{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63e9d2d002ceee00117badba/674b8faea12aa44232482174?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 208, The Role of AI in the Life of a Blind Person","description":"<h1>Episode 208, the role of AI in the life of a blind person&nbsp;</h1><p><br></p><h2>Announcements</h2><ul><li>The countdown is on to our 4- year anniversary celebration! We will be recording on 21 December at 12PM Eastern or 9AM Pacific and you are invited to take part.&nbsp; We’ll be posting a link on our usual channels closer to the time.</li><li>Our Youtube channel has reached 1,500 subscribers! Thank you so much for all your support.</li></ul><p><br></p><h2>Android Basics</h2><p>The crew discusses the rapidly evolving world of AI and its use cases for blind people.&nbsp; We discuss the AI capabilities of TalkBack and Jieshuo, implementation of AI by other blindness-specific apps such as <a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bemyeyes.bemyeyes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Be My Eyes</a>, <a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.seeingai\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Seeing AI</a>, <a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sparklingapps.piccybot\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PiccyBot</a> and <a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.letsenvision.assistant\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ally</a> from Envision, and mainstream solutions on which these capabilities are built - <a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.openai.chatgpt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ChatGPT</a> and <a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.bard\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Google Gemini</a>. Also, check out Karene’s article <a href=\"https://accessibleandroid.com/comparing-video-description-features-seeing-ai-vs-piccybot/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">comparing the video description capabilities</a> of Seein AI and Piccybot.</p><p><br></p><h2>TalkBack Highlights</h2><p>John shows us the new screen search reading control we now have access to as of TalkBack 15.1.</p><p><br></p><h2>Tip of the week</h2><p>Karene demonstrates chat filters in Meta’s <a href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">WhatsApp Messenger</a>.</p><p><br></p><h2>Staying in touch</h2><p><a href=\"https://www.paypal.me/blindandroidusers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Make a donation via PayPal</a>, <a href=\"mailto:contactus@blindandroidusers.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Email us</a> your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our <a href=\"mailto:blindandroidusers+subscribe@groups.io\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Email list</a>, join our <a href=\"https://t.me/joinchat/k62VQqtUNWAxMThh\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram</a> and <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/686947596105844/?ref=share_group_link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a> groups, subscribe to our <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvEM-SmpwElNALldhp8hG1g\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a> channel.</p><p>Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797.</p>","author_name":"BlindAndroid Users"}