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Seeing AI is a Microsoft research project that uses Artificial Intelligence features to deliver an intelligent app, designed to assist visually impaired people with performing everyday tasks such as reading text, recognizing peoples faces, identifying products and identifying your surroundings.

This recording gives an overview of the OrCam device. This device consists of a smart camera which is mounted on to a persons own glasses and is useful for reading printed text, recognising faces, identifying supermarket products and bank notes and also for colour identification.

In this recording I discuss the main features of the OptiGrill. This is a mainstream device, which is very useful for people with a visual impairment for cooking purposes.

This recording gives a brief overview for listening to radio stations and podcasts using an Amazon Echo. Pleas note that this is a brief overview only.

This recording discusses how to play, listen to and select different music and artists using an Amazon Echo.

This recording describes how to listen to audiobooks from audible.co.uk using an Amazon Echo. I also discuss ohter features such as setting a sleep timer, pause and resume features etc.

This recording describe how to create and add item to shopping and to-do lists using an Amazon Echo. I also discuss how to manage these lists using the Alexa app on a smart phone.

This recording demonstrates how to set, check and cancel reminders using an Amazon Echo device.

This recording demonstrates how to set , check and cancel alarms and timers using an Amazon Echo.

This recording highlights some basic voice commands you can use with an Amazon Echo. Discussed are topics such as finding information on the current date and time, weather information, football scores and , fact finding.

This post gives a brief introduction to the TravelineGB app. This app is fully accessible to people with sensory los and is extremely useful if you use public transport regularly.

In this post, I give a basic overview of the TapTapSee app, which is designed to allow visually impaired people to take pictures using the camera on there Smart device. Once a picture is taken, VoiceOver or TalkBack will then describe the picture the camera has taken to you.

This recording gives an overview of the features of the KNFB Reader app. It also hIn this post, I give a brief overview and instructions on how to use the KNFB Reader app. This is a scanning app which uses the camera of a Smart Phone or Tablet to capture written text and then read it aloud. Extremely useful for visually impaired people.

This recording gives an overview of the features of the KNFB Reader app. It also highlights how the app can be used to give independence to people living with sight loss to red there own mail, newspapers etc.

Synapptic - Pausing the speech with Megan

Synapptic - BBC iPlayer Troubleshooting with Megan

Synapptic - Internet and Updates with Megan

This recording gives a basic overview of the main features and usefulness of Amazon Echo technology for blind and visually impaired people. More podcasts on this technology to follow.

Memory Stick Identification with Megan

In this recording, I give an overview of Synapptic Software for Android devices. This software is easy to navigate and use and is designed speciffically for people with a visual impairment.