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posted by mrpg on Saturday December 08 2018, @07:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the kono-hoshi-no-kibou-no-kakera dept.

BBC:

[...] Dr Asakawa is behind early digital Braille innovations and created the world's first practical web-to-speech browser. Those browsers are commonplace these days, but 20 years ago, she gave blind internet users in Japan access to more information than they'd ever had before.

Now she and other technologists are looking to use AI to create tools for visually impaired people.

For example, Dr Asakawa has developed NavCog, a voice-controlled smartphone app that helps blind people navigate complicated indoor locations.

Low-energy Bluetooth beacons are installed roughly every 10m (33ft) to create an indoor map. Sampling data is collected from those beacons to build "fingerprints" of a specific location.

Daredevil should soon be available to help Dr Asakawa with her work.


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 08 2018, @07:59AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 08 2018, @07:59AM (#771462)

    It's offtopic, but I totally agree. I use firefox in private mode 100% from home and yt is constantly recommending videos that I have liked when logged into Google from other locations.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Saturday December 08 2018, @08:35AM

    by Rosco P. Coltrane (4757) on Saturday December 08 2018, @08:35AM (#771465)

    Well, to come back on topic, we can safely say this would not happen to Dr. Asakawa. So she may have something to offer to those who are concerned about privacy on Youtube also...