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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.

  

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  Tech Tips for Accessibility

  Enhancing Your iPhone and Virtual Meeting Experience with Siri and Zoom Siri: A Powerful Tool for Accessibility on iPhone For iPhone users, Siri can assist…

  

• On Tech & Vision Podcast

  How Well Do You Really Need to See to Drive?

  Today, self-driving cars are all the buzz when it comes to cutting edge driving technology that could help people with vision impairment drive. But there are other, simpler technologies that are already helping people who are blind or visually impaired navigate behind the wheel — some of which draw on technology that’s been around for hundreds of years!

  

• Tech Talk Webinar

  2024 in Review: Assistive Technology Innovations, Web Accessibility & Reddit /r/Blind

  December 10, 2024 - Lighthouse Guild tech experts discuss advancements that happened in 2024, including the growth of AI-powered tools and wearables, the ongoing impact of emerging technologies, and how mainstream technology is enhancing assistive devices.

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  Ballot Marking Devices: An Accessible Vote of Confidence

  As Election Day approaches, millions of New Yorkers are preparing to vote. If you’ve ever felt frustrated or discouraged trying to vote on a paper ballot that is too difficult to read, you are not alone. However, you can ease this stressful situation by using a Ballot Marking Device (BMD), an accessible machine that can enlarge your ballot’s font size or audibly read out every word through headphones.