Using technology to eliminate living barriers for people with disabilities
2024-08-29
In the past, we couldn't see the furnishings in museums, but now with the help of artificial intelligence, mobile phone lenses are our eyes. "On August 28th, the National Barrier Free Environment Exhibition Hall officially opened to the public. In the exhibition hall, a visually impaired person introduced the mobile navigation application to the reporter. The reporter saw on site that when the audience entered the exhibition hall, they could take photos with their phones through simple gesture operations. Whether the captured content is exhibits or exhibition environment, the navigation application equipped with AI large models can automatically recognize and describe based on the captured content. It tells me that there are people, ceilings, and floors in the picture, and the guided product can provide a comprehensive introduction to the environment in front of me This visually impaired person said. Moreover, the accessible navigation application can also engage in Q&A sessions with users. It told me there was a bridge in the picture I just took, and I asked where it was from. It told me it was the bridge of West Lake University. I asked it to describe what was around the bridge, and it told me there was a bicycle parked next to it. "In the eyes of the visually impaired person, the AI's description was very interesting and vivid. On September 1st of this year, the Law on the Construction of Barrier free Environment will celebrate its one-year anniversary. In recent years, China has attached great importance to the construction of barrier free environments, and various regions have actively promoted barrier free construction and renovation work. Wang Xuemei, Director of the Urban Design Department of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Planning and Natural Resources, introduced that Beijing has launched a special action for the construction of barrier free environments, formulated the "Regulations on the Construction of Barrier free Environments in Beijing", and comprehensively strengthened the construction of barrier free environments in urban roads, public transportation, public service places, information exchange and other fields. For example, in the field of government services, Beijing has built barrier free functions for 72 government websites, and the barrier free functions of mobile government service applications such as Alipay, WeChat, Baidu and Beijingtong have been put into operation; In the field of technological innovation, more than 100 websites and 45 apps have passed the national aging and accessibility evaluation, targeting the precise navigation and obstacle avoidance needs of blind outdoor travel, promoting technology research and development, and completing product design and engineering prototype development for three types of devices. There are also many latest technological achievements in the National Barrier Free Environment Exhibition Hall, including intelligent hearing aids for speech to text conversion, large character readers to help low vision groups enlarge fonts, and various information accessibility products... Technology is gradually eliminating various obstacles in the lives of people with disabilities, turning more and more impossible into possible. The construction of an accessible environment requires technological assistance, and more importantly, it requires the joint construction of society. Zhao Xing, the director of the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall, said, "With the platform of the exhibition hall, we hope that every audience can have a deeper understanding of the significance of strengthening the construction of barrier free environment, integrate it into our daily life and work, and jointly build a more inclusive and friendly barrier free society
Edit:Xiong Dafei Responsible editor:Li Xiang
Source:Stdaily
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