Haha, I had a good laugh. Thanks, Stuart - you saved me time composing
it.
Do you have Santa's address, by any chance? Can I email it to him? At
least I know it gets there by Christmas...
Adrian
On 2023-12-06 16:07, Stuart Haxell wrote:
Dear Santa,
Ho ho ho! It's me, Adrian, all the way from Dublin! Now, I know you're super busy with your reindeer and all the toy-making, but I've got a teeny-tiny, slightly techy request.
You see, my trusty old phone is still living in the Android 11 era. It's so old that I think it might start growing a beard like yours soon! 😂 I'm really hoping to use this super cool app called Seeing AI. It's like having a pair of magical eyes in my pocket! But my phone just keeps saying "nope" every time I ask it to download the app.
So, here's the big ask: Could you possibly upgrade my phone? Maybe sprinkle some of your North Pole magic and turn it into something that can actually run Seeing AI. If that's too tricky (I know you're more about sleighs than software), maybe you could drop an iPhone down the chimney? I promise I'll leave out some extra yummy cookies for you and some crunchy carrots for the reindeer.
I've been extra good this year, only tripped over the cat twice, and I didn't blame him at all!
Thank you a million, Santa! Say hi to Mrs. Claus and the elves
Sent from my iPhone
On 6 Dec 2023, at 15:35, Adrian T <hello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yeah, looks like I need to bring my Android into the present. Seeing AI is not supported on Android 11.
It's time to write Santa my letter.
Adrian
On 2023-12-06 12:31, Cearbhall O'Meadhra wrote:
Adrian, Things are looking up for the Android world!! All the best, Cearbhall m +353 (0)833323487 e: cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: fb-exchange-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <fb-exchange-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Adrian T Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2023 9:24 AM To: fb-exchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [fb-exchange] Re: Microsoft Seeing AI app lands on Android Another really good news after seeing Be My AI rolling out for Android users days ago. Thanks for sharing it. Adrian On 2023-12-06 07:35, Tony Sweeney wrote: Microsoft Seeing AI app lands on Android by Lance Whitney,
Navigating the world around you is certainly challenging if you're
blind or sight impaired. One tool that can help is a free mobile app
from Microsoft called Seeing AI. Designed to alert and inform people
about their environment, the app is now accessible to Android users
after having been limited to iOS.
In a blog post published Monday, Saqib Shaikh, founder and lead for
Microsoft Seeing AI, announced the expansion to Android and
highlighted some of the app's latest features.
Also: Generative AI advancements will force companies to think big and
move fast Available in the App Store and Google Play, Seeing AI works
by identifying and describing people, objects, text, and other
elements around you. The goal is to help you better navigate your
surroundings and understand documents and other physical items by
hearing them read aloud.
First up is text recognition. Fire up the app and hold your phone over
a piece of printed or written text. Upon recognition, Seeing AI will
start reading the text aloud until it gets to the end.
Next is document recognition. Hold your phone over a full document,
and the app will scan and display the words. You can then listen to
the document read aloud by playing, pausing, skipping ahead, or going
back as needed.
Also: You can send a hug through the internet with this haptic
invention Another handy feature is a barcode reader that will identify
and speak information about a product based on the code scan. Next,
you can snap a photo of your surrounding environment, and the app will
describe the overall scene as well as individual items in the photo.
A people reader will scan a person captured by the camera and then
highlight their visual characteristics, adding in their distance away
from you. Finally, a currency scanner will analyze a bill or coin to
tell you its value.
As part of the transition to Android, the app also sports a couple of
recent enhancements.
Scanning a photo now provides richer descriptions of the details
captured in the image. Plus, you're now able to ask Seeing AI more
questions about a scanned document. As a few examples, you can learn
about dishes on a menu, get the prices of items on a catalog page, or
hear a summary of an article.
Also: The best smart glasses you can buy "There are over 3 billion
active Android users worldwide, and bringing Seeing AI to this
platform will provide so many more people in the blind and low vision
community the ability to utilize this technology in their everyday
lives," Shaikh said in the blog post. "We will continue to work with
the community to understand feedback to improve the app. And as
additional versions roll out, customer feedback will continue to be
critical for new AI-powered enhancements to future versions of the
Seeing AI app."
Shaikh, who lost his sight at the age of seven, said that the Android
version and new features were launched in celebration of International
Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). Seeing AI is now available in
18 languages including Czech, Danish, English, French, German, Greek,
Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and
Swedish. Microsoft plans to expand support to 36 languages in 2024.
Artificial Intelligence
CDNet
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