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*But currently need assistance in different ways to gather information on what is around them that are preventing them from leading a much more self-reliant lifestyle.
*But currently need assistance in different ways to gather information on what is around them that are preventing them from leading a much more self-reliant lifestyle.
'''Product Hypothesis'''
'''Product Hypothesis'''
*They are currently managing these challenges in their lives by entirely skipping an experience altogether or through reliance on canes, caretakers, or braille & other accessibility adaptive devices/mediums.  
*They are currently managing these challenges in their lives by entirely skipping an experience altogether or through reliance on caretakers, or braille & other accessibility adaptive devices/mediums.  
*By building an affordable device equipped with a camera that can combine the power of audio and touch sensors, we will be able to provide the visually impaired with enough information about their surroundings to support a more self-reliant lifestyle.
*By building an affordable device equipped with a camera that can provide the visually impaired the ability to identify day-to-day items and objects inside their house focusing initially on only food packages and possibly medications.
'''Research'''  
'''Research'''  
*Research into needs of people who are blind (label reading, item identification, medicine, color/pattern identification, and books/reading)
*Research into needs of people who are blind (label reading, item identification, medicine, color/pattern identification, and books/reading)
**Interviews of people who use the services of Santa Clara Valley Blind Center
**Interviews with a group of 10 visually-impaired people who use the services of Santa Clara Valley Blind Center
*Technology research  
*Technology research  
**Looking into how we can solve the problems of differentiating text from pictures on labels (camera/OCR) and voicing the text
**Looking into how we can solve the problems of identifying objects and providing voice descriptions using super-simple hardware and software solutions.
**Identifying items by photo comparison
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