has sent me some policy starts 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 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. write about 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 rub adult can even identified traffic lights, the gym that i can tell her right about where i'm going. volume voice recognition, i can control the speed with this change only. there's 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. this could be a huge device, elements of the blonde in china, the weather there,

only $400.00 guide books in service. in china, 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? when we get 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 each color, each of the sticker is indeed to memorize. or remember, 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 up, so this one. so it's kind of hard in simulates 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, but we also want to put this in 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 weatherbug guide. 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 they might be a cheap 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 else the 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 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 recognize as obstacles, not only on the ground, but also at chest and one level 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 eye glasses like oil, cam or, and vision glasses. also, i promise better navigation through every day life full, the visually impaired, but invalid, 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? 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 visual impairments are unemployed and don't have the financial means to buy a new device, which is economic. so how can we buy of 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 area stay now. it's not uncommon. i models such as the chat g p t 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 step brings these 2 approaches together. developers of bay 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 say 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 to get on such as small tasks like reading out labels, helping with groceries, or even with drawing cash from an atm. yep

. so just barely, there we go. i've just felt one. anyone couldn't 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 upgrades 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 some loves it,

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 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. my can just be honest with you 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 quiet, type of i know that i'm moving away from it does leave me stuff on a panel for the blind and visually impaired gaming has long been inaccessible, inclusive gaming, a lovesick start up is working to change that now plays also guided by spatial audio the sounds in the game a 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 a way to transform it into audio or maybe into a hectic select control that be present. you can, yeah, create very i'm versus audio environments extra the i'm with a space the audio this allows players to enjoy the experience and in shows a cool opportunity of 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, about 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 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 headphones 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 the pop landon for cindy and pat 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 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 time. it's important to find solutions and be creative isn't. it's been a doctor, chief design. ben became the lines at the age of 6 at the change he started. his father is always with him as mentor, and god connected via 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 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 key to india today is super. she to more as a huge problem is our fastest growing, extreme,

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