REVOLUTIONIZED PERCEPTION: TRAVEL OF THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED WITH A VISUAL AND AUDIO ASSISTANT COMBINING AN AI
The Marseille start-up Perception has developed cutting-edge technology that promotes the autonomy of people with visual disabilities. This real pedestrian travel assistant is an intelligent object that signals obstacles and allows the blind and visually impaired to understand the environment in which it is located. Called Nelo by its designers, theintelligent personal assistant visual and audio has many other features, such as face and object recognition. Focus on Nélo’s travel assistance.
Nelo, makes the world safer for people with visual disabilities
Moving along the street, entering a shop, walking in a garden, taking public transport become real daily challenges for people who are blind. The slightest movement becomes a journey strewn with dangerous obstacles. What could be more frustrating than moving in the dark, the blur, the vagueness of colors and transformed shapes?
The principle of Nelo is to describe the world to people partially or totally deprived of sight. A discreet voice with good sound quality informs of obstacles to avoid collusion. Everything in front of the person is detected, analyzed and reproduced in real time. Nelo is also able to tell the story of the environment thanks to a Artificial intelligence. A way to better understand, at any time, the space in which the person suffering from an visual disability. And above all, a wonderfule intelligent visual and audio assistant which facilitates travel and gives autonomy!
Nelo, access to a diversity of activities thanks to AI
Nelo improves opportunities for access to education and the professional world. This object with a IA also allows us to broaden the range of possibilities in the context of cultural, leisure and tourism activities. By describing the spatial properties of our environment, the intelligent personal assistant created by Perception is a real revolution for people with visual disabilities. Spatial representations are improved thanks to the descriptions provided by Nelo on the environment, colors, objects and the physical appearance of people.
Nélo, makes shopping in stores easier for the visually impaired
There are few supermarkets and shops adapted for the visually impaired. On the contrary, large brands and local businesses have focused their marketing approach on the visual channel. In addition, current sales methods consist of perpetually moving products. This increases the difficulty of locating products on the shelves for the blind and visually impaired. The lighting is also often unsuitable. The intelligent personal assistant Nelo developed by Perception, allows you to find your way around a store and scan the labels to obtain an audio transcription in real time. Thus, the Nélo solution proposed by Perception allows the visually impaired and blind to better adapt to all contexts.