New Assistive Technology Of 2023 - Conference Highlights

Here are some of the new assistive technology that I've seen at conferences so far this year.
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[@mattphilipenko88]

Wow🎉🎉🎉🎉 That Sony camera is LEGIT. I’m going to check it out.

[@coffeecat086]

Hey, bro! This is friggin awesome!

[@ashleighpiccinino1849]

Say that you’re taking notes on something in class, so do you have to literally “read quote from left to right top to bottom on the page. Your teacher might think you’re drawing on your homework, whenever you’re really taking notes on the chapter, highlights, and things. So cool. Whenever you do take notes, can you go back-and-forth in the text after you have “read quote it with the pen? Can you save these notes for later use?

[@harpreetthind]

Great job in the video. I love seeing this Assistive Technology every year.

[@TheThorns]

Interesting tech, would love to see the crosswalk tech and the document reader implemented into the Augmented reality sector for current VR headsets.

[@MissouriMatt54]

Thank you for the video.

[@megandmauiguidingpaws]

This is so cool I liked Polly I think that would help me with my braille

[@LESTER7L1]

WOW! It is Interesting, Informative, and EXCITING!! Thanks so much Sam!

[@nearly-blindbrian8372]

that Sony device seems very interesting.. Sam, I hope you get a chance to test it out, I also have SD so your input would be great

[@zavirca]

Yep that Sony Hx99 looks very interesting, makes you wonder at what else may be possible with this tech in the future. Imagine if they could get the hardware down to a size that works with glasses and the image you see goes straight to the retina.

[@donwhinfrey5368]

Great review of the show! We enjoyed seeing you there 😎

[@theblindlife]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@coffeecat086]

OMG, I want the cctv thing that hooks to the iPad!

[@emrilbennett8704]

I love conferences, like I love them. Everything about them. I am actually making travel plans to go to one this early July.

[@michellegonthier6251]

Thank you for sharing this video. That's really nice.

[@theblindlife]

I'm glad you like it

[@nancyirwin3150]

Cool to see Polly as an actual device, not just a photo!

[@sohaanaabbasi8641]

hi this is really helpful video but I want to know more about police Braille for

[@zavirca]

Thanks, some interesting hardware coming out.

[@bearbullcruising6427]

Hey Sam, thank you very much for doing that and showing us around the Oko Platform sounds interesting and I will probably put it on my phone. Thank you very much for all that you do.

[@theblindlife]

No worries!

[@davidcull9181]

iM NEW TO THIS blind life and new to your channel as well and would like to thank you for helping me improve my life. Im now getting back into everything and have started a charity company along with some other advocacy work and I couldn't have done it so productively and efficiently without you. Thanks this is amazing information

[@theblindlife]

Glad to help

[@shaundavies5151]

Hi there great channel, I'm from the UK, have you seen any glasses to help people with Astigmatism, just order the SuperHEX glasses, to help focus on text in the distance. Keep up the good work.

[@KuichikunsAllicat]

The lasor projection seems amazing gives me hope for my future with wet md. Thank you for making these videos!

[@theblindlife]

You are so welcome!

[@tomvanbaren7747]

Some really interesting tech. One that I thought might be really useful was the cell phone app. for traffic lights, As usual Sam a great, informative video. One thing I am wondering is if you've ordered a new Sony cell phone to use when making your KZbin videos.

[@penglingwhisperer3382]

What is the name of the 2nd product, the camera that works with the iPad? I didn’t hear any info other than a USA phone number. Thanks from UK

[@theblindlife]

not sure of the exact name but it's part of the Magnilink family from LVI. There main offices are based in Sweden.

[@lieulieubear1407]

I would love to go to these events.

[@anodysseyofsteven1985]

Hey Sam. Awesome video! Lots of interesting technology out there, especially when it comes to learning braille. But I was wondering though, did you happen to see any new wearables out there in your visits to the conferences? As I do enjoy other technologies out there to help us in the VIP community, I am always interested in wanting to know more about wearables. Thanks, Sam for another wonderful and awesome video! I look forward to your talk back videos as it is always great to see you and Rachel together in a video! You both worked so very very well together And make an awesome team! Oh, by the way, I can’t forget Skyler! I know that she is also a very, very important person in the team. #TheBlindLife!!LoveYouAllAndHappyEasterToAllOfYou!

[@theblindlife]

Thank you so much!! There weren't very many new wearables this year. Eyedaptic had a new device although I didn't get an opportunity to try it.

[@donwhinfrey5368]

Thanks!

[@theblindlife]

Thanks Don!

