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Microsoft’s CaptionBot describes what’s happening in pictures (or at least it tries)

This week Microsoft introduced Seeing AI, a research project that uses a smartphone or Pivothead smart glass app to describe what’s happening in the world to help a blind person read signs or menus, identify the emotional state of people in a room, and more. While Seeing AI isn’t yet available to the public, Microsoft […]

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Microsoft shows mobile app that describes the world to blind users

Microsoft has painted a picture of a future where you interact with websites, mobile apps, and everything else by speaking to chat bots who can understand you using natural language thanks to machine learning. But while you may not be sold on the need to talk to a virtual concierge to book your next hotel […]