Lee Stearns and the HandSight project were featured in the Big Ten Network's news site, in an article titled "How Maryland researchers are improving reading for the visually impaired: BTN LiveBIG".
Recent News from Lee
Nov 14, 2016 | Lee
The HandSight project was recently featured in PC Magazine. The article described our work in using a finger-mounted camera to read printed text.
Quote:
A group of scientists at the University of Maryland have come up with a novel solution to the problem of allowing the visually impaired to read.
The team, led by assistant professor of computer science Jon Froehlich, developed a device that allows blind people to read text without the aid of braille, which isn't always available.
Read more at pcmag.com:
PC Magazine: Fingertip Camera Reads to the Blind
Nov 09, 2016 | Lee
The HandSight project was recently featured in New Scientist, a British science and technology magazine. The article described our work in using a finger-mounted camera to read printed text.
New Scientist: Tiny fingertip camera helps blind people read without braille
Oct 26, 2016 | Lee
Lee Stearns presented the HandSight team's work at the ASSETS 2016 conference, held in Reno, Nevada this year. The presentation covered our recently published TACCESS journal article titled "Evaluating Haptic And Auditory Directional Guidance To Assist Blind People In Reading Printed Text Using Finger-Mounted Cameras."
Recent News from HandSight
Jun 16, 2017 | Jon
Our local CBS affiliate in Washington DC, WUSA9, just ran a nice news story on the HandSight project. Check it out here. Wait for the end where the news anchor team says "Those Terps are just doing genius things" and "I'm not surprised that's from UMD" and "Shreddin' it. I love it!" :-)
May 16, 2017 | Jon
There is a nice writeup on Lee Stearns' PhD dissertation topic, HandSight, in Terp Magazine this month (link). The article is entitled A New Way With Words and describes our work in enabling blind or severely low vision people read printed text with a wearable finger-worn camera and co-located haptics.
Congratulations to CS PhD student Lee Stearns for passing his PhD proposal today entitled "HandSight: A Touch-Based Wearable System to Increase Information Accessibility for People with Visual Impairments." This is exciting and important work that has recently received media attention from New Scientist, PC Magazine, and other venues. We look forward to seeing the proposed work come to fruition!
Nov 14, 2016 | Lee
The HandSight project was recently featured in PC Magazine. The article described our work in using a finger-mounted camera to read printed text.
Quote:
A group of scientists at the University of Maryland have come up with a novel solution to the problem of allowing the visually impaired to read.
The team, led by assistant professor of computer science Jon Froehlich, developed a device that allows blind people to read text without the aid of braille, which isn't always available.
Read more at pcmag.com:
PC Magazine: Fingertip Camera Reads to the Blind
