Microsoft brings its free Seeing AI app to 3 billion people
The Seeing AI app is now available on Android, providing access to billions of people around the world.
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What you need to know
Microsoft first worked on its Seeing AI app as a research project in 2017. It has since evolved into a fully featured app available to the public. Up until now, Seeing AI has only been available for iOS, but it is now available on Android as well. With over 3 billion Android users on the planet, the rollout greatly expands the app’s reach.
Seeing AI uses artificial intelligence to help the blind and low vision community. It can perform daily tasks such as guiding someone through a document or menu, recognizing currency notes, and identifying images. To use the app, you can either point its camera or take a photo.
Seeing AI supports 18 languages at the moment, but that number will increase to 36 in 2024.
The following features made their way to the iOS version of Seeing AI and are also on thenewly released Android version:
Seeing AI |Free at Google Play|Free at App Store
This app uses artificial intelligence to narrate the world. It’s built for the blind and low vision community and can perform tasks such as guiding a person through a document, describe a scene, identify people, and recognize currency notes.
Microsoft also highlighted some of Seeing AI’s key features for those unfamiliar with the app:
The video below is from four years ago, but it shows the general concept of Seeing AI.
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