Feature. Removing barriers for visually impaired in information age
- Chris McMillan
- Sep 1, 2024
- 1 min read
Xinhua
19th May 2024
Feature. Removing barriers for visually impaired in information age
Cao Jun, born blind, now has more ideas that previously seemed like wild wishes, such as shooting like a photographer and driving to work.
"This picture displays a spacious, bright office with exposed ducts all over the ceiling and long chandeliers. The walls and floors are painted white, giving a sense of simplicity..." Cao, founder of Protection and Ease, a tech company in Beijing, heard an audio announcement describing the photo he took in his office.
The software, which can interpret photos, was newly developed by Cao's company. According to Cao, it integrates AI models of picture understanding and adjusts the mobile phone view algorithm for the visually impaired.
"This is my favorite function. Especially when I go to a park with my family, I hear green trees, red flowers, and blue sky around me through the application, it's like all of a sudden my world is colored," said Cao, adding that many of his blind friends shed tears when trying it for the first time.
"No one understands the needs of the blind people better than I do," Cao said. "I want to use sci-tech based on general technologies like AI to help the visually impaired so that they can enjoy the same life as sighted people."
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