Honor PocketVision App for Visually Challenged Users Launched

Huawei's sub-make Award has launched an app named PocketVision powered by AI at IFA 2019 in Berlin that lets visually impaired users read text content using the camera of smartphones.

"Harnessing the power of the HONOR 20 PRO'due south side by side-generation AI capabilities and pro-grade photographic camera technology, PocketVision aims to level the playing field for the visually impaired, giving this community a portable, affordable solution to other reading aids on the market.", said George Zhao, President of Honor at the event.

i.3 billion people live with some grade of visual impairment. Our new AI-powered app #PocketVision allows them to read and text more than easily. @RNIB and @TechTalkUK1 explicate more in the video. #CaptureVision #IFA2019 #HONOR20Series moving picture.twitter.com/GsXq4lWYTv

— HONOR (@Honorglobal) September 6, 2019

The app is adult in partnership with Eyecoming, a Chinese company providing solutions for visually dumb people. Coming to the features offered, there are iii modes in the app – Negative Image Mode, Text-to-Voice communication Manner, and Zoom-in Fashion.

Negative Image mode allows you lot to alter the contrast by letting you choice a color filter you like. This feature will exist helpful for people having trouble viewing specific colors. Text-to-Speech style uses Optical Graphic symbol Recognition(OCR) to place pieces of text that appears in front end of the camera and provides speech output.

Zoom-in Fashion, on the other hand, makes use of the quad cameras present in Laurels 20 serial to seamlessly zoom in for meliorate visibility. You can too adjust the level of zoom by using the volume buttons.

As you might take guessed, PocketVision is mainly focused on Laurels's smartphones, especially the Award twenty series. The app is live at Huawei'due south App Gallery for all Honor smartphones and there is no information as of now if the app would brand its mode to the Google Play Store.

The chances for Honor to bring the app to Play Shop are quite slim since the app relies on hardware-specific features that come packed in Laurels devices. Nosotros volition accept to wait to witness if Honor manages to overcome the hardware hurdles to brand the app available for a wider audience.