[@sage5937]

Wow thank you for putting this on KZbin. I didn’t even know that conventions like this really existed and most of the stuff I heard about in the video sounds really cool. To be honest though the traffic light thing kind of terrifies me end it sounds like a case of well-meaning sighted people coming up with an idea that add best might be occasionally useful and at worst a recipe for disaster😱. While listening to that segment I literally wanted to scream for the love of all that is holy put in a disclaimer for learning o and M skills before use

[@TheGabvald]

They have been working on the app and the functions with blind people to get the best results. The app works really well in my experience. There is both an review and usage of the app in action as well as a longer interview with one of the founders of the app on applevis

[@zoararielbatabba7493]

Is there anything on the market; for people who have very little vision and want to do crafts/hobbies. I sew and do various things where I need to have continuous magnifying and focusing. I tried many many digital/video magnifiers, but they just dont focus at a distance of about 8-12inches and when I zoom in, it's blurry. It would need to be a continous autofocus magnifier that would allow you to aoom in. Peo;le who do modle airplaines, etc would also get great use of such a device. Thank you

[@Zeeelie]

Hi thanks for sharing . Did you find any Ai vacumes? Struggling to find one

[@cullyomeara6918]

All this advancement in assistive tech, and I still have yet to hear anyone come out with anything that can reliably read and playback calculus or even trigonometric operations. Or any other technical material for that matter. I suppose ChatGPT can do it with verbal command prompts, but that's about the best we have right now. And, right now, that's only on the RizzGPT prototype glasses from Stanford.

[@Joci-j7x]

What is the number to get the wewalk cane?

[@derekraines8175]

I would really like a product I can wear over my eyes so I can zoom in and out on my computer, I love my flight simulator, but I have a hard time zooming in and out easily. Unfortunately, I have prisms in my glasses as well.

[@erincorson4363]

I also struggle with zooming in games. One thing that sometimes works is to go into the games graphics settings and choose “windowed mode”. This should allow the windows zoom to work.

[@nigelfernandes541]

great video have you reviewed the scan marker

[@theblindlife]

Not yet!

[@hebajandali9857]

I am also completely blind and I’m very frustrated that my teachers did their best to try to connect the computer to my braille display. My braille display called focus 45th generation. And the computer. I’m trying to connect it to my bro display. It’s called homebase. Please help me.❤

[@wynslee4879]

Hi Sam, can you show me how to turn on the voice over on a new iPhone? I meant a new iPhone has not been set up yet. Thank you for your help in advance.

[@theblindlife]

I have videos on how to set up an iphone an iphone and ipad for low vision. You should check out that video. The easiest way to do it is to Tell Siri to turn it on. Then you can go in and set up your Hardware shortcut.

[@heidicook2395]

Hi Sam. Is there any way we could get the web addresses for all the tech companies included in this video? Also, i could see how the traffic limit option would help VIP's who also have cerebral palsy. I have a couple friends who struggle to cross straight due to their CP.

[@theblindlife]

Each of the company's verbally tells you how tells you how you can get a hold of them. This was the easiest way since some people can't access the video description.

[@Superkara2000]

But the majority of the times, they don’t spell how Dare webpages are written so it’s very difficult to find out by search

[@derekraines8175]

I called the Sony company about the device that’s in this video and nice at the time. Did not recommend it for a while. I need it in the.

[@wheelieblind]

Nice... I do not keep up with the assistive technology for the blind as much as I do for people in wheelchairs, plus in many cases it is the same thing similar to what already exists but packaged differently. That phone idea... the first guy, that sounds dangerous as you might not be moving the phone enough.

[@KennethBSmith]

👍👍

[@VulcanOnWheels]

0:04 Yes, you did, but it was not too loud. 11:07 She forgot a dot, but I believe people will know.

[@keybubba]

Is the aRX app available for iOS? And do you have to have the headset to use it or can you just use the app only?

[@keybubba]

Apple I mean

[@ashleighpiccinino1849]

On the poly braille device from APH, can somebody demonstrate the use of the suite? Do you have to have a stylus to use this, or are you just fingering in what you would punch in on a regular sleep in silence? I like the rice as it’s described, but I don’t think I like the upper portion with the quote whack a braille feature. You don’t want students using that too often, being encouraged to smack the real writer if it doesn’t work right. That’s not the way to go, so I don’t think that item would be used if I were to use it in my future bathroom.

[@kenanidic4134]

Dear, can you enable Croatian subtitles on your channel translated to English, thank you in advance.

[@georgestokes5116]

ok just how much does this stuff cost

[@gregb3443]

Hi there, do you know of an app I can use on my phone that can help me read words on items and products.

[@deecee9776]

SeeingAI on ios, Envision AI on android

[@gregb3443]

@@deecee9776 thank you

[@georgestokes5116]

gget the app seeing a i .

[@ashleighpiccinino1849]

So, on the rise it’s doing now, what did the man have that image on his written is forever, kind of like the person who stared into the solar eclipse that one time and now I can’t get rid of that image? Of course, if the redness or detached, it probably wouldn’t work, would it? Pretty cool, but I would be concerned about the image, lasting forever and ever on the retina of the user.

[@harrystaley3289]

So the traffic light app is a solution looking for a problem. If you need that app you probably need to get training on how to use a cane. The app is borderline dangerous. The bags for the blind is kinda dumb.

[@jennychen196]

Hi Sam,can you pls check your email?

[@cullyomeara6918]

All this advancement in assistive tech, and I still have yet to hear anyone come out with anything that can reliably read and playback calculus or even trigonometric operations. Or any other technical material for that matter. I suppose ChatGPT can do it with verbal command prompts, but that's about the best we have right now. And, right now, that's only on the RizzGPT prototype glasses from Stanford.