Extended Vision leverages AI technology to help blind and visually impaired people navigate grocery stores independently. After talking to blind and visually impaired people across the US, we found that current options for grocery shopping are frustratingly limiting. Using a personal shopper, connecting with a volunteer online, or navigating the same grocery routine takes too much time, forfeits independence, and leads to buying the same few products. Our product addresses each of these problems to make grocery shopping enjoyable.
Background In 2014, researchers from UC Berkley published a paper, which caught attention of every scientist in the field of Computer Vision, from round the World. Researchers from UC Berkley created an AI Deep Learning model which was able to detect multiple objects on a video in real time, thus opening up a new spectrum…
Our product works in 3 simple steps. You buy our earpiece-camera device and download an app. Every time you go shopping you clip the camera on your shirt, put in the headphone, and plug it into your phone. The app turns on automatically. As you walk through the store the camera captures real time images…
You lose a lot of independence.
I don’t want to always stay at home and do home delivery, so I go out to shop.
It takes way too long to find things and read things in the grocery store.
This idea is great, and I believe that it would help us a lot. Thank you for putting the effort. Wish you all the best.
Wow you are doing great job for visual impaired person
