Windows 10: Microsoft announces new Seeing AI features

Brink · Mar 12, 2019

By Saqib Shaikh, Software Engineering Manager and Project Lead for Seeing AI

Seeing AI provides people who are blind or with low vision an easier way to understand the world around them through the cameras on their smartphones. Whether in a room, on a street, in a mall or an office – people are using the app to independently accomplish daily tasks like never before. Seeing AI helps users read printed text in books, restaurant menus, street signs and handwritten notes, as well as identify banknotes and products via their barcode. Leveraging on-device facial-recognition technology, the app can even describe the physical appearance of people and predict their mood.

Today, we are announcing new Seeing AI features for the enthusiastic community of users who share their experiences with the app, recommend new capabilities and suggest improvements for its functionalities. Inspired by this rich feedback, here are the updates rolling out to Seeing AI to enhance the user’s experience:

Explore photos by touch: Leveraging the Custom Vision Service in tandem with the Computer Vision API, this new feature enables users to tap their finger to an image on a touch-screen to hear a description of objects within an image and the spatial relationship between them. Users can explore photos of their surroundings taken on the Scene channel, family photos stored in their photo browser, and even images shared on social media by summoning the options menu while in other apps.

Native iPad support: For the first time we’re releasing iPad support, to provide a better Seeing AI experience that accounts for the larger display requirements. iPad support is particularly important to individuals using Seeing AI in academic or other professional settings where they are unable to use a cellular device.

Channel improvements: Users can now customize the order in which channels are shown, enabling easier access to favorite features. We’ve also made it easier to access the face recognition function while on the Person channel, by relocating the feature directly on the main screen. Additionally, when analyzing photos from other apps, the app will now provide audio cues that indicate Seeing AI is processing the image.

Since the app’s launch in 2017, Seeing AI has leveraged AI technology and inclusive design to help people with more than 10 million tasks. If you haven’t tried Seeing AI yet, download it for free on the App Store. If you have, please share your thoughts, feedback or questions with us at L: seeingai@microsoft.com, or through the Disability Answer Desk and Accessibility User Voice Forum.
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Source: What's new with Seeing AI Microsoft Accessibility Blog

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fiGeljuiCe · Mar 12, 2019

Microsoft Seeing AI

As a long time Microsoft user and systems engineer. I find it a bit disturbing to see the direction Microsoft is going these days. And then add questionable support and meaningless answers that completely avoid the question a good example of this would be
your answer Ian Sal to the original post I made. There once was a time when a support person would actually look into the question being raised and give a valid reply.

My original question had to do with Microsoft Seeing AI.

"Correct me if I am wrong but just saw an add for the Microsoft Seeing AI software made for IOS. Is this application available for the windows phone? Not sure how Microsoft thinks they are doing their products and customers any justice when you create an
application and don't consider making it available for your own devices."

Here let me spoon feed you the information- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/seeing-ai/

Devlin Sco · Mar 12, 2019

Seeing AI software

Hello Martin,

You're not alone in wanting Seeing AI to be available on all platforms. I understand how incredible it would be if users can access
the app across different platforms. The app is only available on iOS devices at the moment. However, I recommend checking the latest updates of
Seeing AI through the Microsoft Accessibility Blog. You can check the blog from time to time.
Should there be a future announcement regarding the app, you will see it right away in that blog. You're also more than welcome to post your feedback in the
Microsoft Accessibility Feedback. Please make sure to sign in
with a valid email address so you can revisit and see the status of your feedback items.

Feel free to post back if you have queries about other Microsoft services.

fiGeljuiCe · Mar 12, 2019

Microsoft Seeing AI

Correct me if I am wrong but just saw an add for the Microsoft Seeing AI software made for IOS. Is this application available for the windows phone? Not sure how Microsoft thinks they are doing their products and customers any justice when you create an
application and don't consider making it available for your own devices.

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