In 2017 Microsoft released Seeing AI. It is an app which lets the blind person to convert visual data into audio feedback. It is one of the most useful app for the blind person. Today, Microsoft updates the app by adding a feature where the user can use the app in their Photos app. The app mainly uses machine learning to recognize an object or a scene.
Using the app is very simple. You have to open the photos in the viewer first. Then you have to tap on the screen to hear it. One of the best feature added is the app can even describe a personal appearance and their current mood. This is a feature where even the non-blind person should use it. This is being done through the built-in facial recognition of the iPhone. You can tap anywhere on the screen and it will describe whether its an object.
Seeing AI is a free app, where it is really useful for blind users. If you have any of your friends who are blind. Let them know about this app. There are more features included inside the app. It’s a free app which can be downloaded from here.
