Comments on: Crowdsourcing iPhone App Lets Sighted People Lend Their Eyes to the Blind

By: ThatGuyLam

ThatGuyLam — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:26:56 +0000

I agree with above, but with looking behind the story, it looks like they are recruiting people to work this job specifically… possibly incorporating a feedback system where the blind customers can know who gave them answers and Vote Up/Down (or something similar) would be nice. These smart people have probably already thought of that…

By: Brian Too

Brian Too — Sun, 15 May 2011 02:39:06 +0000

Is there any kind of vetting or quality control system?

I can imagine bad advice being given, either by carelessness, unclear inputs, a misplaced sense of fun, or even outright cruelty.

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By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 13 May 2011 17:55:05 +0000

You can use touch and memory, or even use echolocation[1] to detect cans or other stuff.

Might be able to shake the can to figure out which is corn and which contains baked beans, but figuring out the brand of baked beans can be harder, or other stuff which provide even fewer clues (bottled drinks), and that’s where this app might be helpful.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uobuBc2GO0o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLziFMF4DHA

By: James D.

James D. — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:25:39 +0000

Wow.

Seems like a great application for Mechanical Turk–I’m sure Turks will enjoy and be rewarded more helping the blind identify objects than pointless (but maybe fun) things like translating Moby Dick into emoji.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:21:20 +0000

Blind people actually have a very good mind’s eye visual-spacial recognition that’s tied into their sense of touch and orientation. It’s like how you can find the light-switch in the dark – you can tell roughly where it is supposed to be, and you can figure out the exact position with no more than 2-3 touches on the wall. If they know there are two cans in front of them, they can touch the cans once or twice and then point an iPhone camera at them pretty accurately.

By: Gwen H

Gwen H — Fri, 13 May 2011 03:45:06 +0000

I have a question that I know a lot of people want to ask: How does a blind person know what is in front of the lens? The pictures probably do not look as good as the cans pictured here. But good idea nonetheless.

By: Elissa

Elissa — Fri, 13 May 2011 03:01:11 +0000

Wow! What a great example of using the power of technology and the goodwill of people to do something productive and positive in the world. I hope this gets developed further and goes to good use!