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Great idea #

By Anonymous Coward Posted Monday 25th May 2009 09:55 GMT

This could also be of use to the machine-vision and self-driving-cars community.

And Peter said I shall order the loaves and fishes with this handy app #

By David Simpson Posted Monday 25th May 2009 13:02 GMT

And Low the Virgin Father of the Jesus-Phone said "they shall make Apps and they shall be good"

When will the resurrection app be released in time for next Easter ?

Hurray! #

By James Taylor Posted Tuesday 26th May 2009 04:02 GMT

If SeeScan and SeeStar work well and are somewhat affordable, this will be a huge step towards independence for the visually impaired.

Ray Kurzweil's KNFB Reader combines a phone camera with OCR software. That's supposedly enough (I haven't used one) to read street signs, but object recognition is a whole new level.

http://www.knfbreader.com/products-mobile.php

Er, what? #

By Tubby Teddy Posted Tuesday 26th May 2009 08:41 GMT

So this helps blind people find objects; as long as you know where the object is and can point a camera at it?

Is it just me or have this company just moved the problem?