hi, gary, thanks for calling aira., dc on the national mall, and right by the reflecting pool. this is one of washington's most popular tourist spots. but even though i've lived here for more than three years, i've never been able to experience this walk alone. but that just changed. of course you have the reflecting pool on your right hand side, and i can see we off in the distance the washington monument. what's helping me do this is a service called aira. the name a nod to artificial intelligence and, i'm told, something to do with egyptian mythology. egyptians aside, though, it requires a dedicated smart phone connected to new custom—made classes with a camera between the lenses, with an impressive i20—degree field of view, both horizontally and vertically. tap a button on the phone twice and your connected to a trained sighted agent who gets your video feed. while there are other apps that connect sighted help to blind people, it's the combination of the tech and the quality of the agent that makes this feel diffe

the airports will sponsor the service to pick up the cost while you're there, and aira draws attorneytion so you're not built for the time. every disabled person has their airport horror story —— a geode can. for this bit of tack... story —— a geode can. for this bit oftack... it says scan your documents barcode and go to the leftjust slightly and pause and select. this is actually the back of the receipt advertising for american express and now it's upside down, if you rotate it, perfect. it takes a little while but it's doable, isn't it? that's amazing. there's a bench here on the right—hand side, you have a narrow path here, then you're going to have a bag on the left and a man on the right, so very narrow path here. i know everyone talks about independence, it's not independence, its choice, the issue is choice. normally when i go to an airport the most you can really ask of someone who is helping you, guiding you through, the most you can really asked of them is to show you where the lewis and possibly buy a bottle of water. after that, you're done. i wa nt to of water. after tha

hi, gary, thanks for calling aira.able to experience this walk alone. but that just changed. of course you have the reflecting pool on your right hand side, and i can see way off in the distance the washington monument. what's helping me do this is a service called aira. the name a nod to artificial intelligence and, i'm told, something to do with egyptian mythology. egyptians aside, though, it combines a dedicated smart phone connected to new custom—made glasses with a camera between the lenses, with an impressive 120—degree field of view, both horizontally and vertically. tap a button on the phone twice and you're connected to a trained sighted agent who gets your video feed. while there are other apps that connect sighted help to blind people, it's the combination of the tech and the quality of the agent that makes this feel different. the tasks it can help with can be as simple or as complicated as you want, from booking a car to helping you keep up with your social media presence. as a journalist, i want to be abl

hi, gary, thanks for calling aira.xperience this walk alone. but that just changed. of course you have the reflecting pool on your right hand side, and i can see way off in the distance the washington monument. what's helping me do this is a service called aira. the name a nod to artificial intelligence and, i'm told, something to do with egyptian mythology. egyptians aside, though, it combines a dedicated smart phone connected to new custom—made glasses with a camera between the lenses, with an impressive 120—degree field of view, both horizontally and vertically. tap a button on the phone twice and you're connected to a trained sighted agent who gets your video feed. while there are other apps that connect sighted help to blind people, it's the combination of the tech and the quality of the agent that makes this feel different. the tasks it can help with can be a simple or as complicated as you want, from booking a car to helping you keep up with your social media presence. as a journalist, i want to be able to acces

i've been speaking to aira azhari, coordinator for democracy and governance at the institute for democracys, about the seized assets. some of these items, 440 million of the rally, cash, 12,000 in tiaras, 14 of them. it's staggering. the allegation is that the money was from 1mdb. it remains to be investigated. 250 million us dollars. what has been the reaction so dollars. what has been the reaction so far in malaysia? it has been building upfora so far in malaysia? it has been building up for a number of weeks since the defeat of najib razak and the shock election win of his opposition. people are seeing this being uncovered. what has the reaction been is yellow among the public, previously, with the previous government still in power, people were hesitant to talk about the matter. now, with the new government, people are starting to express how one happy and shocked they are with this scandal. —— unhappy. two of the candidates fighting for the presidency have also currently come out, commenting against these findings. people have said it will not affect the elections, which is quite inte