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Team that's making touch screens accessible wins national James Dyson award (uwaterloo.ca)
submitted by watvisionteam
bradley22 1 points 4y ago
It's great that people are inventing things but come on, a bit of research would have shown them that seeing AI is an app that does the same thing with its short text mode.
BeMyEyes would have helped that woman make coffee in seconds (once she's connected to an agent)
BeMyEyes would have helped that woman make coffee in seconds (once she's connected to an agent)
Amonwilde 1 points 4y ago
SeeingAI won't tell you where the buttons are, just reads them out loud. That said, this seems a little overengineered. I'm not going to carry around special equipment in case in need to use a touchscreen coffeemaker.
bradley22 1 points 4y ago
True but you can feel the screen and if it has raised buttons or even slight indents you could slowly work your way around the machine. Even if there's no way to use seeing AI, BeMyEyes or asking another person will do the trick.
Amonwilde 1 points 4y ago
Obviously getting someone else to do it would always work for everything. I do think there's value in being able to do things independently.
bradley22 1 points 4y ago
I agree completely. I love doing things for myself but talking to people can help when that option isn't available.
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