💬 Opinion 1d ago · Reem Ibrahim

Meta Is Gifting AI Glasses to Blind Veterans: 'I Got My Independence Back'

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Meta Is Gifting AI Glasses to Blind Veterans: 'I Got My Independence Back'
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Two hundred years ago, the invention of Braille allowed blind people to read and write. By the 1930s, recorded sound made "talking books" possible. Developments in text-to-speech technology in the 1980s made reading more accessible and widespread. Then came personal computers, screen readers, smartphones, cameras, GPS, voice assistants, and myriad other technological advancements that gave blind people more independence.
Now a pair of sunglasses can read your mail, describe the person in front o

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