OrCam MyEye helps visually impaired people read with intelligent algorithms

This reading and visual recognition device 'learns' through algorithms and artificial intelligence, allowing people with low vision or some type of disability in this sense to hear what they cannot see, without the need for an Internet connection.

In Spain some 979.200 people suffer from some type of visual disability, of which 58.300 They are totally blind and 920.900 they have low vision (does not see with enough quality to manage independently), that add to the people who have difficulties reading books, newspapers, posters on the street or texts on the mobile phone for suffering from dyslexia, diabetic retinopathy or glaucoma.

This is precisely the objective of the development of the OrCam MyEye artificial vision device., a smart camera developed by the Israeli firm OrCam Technologies, that attaches to the temple of the glasses and allows people with visual disabilities to read in real time, distributed by Essilor in opticians throughout Spain.

OrCam MyEye is based on artificial intelligence learning algorithms developed by OrCam Technologies, and allows people with disabilities to capture visual information (total blindness, disease, visual impairment, dyslexia, etc.) maintain their autonomy and independence, since it converts visual information into audio practically in real time

This device can read printed or digital text on any surface (newspapers, books, computer screens, restaurant menus, product labels and street signs), as well as recognizing faces and identifying products for people who are blind or visually impaired, instantly transmitting everything to the user through a built-in mini speaker.

The user activates OrCam MyEye with a simple intuitive gesture, pointing a finger or pressing a button, and works autonomously, without the need for an Internet connection or a computer.

“Everyday actions such as going to the supermarket can be very complicated for people with visual disabilities., who are not able to distinguish the brand of the product they want to buy or what ingredients it contains. Simply by standing in front of the text of the chosen product with OrCam MyEye, the device will read it”, explica Rafi Fischer, managing media communications of the Israeli firm.