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A Teenager is Hoping to Change the Lives of Visually Impaired Around the
World
Nelson Rego
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Anmol Tukrel, 17, from Toronto, Canada has created an app that helps
visually impaired people identify objects and text. A Grade 12 student
at Holy Trinity, Anmol designed a new app for the blind that describes
things you take photos of with your iPhone or iPad.
Anmol has always been fascinated with technology, particularly
artificial intelligence. By the time he was in grade 7, he was already
teaching himself how to code.
Anmol’s iPhone app, iDentifi, allows users to take a photo of virtually
any object, and then describes that item in great detail back to the
user. People can also take photos of text and have it read back to them,
in one of 27 languages. Tukrel hopes it makes every day tasks — like
picking out the can of pop you want — easier for people who are visually
impaired.
The app has been downloaded by several thousand people and is being used
in 60 countries. And, it’s free
From the Developer:
iDentifi is an app that empowers visually impaired individuals to gain
more independence in daily tasks like grocery shopping, self-navigating
in indoor environments, and reading. It uses artificial intelligence to
enable a visually impaired user to click a photo of virtually any object
or piece of text, and then speaks aloud a description of the object in
an image or dictate any text in the image to the user. Furthermore, all
of the app’s functionality works in more than 25 languages. Finally, the
app features an interface designed with visually impaired users in mind,
while also giving users the option to choose from three different modes
of object/text recognition as well as how fast they want the app to speak.
To learn how to use the app you can press the instructions button in the
app.
Updated: Oct 17, 2016
Version: 1.2.1
Size: 8.4 MB
Language: English
Seller: Anmol Tukrel
Compatibility: Requires iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad,
and iPod touch.
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