such as seeking rest we should have to 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, affect 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 will differently and often have to learn new ways of navigating it. they might rely on others or 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 about dogs soon to be taking the lead in the go out the well. in theory they can do just about everything necessary counterparts can only this quarter pet doesn't get distracted, no breaks, and it can be shut off when you don't need it. navigating by a census and cameras, the regular 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 to so a lot of them mom was, oh god, 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 it will, it just, it's the,

it has a intelligence. so this could be a huge development for the blind in china. where they are only $400.00 guide books in service in china. but we have about 20000000 blind people. it's impossible to solve this problem as guide books in their own 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 of the cookies and need to memorize order members that this should enable robot dogs to god people safely in those like in this museum and even using speech that some large language models. so this of so this one. so it's kind of hub instead he thinks calling about his own. 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 it's such kind of dog robot. so that the end user, the have, they have different whether i bought go, adults 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 initial that 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 incense. is this a oh 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 eyeglasses like all cam or and vision glasses. also i promise better navigation through every day. last full,

the visually impaired, but ambulance except to be the. it's 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 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. any more adult are you what might end in columbia? a lot of people are unemployed. it may be, but they, i to, which 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. so i,

i model such as the chat j pay tell you to be integrated to you for recognizing the use 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 the developers of bay my eyes. one to use a chessboard in their up 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 the request of volunteers to matching language and time zone. so as volunteer to respond is connected to the person seeking help. the app then transmits video to the volunteer via the use of camera. this allows problems to be solved together, such as small, tough luck 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 victoriously 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 dates and to be visually orientated and impossible to play

without good eyesight. but i start up from lovesick wants to change all that and develop video games with 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 listen to the sounds help me find it. was you know, 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 them. 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 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 and media. so it's actually kind of hard to, to reach that once the total is either come, no additional equipment is needed to play the games. you just need your computer and to receive a special audio. you would need to have the developer 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 big companies bringing 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 to him that you have like an accessibility setting. copeland, 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 seeing 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, no limits comes into play, are really most in our head. 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 his father is always with him as mentor, and god connected by the headset. he tells them 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

trouble and how does the sound change and the distance 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

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