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07-13-2017, 08:40 AM
Microsoft's 'talking camera' app for the blind isn't as magical as it sounds
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Microsoft is trying to prove its artificial intelligence can do more than guess your age or win at Pac-Man. *
On Wednesday, the company released Seeing AI (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seeing-ai-talking-camera-for-the-blind/id999062298), a "talking camera" app for iOS (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seeing-ai-talking-camera-for-the-blind/id999062298) meant to help the visually impaired navigate their surroundings.
SEE ALSO: Microsoft squeezed AI onto a Raspberry Pi (http://mashable.com/2017/06/29/microsoft-puts-ai-on-a-raspberry-pi/)
Its list of features sounds almost too good to be true: it will scan documents and read you their contents, tell you which de**mination of bills you have in your hands, scan barcodes to let you k**w exactly what you're holding, learn the faces of people you k**w, read their expressions, and even attempt to describe whatever's in front of you at any given moment. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/12/microsoft-seeing-ai-app-for-blind/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Microsoft is trying to prove its artificial intelligence can do more than guess your age or win at Pac-Man. *
On Wednesday, the company released Seeing AI (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seeing-ai-talking-camera-for-the-blind/id999062298), a "talking camera" app for iOS (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seeing-ai-talking-camera-for-the-blind/id999062298) meant to help the visually impaired navigate their surroundings.
SEE ALSO: Microsoft squeezed AI onto a Raspberry Pi (http://mashable.com/2017/06/29/microsoft-puts-ai-on-a-raspberry-pi/)
Its list of features sounds almost too good to be true: it will scan documents and read you their contents, tell you which de**mination of bills you have in your hands, scan barcodes to let you k**w exactly what you're holding, learn the faces of people you k**w, read their expressions, and even attempt to describe whatever's in front of you at any given moment. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/12/microsoft-seeing-ai-app-for-blind/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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