Phone app helps Kenya's visually impaired get around

A navigation tool built in Kenya is using AI to help people with visual impairment understand what lies ahead as they move through Nairobi. Here's What Happened 'Sightra' runs as a phone based web app, detecting cars, trees, furniture and other obstacles in real time and sending spoken descriptions through an earpiece. Source: Africanews

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A navigation tool built in Kenya is using AI to help people with visual impairment understand what lies ahead as they move through Nairobi.

🌍 Here's What Happened

'Sightra' runs as a phone based web app, detecting cars, trees, furniture and other obstacles in real time and sending spoken descriptions through an earpiece.

📰 Source: Africanews

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