Almost all blind people usually wear a dark shade of glasses. So, instead of the phone doing the camera’s work, what about a tiny Google-Glass-esque snap-on to the Blind person’s glasses that feeds to the phone for processing?

A few companies are trying it. Last weekend, I tried one, and it was not yet polished, but good enough to start. It recognized me (my friend already has me on his phone contact).

I’m trying to help a friend with his non-profit initiative, bringing the cost to about a third or even a-fourth of Google Glass[1]. After reading the article and the other First Impressions with GPT-4V(ision)[2], it is apparent that this can be possible much simpler and soon enough. The rumor about Ive[3] and Sam[4] talking about AI in Hardware has already given me some good hope.

If anyone else does AI-enabled hardware assistance for blind people and has devices that will be less than $500 a piece in retail, I’d love to talk and introduce them to the right people.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Glass

2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37673409

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jony_Ive

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Altman