{"id":38926,"date":"2023-10-20T14:59:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/meet-the-australian-startup-using-artificial-intelligence-to-help-blind-people-see-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:59:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:59:43","slug":"meet-the-australian-startup-using-artificial-intelligence-to-help-blind-people-see-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/meet-the-australian-startup-using-artificial-intelligence-to-help-blind-people-see-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Australian startup using artificial intelligence to help blind people see – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
The first time people use Australian startup Aipoly \u2013 an app which helps blind people to see the world using artificial intelligence \u2013 they often cry.<\/p>\n
Created by entrepreneurs Marita Cheng, Alberto Rizzoli and Simon Edwardsson, the Aipoly app uses an AI algorithm to near-instantaneously identify an object when a smartphone is held over it and say what it is out loud.<\/p>\n
It allows those living with vision impairment to navigate their external surroundings and get around independently.<\/p>\n
After launching only three weeks ago, Cheng says the feedback from the blind and vision impaired community has already been overwhelming.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople have told us that they\u2019ve just started crying when they used it,\u201d Cheng tells\u00a0<\/span>StartupSmart<\/i>.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ll say, \u2018I have 200 apps on my phone and none of them have made the difference in my life that Aipoly has.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s an amazing impact you can have on the life of someone that can\u2019t see.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A homework assignment<\/b><\/p>\n