No Steve but I know you can find out what a product is using one of the aps
like Tap Tap See and that is usually all I need to know plus cooking
instructions: the barcode reader is certainly useful but for me, not at that
price.
Mandy.
From: Steve Nutt
Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2017 8:46 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Pivot head smart glasses and Microsoft Cognitive API
app
Hi Mandy,
Have you tried reading a bar code with a phone? It’s surprisingly difficult to
do.
All the best
Steve
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ;
Mandy Clayton
Sent: 02 May 2017 08:32
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Pivot head smart glasses and Microsoft Cognitive API
app
I take your point Steve but it would seem far more worthwhile than paying
almost £1,000 for something to read barcodes when you can use apps on smart
phones to do more or less the same.
It comes down to what people think worthwhile spending their money on I suppose
and we always have to pay so much for specialist technology.
Mandy.
On 1 May 2017, at 09:22, Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
Just like Orcam, they will price themselves out of the market for most people.
Orcam could have been way better than it is now, if they used online
resources, as well as offline.
All the best
Steve
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ;
Mandy Clayton
Sent: 30 April 2017 17:33
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Pivot head smart glasses and Microsoft Cognitive API
app
Wow Barry, sounds amazing but know nothing about these. Bet they will be
really expensive but sound fantastic.
Mandy.
Sent from my iPhone
On 30 Apr 2017, at 17:24, Barry Hill (Redacted sender "barry.hill3" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all
Does anyone know if the Pivothead smart glasses and or Microsoft app are on
sale yet or if they are close to being on sale. Also, where do we get them
from and how much?
All I can seem to find on the net is that they are in development, but that
was last August.
Here’s some blurb for info: Pivothead have worked with Microsoft to
developed a prototype smart device that looks like an ordinary pair of
eyeglasses, but actually offers people who are visually impaired a window into
the sighted world. While wearing the glasses, a person who is visually
impaired only has to slide their finger along the earpiece to capture an image
of whatever is in front of them. If they take a photo of a person, for example,
the device will translate the image to speech and describe what the person is
doing, whether they are male or female, what they look like, their approximate
age, and what emotion they appear to be expressing at that moment. If they take
a photo of text—anything from a restaurant menu to a prescription drug
label—the device will read it back in one of several languages. It’s even
intelligent enough to be able to deal with voice commands, such as “read me the
headings”, rather than simply regurgitating every piece of text across the
entire menu at once.
Cheers
Barry
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