AI visual auxiliary apparatus helps visually impaired people with various services

One county office here in Korea is using AI to take on the role of eyes for the visually impaired to help them better address their affairs at the civil service desk.

Cha Yun-kyung explains.

A visually impaired person enters a public service center to handle civil affairs.

As they take a picture of a document through the AI visual auxiliary apparatus, the device summarizes the information and guides them by voice.

This equipment, installed in the public service center of Boeun-gun County Office, can summarize documents, guide people to a location, recognize the color of an object, and measure distances from others.

Braille panels are also attached to the apparatus, so the visually impaired can select the service that they need and deal with public affairs by themselves.

"I can handle public affairs through voice language coming out from the apparatus without anyone's help."

"We collaborated with the Welfare Policy Division to improve the public affairs service for visually handicapped people."

Boeun-gun County plans to make up for the weaknesses of the apparatus with the cooperation of an association of the visually impaired people using it.

Cha Yun-kyung, Arirang News.