EyeTalker
From: Speech Technology - Winter 2013 - page 19
By: Leonard Klie

As Google advances its voice-enabled Google Glass technology out of beta
testing and into general availability, similar technology is beginning to
surface to help the blind, enabling them to walk into any library or store,
pick up an item, and have it read to them.

Pia Celestino, Viurniel Sanchez, Jesus Amundarain, and Esam Mashni, all
students at Florida International University, developed the EyeTalker concept
as part of a student competition at school. The prototype has already pulled
in investor dollars. It looks like a normal pair of dark sunglasses but
features text-to-speech technology, two high-definition microcameras, an
earphone, and lightweight components to enable blind people to hear printed
material read to them.

Although EyeTalker is still in development, the team reportedly hopes to sell
the glasses for about $200 each and wants to partner with organizations such
as the Lighthouse for the Blind to provide the glasses for free to those who
can't afford them. Other organizations for the blind have already started
reaching out to the team, expressing an interest in the technology.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.speechtechmag.com/Articles/Editorial/FYI/Overheard-Underheard-93172.aspx

Links:
EyeTalker (with videos 0:46, 2:36, 2:34, 0:27, 0:31)
http://eyes4blind.com/

Eye Talker Pitch by student developers (video 8:11)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSLGHmczLvE

Related:
'Bionic Eyes' Glasses 'Smart spectacles' for Blind (video 2:01)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgtpQQXRZzI