Hey, Steve! I like the idea. Now, if only it were real.--Matt, n1ibb.
At 11:56 AM 4/2/2011, you wrote:
>Sorry, I'm a day late on this.
>
>
> >
> > In another advance for the independence of blind people, the American
> > Printing House for the Blind has announced a prototype of a facial
> > recognition system
> > that will warn users of the approach of obnoxious persons. The system
> > consists of glasses embedded with a tiny camera, a belt-worn processing
> > unit, and
> > an earpiece. The system will recognize the faces of people preprogrammed
> > into the unit and will use synthetic speech to warn the blind user of
> > their approach.
> >
> >
> > "We continue to work on leveling the playing field," said an APH
> > spokesman. "Sighted people have the advantage of being able to dodge
> > overbearing relatives,
> > endlessly chatty landlords, and neighbors trying to invite them to sales
> > parties for products they don't need. We hope soon that blind folks will
> > have
> > the same freedom."
> >
> > A planned second-generation prototype will be able to use artificial
> > intelligence to recognize obnoxious persons automatically, without
> > requiring pre-programming.
> > Algorithms are being developed to recognize such persons as
> > bad-joke-telling bosses, pushy sales people, and that guy who just won't
> > take no for an answer.
> >
> >
> > There is no word when the unit might be commercially available.
> >
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