Re: New app for picture and document recognisation, seeing AI by Microsoft
Microsoft's new AI app describes the world for the visually impaired,
now available on iPhone
https://www.geekwire.com/2017/microsoft … bes-world-
visually-impaired-now-available-iphone/
BY
TODD BISHOP
on July 12, 2017 at 7:08 am
The new Seeing AI app from Microsoft narrates the world for the
visually impaired.
Microsoft released a new artificial intelligence app for iPhone
this morning that can read text from signs and documents aloud,
describe people and their emotions, identify currency values, and
narrate the activity
taking place in front of the user, among other futuristic features.
The app, called Seeing AI, is designed for the visually impaired but
also serves as a showcase for Microsoft’s artificial intelligence
capabilities. The
initial release on iPhone continues Microsoft’s approach, under CEO
Satya Nadella, of working with a variety of platforms beyond its own
Windows operating system.
Seeing AI app from Microsoft - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqeQByqf_f8
Seeing AI
was first previewed at a Microsoft conference last year,
but wasn’t available publicly until now.
The news was part of an event this morning in London where the company
made a series of AI announcements,
including a new AI “research and incubation hub” inside Microsoft
Research, a new “Ethical Design Guide for AI” and
an initiative called AI for Earth
to encourage the use of artificial intelligence for environmental
solutions.
Microsoft is competing against a variety of tech companies seeking to
make a mark in artificial intelligence, including Amazon, Google,
Facebook, SalesForce
and others. The company last year formed
a new 5,000-person engineering and research team,
called the Microsoft AI and Research Group, led by veteran technology
exec Harry Shum, to further its AI initiatives.
Update: The currency recognition feature is listed as “coming in
future.” We’ve asked Microsoft for more information on the timing.
Seeing AI app - Currency Channel - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8XpZpeUYnU
todd
Todd Bishop is GeekWire's co-founder and editor, a longtime technology
journalist who covers subjects including cloud tech, e-commerce,
virtual reality,
devices, apps and tech giants such as Amazon.com, Apple, Microsoft and
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