MyEye Pro OrCam glasses glasses to help blind people read and recognize faces

OrCam, a company that makes products to facilitate access for the blind, has been successful CES Innovation Award for its high-rise glasses MyEye Pro device. It helps the blind and the blind by reading digital publications, public awareness, cognition, and more. OrCam won prizes in all of the CES categories available for health and fitness.

“We live in uncertain times, however … our users’ problems related to access opportunities have not stopped during the epidemic. If anything, they are growing,” said OrCam co-founder and chairman Prof. Amnon Shashua in OrCam’s. blog post.

MyEye Pro climbs on the glass and speaks visually. The new feature is “Smart Reading” which works like Crtl-F / CMD-F (Discover) on a PC or Mac, allowing users to know more – which helped move the CES team. the judges wrote.

Another recent development that took place last year was the OrCam voice assistant. Users can talk to the company’s MyEye Pro (or company’s OrCam Read) to get a face recognition, or ask the device to read pages in books, newspapers, and menus. “The recent release of ‘Hey OrCam’ helps to monitor all weapons and manual settings, using voice recordings,” said CES judges.

In terms of hardware itself, the OrCam Eye Pro is an upgrade to the previous OrCam Eye with a processor running, two microphones instead of one, longer battery life, better connected glass connections and much more. Due to processor changes, it works faster and “responds faster and more accurately. [for] pointing hand response, bar number and bank identification, as well as facial recognition, “OrCam wrote.

Just before CES 2021 last year, we he realized that technical availability has grown but that more needs to be done. Adding functionality to existing objects and programs is an important part of this, but the goal-setting tools also work. “Both OrCam MyEye and OrCam Read have been instrumental in ensuring that our users can continue their education, professional and personal activities and stay connected with family, friends and the general public,” Shashua said.