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FingerReader
Project FingerReader aims to create an assistive device that substantially changes how people with visual impairments can independently access information on the go.
Sensory impairment, especially losing the sight is extremely common among the elderly community. They face numerous difficulties with existing state-of-the-art technologies to access visual information including problems with accuracy, efficiency, cost, and social acceptability.
With the design of FingerReader, we address these challenges through a discreet and reliable finger-worn accessory that allows users to simply point at products, menus, signs etc. to perform a recognition and interpretation task and hear the result spoken to him or her through a headset.
This allows users to accomplish a task with a minimal number of steps compared to using a Smartphone application.
We believe, FingerReader will empower the communities who would otherwise have no access to assistive technology because they were either too expensive or did not fulfill the user expectations.
Sensory impairment, especially losing the sight is extremely common among the elderly community. They face numerous difficulties with existing state-of-the-art technologies to access visual information including problems with accuracy, efficiency, cost, and social acceptability.
With the design of FingerReader, we address these challenges through a discreet and reliable finger-worn accessory that allows users to simply point at products, menus, signs etc. to perform a recognition and interpretation task and hear the result spoken to him or her through a headset.
This allows users to accomplish a task with a minimal number of steps compared to using a Smartphone application.
We believe, FingerReader will empower the communities who would otherwise have no access to assistive technology because they were either too expensive or did not fulfill the user expectations.
