Hi all:
In the US, the 2 premiere dealers for the Envision glasses are Access Ingenuity and Florida Reading. In short, Access Ingenuity handles west of the Mississippi, while Florida Reading handles the Eastern parts. Both companies provided presentations on the Envision Glasses the last few months. Here’s a link to the audio presentation from Access Ingenuity: <https://accessingenuityllc-my.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/personal/zhih_accessingenuity_com/EZ8XcKFyhh5IqFwn7Tz_-qYBj1lYqkzkdoxoMOcyF7VAYA?e=PApAvo> Meet the New Envision Glasses.m4a Here’s the same presentation with video: <https://accessingenuityllc-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/zhih_accessingenuity_com/EeHbvVsLW-VMqmIIbKpFCzABI3ETACCqSdpB-TfxJ7AybA> Meet the New Envision Glasses.mp4 Here’s a link to a Florida Reading demo. Live Envision Glasses Demonstration - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRpHZFPOelA> I will sum up what I know about the Envision Glasses vs the OrCam. I should mention that I do work for Access Ingenuity, but will be as down the middle as possible. Options: Envision Glasses only have one set of Google glasses; however there are 2 frames. One with a frame but does not let you include lends and one allowing you to include lends for sunglasses, prescription, and nonprescription. OrCam has several devices. They have ones for just reading text, another for text and bar codes, Etc. Price: Envision Glasses are $3500, if you get the Smith Optics frame, to allow you to add lends, it’s an additional $500 OrCam’s most expensive product, the direct competitor to the Envision Glasses is $4500. Requirements: Envision Glasses require you to use the Envision AI app on a smart device. OrCam is stand alone Scanning text: both do it and do it pretty well. Envision Glasses has an online and offline mode. Offline is faster, but online increases accuracy. It also lets you send scans to the Envision AI app allowing you to then share the file via txt or pdf to your other devices or others. As for file size, this is text so it does not take up a lot of room and you can pretty much store as much as your smart device allows. OrCam has more limited storage since it’s on the actual device. Scanning barcodes: Envision Glasses currently do not do this with the Glasses, but the Envision app does have this feature through your smart device. OrCam does have this feature Calling someone through your glasses to provide them video in the point of view of the glasses: the Envision Glasses can do this, but you do need the person to set this up with the Envision Ally app first. This is only through your glasses and not with the Envision AI app. For those who say, I can call with my smart phone. Yes, you can, but this puts things in the point of view of the actual glasses. Its not a big deal for everyone, but convenient and helpful for someone who may not have the option of holding their phone since you actually ware the glasses. Also helpful for someone who is not good at aiming their phone camera. In the case of the glasses, if the person says its in front of you, it is assuming you are wearing the glasses, then it would be in front of you. OrCam does not have this feature. Battery life: Envision Glasses is about 5-6 hours with active use. Most OrCam models have 1.5-2 hours with active use, while OrCam Read has 4 hours of active use. You can add a charger from Amazon to extend the battery life here: OrCam MyCharger - Wearable Power Bank Especially Made to Charge Your MyEye Device: Electronics <https://www.amazon.com/OrCam-MyCharger-Wearable-Especially-Charge/dp/B07S4BL2ND> Those are the basics. Please feel free to check out the links and let me know if you have any additional questions. Zhi Huang | Assistive Technology Specialist <https://www.accessingenuity.com/> 4751 Hoen Avenue Santa Rosa, CA 95405 E: <mailto:z...@accessingenuity.com> z...@accessingenuity.com C: 916.512.3868 | T: 877.579.4380 Access Ingenuity is a California Certified Small Business # From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of CHELA Robles Sent: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 6:32 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: EnVision Smart Glasses Vs. OrCam I'm interested in learning about these glasses too. I do know that Access Ingenuity sells them but I guess you can go to letsenvision.com to find other dealers there should be a link labeled distributors. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 2, 2021, at 6:12 AM, Dean Martineau <top...@gmail.com> wrote: Can anybody provide me with evaluations or comparisons of the Envision Smart Glasses and the OrCam? I have a trainee who is testing the OrCam, and it seems to me that EnVision might do what she needs, perhaps for a lot less money. 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