The device is cordless connecting to the side of a pair of glasses (provided, or you can use your own), a tiny speaker positioned upon the back of the small device, speaks privately, as it sits just out from the ear, and a tiny camera lense at the front. Multiple image sets can be taken, if, say, you want to add the front and back sides of a box, but this will count as two items toward your maximum of 150. Using OrCam I was able to scan the left page and the right page of a book with high speed and accuracy. The scheme has recently been extended to include disabled people on traineeships, supported internships, work trials and work academies.

I got it in Germany through my health insurance programme and I think this is a misuse of the money of German tax payers. For this total, users receive the device, OrCam stationary stand and speaker, as well as access to the magnifier web app.

Her husband teaches Sunday school, and she was amazed when she could follow along with his PowerPoint presentations. WE CREATE WEARABLE ASSISTIVE Artificial Intelligence (AI) DEVICES THAT CHANGES LIVES - With OrCam MyEye, you will finally be able to enjoy the morning paper, read the books you love, and even get back to work. Instead of getting 4 or 5 hours from a single charge, you will now find yourself needing to recharge after only a couple hours of use—something that made it difficult for me to truly integrate OrCam into my daily workflow the way I would have liked. When he lived in England, he found out about the previous OrCam MyEye and scheduled a demonstration with a representative which, went well. I don't have to worry about accidentally touching something I didn't mean to and changing things," she says.

Turning the device on was easy, with the product verbalising it was setting up, and in no time at all I was using the product to read any text I could get my hands on. Communicating vital visual information by audio, the intuitively operated breakthrough assistive technology is wireless, lightweight, and compacted into the size of a finger. For me there would be an additional cost for the lenses fitting, as they don't clip on like the Orcam. If you want, you can have OrCam tell you any time it sees a face whether it knows that person or not. An innovative new feature, harnessing Natural Language Understanding (NLU), OrCam incorporates this technology to bring you Smart Reading.Chloe also remarks that the OrCam Read is quicker, clearer, and more convenient than free mobile reading apps. It's very handy when I'm looking for something in the refrigerator—especially when you have a husband who never puts the mustard back where it belongs.