visionear's second feature can tell the blind what colour is in front of them. There also several mobile applications for this, but the colour provided are too many. They give around 360 shades of colour. 'The blind only need to know the basic colour. For example, blue - not navy blue,sea blue, or any other shade of blue,' said Nick.
The third feature was quite beyond our expectations. The blind need the gadget to help them check whether the lights in the room are turned on or off, otherwise they would end up paying higher electricity bills.
The visionear camera focuses on the most luminous spot in the room - the light. If there is a spot, it means the light is turned on. The last feature that is perhaps the highlight of the device is its ability to read barcodes. Barcodes contain the product' details so this function is very useful for the blind when going shopping. Unlink other barcode-reading applications provided on smart phones and tablets, Visionear is more convenient for the blind who can't see where the barcode is on the package. They just need to scroll the product around in front of the camera and the barcode will be detected automatically before begin cropped and sent to the data processing unit to analyse the product information. The team hopes the visionear innovation will not disappear like many previous winning projects. "We are trying to run it as a social enterprise so visionear will reach the main target group of the blind, " said Palm