How to Use Your Smartphone to Cope With Vision Loss

If you want to make similar changes to the Google Assistant, you need to go to the settings section of the website. Toggling on Assistant Reponses on Lock Screen is possible. If you scroll down, you can change the sensitivity, choose which notifications you want to get, and more.

You can identify objects, doors, and distances.

The Lookout app forANDROID gives you the ability to point your camera at an object to find out what it is. You can use this app to sort mail, identify groceries, count money, and read food labels. There are different modes for specific scenarios.

Short text is used in text mode.

A full page of text can be read in documents mode.

Images mode uses a machine- learning model to give you an audio description of an image.

Food label mode can be used to identify food.

The currency mode identifies denominations.

As you move your camera, explore mode will show objects and text.

The app supports several languages and the features are powered by artificial intelligence.

There is a similar thing built into Apple's Magnifier app. The camera, machine learning, and lidar are used. It's not possible to buy lidar on iPad Pro 11inch, iPad Pro 12.9inch, and Pro model iPhones. To add detection mode to your controls, open the app, tap the gear icon, and choose settings. Three options are available.

People Detection will let you know how far away they are.

Door Detection can add an outline in your preferred color, provide information about the door color, material, and shape, as well as describe decorations, signs, or text. The accessibility features shown in the video include Door Detection.

Many objects around you can be identified with the help of image descriptions. If you use speech, you can enable detection mode to describe what is depicted in images you point your phone at, such as painting.

You can use these features without a data connection. You can use the Detectors section at the bottom of the Magnifier app to set things up.

How to take better selfies.

Guided Frame is a new feature that works with Talk Back, but it is only available on the Pixel 7 or 7 Pro The perfect selfies can be captured with a combination of precise audio guidance, high-contrast visual animations, and different vibration combinations for people who are blind or low vision. The feature tells you how many people are in the picture, but if you hit that "sweet spot", it counts down.

You can play with someone in a single-player game with two controllers if you have the Buddy Controller on your phone. If a friend or family member with vision impairment gets stuck in a game, you can help them. The feature can be turned on by connecting two controllers and going to settings.

The guide can't cover every feature that may help with vision impairment, but there are a few tips that might be useful.

It's possible to get spoken directions on your phone, but they should be on when you're out and about. Pick your preferred guidance volume and tap your profile picture at the top right.

If you raise your phone, you can see a live view of your directions superimposed on your surroundings. Make sure Raise to View is turned on for Apple Maps by checking the settings. If Live View is toggled on, you need to scroll down to the navigation settings.

You can always ask the assistant to read the web page if you're on the internet.

If you want to learn more about how technology can help people with vision loss, you should visit the website of the RNIB.