Tag Archives: Object Recognition

Alexa, “What am I Holding?” – Amazon Show and Tell Feature

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, AdEd, OTR/L, ATP, CATIS

Alexa’s skills as offered in the Amazon Show or Echo devices continue to expand offering more and more including universal design services for the general public and individuals with disabilities. A recent email sharing “What’s New with Alexa?” featured the … Continue reading →

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Seeing AI App – Update Offers New Recognition Tools

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, AdEd, OTR/L, ATP, CATIS

The Seeing AI iOS app (free) developed by Microsoft brought a variety of object recognition tools to mobile devices. The first version offered text and object recognition via text to speech. Although not perfect, the Seeing AI app provides remarkable accuracy … Continue reading →

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Object Recognition Apps – What Apps Might Work for Individuals with Learning or Intellectual Disabilities?

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, AdEd, OTR/L, ATP, CATIS

  The science of object recognition  continues to evolve combining the science of artificial intelligence, computer vision and cloud based networks providing  greater recognition accuracy of objects and entities. Application of this science to apps have also become increasingly available on mobile devices for consumers with … Continue reading →

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Object Recognition Apps Feature Match Matrix

Posted on November 24, 2017 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, AdEd, OTR/L, ATP, CATIS

Object Recognition Apps It’s an exciting time as recognition apps for both print and objects advance and become more accurate and thus usable. With the evolution of object recognition along with artificial intelligence (AI), more and more object and AI apps … Continue reading →

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