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AI giving people back voices, sight and independence. 3 stories so far.
Fifty blind veterans in Georgia got AI glasses that tell them what's in front of them
The Georgia Center for the Visually Impaired gave about 50 blind veterans free AI-powered smart glasses, made by Meta, at an event marking White Cane Safety Day. The Atlanta-based center also trains people to use them.
Read the storyA Montreal app lets people with ALS talk to family in a voice like their own
Anne-Marie Poirier lost her ability to speak to ALS. Now she types a few keywords into Vocality, an app built by two young Montreal founders, and it turns them into full sentences spoken in a recreation of her voice.
Read the storyA man who lost his voice to ALS is back at a full-time job, speaking through a brain implant
UC Davis researchers fitted a man with ALS with a brain implant whose AI turns his attempted speech into words with about 99% accuracy. He has used it for more than 3,800 hours since 2023 and now works full time as an environmental advocate.
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