Blind Egyptian Entrepreneur’s AI App Helps Others ‘See’ the World
The app uses a phone camera and Meta smart glasses to describe surroundings in 20 languages, including Arabic, and is already used in 140 countries.
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Blind Egyptian coder's AI app helps others 'see' the world
A free smartphone app built by a blind Egyptian teenager is helping thousands of visually impaired users around the world navigate daily life, from crossing a busy street to describing a herd of elephants on safari. The app, called ScribeMe, was created by 20-year-old Mark Sedky, who lost his sight to a rare, incurable optic nerve condition. It uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate a running audio description of a user’s surroundings, ca…
Blind Egyptian entrepreneur’s AI app helps others ‘see’ the world
By Mariam Rizk, Sherif Fahmy and Mohamed Ezz CAIRO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Karen Morad went blind five years ago, yet on holiday in Kenya in June, the 16-year-old Cairo schoolgirl felt like she could suddenly see again thanks to an app developed by her br...
How A Blind Egyptian Entrepreneur Is Helping Others ‘see’ The World With AI
A blind Egyptian entrepreneur has successfully developed an AI-powered app designed to assist the visually impaired people better understand and explore the world around them. Karen Morad who went blind five years ago now can see the world again through an app developed by her brother that described a safari audio visually. The AI-assisted app was integrated into Meta glasses to give a full picture, allowing users to feel the ambiance. Meanwhile…
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