Vision & Health Blog

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  Vision Impairment and Mental Health

  This 18-minute video presentation describes the emotional, functional, psychological and social ways that losing vision affects people’s lives, and discusses how behavioral health services, supports and strategies can help them cope.

  

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  The Paradigm Shift in Innovation: Remixing Existing Tech to Advance Accessibility

  Technology developed specifically for people with low vision has historically been bespoke, specific, and expensive, requiring the creation of new technology for a relatively small population of users. But recently we’re seeing a paradigm shift from building new vision tech from scratch to building on top of existing technology that most people use daily.

  

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  Seeing AI Tutorial: How to Use the Document Channel

  This tutorial demonstrates how to use The Seeing AI Document Channel, which allows users to scan and read printed text, such as bills and documents, by taking a picture with their phone, and it can recognize text even if the document is upside down.

  

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  Seeing AI Tutorial: How to Use the Handwriting Channel

  This tutorial demonstrates how to use the Seeing AI app's Handwriting Channel to read handwritten text, including birthday cards, and provides tips on scanning different types of handwriting.

  

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  Seeing AI Tutorial: How to Use the Person Channel

  This tutorial demonstrates how to use The Person channel in the Seeing AI app, which helps identify and recognize both known and unknown people by using the camera to detect faces, providing details like age, facial expression, and hair color, with the option to save people for future recognition.

  

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  Seeing AI Tutorial: How to Use the Currency Channel

  This tutorial demonstrates how to use the Currency channel in the Seeing AI app, which allows users to identify and scan the value of paper currency.

  

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  Seeing AI Tutorial: How to Use the Scene Channel

  This tutorial shows how to use the Scene channel in Seeing AI to describe your environment.

  

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  Seeing AI Tutorial: How to Use the Short Text Channel

  This tutorial demonstrates how to use the Seeing AI app's Short Text channel to read text at a distance with audio feedback, offering tips for accurate scanning and providing resources for further assistive technology support.

  

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  Seeing AI Tutorial: How to Use the Product Channel

  This tutorial explains how to use the Product channel in the Seeing AI app to scan barcodes and identify products.

  

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  Seeing AI Tutorials

  Step-by-step Seeing AI tutorials created by our Tech Pals, designed to help you navigate and make the most of this powerful app for the blind and visually impaired.