Post #4067618

2026-07-24 07:15 UTC

To ChatGPT: If Android XR smartglasses become affordable mass market products, how will this affect adoption of hybrid use of AI scene description and visual-to-auditory sensory substitution by blind people? https://chatgpt.com/share/6a630864-ac58-83ed-9e33-dee8380b0f8d #AI #VASS #BCI #blindness "The AI could become an always-available instructor: “The high-pitched vertical pattern is the left edge of the doorway. Turn your head slightly right.”" #blind #a11y ChatGPT's answer archived at https://www.artificialvision.com/archive/chatgpt_SSD_24july2026.pdf (PDF file)

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@seeingwithsound@mas.to 2026-07-24 15:30

Note that The vOICe for Android visual-to-auditory sensory substitution app (on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vOICe.vOICe) is already compatible with Android XR (test run on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7191xaW0yFY), and already includes support for simultaneous visual soundscapes and spoken AI scene description using Google Gemini Live or OpenAI ChatGPT screen sharing https://www.artificialvision.com/android.htm#preview_AI Similarly, The vOICe progressive web app (PWA) https://www.artificialvision.com/webvoice/webvoice.htm is also already compatible with Android XR (test run on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKcTiC-Znbk) and includes support for simultaneous visual soundscapes and spoken AI scene description using Google Gemini Live or OpenAI ChatGPT screen sharing https://www.artificialvision.com/webvoice/webvoice2.htm#preview_AI

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