Eyeglass-Mounted Camera Recognizes Text and Reads Back for Visually Impaired
From: Medical Design Technology - 05/06/2016

A miniature camera using optical character-recognition technology, mounted
onto the eyeglasses of people who are considered legally blind, dramatically
improves their ability to read an email, newspaper article, menu or page in a
book, a study by researchers with UC Davis Health System has found.

Using the device, the study participants were significantly better able to
perform activities of daily living. The device recognizes text and reads it
to the user using an earpiece that conducts sound, and can also be programmed
to recognize faces and commercial products.

The device offers new hope for the large and growing number of individuals
with age-related macular degeneration or advanced-stage glaucoma, two of the
leading causes of vision loss among the elderly in the United States.

Read the entire article and view a video (1:49) at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2016/05/eyeglass-mounted-camera-recognizes-text-and-reads-back-visually-impaired

Links:
Mark J. Mannis
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/providerbio/eyecenter/8

Evaluation of a Portable Artificial Vision Device among Patients with Low
  Vision
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Evaluation+of+a+Portable+Artificial+Vision+Device+among+Patients+with+Low+Vision
http://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2520689

Israeli Startup’s Vision Device Can Help the Nearly-Blind Read and Recognize Faces
http://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/israeli-startups-vision-device-can-help-nearlyblind-read-and-recognize-faces-study-shows