Milestones on the road to independence for the blind

Kenneth Reed

doi:10.1117/12.267812

26 February 1997 Milestones on the road to independence for the blind

Kenneth Reed

Proceedings Volume 2962, 25th AIPR Workshop: Emerging Applications of Computer Vision; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.267812
Event: 25th Annual AIPR Workshop on Emerging Applications of Computer Vision, 1996, Washington, DC, United States

Abstract

Ken will talk about his experiences as an end user of technology. Even moderate technological progress in the field of pattern recognition and artificial intelligence can be, often surprisingly, of great help to the blind. An example is the providing of portable bar code scanners so that a blind person knows what he is buying and what color it is. In this age of microprocessors controlling everything, how can a blind person find out what his VCR is doing? Is there some technique that will allow a blind musician to convert print music into midi files to drive a synthesizer? Can computer vision help the blind cross a road including predictions of where oncoming traffic will be located? Can computer vision technology provide spoken description of scenes so a blind person can figure out where doors and entrances are located, and what the signage on the building says? He asks 'can computer vision help me flip a pancake?' His challenge to those in the computer vision field is 'where can we go from here?'

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Kenneth Reed "Milestones on the road to independence for the blind", Proc. SPIE 2962, 25th AIPR Workshop: Emerging Applications of Computer Vision, (26 February 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.267812

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