Meta partners with CNIB to bring AI glasses to more Canadians
Original title: The Future Is for Everyone: Meta and CNIB Partner to Support Canadians Who Are Blind, Deafblind or Have Low Vision
CNIB will run peer training and feed community feedback to Meta, which is also donating glasses for job seekers.
Meta is partnering with CNIB, a nonprofit founded in 1918, so more Canadians who are blind, Deafblind, or have low vision can try AI glasses. Meta funding supports community listening, in-person peer training and demos, sharing insights with Meta's accessibility and product teams, and accessible guides. Meta is donating AI glasses through CNIB's Come to Work program. The announcement also cites Ray-Ban Meta glasses given to every blind veteran in America with the Blinded Veterans Association, and work with Vision Ireland.
- Four funded areas are listening, champions, product input, and learning materials.
- Come to Work puts wearable tools in the hands of people exploring employment.
- Described everyday uses include reading text, identifying objects, and describing surroundings.
- Earlier work includes Vision Ireland and the Blinded Veterans Association.
- Vendors
- Meta
- Organizations
- CNIBBlinded Veterans AssociationVision Ireland
- Countries
- CanadaUnited States
From the original article
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We believe the future is for everyone. That’s why Meta is partnering with CNIB – a non-profit founded in 1918 that empowers Canadians impacted by blindness to live their dreams – to help bring the benefit of AI glasses to more Canadians who are blind, Deafblind or have low vision.
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