The OrCam cameras donated to the Uici members explain the labels verbally and recognize money and faces
BELLUNO. From the technology and commitment of the De Rigo HEArt foundation comes a hope of autonomy for blind or partially sighted people. The ceremony for the delivery of the OrCam MyEye devices to ten young members of the Italian Blind and Visually Impaired Union of Belluno was held yesterday in the Bianchi room: it is a particular video camera that, adaptable to the frame of any eyewear, is capable of read some text, “whispering” it then in the wearer’s ear, recognize the value of the banknotes in your hand and even people’s faces when you meet them.
How OrCam works
William Dragoni of Vision Dept, a company that deals with the distribution of OrCams, designed in Israel, delivered the devices to the boys: “OrCam uses a technology coming from the automotive field, similar to that used for sensors that allow you to stop the auto if someone suddenly crosses the street “, explains Dragoni,” from there a camera was born that adapts to the glasses of the wearer and that, in just two seconds, reads, recognizes and explains verbally what is in front of you . Face recognition, then, is very powerful, because it is based on people’s somatic traits (eyes, cheekbones, nose) and this is because, if you cut your hair or change color, the result must not change; moreover, it also works at a distance of five meters, allowing, for example, to recognize a diner sitting on the other side of the table ».