> HL shill posts a video to r/Blind
> video doesn't have captions

> 🤔🤔🤔

*Video Transcription*

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00:00 "SceneReader: A cognitive prosthesis for the blind.

In this video, a blind user follows the voice of a "virtual guide" to navigate an unfamiliar corridor. The virtual guide is produced by a wireless headset based on scanning the surrounding space. This is the user's very first experience with the virtual guide."

00:11 "The top-right panel is recorded by a camera on the headset and shows what the user would have seen during the task."

"Headphones are recommended for best audio experience. For more details please see the video description below."

00:18 The video opens the view of a person, their face blurred, apparently wearing the headset. They are facing a door; the computer-generated voice opens with "turn around; follow me. Follow me." The caption reads, "The virtual guide corresponds to the blue balloon in the point-of-view inset." Inside the camera view for the person wearing the headset, there is a blue circle that hovers in the direction they are meant to go.

00:31 "If follows a pre-defined path to the destination and always stays a few steps ahead of the user." The man is shown slowly walking down a hallway with no external assistance.

00:38 The man reaches a junction in the hallway where he must either turn left or right. He turns right, and the caption reads "The user carries a small clicker that triggers the virtual guide to call 'follow me'."

00:46 "3D spacial sound encodes the location of the guide's voice."

00:50 "The SceneReader prototype runs on the Microsoft Hololens." The man continues to slowly walk down the hall.

00:54 "It is tetherless, self-contained and requires no beacons or other modifications of the physical environment."

01:02 "The external speakers allow hearing of ambient sounds, and the system is compatible with additional use of a cane or guide dog."

01:08 "When the destination is within reach, a notification sound is played and the user can use hands or cane to proceed."

01:23 "You have arrived." The man turns slightly left and begins to feel around the wall; he is standing in front of a men's bathroom door.

01:27 "Alright, you made it! Okay! Congratulations!" A man and a woman off screen offer congratulations at the same time.

01:28 Camera/Editing/SceneReader Implementation: Yang Liu, Caltech

Collaborator: Dr. Noelle Stiles, USC

Supervisor: Dr. Markus Meister, Caltech

For collaboration, visit meisterlab.caltech.edu or email Yang: yliu7 (at) caltech.edu

Nothing else is displayed until the end of the video.

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Here's another video of someone using this device. There's a lot of heavy breathing in this video but it shouldn't be that off putting. Although I must admit, hearing follow me... Follow me... Follow me... Gets quite annoying. If I had this app/device, i'd want to turn that off or only when I need it, or perhaps have it say go straight instead of follow me. The video is in an article so you'll have to click on the google drive link, then once the page opens, press tab once and then space or enter on the play button. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611197/hololens-can-now-guide-the-blind-through-complicated-buildings/

Leaving this up even though it has received reports because /u/Itsthejoker has kindly provided a transcription.