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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 Still since Meta have withdrawn that in the UK, Ally is a decent enough alternative.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 If, at some point in the future we get those features in the UK legitimately, great. If not, phone has a better camera anyway so it means nothing to me. Specifically me personally. I know they have value, I know having a handsfree AI experience is real, but I never had it long enough to use it properly, thus I don't miss it. Not going to lose sleep over it.
@FreakyFwoof @fireborn I get that, but I found the Look & Tell feature very handy. I spend most days doing some sort of household chores and being able to quickly check that I was holding fabric conditioner rather than orange juice (or vice versa) was very handy. It was also useful in quickly checking what was on my PC screen when JAWS went silent. Yes, I know digging out my phone, unlocking it, then opening SeeingAI or some other app is perfectly possible, but being able to do those things by simply asking the glasses and getting a very quick response was a great boon for me. I still like the glasses, but the AI was a big part of my reason for buying them.