Microsoft’s new, free iPhone app helps the blind see


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 20 Jul 2017

Microsoft’s free Seeing AI app can recognize friends and their facial expressions, read out short snippets of text and identify products and currency denominations. (Microsoft)

Microsoft released a smartphone application far more ambitious than its bread and butter Office software: an effort to help the blind see. 

The free Seeing AI app, available for iOS, can read out short snippets of text, describe people, identify products and currency denominations, and take a stab at identifying the objects in a person's surroundings. 

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