HUAWEI has created an app, that allows blind people to ‘see’ or experience emotions on the faces of people they are speaking to using the power of artificial intelligence (AI). The Facing Emotions app utilises the powerful camera and AI of the HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro, to translate seven universal human emotions, into seven unique […]
“No touching!” The phrase is the bane of many children who find themselves in museums meant to teach them how to appreciate art … but instead teach them they’re bulls in china shops. This must be all the more frustrating for the blind, who mostly can’t conceive of the art at all if they can’t […]
As part of its commitment to give back to the community, Samsung kicked off its ‘Make Hong Kong Better’ initiative in December 2015 by teaming up with Hong Kong Blind Union. The video from the campaign by Cheil Hong Kong, was recently released. Established in 1964, Hong Kong Blind Union is the city’s first self-help group […]
Twitter is making itself more accessible to the visually impaired. The social network is in the middle of a big shift to more multimedia messages: More and more images, GIFs, videos and other embedded content are appearing in tweets. But this makes it more difficult to people who have sight problems and rely on accessibility […]