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App for the visually impaired: “Aipoly”

May 16, 2017

This app recognizes objects in the user's environment and reads them out by name.

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The “Aipoly” app for camera phones helps visually impaired people to recognize everyday objects. Through a neural network running in the background, the app identifies items and reads out their names.