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Microsoft's incredible new app helps blind people see the world around them - take a look

Dave SmithApr 5, 2016, 02:29 IST

Microsoft

Artificial intelligence is helping people do extraordinary things. At Microsoft, it's helping blind people see the world around them like never before.

Last Thursday, Microsoft showed off its Seeing AI app for the first time. It's still under development, but it looks extremely promising.

Using a smartphone camera or a pair of camera-equipped smart glasses, the Seeing AI app can identify things in your environment - people, objects, and even emotions - to provide important context for what's going on around you.

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