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Has anyone tried any electronic glasses? Esight, Nueyes, Ortcam? (self.Blind)
submitted 5.315369663065844y ago by CinnamonDonkey
My son tried esight and wasn't impressed with them. We are setting up appointments to try the others. Wondering if anyone has any experience with any of them?
bradley22 4 points 5y ago
as KillerLag- Sighted said, the orcam is a unit that scans text in front of you. In my oppinion, it is crap. You can get an app called Seeing AI, it has similar features and is completely free. The downside to Orcam is that you can't save anything in it. Well , from what i understand you can save voice clips for facial recognission but that's about it. So you can't save that phone number you just took a picture of, that address you're passing, that name of the shop... Admitedly you can't save that stuff with seeing AI either but it's free and does the same as Orcam. Orcam is a bit faster but costs a lot.
CinnamonDonkey [OP] 1 points 5y ago
Thanks! Appreciate the info.
CinnamonDonkey [OP] 1 points 5y ago
Is Seeing AI only for iPhone?
Steve_grn 1 points 4y ago
There is a huge difference between Orcam and Seeing AI. My father used Seeing AI for a while but he felt it wasn't good enough. Then all my family pitched in to by him an Orcam and he couldn't be more happy. The big difference is that you don't need any web connection to use Orcam, you can use it everywhere my father reads books while traveling overseas or even on the plain. Secondly, it is much more comfortable, it operates by simple hand gestures, think about how easy it is to read the book when the only thing you need to do is point at the page you want to read. Even for a seeing person that experience is amazing. Those reading apps are fine, but Orcam is a life changer.
KillerLag 3 points 5y ago
Orcam isn't electronic glasses. The camera sends information to a processing unit, but the output is verbal.
What part of eSight was he not impressed with? What was he expecting from it?
What part of eSight was he not impressed with? What was he expecting from it?
CinnamonDonkey [OP] 2 points 5y ago
OK thanks. Don't know anything about the orcam yet. It was the r epresentative from Nueyes that suggested them as an option as well. He didn't think the quality of the camera on the esight gave him anymore clarity and that any magnification made it too unsteady to focus at all. He could go in greater detail of course. But he really didn't like the feel of them or anything. We are open to trying anything that may help in anyway though. He is 14 and his vision loss is fairly recent.
KillerLag 1 points 5y ago
Depending on his eye condition, most magnifying systems would be very similar. As magnification increases, the visual area gets smaller, and small movements get amplified so the screen looks like it jolts around. Same idea as if you shot a video with your phone in your hand versus shooting the video with full magnification on.
Clarity may also be related to his vision. If his eyes can't get more information, it doesn't matter how clear the screen output is.
If he doesn't like the feel of them (wearing them), what about CCTVs? Desktop and some portable ones have better stabilizing systems, and much larger screens. They (can) be cheaper as well (but still in the hundreds or thousands of dollars). But they are often less portable.
Clarity may also be related to his vision. If his eyes can't get more information, it doesn't matter how clear the screen output is.
If he doesn't like the feel of them (wearing them), what about CCTVs? Desktop and some portable ones have better stabilizing systems, and much larger screens. They (can) be cheaper as well (but still in the hundreds or thousands of dollars). But they are often less portable.
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