to find solutions and be creative isn't it's been a doctor to design then became blind at the age of 6 at the change he started so his father is always with him as mentor, and god connected by the headset. he tells him with as obstacles and other stuff as defense own senses are equally important. if you concentrate and listen, you can tell a lot from the sound of the wave meaning with the white water. whereas the most

turbulent, 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, the people with visual impairments to the next level. but this is by no means the end of exciting new developments with the technology researches 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 shredding band in germany. the killing of male checks is prohibited by law.

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