@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle unveils Home updates to fix a long list of annoyances and idiosyncrasies, and debuts Live Search to let Gemini analyze and describe live camera feeds (Thomas Ricker/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/888008/big-google-home-updat…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toTricks for using Google Gemini Live AI scene description in combination with The vOICe visual-to-auditory sensory substitution for the blind #blind
@aral@mastodon.ar.alMe: Let’s see how the FairPhone folks are doing… maybe I was overly harsh on them and they’ve used the time to wean themselves off of Google… what with being Waag and all…
Also me: fucking what the fuck now?
*sigh* 🤬
@seeingwithsound@mas.toRE: https://mas.to/@seeingwithsound/115995132429931913
Indeed a simultaneous combination of USB Camera Pro, Google Gemini Live screen sharing and The vOICe for Android works with the USB camera glasses: The vOICe sounds the live camera view while Google Gem…
@seeingwithsound@mas.toRE: https://mas.to/@seeingwithsound/116002264795696766
A further explanation by a blind user of The vOICe for Android on using The vOICe with Google Gemini Live AI and USB camera glasses is at
@seeingwithsound@mas.toFor compatibility with future BCIs for restoring vision, The vOICe web app now shows its hi-res color preview in AI compatibility mode at ~10 fps, for BCI software to capture frames at up to 10 fps (like Google Gemini Live and ChatGPT screen sharing do) https://www.seeingwithsound.com/webvoice/w
