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I’m quite enjoying the new Ally app from Envision. Being able to customise the AI is interesting, although the iOS app doesn’t seem to have all that many voices yet.
It’s very good at reading digital displays which other apps sometimes struggle with, but it’s not perfect. I was using it to check shopping items and it misidentified a couple of things. Still, it’s not bad and reasonably fast, although not as good as the Meta Rayban’s Look and Tell feature. Still since Meta have withdrawn that in the UK, Ally is a decent enough alternative.
#Accessibility #AI
@BlindGordon Can you no longer use a vpn to get around this?
@fireborn No. Meta blocked that as well. I had it working for a couple of weeks using a VPN but that stopped a few months ago. Really disappointing as I used it around the house every day to check the contents of bottles, cans etc.
@BlindGordon I'm glad I didn't buy into the Rayban hype. I thought this might happen.
@fireborn @BlindGordon I use mine for their intended purpose, video recording at gigs etc, I honestly don't care (and never have cared) about the AI feature. For me, the hype is real. They benefit me because I'm a creator. The AI stuff was just a bonus, and never for me anyway, something I actually cared about.
@FreakyFwoof @BlindGordon I still want them for the video creation and picture taking features. As well as Aira and Be My Eyes intigration. I was meaning specifically the fact that most of the blindness technology podcasts were hyping them up as the next big AI tool.
@fireborn @BlindGordon Well that's on them. A stop-gap use via VPN was always destined to fail. As MKBHD says, don't buy based on future predictions, buy on what you can do with them right *now*.